comparatives
What is the comparative form of:
wet, hot, big
wetter, hotter, bigger
Which is ___________ (hot) continent on Earth?
South America
Australia
Africa
the hottest
Africa
without rain for a long time
It's dry.
as cold as ...
ice
Compare seas and oceans
Seas are smaller than oceans
What is the comparative form of: small, bad, large, dry
smaller, worse, larger, drier
What is _________ (crowded) country in the world?
India
Monaco
China
most crowded
Monaco
the sky is covered with clouds
It's cloudy.
as fast as ...
as big as ...
as fast as a lightning
as big as an elephant
Compare hills and mountains
Hills are lower than mountains
Find the odd one out: nicer, more intelligent, furthest, taller, better
(the) furthest - superlative
Which is ___________ (long) river in the world?
Amazonas
Danube
Nile
Nile
extremely cold
It's freezing.
as ... as the sky
as ... as the sea
as ... as a skyscraper
as blue as the sky
as deep as the sea
as high as a skyscraper
Compare motorways and tunnels
Motorways are longer than tunnels.
Find the mistakes: deeper, more expensiver, darker, wider, easyer, smaller
more expensiveR, easIer
Who was _________ (heavy) man in the world?
Jon Brower Minnoch (635 kg)
Manuel Uribe (597 kg)
Walter Hudson (543 kg)
Jon Brower Minnoch (635 kg)
the air moves very quickly
It's windy.
as ... as a toast
as ... as lead
as warm as a toast
as heavy as lead
Compare beaches and mountain tops
Beaches are warmer than mountain tops
Explain the rule:
cold - colder BUT beautiful - more beautiful
one-syllable adj. + -er
more + two or more-syllable adj.
What is __________ (intelligent) animal?
orangutan
dolphin
chimpanzee
chimpanzee -m they can manipulate the environment and their surroundings to help themselves and their community. They can work out how to use things as tools to get things done faster, and they have outsmarted people many a time.
a thick cloud of very small drops of water in the air close to the land or sea, that is very difficult to see through it
fog
Which ones are NOT correct? Correct them
as white as the wall
as long as a feather
as white as snow
as light as a feather
What is it? A ________ is a vertical or nearly vertical rock. It is formed by the processes of weathering and erosion.
a cliff