24 May 2016

VHS West A2.2 - Tue 24 May

Today's lesson:

- listening: Restaurant problems       listen to the recording again (mp3)
- book p 76, 77
- grammar: comparison of adjectives (hot - hotter - hottest)
- book p 84: listening "Small talk"

Homework:

- Write a short dialogue with the sentences in 1a on the "restaurant problems" worksheet
- book p 84: Write a short dialogue: Finish one of the conversations (dialogue 1 - dialogue 5)


COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES:

SHORT adjectives with ONE syllable (-er / -est)

nice - nicer - the nicest
wet - wetter - the wettest
dry - drier - the driest


LONG adjectives with THREE OR MORE syllables (more / most)

beau | ti | ful - more beautiful - most beautiful    (3 syllables)
ter | ri | fy | ing - more terrifying - most terrifying    (4 syllables   - "furchterregend")
un | for | get | ta | ble - more unforgettable - most unforgettable (5 syllables   - "unvergesslich")


SPECIAL CASE: adjectives with TWO syllables:

SHORT - ending in "-y, -le, -ow, er"

rai | ny - rainier - rainiest
gen | tle - gentler - gentlest       ("sanft, vorsichtig")
shal | low - shallower - shallowest     ("seicht, oberflächlich")
cle | ver - cleverer - cleverest

LONG - all other endings

aw | ful - more awful - most awful     ("schrecklich")
care | less - more careless - more careless     ("sorglos, unachtsam")


EXCEPTIONS (Ausnahmen):

good - better - best
bad - worse - worst
many - more - most
much - more - most
little - less - least    ("wenig")
little - smaller - smallest     ("klein")

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