Oficina de Bilingüismo

Fundación Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco

ENGLISH 3A
SELF-STUDY GUIDE
Week 6-10

Teacher: Vladimir Salas

Welcoming paragraph:

Hello my dear students. I would like to welcome you all to this new experience,
first of all by letting you know that you can always count on me for whatever you
need through-out this process. I am sure we will have a lot of fun and also learn
many interesting things.

Methodology:

 As you already know we will be developing our classes online. For which
we will be using the platforms Teams and Ferrum.
 I will schedule meetings every week through the platform Teams.
 I will upload all the information regarding the classes on Ferrum.
 We will develop our classes in 10 weeks. Each week we will work on a
different communicative subject.
 Every three weeks I will share with you on Ferrum a self-study guide, such
as this one, with different activities in order for you to work on
autonomously. The guide is divided in 4 stages.

Stage 1: Warm-up.
Stage 2: Topic presentation.
Stage 3: Practice. INTERACT App
Stage 4: Project.

 We will cover each aspect of the guide each week on our meeting on
Teams.

Communicative objectives:
• Compare yourself to someone you know
• Tell people about good places to go in your area
• Guess who is lying about their opinion
• Tell people about a typical day in your life
• Talk about travel problems

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Stage 1 • Discuss transport
Warm-up

Warm-up space:

She is more talkative than me.

Answer

- Compare yourself to someone you know

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 Stage 2
Topic Presentation

Functions and language

• Comparative adjectives
• Superlative adjectives
• Asking for and giving opinions
• Adverbs of frequency and almost
• Phrasal verbs
• Extended speaking and vocabulary

1. Comparatives
Comparative adjectives are used to compare differences between the two objects
they modify (larger, smaller, faster, higher). They are used in sentences where two
nouns are compared, in this pattern: Noun (subject) + verb
+ comparative adjective + than + noun (object).

Examples
My house is larger than hers.
This box is smaller than the one I lost.
Your dog is faster than Jim's dog.
The rock is higher than the roof.
Jim and Jack are both fast, but Jack is faster. ("than Jim" is understood)

One syllable adjectives

Add -er for the comparative and -est for the superlative. If the adjective has a
consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant must be
doubled before adding the ending.

Adjective Comparativ Superlative

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tall taller tallest

fat fatter fattest

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big bigger biggest

sad sadder saddest

Two syllables
Adjectives with two syllables can form the comparative either by adding -er or by
preceeding the adjective with more. These adjectives form the superlative
either by adding -est or by preceeding the adjective with most. In many cases,
both forms are used, although one usage will be more common than the other. If
you are not sure whether a two-syllable adjective can take a comparative or
superlative ending, play it safe and use more and most instead. For adjectives
ending in y, change the y to an i before adding the ending.

Adjectiv Comparative Superlative

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happy happier happiest

simple simpler simplest

busy busier busiest

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tilted more tilted most tilted

tangled more tangled most tangled

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 most expensive

expensive

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

These very common adjectives have completely irregular comparative and
superlative forms.
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good better best

bad worse worst

little less least

much more most

far further / farther furthest / farthest

Practice-Write the comparative for each example.

Alan is tall
 than Livia.
Diana is old
 than Alan.
Livia is short
 than Diana.
Alan is heavy
 than Livia.
Livia is young
 than Diana.
Livia is intelligent
 than Alan.
Diana is beautiful
 than Livia.
Spain is hot
 than Canada.
Canada is big
 than Italy.
Spanish is easy
 than Italian.

2. Superlatives-See the examples above.

1. I have three apples. This yellow apple is the ______.

     littlest

     smallest

     most little

2. This book is the ______ book I have ever read.

     longest

     longer

     most long

3. Anna bought four dresses. The green one is the ______.

     prettiest

     most pretty

     more prettier

4. She is the ______ girl in the class.

     smart
     smarter

     smartest

5. Mount Everest is the ______ mountain in the world.

     most high

     higher

     highest

6. The black pants are the ______.

     expensive

     most expensive

     more expensive

7. That is the _____ cake I have ever eaten.

     best

     better

     more good

8. What is the ______ movie you have ever seen?

     worst

     baddest
     most bad

9. Which homework is the ______?

     important

     most important

     more important

10. The Missouri River is the ______ river in the United States.

     most long

     longer

     longest
3. Asking for and giving opinions
Answer
4. Adverbs of frequency and almost
We use adverbs of frequency – like sometimes or usually – to say how often
we do things, or how often things happen.
Answer
1. Question

Which is correct?

o  Never she eats meat.

o  She never eats meat.

2. Question

Which is correct?

o  I don't usually play soccer.

o  I don't play usually soccer.

3. Question

Which is correct?

o  Dina sometimes listens to music.

o  Dina listens sometimes to music.

4. Question

Which is correct?

o  She doesn't usually wear red pants.

o  She doesn't wear usually red pants.

5. Question

Which is correct?
 o  Wendy and James almost never go to school on
Friday.

o  Wendy and James almost never goes to school on

Friday.

6. Question

Which is correct?

o  Do you often play the piano?

o  Do you play often the piano?

7. Question

Which is correct?

o  He always wins when we play chess.

o  He wins always when we play chess.

8. Question

Which is correct?

o  Do you take always the bus to school?

o  Do you always take the bus to school?

9. Question

Which is correct?

o  I work rarely on Monday.

 o  I rarely work on Monday.
10. Question

Which is correct?

o  I don't rarely go to school.

o  I don't usually go to school.

5. Phrasal verbs
Do you know how to use verbs in phrases like pick the kids  up, turn the
music  down and look after my cat?

Phrasal verbs are very common in English, especially in more informal

contexts. They are made up of a verb and a particle or, sometimes, two
particles. The particle often changes the meaning of the verb.

I called Jen to see how she was. (call = to telephone)

They've called off the meeting. (call off = to cancel)
 In terms of word order, there are two main types of phrasal verb:
separable and inseparable.

Separable
With separable phrasal verbs, the verb and particle can be apart or
together.

They've called the meeting off.

OR
They've called off the meeting.
Non-separable
Some phrasal verbs cannot be separated.

Who looks after the baby when you're at work?

Even when there is a pronoun, the verb and particle remain together.

Who looks after her when you're at work?

Here are some common non-separable phrasal verbs:

I came across your email when I was clearing my inbox.

(come across = to find something by chance)

The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.

(turn into = become)

It was quite a major operation. It took months to get over it and feel
normal again.
(get over = recover from something)

We are aware of the problem and we are looking into it.

(look into = investigate)

Some multi-word verbs are inseparable simply because they don't take an object.

I get up  at 7 a.m.

Exercise
Use the following verbs (believe, fill, get, look, put, switch, take, throw,
turn, try) and the prepositions (away, down, for, in, off, on, out) and form
meaningful sentences.

EXAMPLE:
My parents are out. So I have to     my baby-brother.
 ANSWER:
My parents are out. So I have to look after my baby-brother.

1. Quick!   the bus. It's ready to leave.

2. I don't know where my book is. I have to   it.
3. It's dark inside. Can you   the light, please?
4.  the form, please.
5. I need some new clothes. Why don't you   these jeans?
6. It's warm inside.   your coat.
7. This pencil is really old. You can   it  .
8. It's so loud here. Can you   the radio a little?
9. The firemen were able to   the fire in Church Street.
10. Does your little brother   ghosts?
6. Extended speaking and vocabulary
Match the opposites.

Stage 3
Practice App

Hey guys, here you have the opportunity to practice exercises from the textbook
INTERACT and use the APP. Units 3 and 4.

Stage 4
Project

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Project

Participate at FERRUM FORUM, use the adverbs of frequency to describe your

daily routine.