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课件网) Grammar Unit 1 Friendship 八年级上册 Presentation Read the sentences about Betty and Max on page 12 and answer the following questions. What are the words in bold “Longer” and “more interesting” are comparative adjectives, while “the most helpful” and “the tallest” are superlative adjectives. Presentation (2) How do we use comparative and superlative adjectives in the sentences We use comparative adjectives with “than”. We add “the” before superlative adjectives. two three Presentation Read the table and the first two tips on page 12, and then complete the following chart. Regular adjectives Irregular adjectives One-syllable adjectives Two-syllable adjectives (1) _____ adjectives (2) _____ adjectives Adjectives with three or more syllables (3) _____ (4) _____ (5) _____ _____ (6) _____ Examples Short Long long, small, … tidy, pretty, … beautiful, wonderful, … good, bad, … Presentation Read the table on page 12 again and complete the following chart by working out the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives. Exploring the rules most short adjectives → + -er/-est short adjectives ending in -e → + -r/-st short adjectives ending in a consonant + y → -y + -ier/-iest short adjectives ending in a vowel + a consonant → double the last consonant + -er/-est (1) _____ _____ (2) _____ _____ (3) _____ _____ _____ (4) _____ _____ _____ _____ Regular adjectives Short adjectives clean cleaner cleanest nice nicer nicest heavy heavier heaviest thin thinner thinnest Rules Long adjectives Exploring the rules (5) _____ _____ _____ Regular adjectives Irregular adjectives Long adjectives (6) _____ _____ _____ interesting more interesting most interesting good better best bad worse worst Rules Short adjectives long adjectives → more/most + long adjectives irregular adjectives → replace the words Presentation Read the third tip on page 12 and pay attention to the words with two syllables. Adjective Comparative Superlative clever handsome polite simple stupid cleverer/more clever cleverest/most clever handsomer/more handsome handsomest/most handsome politer/more polite politest/most polite simpler/more simple simplest/most simple stupider/more stupid stupidest/most stupid Presentation Go through “Grammar check” from pages 157 to 158. Give explanations if necessary. Practice funnier funniest closer closest more beautiful most beautiful kinder kindest slimmer slimmest more difficult most difficult smarter smartest cuter cutest prettier prettiest brighter brightest more interesting most interesting sadder saddest more wonderful most wonderful heavier heaviest better best worse worst Practice the tallest lighter than the heaviest lower than Practice the highest the slowest the fastest better than the best Production Compare yourselves with your best friend. The following table is available for reference. Looks height weight build eyes hair … Qualities careful patient … A ... ...
