WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF

YOU WERE :
A TREE, A MOUNTAIN,
AN ANIMAL, A RIVER,
A FLOWER…….
 BUT NOT JUST
ANY TREE, ANY MOUNTAIN,
ANY ANIMAL, ANY RIVER,
ANY FLOWER………
Hi, my name is Sequoia.
No other tree is taller than
me. I am the tallest tree
in the world. I live in America.
I am no less than 85 m tall.
Hi, my name is Mount
Everest. No other
mountain is higher than
me. I am
the highest mountain in
the world.
Hi, my name is Kilauea in the Hawaii
Islands. Many people think that Etna
in Europe is THE world's MOST
active volcano. But they are wrong.
I am MORE active THAN Etna.
Hi, my name is Cheetah. No other
animal is faster than me.
I am the fastest animal In the world.
Hi, I am the African elephant. I am
the biggest and the heaviest land animal.
No other animal is as big or as heavy as
I am. I weigh 100 kilograms.
Hi, I am just a puppy, that’s why I am so
tiny. My master says I am the tiniest
puppy in the world. Maybe I am. I don’t
know. But I am sure you can all see that
I am the cutest .
My name is the Congo. Some also call
me the Zaire. I am just
the second largest river in the world,
but I am the deepest. I am 220 m
deep. No other river is deeper than
me. I flow in Africa.
 I am the Amazon in South
America. I am not as long as
I am the Nile in Africa.
the Nile, but I am wider. In
I am the longest river in
fact, I am just a bit shorter
the world.
than the Nile, but a lot
wider.
I am the widest river in the
world.
I am the Pacific I am the Arctic Ocean.
Ocean. I am the I am the smallest and
largest and the the shallowest ocean in
deepest ocean in the the world. This means all
world. other oceans are
No other ocean is bigger than me and I am
as deep as I am. less deep than they are.
Ice also makes me
the least navigable
ocean.
Hi, I am a Panda. I am not the laziest
animal. There are others a lot lazier
than me. I am only the tenth laziest
animal in the world. I sleep for 10
hours
a day.
Hi, I am a squirrel.
I suppose I am lazier than a panda.
I sleep for 14 hours a day.
I am a Koala. I am
the laziest animal in the
world. I sleep for 18 to 22
hours a day.
Hi, we a a water lily and a magnolia.
Which of us do you think is prettier ?
Which of us do you think is more delicate ?
Hi, I am a rose.
I have the most beautiful
smell in the world.
The best perfumes that
humans make smell of
roses. There are no better

ones.
Hi, it’s me again. I forgot to mention that
dogs are considered some of
the cleverest animals on earth. I don’t
know if I am smarter than a cat, but
I certainly am less capricious and
more playful.
WHICH ADJECTIVES IN THE
SLIDE SHOW FOLLOW
THIS PATTERN ?

HAPPY HAPPIER THE HAPPIEST

___________Y → i + er / i + est
 WHICH ADJECTIVE IN THE
SLIDE SHOW FOLLOWS
THIS PATTERN ?

WET WETTER THE WETTEST

THIN THINNER THE THINNEST

(ADJECTIVES MADE UP OF ONE SYLLABLE

WITH A SHORT VOWEL)
 WHICH ADJECTIVES IN THE
SLIDE SHOW FOLLOW
THIS PATTERN ?
NICE NICER THE NICEST

______E ______E+R THE _____E + ST

WHICH ADJECTIVES IN THE
SLIDE SHOW FOLLOW
THIS PATTERN ?

_________________ER

THE _______________________EST
 WHICH ADJECTIVES IN THE
SLIDE SHOW FOLLOW
THIS PATTERN ?

ELEGANT
MORE ELEGANT THE MOST ELEGANT

MORE ____________ THE MOST ____________

WHICH ADJECTIVE IN THE
SLIDE SHOW
DOES NOT FOLLOW
ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY
PRESENTED PATTERNS ?
 WHICH WORD SHOULD YOU
ADD SO THAT THE TWO
SENTENCES MAY HAVE THE
SAME MEANING ?

A CAT IS MORE CAPRICIOUS THAN A DOG.

A DOS IS______ CAPRICIOUS THAN A CAT.
 ADD THE OPPOSITE OF THE
UNDERLINED WORDS TO
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE :

THE ARCTIC IS NOT THE MOST NAVIGABLE

OCEAN IN THE WORLD.

THE ARCTIC IS ______________ NAVIGABLE

OCEAN IN THE WORLD.
HOW DO YOU SAY THAT TWO
FLOWERS ARE
EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL ?

ONE FLOWER IS
_____ BEAUTIFUL _____
THE OTHER.
 HOW DO YOU SAY THAT A
RIVER IS MUCH WIDER
OR
FAR WIDER THAN THE OTHER ?

ONE RIVER IS A ______ WIDER

THAN THE OTHER.
 HOW DO YOU SAY THAT A
RIVER IS A LITTLE SHORTER
OR SLIGHTLY SHORTER
THAN THE OTHER ?

ONE RIVER IS A ___________

SHORTER THAN THE OTHER.
 THE AMAZON IS THE SECOND LONGEST
RIVER IN THE WORLD BUT ITS WATERFLOW
IS GREATER THAN
THE NEXT SEVEN LARGEST RIVERS
COMBINED.

THE AMAZON IS A ________ LARGER THAN ANY

OTHER RIVER.
THE AMAZON IS _______ / FAR LARGER THAN ANY
OTHER RIVER.
THE AMAZON IS BY ________ THE LARGEST RIVER
IN THE WORLD.