AM ESOL Online 10-25-23 Unit: Getting to Know You -Idioms -Lesson: Comparison words (ellii lessons) - continued -Conversation Practice *as time permits ========================================== Superlative Adjectives (ellii) Video 1x with review Form Grammar Rules group examples use a preposition to help explain what the group is. follows the superlative adjective the + superlative adjective + group (in, of, out of, ever) comparison - 3+ (group) That was the best movie (no group). That was the best movie I've 'ever' seen. That was the best movie 'in' all the movies. She is the smartest girl 'in' the class. This rose is the most beautiful 'of' all the flowers. This is the funniest show I've 'ever' seen. She is the best student 'out of' all the students. ---------------------- Excercise 2 Ama hungry hungrier the hungriest hungry the hungr i est Ana big 'the' biggest Eliana large 'the' largest Valerie simple simplest the most simple Vian old oldest Ana comfortable more comfortable Ama good the best Eliana tasty 'the' tastiest Valerie quiet the quietest / the most quiet Vian pretty the prettiest / the most pretty tall tall est tallest adj comparative superlative tall taller tallest tall taller tallest large larger largest beautiful more beautiful most beautiful Ama interesting more interesting most interesting Ana (-ed) bored more bored the most bored bore bores boring bored ============= BREAK 10:00 - 10:20 ============== Diturie high higher highest Eliana far farther farthest Valerie sleepy sleepier the sleepiest Vian friendly Ama friendly (friendlier) the most friendly Ana bad the worst Diturie exciting more exciting the most exciting ---------------------- Sentences hungry hungriest The lion was the hungriest animal in the zoo. ' Diturie Today tell me a sentence with the superlative adjective hungriest. Today I am more tired. Today I am the most tired. --------------------- Exercise 3 Eliana high the highest mountain Valerie the worst score Vian Ama busiest the busiest Ana the most modern Diturie hottest Eliana the tallest Valerie the youngest Vian Ama the most fashionable Ana good better the best the best ---------------------------- Exercise 4 - Spot the Errors Diturie error 1. This is the messiest room I've ever seen. 2. S V SA O Antartica is the coldest continent on the planet. Eliana 3. big biggest Who collected the biggest amount of money? 4. She thinks math is 'the' most interesting subject in school. Valerie 5. What is the best pizza topping? good better the best 6. Of all the dogs in this dog park, mine is the cutest. Vian Ama That was the funniest movie! ---------------------------- Exercise 5 - Write sentences Pairs Breakout Rooms 5 min (2x - first time no picture in beakout room) Ama, Ana, Valerie 1. The elephant is biggest than other animals the biggest (compare 3+ things) bigger than (compare 2 things) the lion is more furriest than other animals. furry 2 -y ending The lion is the furriest 'of' all the animals. than is for comparing 2 things groups words of in out of ever 2. juicy / fruit /bowl The orange has more juice (comparative) juicy 2 - y-ending juiciest The orange is 'the juiciest' fruit in the bowl. 3. ??? comparative 2 things The truck is bigger than the car. biggest smaller The car is the smallest of the vehicles. smaller The car is smaller than the trucks. comparative clean/vehicle/street The red car is the cleanest on the street. Diturie, Eliana 1. The lion is the furriest 'of all the' other animals of the zoo. 2. juicy/ fruit/ bowl the fruit is together in the bowl superlative adjective fruit is noun verb fruit fruitier fruitiest Subject = fruit Adjective = juicy Objective = bowl The orange is the juiciest fruit in the bowl. 4. delicious/food/ table delicious - the most delicious the fish /salmon is the most delicious food on the table. the cake is the most delicious food on the table. the broccoli is the most delicious food on the table. More examples.... healthy the broccoli is the healthiest food on the table. sweet / food/ table the cake is the sweetest food on the table green / food/ table the broccoli is the greeenest food on the table. ====================== Idiom Idioms are expressions. The words do not alway match the definition of the words. hit the books = to study End Class =======================