Week 04 – Pre -Intermediate – Sports Stars
I)
Listenlng
1) Work
with a partner. Try to match each of these famous sports stars with their date
of birth.
1. Thierry
Henry
2. Fernando
Alonso
3. David
Beckham
4. Cristiano
Ronaldo
5. Rafael
Nadal
6. Roger
Federer
a.
02/05/75
b.
17/08/77
c.
29/07/81
d.
08/08/81
e.
05/02/85
f.
03/06/86
2) Listen
to a discussion between a marketing director and an advertising executive.
Which sports star do they choose to advertise a new energy drink?
Which sports star do they choose to advertise a new energy drink?
3) Complete
these sentences. You need to use some names more than once.
a) ____________ m is
more famous than Henry.
b) ____________ isn't
as interesting as ______________ .
c) ______________ is a
bit older than _____________
d) ______________ isn't
as successful as _____________
e) _______________ is
much younger than ______________
f) ________________ is
the best-looking, most ...
3)
Work with a partner. List the most famous sports
stars in your country.
• Complete the sentences in Exercise 2 with
names from your list.
• Choose one sports star from your list to advertise
a new sports car
• Compare your ideas with other students in the
class.
II)
Grammar: Comparatives/ superlatives
Adjective
|
comparative
|
superlative
|
|
Short adjective:
add er/ est
Adjectives
ending in a consonant or e
Adjectives
ending in a single vowel+ a single consonant
Adjectives
ending in y
|
New
Nice
Fit
Healthy
|
Newer
Nicer
Fitter
Healthier
|
Newest
The nicest
The fittest
The healthiest
|
Irregular
adjectives
|
Good
Bad
Far
|
Better
Worse
Further
|
The best
The worst
The furthest
|
Long adjectives:
add more/ the most
|
exciting
|
More exciting
|
The most
exciting
|
You use
comparative adjectives to compare people/ things with other people/ things,
Fernando
Alonso is older than Lewis Hamilton
You can use
a bit or much to modify comparisons,
Wembley
Stadium is a bit bigger than the Stade de France.
Cristiano Ronaldo is
much better-looking than Wayne Rooney.
You use not
as + adjective + as to make negative comparisons
Golf
is not as dangerous as motor racing.
You use
superlative adjectives to compare people / things with all the other people/
things in their group,
Mohamed
Ali was the greatest sportsman of all time.
Football
is the most popular sport in the world.
Exercise
1: Combine the noun phrases with the adjectives - or your own ideas - to
make comparative statements that you agree with.
Noun phrases:
English food Flying French wine German cars
Living
in a city Men Shopping online Women
Adjectives:
cheap complex convenient exciting
expensive funny interesting noisy
reliable
safe sensitive
sophisticated
Exercise
2: Write out the superlative forms for the following groups of adjectives:
a)
old
/ rich /
exciting / great
____________________________________________________________________
b)
valuable
/ big / hot
/ thin
____________________________________________________________________
c)
funny
/ interesting /
sexy / happy
____________________________________________________________________
d)
bad
/ far / good
/ talented
____________________________________________________________________
III) Homework:
1)
Test your general knowledge! Use the adjective
in brackets with a bit / much / not as … as to make true comparisons.
a) Mount
Kilimanjaro (high) / Mount Fuji.
____________________________________________________________________
b) London (wet) / Rome.
____________________________________________________________________
b)
The US Army (small) / the North Korean Army.
____________________________________________________________________
c)
Heathrow Airport (busy) / Los Angeles International
Airport.
____________________________________________________________________
d)
Ireland (big) / Cuba.
____________________________________________________________________
e)
Big Ben (tall) / the Statue of Liberty.
____________________________________________________________________
2)
Complete the questions with different superlative
adjectives.
J) Who is ______________________ sports person
in the world?
b) What is _____________________ music group of
all time?
c) What is _____________________ place you've
ever visited?
d) Who is ______________________ person you
know?
e) What is ______________________ possession you
have?
f) Who is _______________________ actor /
actress in your country?
g) Where is _____________________ nightlife in
town?
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