Comparing Works
درس «Comparing Works» — listening Shakespeare/Dickinson/novel vs poem · comparative & superlative · complete · rewrite · compare-lab + listen-lab — p.74–75.
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درس «Comparing Works» — listening Shakespeare/Dickinson/novel vs poem · comparative & superlative · complete · rewrite · compare-lab + listen-lab — p.74–75.
- ✓يستمع إلى نص مقارنة أعمال أدبية (Shakespeare · Dickinson · novel vs poem)
- ✓يستخدم comparative و superlative adjectives و the more…the more
- ✓يقارن Novels vs Short Stories في Think-Pair-Share
1 What do comparisons in literature help us see?
2 How are Emily Dickinson's poems usually described in text?
3 What makes Shakespeare's plays often considered the greatest?
4 Why can a novel be as inspiring as a poem?
1 This movie is (more exciting / most exciting) than the one we saw yesterday.
2 Ahmed is the (tall / tallest) student in the class.
3 My car is (faster / fastest) than yours.
4 This exam was (better / best) than the last one.
5 Of all the shops, this one is the (cheap / cheapest).
Language in Context — Comparative adjectives (compare 2 things) — Ministry book
- Add -er to short adjectives: tall → taller · fast → faster
- Use more before long adjectives: beautiful → more beautiful · expensive → more expensive
- We usually use than in the sentence: Ali is taller than Omar. · This book is more interesting than that one.
Superlative adjectives (compare 3 or more things)
- Add -est to short adjectives: tall → tallest · fast → fastest
- Use most before long adjectives: beautiful → most beautiful · expensive → most expensive
- We usually use the before the superlatives. e.g., Ali is the tallest in the class. · This is the most interesting book.
- Absolute adjectives like perfect, unique, dead, married, empty don't take more/most. e.g., This pyramid design is unique. · He is married.
- Structure: the + comparative …, the + comparative — e.g., The sooner, the better. · The more you study, the easier the test becomes.
- To intensify comparison, use much, a lot, far / and a little, a bit, slightly before a comparative. e.g., Gold is much more expensive than silver.
1 My house is ___ (big) than yours.
2 This street is the ___ (busy) in the city.
3 Sara is ___ (good) at English than Hala.
4 Summer is ___ (hot) than winter.
5 Mount Everest is the ___ (high) mountain in the world.
Answer key
bigger · busiest · better · hotter · highest
1 Sarah is the most intelligent student in the class. (smarter than)
2 No river in the world is longer than the Nile. (the longest)
3 Nada isn't so tall as Noha. (taller)
4 Egypt has the most beautiful tourist sites. (than)
5 This is the most interesting story I've ever read. (never)
What do you know about novels?
What do you know about short stories?
Which one do you enjoy more? Why?
Work with your partner.
Compare novels and short stories.
Use comparative (longer, shorter, more exciting) and superlative (the most interesting, the best, the easiest) forms.
Novels
Longer · more characters · deeper development · chapters.
Short stories
Shorter · one main event · faster to finish · often more focused.
Compare with
longer/shorter · more exciting · the most interesting · the best · the easiest.
flowchart TB COMP["Comparing Works\nliterature"] --> LISTEN["Listening\nShakespeare · Dickinson · novel vs poem"] COMP --> GRAM["Grammar\ncomparative · superlative"] GRAM --> SHORT["Short adj\n-er / -est · than / the"] GRAM --> LONG["Long adj\nmore / most"] GRAM --> MORE["the more…the more\nmuch/far before comparative"] COMP --> SPEAK["Think-Pair-Share\nNovels vs Short Stories"]
Quiz
0 / 6This movie is ___ than yesterday's.
Ahmed is the ___ student in the class.
My house is ___ (big) than yours.
T/F: A novel cannot be as inspiring as a poem.
Mount Everest is the ___ mountain in the world.
Intensify comparison: Gold is ___ more expensive than silver.