ENGLISH FOR ENGINEERING III

UNIT 1: TECHNOLOGY
WEEK 1

Mg. Verónica Rodríguez

The Solar System
Did you know that there are two
types of planets?
The Solid Planets The Gas Planets

Mercury Gray Jupiter Orange

Venus Light yellow Saturn Light yellow

Earth Blue Neptune Light blue

Mars Red Uranus Light blue

Pluto Light brown

 Grammar: Comparatives
We use the comparative form of adjectives +
than to say how two people, things, places or
animals are different.

Rules:
1. Short adjectives (of one or two syllables)
form their comparatives by adding “-er”.
Example: Near - nearer
Mercury is nearer to the sun than Jupiter.
2. For adjectives that end in a short vowel
sound + consonant, we double the last
consonant before adding “-er”.
Example: Big – bigger
Saturn is bigger than Mars.

3. Long adjectives form their comparative with

“more”.
Example: Beautiful – more beautiful
Earth is more beautiful than Pluto.
4. For adjectives that end in “y”, change “y” to “I”
before adding “-er”.
Example: Heavy – heavier
Neptune is heavier than Mercury.

5. There are irregular adjectives. There is no

pattern here, so you’ll just have to remember
them. Fortunately there are only a few.
Good – better, bad – worse, far – farther
(further).
Example:
Pluto is farther from the sun than Mars.
Look at the picture and complete

1. ________ is hotter than ________.

2. ________ is colder than ________.
3. ________ is brighter than ________.
Look at the picture and complete

4. ________ is smaller than ________.

5. ________ is nearer to the sun than ________.
6. ________ is farther from the sun than
________.
Let’s lean some more!!!
 Recently, astronomers discovered the tenth
planet. They named this planet SEDNA.

 The Earth is called the blue planet,

because the 70% of its surface is water.

 Mars is called the red planet, because the

iron oxide on its surface.
EXERCISES