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课件网) Grammar Unit 2 School life 八年级上册 A. Comparing the amount of things Free talk There are 20 students in each class at Nancy’s school. At Tomoya’s school, students have a 70-minute lunch break. Linlin’s school has 8 weeks off for the summer holiday. … Talk about the three students’ school lives according to the table below. What information can you get Presentation There are fewer students in each class at Nancy’s school than at Tomoya’s school. Nancy’s school has less lunchtime than Tomoya’s school. Nancy’s school has more weeks off for the summer holiday than Tomoya’s school. Compare Nancy’s and Tomoya’s school lives according to the table. Presentation: work out the rule! When comparing two things, we use comparative adjectives: fewer, less and more. fewer + countable nouns + than less + uncountable nouns + than more + countable/uncountable nouns + than Presentation Tomoya’s school has the most students in each class. Nancy’s school has the least lunchtime among the three schools. Tomoya’s school has the fewest weeks off for the summer holiday. Compare Nancy’s, Tomoya’s and Linlin’s school lives according to the table. Presentation: work out the rule! When comparing the amount of three or more things, we use superlative adjectives: the fewest, the least and the most. the fewest + countable nouns the least + uncountable nouns the most + countable/uncountable nouns Presentation: Read the sentences below the table in Part A and finish “work out the rule” on page 26. fewer the fewest less the least more the most Practice more more most more fewer fewest less more least most Finish Part A1 on page 26. Practice Nancy studies _____ subjects than Tomoya. Kitty is in the _____ clubs among the three students. Kitty has _____ free time each day than Nancy. Kitty is in _____ clubs than Tomoya. Nancy studies the _____ subjects among the three students. Among the three students, Kitty has the _____ free time each day. Fill in the blanks according to the table in Part A1. more most fewer fewest less least Production Complete the last column in Part A1 with your own information, and then share your information with each other. Write a short text to compare your own school life with the three students’ school lives. Production: sample answer I study 12 subjects at school. I study more subjects than Nancy, but fewer than Tomoya and Kitty. I am in only 1 club, so I am in the fewest clubs. I have 3 hours of free time every day. I have more free time than Kitty, but less than Nancy. B. Using as … as Presentation 1. What does Nancy’s school think of the arts 2. Is Nancy’s school life less wonderful than Tomoya’s Nancy’s school thinks the arts are as important as languages, Maths and Science. No. Nancy’s school life is as wonderful as Tomoya’s. Read Kitty’s notes and answer the following questions Presentation 3. Is Nancy’s school the same size as Tomoya’s school 4. Do ... ...
