9 Oct 2016

BFI A1.3 - 05/10/2016 (1st session)

Today's lesson:

- topic: "money"
- book p 78: reading/listening "savekaryn.com"
- book p 79: grammar "comparison of adjectives"

Homework:

- book p 79, grammar 4
- Write sentences: compare yourself to a family member.
  Example: I'm taller than my brother. I'm more intelligent than my brother.


Vocabulary:

earn money - Geld verdienen
save money - Geld sparen
spend money - Geld ausgeben
waste money - Geld verschwenden
lose money - Geld verlieren
find money - Geld finden
steal money - Ged stehlen
withdraw money - Geld beheben (Bankomat)
(ex)change money - Geld wechseln
donate money - Geld spenden

salary - Gehalt
debt - Schulden

Grammar:

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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