Comparative and superlative compare your weeks
business grammar/ comparative and superlative/ talking about your week and weekend/ HR
Market Leader Pre-Intermediate New Edition Unit 5
Compare your weeks and find out who had one which is described by some of the adjectives below. Choose any adjective, decide who it refers to by describing your week and asking questions, then move on to another one.
- more routine/ the most routine
- shorter/ the shortest
- longer/ the longest
- cheaper/ the cheapest
- quieter/ the quietest
- more expensive/ the most expensive
- more romantic/ the most romantic
- more interesting/ the most interesting
- more exciting/ the most exciting
- more varied/ the most varied
- more unusual/ the most unusual
- stranger/ the strangest
- more boring/ the most boring
- more dangerous/ the most dangerous
- busier/ the busiest
- better/ the best
- worse/ the worst
- spent further away from home/ the furthest away from home
- more tiring/ the most tiring
- more stressful/ the most stressful
- more relaxing/ the most relaxing
- more productive/ the most productive
- healthier/ the healthiest
Discuss the last two adjectives as a class.
How important is health to productivity?
How could companies and educational institutions help improve the health of their employees?
Listen to the suggestions in tapescript 5.4 and discuss:
- did they say anything similar to what you said
- what did they say that was different from what you said
- what is the best tip (from the recording and/ or your discussion).
Do the tasks on page 57.
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Business comparative and superlative page (with a link to general English ones)
