Unit 3: All About Food
Lesson 3e: Grammar
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Lesson Outline
Warm-up
Presentation
Practise
Production
Consolidation
Wrap-up

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Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to…
- use superlatives correctly.

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WARM-UP

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Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently form that of the others.
1. A. hate

C. taste

D. grate

/æd/

/teɪst/

/ɡreɪt/

B. meat

C. bean

/miːt/

/biːn/

3. A. lunch

B. child

C. chef

D. chip

/lʌntʃ/

/tʃaɪld/

/ʃef/

/tʃɪp/

/heɪt/
2. A. tea
/tiː/

B. add

D. bread
/bred/

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PAIRWORK

Make comparison about these things.
1. bikes / motorbikes

Bikes are slower than
motorbikes.

2. English / French
3. city / countryside
4. potatoes / cucumbers
5. Vietnam / China

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It's time to learn …

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Presentation

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Australia:
7.688.000 km²

The USA: 9.834.000 km² Canada:
9.985.000 km²

Which country is
the largest?

Canada is the
largest.

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Australia: 25,69 million

The USA: 329,5 million

Which country is
the most crowded?

Canada: 38,01
million

The USA is the
most crowded.

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Complete the rules
Superlative

Example

short adjectives

the + adj + -EST

the largest

long adjectives

the + MOST + adj

the most crowded

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Spelling rules
• adjectives + -est

• -e + -st

long – longest

nice – nicest

• one-syllable adjectives ending in vowel + consonant ➝ double
consonant + -est
thin – thinnest
• -y ➝ -y + -iest
happy – happiest

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Note:
• clever, common, friendly, narrow form their superlative with -est
or the most
Ex: friendly – the friendliest/ the most friendly
• Irregular adjectives:
good ➝ the best

bad ➝ the worst

little ➝ the least

many/ much ➝ the most

Special case: a lot of ➝ the most

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Practise

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Write the superlative form.
the cheapest
1 cheap – ________________

the most difficult
5 difficult – ________________

the cleverest/
2 clever – ________________
the most clever

the spiciest
6 spicy – ________________

the best
3 good – ________________

the least
8 a little – ________________

the most crowded
4 crowded – ________________

the most
7 a lot of – ________________

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6. Put the adjectives in brackets into the superlative form.
the most popular
1 Marco's is ___________________
(popular) restaurant in town.
the easiest
2 This is ____________________
(easy) dish ever!
the oldest
3 This café is _____________________
(old) in the area.
the best
4 This is ___________________
(good) place to eat Thai fish pie.
the most delicious
5 This is _____________________
(delicious) dish on the menu.

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Look at the table and make sentences, using superlatives.
Height
Weight

Diet

Nam
140 cm
55 kg
- Milk (300ml/day)
- Fast food (3
times/week)
- Vegetables and
fruit (no)

Hung
150 cm
50 kg
- Milk (500ml/day)
- Fast food (2
times/week)
- Vegetables and
fruit (every day)

Lam
130 cm
45kg
- Milk (200ml/day)
- Fast food
(once/week)
- Vegetables and
fruit (3
times/week)

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Possible answers:
1. Hung is the tallest.
2. Lam is the shortest.
3. Nam is the heaviest.
4. Hung drinks the most milk.
5. Nam drinks the least milk.
6. Nam eats the most fast food.
7. Lam eats the least fast food.

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Circle the correct item.
1 Paul's restaurant is the more/most crowded in the area.
2 Burgers are tastier/tastiest than hot dogs.
3 He is the friendlier/friendliest waiter of all.
4 Dan is taller/tallest than James.
5 This café is the older/oldest in the village.

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6 Jane is the prettier/prettiest of all the waitresses here.
7 This restaurant is more/most popular than Jim's.
8 Niko's is the bigger/biggest restaurant in the city.
9 This restaurant is one of the most popular/more popular
ones in the area.
10 Oranges are juicier than/of apples.

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7. Put the adjectives in brackets into the comparative or superlative
forms.
the most expensive (expensive) restaurant in the area.
1 Mario's is __________________
healthier
2 Fruit juices are _________________
(healthy) than sugary drinks.
more
3 This cake recipe needs _______________
(many) eggs than that one.
the most famous
4 Ramsay is one of ___________________
(famous) chefs in the world.
the tastiest
5 Thai fish pie is ___________________
(tasty) meal of all.

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Production

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8 Use the adjectives in Exercise 5 in the comparative and
superlative form in sentences of your own.
Potatoes are the cheapest food.
My sister is cleverer than me.
That's the best restaurant in the city!
This restaurant is more crowded than that one.
This is the most difficult recipe in the book.
This dish is the spiciest in the menu.
I've got more recipes than Jane.
She has less money than me.

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CONSOLIDATION

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Write six sentences, comparing the following things. Use
comparatives and superlatives correctly.
bananas/ oranges/ strawberries
vegetables/ fast food
your mother/ your father
Da Lat/ Nha Trang/ Phu Quoc
Landmark 81/ Bitexco building
dogs/ rabbits/ cheetahs

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WRAP-UP

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Today's lesson
Grammar
Superlatives and comparatives

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Homework
- Practise making comparisons, using comparatives and
superlatives.
- Do exercises 3, 4 in TA 6 Right on WB (p. 32)
- Complete the grammar notes in TA 6 Right on Notebook
(p. 32)
- Prepare the next lesson (p. 62 SB)

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Enjoy your day!