English in Mind Unit 2:

He ran faster
8 – 12 August 2022
Content

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Exercise
• Enrichment
• Assessment
Grammar 1:
Degree of Comparisons

• Function: to compare objects with

another objects using their adjectives.

• There are 3 degrees of comparisons:

Positive degree
Comparative degree
Superlative degree
Formula:
 Positive:
A + V + as … as + B
Example: Andrew is as smart as Santi.
 Comparative:
A + V + … er + than + B
A + V + more … + than + B
Example:
John speaks clearer than George.
Michael is more handsome than me.
 Superlative:
A + V + the … est.
A + V + the most …
Example:
Cheetah is the fastest animal on the earth.
Moussa found the most precious treasure in an old abandoned house.
Notes:

• Irregular Adjectives:

Positive Comparative Superlative

Good Better The best
Bad Worse The worst
Many / Much More The most
Few / Little Less The least
Grammar 2:
Intensifiers with Comparatives

• Intensifiers are words that make adjectives

and adverbs stronger.

Much / far / a lot: show big difference

A bit / a little: show small difference
Grammar 3:
Adverbs / Comparative Adverbs
• Adverbs are words that modify a verb / adjective / another adverb.

• Comparative adjectives describe similarities and differences

between two nouns (people, places, or objects)
• Comparative adverbs make comparisons between two verbs—that is,
they describe how, when, how often, or to what degree an action is
done.

• Example:
“John is faster than Tim.” (comparative adjective)
“John runs faster than Tim.” (comparative adverb)
“John is more careful than Tim in his work.” (comparative adjective)
“John works more carefully than Tim.” (comparative adverb)
Forming Comparative Adverbs

• One syllable + “-er”

Ex:
Fast – faster
Wide – wider

• More / less +“-ly” adverb

Ex:
Carefully – more / less carefully
Careless – more / less carelessly
Vocabulary 1: Antonyms

• Bad • Low
• Difficult • Noisy
• Slow • Messy
• Boring • Ugly
• Cheap • Old
Vocabulary 2: Sport

• Champion • Reserve
• Win • Substitute
• Lose • Come second
• Beat • Send off
• Draw • Break a record
Exercise

• Grammar: 2a, 2b, 2c (p. 19), 7c, 7e, 7f (p.21)

• Vocabulary: 3a, 3c (p. 19), 6a, 6b (p.20)

Check your answer with the answer key!!

Answer Key

2a (p.19) 2b (p.19)
1. Example -er/-est: fast, quiet, high, new
2. slower -ier/-iest: tidy
3. best more/most: interesting, expensive
4. shorter irregular comparatives: bad
Answer Key

3a (p.19)
1. bad – worse - worst
good – better – best
2. difficult – more difficult – most difficult
easy – easier – easiest
3. fast – faster – fastest
slow – slower – slowest
4. interesting – more interesting – most interesting
boring – more boring – most boring
5. cheap – cheaper – cheapest
expensive – more expensive – most expensive
Answer Key

3a (p.19)
6. high – higher – highest
low – lower – lowest
7. quiet – quieter – quietest
noisy – noisier – noisiest
8. messy – messier – messiest
9. ugly – uglier – ugliest
beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful
10. young – younger – youngest
new – newer – newest
old – older - oldest
Answer Key

3c (p.19)
1. Example
2. as messy as
3. as slow as
4. as quiet as
Answer Key

6a (p.20) 6b (p.20)
1. G 1. Example
2. C 2. Our team beats the other team
3. F / won 2 – 1.
4. A 3. It was a draw.
5. H 4. The referee sent a player off.
6. B
7. E
8. D
Answer Key

7c (p.21) 7e (p.21)
1. well 3. better
2. quickly 4. harder
3. terrible 5. faster
4. fluently 6. worse
5. badly
6. easy
7. quickly
8. good
9. happily
Answer Key

7f (p.21)
1. Example
2. more clearly
3. more fluently
4. more slowly
5. better
6. more quickly
7. harder
8. earlier
Enrichment

• Read the text on page 22

• Do exercise 10a, 10b on page 23

Discuss your answer with your teacher!!

Answer Key

10a (p. 23) 10b (p. 23)

1. Joel 1. Example
2. Joel 2. We’re talking about
3. Pete 3. that’s not the point
4. Pete 4. that sort of thing
5. Joel 5. At the end of the day
6. Jess 6. an awful lot of
Assessment

Do the CHECK YOUR PROGRESS 1–2!

THANK YOU