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Taller de inglés octavo grado

Lic. Aura Moya

Tema: Comparative and Superlative

Contenido: Comparative Adjectives

Objetivo: analiza los usos del comparativo y el superlativo y los coloca en práctica.

Actividad #1

- Realiza la lectura e identifica el vocabulario desconocido posterior a eso crea un glosario.

- Utilizando colores, identifica los diferentes adjetivos en su forma comparativa y superlativa.
- Después de analizar la lectura responde a cada una de las respuestas que se encuentran en la parte
inferior.

The Circus: Superlatives and Comparatives

Read through the text about a circus, then answer the questions below.

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 metres 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.
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1. The circus comes to the town False

twice a year.
7. Sue-Ellen wants to be a clown in
True
the circus.
False
True
2. There are not many animals in False
the circus.
8. Pit is the father of the other two
True
clowns.
False
True
3. People don't come to the circus False
because of the animals.
9. The three clowns wear identical
True
shoes.
False
True
4. Leopold and his father work in False
the circus together.
10. Everyone is very tired on the
True
day that the circus leaves town.
False
True
5. Leopold's father is the strongest. False
True
False

6. Clara's hair is longer than her

daughter's hair.
True
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Actividad # 2

1. Realiza y analiza la lectura, posterior a esto con colores iderntifica todas las palabras desconocidas y crea un
glosario, luego responde las preguntas teniendo en cuenta la lectura. (analiza las palabras resaltadas)

Teniendo en cuenta la lectura, lee cada una de las oraciones y responde T si es verdadero o F si es falsa.

Using Comparative Adjectives

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Comparative structures: things or people that are the same

First, we can use 'as ... as' with a normal adjective (not a comparative) to say two things are the same:

 John is as tall as Luke (= they are the same height).

 The red shirt is as expensive as the blue shirt (= they are the same price).

We can use 'not as ... as' to say that two things are not the same.

 Lucy is not as tall as Helena (= Helena is taller than Lucy).

 Paris is not as big as London (= London is bigger than Paris).

Comparative Structures: one thing or person is more than another thing or person

We can say that something is more than another thing by using a comparative adjective with 'than'.

 France is bigger than Scotland.

 Luke is taller than Lucy.
 Your book is more interesting than my book.

We can make the comparison stronger by using 'far' or 'much' or 'a lot' before the adjective. We can make it less strong by
using 'a little' or 'a bit'.

 Canada is far bigger than Scotland.

 Your book is much more interesting than my book.
 Amanda is a lot younger than Julie.
 This exercise is a little more difficult than that exercise.

We can say that one thing or person is less than another thing by using 'less ... than':

 Scotland is less big than France.

 Lucy is less tall than Luke.
 My book is less interesting than your book.

To show something is changing, we can use 'comparative and comparative' or 'more and more adjective'.

 That child is getting taller and taller.

 The climate is getting hotter and hotter.
 This city is becoming more and more crowded.
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Actividad #3

4. Teniendo en cuenta la temática trabajada anteriormente, completa las oraciones

teniendo en cuenta as… as y la palabra que se encuentra entre paréntesis.
5. Reescribe las oraciones de cada punto utilizando as… as de manera apropiada para
darle sentido a cada frase.
6. Completa las diferentes conversaciones con LESS o NOT AS… AS, utilizando las
palabras que se encuentran entre paréntesis.
7. Reescribe cada una de las oraciones teniendo en cuenta las palabras que se
encuentran entre paréntesis.
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