SUPERLATIVES

OBJECTIVE

By the end of the lesson, ninth grade students should be able to make comparisons and express superiority among people, animals, and places in written and oral way.

WARM UP

Put in order the letters and make adjectives. At the end, write the resulting sentence taking into account the suggested letters (Pon en orden las letras y forma adjetivos. Al final escribe la oración resultante teniendo en cuenta las letras indicadas)         

	22		24	29		27
UFLUTBIEA
					20		1
SEMHODNA
		12
HAVEY
									4
DANREOSGU
	11	33
STMAR
		26			6
NOSGTR
			5	35
GOYNU
				9
HEGU
				8
VEELCR
				17
CINE
		32	18							30
BELMTFAOCOR
						3
VEESIPNEX
		16
HACPE
		34	21
FTA
			13
HINT
		7
HIHG
	14	2
LYLSI
				23	28	25
CUFAELR
				15
TENGEL
				10	19	31
RWNOAR

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GRAMMAR                                     Barranquilla is the most popular city of Colombia                                         It is the most cheerful city of this country.                                                                                                                                                       Near Barranquilla, it is the best stadium of Colombia As with comparative adjectives, there are two ways to form a superlative adjective: short adjectives: add "-est"                                    long adjectives: use "most" We also usually add 'the' at the beginning. With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-est" OR "most": quiet → the quietest/most quiet clever → the cleverest/most clever narrow → the narrowest/most narrow simple → the simplest/most simple Exception: The following adjectives have irregular forms: good → the best bad → the worst Short adjectives 1-syllable adjectives old, fast 2-syllable adjectives ending in -y happy, easy, messy RULE: add "-est" old → the oldest Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -st late → the latest Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant, double the last consonant big → the biggest Variation: if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i happy → the happiest messy --  the messiest                                                                                Long adjectives: RULE: use "most" modern → the most modern expensive → the most expensive ACTIVITIES Read the text and write True or false. (Lee el texto y escribe verdadero o falso). The Rodriguez Brothers Circus is in town! Every year, the circus arrives and stays for a week. Then they go to the next town. There are not many animals in the circus. People told the circus that they didn't like seeing animals performing. There is an elephant called Jacob and two old lions, Hattie and Meg. Most of the performers are human! There is Leopold, The Strongest Man in The World. His father also worked in the circus, but Leopold is stronger than him, he has bigger arms and bigger legs too! Leopold performs his act every night for the town's people who come to watch. Another performer is Clara. She says she has the longest hair in the world. It's about 4 meters long! She also has a daughter who works in the circus. Her name is Sue-Ellen. Her hair is a lot shorter, but she wants to grow it as long as her mother's. Sue-Ellen helps look after the animals and she's also learning how to juggle. The highlight of the circus are the three clowns, Pit, Pot and Pat. They all wear long red shoes, but Pat's shoes are the longest and sometimes, he falls over because they're so long! They perform for about twenty minutes, and they are always the most popular act with the audience, especially the children. Many people think Pit, Pot and Pat are three brothers, but Pat is older than the other two - he's their father! He's the oldest clown in the country, but he has a lot of energy. Tomorrow will be the longest day because the circus is leaving town, and everything must be packed away into big trucks. Are the following true or false? 1. The circus comes to the town twice a year. 2. There are not many animals in the circus. 3. People don't come to the circus because of the animals. 4. Leopold and his father work in the circus together. 5. Leopold's father is the strongest. 6. Clara's hair is longer than her daughter's hair. 7. Sue-Ellen wants to be a clown in the circus. 8. Pit is the father of the other two clowns. 9. The three clowns wear identical shoes. 10. Everyone is very tired on the day that the circus leaves town.   Listen to the teacher and write the sentences that she dictates. Use the superlative form.