W04 - Pre - Int

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?

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

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b)             valuable  /  big  /  hot /  thin

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c)             funny  /  interesting  /  sexy  /  happy

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d)             bad  /  far /  good  /  talented

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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.

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b)  London (wet) / Rome.

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b)    The US Army (small) / the North Korean Army.

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c)    Heathrow Airport (busy) / Los Angeles International Airport.

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d)    Ireland (big) / Cuba.

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e)    Big Ben (tall) / the Statue of Liberty.

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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?