Unit 8

Getting help
Simple present
Use: Routines, habits and facts

🠶 Structure: S+V+C

🠶 I watch romantic movies every day.

🠶 I don’t watch romantic movies every day.
🠶 Do you watch romantic movies every day?
🠶 Yes, I do No, I don’t
🠶 What do you watch every day?
🠶 I watch romantic movies every day.
Examples:

🠶 She cleans her house in the morning.

🠶 She doesn’t clean her house in the morning.
🠶 Does she clean her house in the morning?
🠶 Yes, she does No, she doesn’t
🠶 When does she clean her house?
🠶 She cleans her house in the morning.
🠶 She plays in the park with my aunt.
🠶 She doesn’t play in the park with my aunt.
🠶 Does she play in the park with my aunt?
🠶 Yes, she does No, she doesn’t
🠶 Where does she play with my aunt?
🠶 She plays in the park with my aunt.
🠶 They read a magazine in the library.
🠶 They don’t read a magazine in the library.
🠶 Do they read a magazine in the library?
🠶 Yes, they do No, they don’t
🠶 Where do they read a magazine?
🠶 They read a magazine in the library.
Asking and giving directions

 (6283) Giving Directions – YouTube

 Watch the video and answer the questions:

 1. When and where are Catalina and their friends going to meet?
 2. Where is Catalina going to be at weekend?
 3. Where is the supermarket?
 4. What is on the right of the hotel two blocks away?
 5. What is across from the hotel?
Vocabulary about directions
Speaking Activity

 Record a 2-minute conversation video about

asking and giving directions.
Unit 9
Sports
Comparatives and superlatives
adjectives
Comparative adjectives
 Use: To compare two things or people.

 Adjectives:

 *One syllable: dark darker big -bigger tall---taller fat- fatter

 *Two or more syllables: beautiful more beautiful intelligent more intelligent
 attractive more attractive charming more charming
 Irregular: good better mejor
 bad worse peor
 far farther
Examples
 Ana is taller than María.
 The dog is bigger than the cat.
 Ambato is more beautiful than Quito.
 The school is bigger than the house.
 María’s book is more expensive than my book.
 Scarleth is smaller than María José.
Superlative adjectives

 Highlight one thing from a group.

 *One syllable: dark the darkest big the biggest fast the fastest
 *Two or more syllables: beautiful the most beautiful comfortable the
most comfortable careful the most careful
 Irregular: good the best el mejor
 bad the worst el peor
 far the farthest
Examples:

 He is the tallest in the class.

 Ariana is the most intelligent in her family.
 The English book is the smallest in the library.
 Carlos is the most special in the academy.
 Paula’s notebook is the most expensive in the bookshop.
Extra rules

 Big bigger the biggest fat fatter the fattest

 Easy easier the easiest happy happier happiest
Comparison adjective: Equality

 Use: Show equality between two nouns

 Structure: as Adjective as tan/como

 Examples:
 She is as nice as her sister.
 Peter is as happy as Tom.
 He is as old as Tomás.
Writing activity

 Write a 200-Word comparison between you and a family member.

 Example:
 My sister is older than I. She is 30 years old and I’m just 15. She has got blond hair and
mine is darker. In addition, I am more organized than her. She always has her room like a
mess……
Homework

 Complete the activities from Units 8-9 (English discoveries)

 Complete the forum Units 8-9 (English discoveries)
 Upload the Speaking, writing and Exercises in class. (Google
classroom)