UNIT TWO

MY COUNTRY
Content: Current issues dealing with: weather, geography, local/ regional
food, transportation, health, life style.

Reflection: “Nature is asking for our help, we have to take action”

Vocabulary

Weather:

Rain Clouds Cold Wind

- drizzle - cloudy - hail - breeze
- showers - gloomy - sleet - windy
- rain - foggy - snow - blustery
- flood - overcast - snowflake - hurricane

temperature
- hot
- warm
- cool
- cold

 Homework

illustrate the vocabulary

Practice reading the texts. Write the season.

spring ----- summer ------ autumn -------- winter

1- I like ____________________
It is hot and sunny.
I go on holiday

2- I like ____________________
It is not very cold.
I like the flowers

3. I like ____________________
It is very cold.
My children play in the snow

4. I like ____________________
The children go back to school.
The leaves fall from the trees.

Which season do you like? Why?

I like ______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Activity
Complete the following conversation listen the recording 1.

the weather.mp3

today ---- cold------- rained ------ hot ------- summer ------- rain ------ winter

A: It's an ugly day _____________.

B: I know. I think it may ____________.
A: It's the middle of_______________, it shouldn't rain today.
B: That would be weird.
A: Yeah, especially since it's ninety degrees outside.
B: I know, it would be horrible if it ______________and it was hot outside.
A: Yes, it would be.
B: I really wish it wasn't so ______________every day.
A: Me too. I can't wait until _______________.
B: I like winter too, but sometimes it gets too ________________.
A: I'd rather be cold than hot.
B: Me too.

Means of transportation

Write the pronunciation to each word.

Example

bus ----------- bas

car
airplane
balloon
bicycle
ambulance
boat
motorcycle
cruise ship
helicopter
Content: Comparative and superlative of adjectives

Reflection: Never give up on something you really want. It´s difficult to wait,
but more difficult to regret.

Write 10 adjectives in English

1- 6-

2- 7-

3- 8-

4- 9-

5- 10-

 We generally add –er when the adjectives have 1 syllable. And –est when it is a superlative

Short- shorter ----------- shortest

Tall – taller --------------- tallest

 But sometimes double the last consonant and add –er and superlative add, -est

Big – bigger -------------------- biggest

Hot – hotter -------------------- hottest

 When an adjective and in y, we change it to an i in superlative we add –iest

Easy- easier---------------- easiest

Noisy – noisier ------------- noisiest

Three or more syllables

Adjectives with three or more syllables form the comparative by putting more in front of the adjective,
and the superlative by putting most in front.

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Important More important Most important
Expensive More expensive Most expensive

Write the comparative form:

New ------------------------------------ newer

Long------------------------------------
Nice------------------------------------
Big--------------------------------------
Good----------------------------------
Fat--------------------------------------
Modern------------------------------
Friendly------------------------------
Famous------------------------------

Write the appositive

Younger---------------------------- older
Cleaner -----------------------------
Darker ------------------------------
More boring----------------------
Hotter-------------------------------
Happier----------------------------
Easier-------------------------------
Smaller-----------------------------

Write comparative sentences using the verbs in brackets.

1- My house is (big) ______________________ than yours.

2- This flower is (beautiful) ______________________ than that one.
3- A holiday by the sea is (good) ________________________ than a holiday in the mountains.
4. The weather this summer is even (bad) ________________ than last summer.
5. I think France is (big) ______________________ than Argentina

Forming Comparative and Superlatives of Irregular Adjectives

It’s important to note that there are irregular adjectives (and adverbs) that you have to memorize because
they don’t follow the rules above. They are:

Adjective/Adverb Comparative Superlative

good/well better best
bad/badly worse worst
far farther, further the farthest, the furthest
little less least

Activity

Listen the following song and complete the lyric.

Taio Cruz - I can be

(lyrics)(MP3_128K).mp3

prettiest---- deeper ---------bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder---------- coldest

 Now I feel that this heart of mine has taken many falls
Still sometimes the rain can turn into a waterfall
The _____________things can come out of the ________________night yeah
And even with broken wings sometimes you find your way to fly

It's time to be _______________________________________________________

It's time to be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder
It's time to be

Now I feel that this soul of mine has had its many tolls yeah
Still sometimes the pain is what we need for us to grow yeah
So when it's time for me to look into my __________________side

I will, I will find a way to hold onto the love inside

It's time to be bigger bigger stronger stronger harder harder

Yes, I can be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder
Yes, I can be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder
Yes, I can be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder
Yes, I can be

See I can be anything I want to be

All I have to do is put my mind to it and I can do it
So what I want you to do is put your fist to the sky and say it with me

I can be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder

Yes, I can be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder
Yes, I can be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder
Yes, I can be bigger, bigger, stronger, stronger, harder, harder
Yes, I can be (I can be)
I can be (I can be)