LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Elena Şorlei

School: “General Magheru” Technological High school, Rm. Vâlcea
Form: 3rd year , trade school
Level: Elementary
Lesson type: speaking, reading, writing
Subject: The comparative and the superlative degrees of comparison of the adjective
Time: 50 minutes
Objectives:
- to revise the degrees of comparison of adjectives
- to develop the writing, reading and speaking skills of the students
- students will be able to develop ideas and make comparisons and contrasts on given topics
Skills: speaking, writing, reading
Methods: conversation, group work, brainstorming,
Teaching materials: worksheets, whiteboard, students’ notebook

Activity 1 – Warm-up
Aim – introducing the topic
Procedure: In this warm up activity, students get into small groups. Then, the teacher gives a rebus
to be solved. They discover the topic. To help students organize their thinking and writing process,
the teacher guides learners’ thinking as they fill in and build upon a visual map.
Interaction: teacher-student, student- student, student-teacher,
Time: 10 minutes

Activity 2
Aim: to practice the use of the comparatives
Procedure: Using the people in the class is a logical place to start with comparatives. A simple
activity is to put students into groups of four. Tell them to make as many true sentences as they can
comparing each other using the following phrases. Is young; has big family; has long hair ; is
talkative; is tall . Set a time limit. Then ask students to read out some of their sentences, e.g. Marta
has longer hair than Juan and Pablo.
Interaction: teacher-student, student- student, student-teacher,
Time: 10 minutes
Activity 3
Aim: to practice the use of the superlatives
Procedure: The students have to use Google Search to find the information about some incredible
world records. They work in groups and then they read the informations .
Interaction: teacher-student, student – student, student-teacher
Time: 10 minutes

Activity 4
Aim: to reinforce the students’ knowledge of the comparative degree
Procedure: The teacher gives students a worksheet with exercises regarding comparisons
Interaction: teacher-student, student-teacher
Time: 15 minutes

Activity 5
Homework setting
Procedure The teacher asks the students to write two paragraphs making comparisons and contrasts
based on the following topic: Living in the countryside and living in the city.
Interaction: teacher-students
Time: 5 minutes
 WORKSHEET
Comparisons

I Write the correct form of the adjectives in brackets:

1. My house is ………..…….(big) than yours. 2. Los Angeles is ………..………(polluted) than

Vancouver. 3. That was …………….(bad) film I have ever seen. 4. They are as …………….
(rich) as The Browns. 5. This bed is ………………………. (comfortable) than the sofa. 6. This
restaurant makes …………………… (good) dinner in the city. 7. My suitcase is ………………
(heavy) than yours. 8. I think Paris is ……………………… (beautiful) city in the world. 9. This
car is ……………..(fast) than that one. 10. Peter is as …………………. (tall) as Paul .

II Write the correct forms:

1) old …………. …………………

2) bad …………….. …………….
3) difficult ……………….. ……………
4) …………….. ……………… the worst
5) good ……………….. …………………..
6) big ……………… ………………………

7) easy …………… ……………….........

8) much ………………… ……………….
9) little ………………… ………………..
10) interesting ………….. ……………
11) ………………. longer …………….
12) …………………. happier ………

III Choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below:

1. The weather yesterday was a lot ................ than today's weather. 2. I've got two brothers, one older than
me and one ....................... . 3. London is the ....................... city that I know. 4. You have to be
very ....................... to go that university. They only take very clever people. 5. All the teachers here
are ....................... . I've learned a lot from them. 6. If you drive ....................... you won't have an
accident. 7. Bristol is quite a big city. It's much ....................... than the city where I live. 8. That's a
very ....................... mistake. Try not to do that again. 9. Tomorrow, we're catching the train at seven, so
we have to get up ....................... than nomal. 10. I came to England to study because I have to
speak ....................... English in my job.

1. A warmer B warmest C warm D warmly

2. A younger B more young C youngest D young
3. A excitingly B most exciting C more exciting D excitingest
4. A intelligent B more intelligent C intelligently D most intelligent
5. A well B good C better D best
6. A good B better C best D well
7. A more big B biggest C bigger D big
8. A more serious B seriously C serious D most serious
9. A earliest B more early C more earlier D earlier
10. A best B more good C good D well