香港朗文版4A-chapter5-Lesson3-4.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * Chapter 5, Book 4A Part E Longman Welcome to English Animals big and small The children played games at the science museum last sunday. They compared the animals! What did they find out? What is this ? What ’s your favourite animal? Can you descibe the animal? Let’ learn some words to descibe the animals.let’ go. John is tall. He is taller than Cindy. Cindy is short. She is shorter than John. Comparatives Comparison of a quality between two people or things Cindy John Comparatives: Short adjectives Short adjectives Spelling rules Examples Usually Ending in a consonant + y double the consonant + er hungry ? hungrier happy ? happier funny ? funnier Ending in a vowel  + a consonant big ? bigger fat ? fatter fit ? fitter + er slow ? slower fast ? faster tall ? taller Ending in -e + r large ? larger nice ? nicer –y ? -i + er Practice 1 hot ? 2 fit ? 3 long ? 4 strong ? 5 pretty ? 6 wise ? 7 heavy ? 8 large ? hotter fitter longer stronger prettier wiser heavier larger e.g. noisy ? noisier Comparatives Comparatives are used in sentences with than. Peter Henry Jim An apple  taller heavier fitter smaller Mary. Simon. Henry. a melon. than is verb comparative (adjective + er) than elephant bird large ? small The elephant is larger than the bird. The bird is smaller than the elephant. Practice Comparison of a quality among three or more people / things The watermelon is the heaviest fruit. The pineapple is the lightest fruit. heavy? light 2 kg 15 kg 7 kg pineapple watermelon melon Superlatives Always use the before superlatives. The elephant The shark The giraffe  the biggest animal the largest fish the tallest animal in the jungle. in the sea. in the world. is the superlative (adjective + est) noun Superlatives: Short adjectives Short adjectives