King Abdulaziz university ELI New Headway Plus Elementary

King Abdulaziz university ELI New Headway Plus Elementary Unit 10: Bigger and better! Prepared by: Fariha Kamal Ennajah 11/2/2020 1

Unit’s main points: Comparatives and superlatives Have and Have got City and country 11/2/2020 2

Vocabulary Adjectives and opposites Activity: Match each adjective with its opposite(st book p 74) l 11/2/2020 Adjectives opposites Fast Big Dirty Dangerous Noisy Modern Unfriendly Exciting Expensive Cheap Slow Friendly Clean Quiet Old Safe Boring Small 3 :

Answer Key Fast#slow Big#small Dirty#clean Dangerous#safe Noisy#quiet Modern#old Unfriendly#friendly Exciting#boring Expensive#cheap 11/2/2020 4

Comparatives/Superlatives l Comparatives are used to compare things To form comparatives: Short adjectives: adj+er+ than ex: The plane is faster than the car Long adjectives: more+adj+than ex: The city is more expensive than the country 11/2/2020 5

superlatives are used to designate extremes l To form superlatives : Short adjectives: The+adj+est ex: Sarah is the tallest of all the students Long adjectives: The most/the least+adj ex: He is the most generous person I’ve ever known. Note: There are some irregular adjectives like good, bad, far. 11/2/2020 6

Write the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives(Activity book p 54) Adjectives l l l Cheap Expensive Young Happy Beautiful Big Busy Intelligent Bad Far New Dangerous 11/2/2020 Comparative form …………… Superlative form 7

Answer key Adjective Cheap Expensive Young Happy Beautiful Big Busy Intelligent Bad Far New Dangerous 11/2/2020 Comparative Superlative Cheaper More expensive Younger Happier More beautiful Bigger Busier More intelligent Worse Further Newer More dangerous The cheapest The most expensive The youngest The happiest The most beautiful The biggest The busiest The most intelligent The worst The furthest The newest The most dangerous 8

Activity: Complete the sentences with the appropriate comparative 1 -The town isn’t very clean. The country is cleaner than the town. 2 -My car isn’t very new. Your car is…………my car. 3 -Ann’s house isn’t very modern. Your house is…………. Ann’s. 4 -Bob’s garden isn’t very big. Your garden is …………. Bob’s. 5 -Yesterday wasn’t hot. Today is…………yesterday. 6 -Sue’s homework wasn’t very good. Your homework was………. Sue’s. 7 -Your car isn’t very dirty. My car is…………………. . yours. 8 -This exercise isn’t very difficult. The next exercise is much…………………. this one. 11/2/2020 9

Answer key Ø Ø Ø Ø 2)newer than 3)more modern than 4)bigger than 5)hotter than 6)better than 7)dirtier than 8)more difficult than 11/2/2020 10

Have and Have got 1 -Have and Have got both express possession. We often use have got in spoken british English I have a computer=I’ve got a computer (I’ve=I have) He has a car=He’s got a car (He’s =He has) Do you have a computer=Have you got a computer Does she have a car=Has she got a car They don’t have a flat=The haven’t got a flat It doesn’t have a garden=It hasn’t got a garden 2 -The past of both have and have got is Had 11/2/2020 11

Activity (st book p 76) Rewrite the sentences using the right form of have got 1_London has a lot of parks. London’s got a lot of parks. 2_I don’t have much money. I haven’t got much money. 3_I have a lot of homework tonight. …………………. . 4_Do you have any homework? ………………… 5_Our school has a library, but it doesn’t have any computers. …………………………. . 6_My parents have a new stereo. …………………… 7_Does your sister have a computer? ……………………. 8_I don’t have a problem with this exercise. 11/2/2020 12

Answer Key l l l I’ve got a lot of homework tonight. Have you got any homework? Our school has got a library, but hasn’t got any computers. My parents have got a new stereo. Has your sister got a computer? I haven’t got a problem with this exercise. 11/2/2020 13

City and country Activity: Put the following words in the right space Wood, park, museum, hospital, farm, car park, factory, theatre, lake, hill, cottage, tractor 11/2/2020 City Country Wood museum 14

Answer Key l City: park, museum, hospital, car park, factory, theatre l Country: wood, lake, hill, tractor, farm, cottage 11/2/2020 15