Comparatives and superlatives plus adverb speaking

New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 3

Part One: Personalised sentence completion

Make true sentences about your classmates in other groups.

____________________________________ by far the __________________________

___________________ slightly more ________________________________________/ _________________ slightly ___________ er (than _____________________________)

________________ is the second _______________est/ _____________________ the second most _________________ (in/ amongst ________________________________)

Ask questions to see if your statements are true.

Part Two: Discuss and agree sentence completion

Try to make statements that your partners agree with.

___________________ is by far the best _________________ (in __________________)

________________ is the _____________est, but not by much/ _________________ is the most _______________________, but not by much

________________ is slightly better than ______________________________________

________________ is much worse than ______________________________________

________________ is quite a lot _____________________ than ____________________

My country is by far the __________________________________________________ est in the world/ My country is by far the most ____________________________ in the world

Share one sentence with the class and see if they agree.

Ask about any sentence above you found it difficult to complete, comparing ideas as a class each time.

Part Three: Comparing places discussion questions

Change groups and discuss:

  • How different are the capital city and second city of your country? Should the government try to change that?
  • Is your country unique or exceptional in any way?
  • What are the best and worst things about your country?

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Related pages

Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 3 page (with more on comparing places)

Comparative and superlative main page

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