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Comparatives and Superlatives Exercises

This document provides instructions for a listening and speaking assignment involving the use of comparatives and superlatives in English. It includes charts to complete, questions to answer about audio conversations, sample sentences to write comparing two cities, and prompts to create a video presenting facts using superlative forms.
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Comparatives and Superlatives Exercises

This document provides instructions for a listening and speaking assignment involving the use of comparatives and superlatives in English. It includes charts to complete, questions to answer about audio conversations, sample sentences to write comparing two cities, and prompts to create a video presenting facts using superlative forms.
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LEONIDAS RUBIO VILLEGAS


LABORATORIO DE INGLÉS
GRADO SÉPTIMO, TRIMESTRE 2

TASK 4 LABORATORY
LISTENING. (SUPERLATIVES)

a. Complete the chart with the corresponding comparative.

ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES COMPARATIVE


Old expensive
Active hard
Talkative good
Tall Interesting
Short fast
Small Difficult
cold happy
Big
b. Answer true (T) or false (F) according to the video
[Link]

Conversation 1.
1. Her mother and father are very similar. ( )
2. Her dad is older than her mother. ( )
3. Her father is more active than her mother. ( )
4. Her mother is taller than her father. ( )

Conversation 2.

1. Los Angeles and San Francisco are both in California. ( )


2. Los Angeles is smaller than San Francisco. ( )
3. San Francisco is colder than los Angeles. ( )
4. San Francisco is more expensive than los Angeles. ( )
5. It is easier to find housing in San Francisco. ( )
6. Los Angeles is a better place to live. ( )

Conversation 3.

1. The old Star War are better than the new ones. ( )
2. The characters are more interesting in the old movies. ( )
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LABORATORIO DE INGLÉS
GRADO SÉPTIMO, TRIMESTRE 2

3. The new story is easier to follow. ( )


4. She feels happier watching the old movies. ( )

a. Complete the chart with the corresponding superlative.

ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVE


Big Popular
High Famous
Dirty naughty
Bright important
Long cold
tall good
Funny Expensive
noisy Messy
Aggressive Bad
Intelligent Dangerous
Fast easy
Smart

b. Which one is the correct. Listen and choose. [Link]

1. What is the correct?


a. Liverpool is the biggest city in the UK.
b. Liverpool isn’t the biggest city in the UK.
c. Liverpool is the dirtiest city in the Uk.

2. What is the correct?


a. Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada.
b. Mount Logan is the brightest mountain in Canada.
c. Mount Logan is the longest mountain in Canada.

3. What is the correct?


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LABORATORIO DE INGLÉS
GRADO SÉPTIMO, TRIMESTRE 2

a. My father is the tallest person in my family.


b. My father is the funniest person in my family.
c. My father is the noisiest person in my family.

4. What is the correct?


a. Amanda is the most aggressive student in my class.
b. Amanda is the most intelligent student in my class.
c. Amanda is the intelligent student in my class.

5. What is the correct?


a. The lion is the fastest animal in the world.
b. The lion isn’t the fastest animal in the world.
c. The lion isn’t the smartest animal in the world.

6. What is the correct?


a. Clare and Tim are the most popular children in my school.
b. Clare and Tim are the most famous children in my school.
c. Clare and Tim aren’t the most popular children in my school.

7. What is the correct?


a. His brothers aren’t the naughtiest members of his family.
b. His brothers are the naughtiest members of her family.
c. His brothers are the naughtiest members of her family.

8. What is the correct?


a. Russia is the bigest country of the world.
b. Russia is the biggest country of the world.
c. Russia isn’t the biggest country of the world.

9. What is the correct?


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LABORATORIO DE INGLÉS
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a. Thanksgiving is one of the most important events in the USA.


b. Thanksgiving is one of the important events in the USA.
c. Thanksgiving isn’t one of the most important events in the USA.

10. What is the correct?


a. He is the tallest student of the university.
b. She is the coldest student of the university.
c. She is the tallest student of the university.

SPEAKING.

COMPARATIVES

c. Think about to cities or towns you know very well and write at least 10 comparative
sentences about them.
The cities or towns are: _______________________________

1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________________
8. __________________________________________________________
9. __________________________________________________________
10. __________________________________________________________

d. Now write at least two sentences saying some similar aspects about these two
cities or towns.
Example: Pasto and Bogotá are both in Colombia, these two cities are really cold.

______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
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LABORATORIO DE INGLÉS
GRADO SÉPTIMO, TRIMESTRE 2

e. Now it is time to make your video.


Based on activities d and e make your video where you compare the two cities or
towns you chose. Activity e can be useful as an introduction for your video.

Link del video: ________________________________________

SUPERLATIVES

c. Write ten facts that maybe your classmate don’t know but you do. Remember these ten
facts need to be in superlatives form.

Example: Nile, in Africa, is the longest and largest river in the world.

1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________________________
10. ____________________________________________________________

d. Make a video where you talk about the above ten facts. You can start it with an
introduction similar to this one:
“Hello dear teacher and classmates, today I give you 10 important facts that you
probably don’t know…. Fact 1…”

Try to be as creative as you can, you can show images but don’t forget you need to
appear in the video.

Link del video: _________________________________________

Common questions

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Challenges include understanding subtle differences between similar forms, memorizing irregular forms, and applying them correctly in varying contexts. The exercises require distinguishing correct statements about comparative relationships and superlative assertions, testing both comprehension and expressive abilities in a detailed context .

The evaluation likely stems from a comparison of character depth and how engaging the narrative is. The document suggests that the old Star Wars movies are preferred for their more interesting characters and possibly more complex storytelling, whereas the new ones might have a simpler narrative . This reflects on traditional views of storytelling richness associated with older cinematic works.

San Francisco is colder and more expensive than Los Angeles, which is implied to be warmer and potentially more affordable . Additionally, it's suggested that finding housing might be easier in Los Angeles, making it a potentially better place to live according to one opinion .

Learning superlative facts encourages students to explore and internalize extreme features of different topics, fostering deeper engagement and retention of information. The structured nature of these facts demands precise language use, promoting accuracy and attention to detail in both spoken and written English .

Comparatives and superlatives are critical in helping students differentiate between objects, places, or people based on specific traits, such as size, height, cost, etc. They enable learners to practice constructing sentences that compare or highlight the extremes of these traits, fostering both vocabulary building and grammatical structure understanding .

Incorporating cultural elements like 'Thanksgiving' helps contextualize language learning within broader cultural frameworks, making language acquisition more relevant and engaging. It also enriches students' cultural awareness and understanding, facilitating a more holistic educational approach that connects linguistic abilities with cultural knowledge .

By asking students to compare cities, they are encouraged to consider and articulate aspects such as climate, economic factors, and living conditions, which are deeply intertwined with sociocultural contexts. This broadens their learning beyond language itself to include a more global understanding of how these factors affect human life .

Video assignments encourage learners to practice speaking and improve their pronunciation and fluency. By producing videos where they discuss comparative and superlative sentences, students practice visual storytelling and verbal articulation, which can enhance confidence and communicative competence .

Completing adjective charts requires students to recall and apply knowledge of word forms, promoting cognitive skills such as memory retention, pattern recognition, and analytical thinking. These tasks compel students to actively engage with the language, reinforcing the understanding of how adjectives change in comparative and superlative forms .

Superlatives are used to highlight the most distinctive features of geographical locations, such as 'Mount Logan being the highest mountain in Canada' and Russia being described as 'the biggest country in the world' . These superlatives help emphasize extreme characteristics, making them memorable.

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