LEARNING GUIDE

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Student’s Name: ___________________________________________________Subject: English
Grade: first year of high school Date: ______________________Time: 4 hours
Unit 2: The environment of El Salvador Content:-comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
Achievement indicator: -Topic sentence
2.2 I can successfully scan an article for specific information.
2.5 I can write a descriptive paragraph around a topic sentence with coherence and clarity.
Teacher: Diana Pleitez Berrios

LEARNING
WITH OUR TEACHER
1- Do you know the use of comparative and superlative forms of adjectives?

2- What is the difference between them?

3- Learning about it.

GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
COMPARATIVE: This summer is hotter than the last summer.
S + V + CA + THAN + C

SUPERLATIVE: The summer is the hottest season in the year.

S + V + THE + SA + C

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 Individually
4- Match the words with the correct meaning
5- Look at the sentences and fill in the blanks to the following statements using comparatives
or superlatives.
-short -energético
1. Daniel is _____________ than Raul. (short) -thin -misterioso
2. Oscar is the ___________. (short)
3. Raul is the ____________. (thin) -colorful -inteligente
4. Daniel is ______________ than Oscar. (thin)
5. Oscar has the __________ clothes. (colorful) -heavy -pequeño
6. Oscar is ______________ than Joe. (heavy)
7. Raul is the ____________. (Intelligent) -intelligent -delgado
8. Daniel is _____________ than Raul. (happy)
9. Raul is the ____________. (mysterious) -happy -colorido
10. Daniel is ____________. than Raul. (energetic)
-misterious -pesado

-energetic -feliz

WITH OUR TEACHER

6-Read the following article and answer the following question about it.
We hear it in the news, we see it everywhere. Forests are
disappearing at an alarming rate. Most of us are aware
that deforestation is one of the most serious problems of
the century, but we continue to flush old growth forests
down our toilets. Most people are extremely surprised
when they learn that the two largest manufacturers of
tissue products in the world still use virgin fiber from old
growth forests to make toilet paper. It seems like a bad
nightmare, but it’s a reality! Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex,
Scott, Scottex and Cottonelle) and Procter & Gamble
(Bounty) sell millions of tons of tissue products in over
150 countries annually, making each over 14 billion U.S.
dollars of profit every year. Their toilet papers are made
with virgin fiber that comes from old growth forests
located in Canada, Russia and the Balkans. They also use
virgin pulp from tropical forests located in Asia and Latin
America. A recent study reported that, “Every day, about 1. trees
270,000 trees are flushed down the drain or end up as 2. it feels better
garbage all over the world.” This is clearly unnecessary 3. Kimberly-Clark
and it needs to stop! and Procter & Gamble
Yes, recycled toilet paper is not as soft, but it’s a very small 4. 270,000
sacrifice that can save millions of trees! And anyways, 5. 14 billion dollars
how soft do you really need your toilet paper to be? You 6. Canada, Russia, the
only use it a few seconds a day! Also note that the whiter Balkans, Asia, Latin America
the tissue, the more likely it is to contain high levels of 7. it has lots
virgin fibers and huge amounts of bleaching, which of bleach
also has very negative impacts in the environment. So 8. it’s harder
from now on, try to buy recycled toilet paper, and if your
supermarket doesn’t carry it, ask for it!

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 1. What is toilet paper made of?

2. Why do so many people prefer soft toilet paper?

3. Who are the two main companies that use ancient forests for their toilet paper?

4. How many trees are flushed down the toilet every day?

5. How much does Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble make in one year?

6. What are the five places that are the most exploited?

7. What does it mean if your toilet paper is very white?

8. What is the only negative thing about recycled toilet paper?

7-SELF EVALUATION. Scan successfully for specific information.

In Pairs PRACTICING
1- Do the exercises correctly.

a) Write the adjectives.

1. __hot______ hotter
2. ___________ lovelier
3. ___________ more interesting
4. ___________ the happiest
5. ___________ earlier
6. ___________ drier
7. ___________ the most famous
8. ___________ friendlier
9. ___________ fatter
10. __________ more exciting

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 b) Complete the sentences using the words below and is or are.

1. France ________is bigger _______________ than Switzerland.

2. Gold _______________________________ than paper.
3. Sharks ______________________________than dolphins.
4. Chinese _____________________________than English.
5. June and July________________________ than April and
May.
6. A funfair ____________________________than school.
7. Vegetables ___________________________than sweets.

c) Underline the correct word. d) Put the words in order to make sentences.

1. Football is more/the most exciting
than baseball.
2. Winter is a cold/the colder season.
3. Apples are more/ the most useful than
cakes.
4. My sister is heavier/the heaviest than
me, but my father is heavier/the
heaviest in my family.
5. Adam is better/ the best than Sam at
tennis, but John is better/the best tennis
player in our class.
6. The weather yesterday was worse/bad
than last week, but the weather today is
the worse/the worst weather this year.
7. Bicycles are the cheapest/cheaper
form of transport, but they are also the
slowest/ slower than cars and planes.
1. thinks / is / than / Maths / She / Science / worse
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2. best / in / Mark / the / our / is / singer / class
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3. the / day / The / my / most / exciting / birthday / is /
in / year. _____________________________________
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4. elephants / smaller / Mice / and / are / tigers / than
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5. youngest / is / in / the / Mary / their / person /
family
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6. are / than / Dolphins / intelligent / hippos / more
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2- SELF EVALUATION. Know the use of comparative and superlative forms of

adjectives.

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 In TEAM APPLYING
1- Read the following paragraph and write a topic for each one.

It consists of the Sun Moon and He is a person who looks after

Planets. It also consists of
comets, meteoroids and
asteroids. The Sun is the largest
member of the Solar System. In
order of distance from the Sun,
the planets are Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
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the sick people and prescribes
medicines so that the patient
recovers fast. In order to become
a doctor, a person has to study
medicine. Doctors lead a hard
life. Their life is very busy.
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India is an agricultural country. It is a barren, rocky world

Most of the people live in
villages and are farmers. They
grow cereals, pulses, vegetables
and fruits. The farmers lead a
tough life. They get up early in
the morning and go to the fields.
They stay and work on the farm
late till evening. The farmers
usually live in kuchcha houses.
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without air and water. It has
dark lava plain on its surface.
The Moon is filled wit craters. It
has no light of its own. It gets its
light from the Sun. The Moo
keeps changing its shape as it
moves round the Earth.
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2- Look at for one topic and write a short paragraph with coherence and clarity.
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3- SELF EVALUATION. Write a short paragraph with coherence and clarity.

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