COMPARISONS

Do you know these people? Read their facts files and then make comparisons

-Date of birth: 29/09/1985                 Date of birth: 16/02/1979               Date of birth: 4/05/1987
-Birthplace: Sabadell (Spain)              Birthplace: Urbino(Italy)                 Birthplace:Palma de Mallor(Spain)
-Height:    1,58cm                              Height:     1,78cm                            Height:  1,72
-Weight:     51kg                                Weight:     67kg                              Weight:  65kg
- Career titles:  3 World                      Career titles:  9 World                    Career titles: 4 World
   Champion                                        Champion                                       Champion

                                                   

Choose the most appropiate option (comparative or superlative) of the adjetives in brackets to complete the sentences:

 - Dani Pedrosa is .....................( young) than Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.
 - Valentino Rossi is ..........................( old ) of the three riders.
 - Valentino Rossi has got ........................(many) titles than Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo.
 - Jorge Lorenzo is .......................(tall) than Dani Pedrosa.
 - Valentino is ...........................(tall) of the three riders.
 - Dani Pedrosa is .......................(short) of the three riders.
 - Valentino Rossi has got...................(long) hair than Jorge Lorenzo.
 -  Valentino Rossi is probably ..................... (good) motorcycle racer of all time.
 - Who is ..................................(handsome) of the three riders?
 - Who is...................................( good) rider of the three?  






                            

Learning adjectives, comparatives and superlatives with songs

Listen to the song and complete the gaps, all of them are adjectives.

" YOU GOTTA BE" by DES´REE

Listen as your days unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try to keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead, release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry

CHORUS:
You gotta be,
You gotta be (1)..........
You gotta be (2)..........
You gotta be (3)..........
you gotta be (4)...........
You gotta be (5)...........
You gotta be (6)...........
you gotta be (7)...........
You gotta be (8).................you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Herald what you mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own (9).............. time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a (10).............view
My oh my hey hey hey
CHORUS
Time asks no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning, can't stop it if you tried to (11)The ............. part is danger staring you in the face
Remember listen as your days unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try to keep your head up to the sky
Lovers,they may cause you tears
Go ahead, release your fears
my oh my
hey hey hey
CHORUSx 2 Got to be (12)............ Got to be (13)............ Got to be (14)........... Don't ever say.
Got to be hard. Not too, too hard
All I know is, love will save the day

Comparatives and Superlatives

Listen to this video carefully, choose the right answer to the questions and then send them as a comment.

1- According to most people, which city is bigger? *

• San Francisco
• New York
• Both are the same size

2- Choose the right sentence *

• She cooks best than me
• She cooks better for me
• She cooks better than me

3- The policeman says that NYC is the most beautiful city in the world because *

• It is the most diversified
• It is the biggest
• It is the funniest

4- In Scotland, what is the biggest city? *

• London
• Paris
• Glasgow

5- Dublin is the biggest city in what country? *

• Great Britain
• Ireland
• Scotland

6- According to one bystander, the French are *

• delightful
• boring
• exciting

7- What language has not been mentioned as being the most beautiful language in the world? *

• German
• Spanish
• Arabic

8- What is the most beautiful city in Ireland' *

• Dublin
• Cork
• Galway

9- According to most people, what is the most beautiful language in the world? *

• Dublin
• Cork
• Galway