Cities

Lead-in

  • What city from the pictures bellow would you like to visit? Why?
  • What other places are you interested in visiting? Why?

Presentation

Pre

  • What do you like to do on vacation?

Top Down

  • What does the text talk about?
  • Suggestions of places to visit
  • Places not to visit
  • Europe
  • Suggestions of places to visit
  • Places not to visit
  • Europe

Are you searching for a place to spend your vacation? France is a great option. There, you can go to Paris, also known as the most romantic place in the world, or visit small cities like Nice and Cannes with their breathtaking views.

With more than 30,000 miles of spectacular coastline, Australia is the most appropriate choice to live a more adventurous trip. What about being surrounded by culture and dive into international knowledge? Japan will surely surprise you with its mixing between tradition and new technologies.

TIP: A great place to meet can also be Peru, where you will enjoy the culture of analyzing human evolution on Machu Picchu. I bet visiting will not be enough for you, but you also will want to move to that surprising country.

Bottom Up

  • Answer the questions according to the text.
  1. What are the countries mentioned in the text?
  2. How is Paris described?
  3. What is said about Peru?
  4. If you like adventures, where should you go?
  5. What is said about Japan?
  1. France, Japan, Australia and Peru.
  2. As the most romantic place in the world.
  3. It’s said to be a surprising country.
  4. You should go to Australia.
  5. It’s said that Japan is going to suprise you with its mixing between tradition and new technologies.

Post

  • What do you think about the text?
  • Which country would you prefer to go? Why?

Target Language

Superlative with big words

Longer Adjectives

The most + Adjective

  • She is the most intelligent around here.
  • They are the most ambitious workers.
  • He is the most patient father I’ve ever seen

Collocations 

  • To visit -> to go to a place in order to look at it or go to a person in order to spend time with them.
  • To go to -> to travel or to move to another place.
  • To move to -> to go to another house. city, country, etc.
  • To live in -> to live at the place where you work or study.

Controlled Practice

  • Complete the blank spaces with most or more.
  1. She is the ____ intelligent person here.
  2. This is the ____ expensive microwave I’ve ever seen!
  3. That teacher is ____ polite than her.
  4. What do you think is ____ interesting?
  5. I guess they think I’m ____ organized than him.
  1. She is the most inteligent person here.
  2. This is the most expensive microwave I’ve ever seen!
  3. That teacher is more polite than her.
  4. What do you think is more interesting?
  5. I guess they think I’m more organized than him.

Freer Practice

  • Answer the questions according to your opinion.
  1. What is the most interesting place to visit?
  2. What is the most expensive place to live in?
  3. Where do you think is the most beautiful country to go to?
  4. Where would you like to move to? Why?

Production

  • Talk about the most important things in life. What are they? Why? Remember to use the target language.

Homework

Match the words with their respective definitions. There is one example.

  1. Intelligent

  2. Respectuful

  3. Colorful

  4. Interesting

  5. Boring

  6. Good

(   ) Having bright colours or a lot of different colours.

(   ) Not dull or boring.

(1) Guided or directed by intellect; rational.

(   ) The act of showing politeness or honour to someone.

(   ) Satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, or interesting.

(   ) Not interesting or exciting

  1. Intelligent

  2. Respectuful

  3. Colorful

  4. Interesting

  5. Boring

  6. Good

(3) Having bright colours or a lot of different colours.

(4) Not dull or boring.

(1) Guided or directed by intellect; rational.

(2) The act of showing politeness or honour to someone.

(6) Satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, or interesting.

(5) Not interesting or exciting

Choose the best option to complete each sentence.

Example: I am the most / more intelligent person in this place. > I am the most intelligent person in this place.

  1. This kid is the most intelligent / intelligenter kid in this class.
  2. This armchair is the most ridiculous / more ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.
  3. The interestinger / most interesting and most beautiful things in the world can’t be seen.
  4. The boring / most boring person in the world is my neighbor.
  5. Do / does you think this is the most / more brilliant we can be?
  1. This kid is the most intelligent kid in this class.
  2. This armchair is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.
  3. The most interesting and most beautiful things in the world can’t be seen.
  4. The most boring person in the world is my neighbor.
  5. Do you think this is the most brilliant we can be?

Complete with “MOST” or “MORE”.

Example: That girl is the ____ comprehensive person ever! > That girl is the most comprehensive person ever!

  1. Joana is the ____ talkative person I know!
  2. Flora is ____ outgoing now than she was before.
  3. Edith thinks George is the ____ handsome man of all.
  4. Yara is the ____ studious student in this school.
  5. Sylvie needs ____ attention than her brothers.
  1. Joana is the most talkative person I know!
  2. Flora is more outgoing now than she was before.
  3. Edith thinks George is the most handsome man of all.
  4. Yara is the most studious student in this school.
  5. Sylvie needs more attention than her brothers.

Use the superlative or comparative of the verbs in parenthesis to complete the sentences.

Example: Dogs are ____ (trustworthy) rabbits. > Dogs are more trustworthy than rabbits.

  1. I think worms are ____ (disgusting) animals ever.
  2. I think we should visit a place ____ (colorful) this one.
  3. She is ____ (patient) person in the world!!
  4. This bicycle is ____ (expensive) the blue one.
  5. This room is ____ (compact) of all.
  1. I think worms are the most disgusting animals ever.
  2. I think we should visit a place more colorful than this one.
  3. She is the most patient person in the world!!
  4. This bicycle is more expensive than the blue one.
  5. This room is the most compact of all.

Look at the pictures, mark true or false and correct the false ones.

Example: House A is better than house B > False. – House B is better than house A.

House A

House B 

  1. House B is more colorful than House A.
  2. House A is bigger than House B.
  3. House B is higher than House A.
  4. House B is more modern than House A.
  5. House B is smaller than House A. 
  1. House B is more colorful than House A. False – House A is more colorful than house B.
  2. House A is bigger than House B. False – House B is bigger than house A.
  3. House B is higher than House A. True
  4. House B is more modern than House A. True
  5. House B is smaller than House A. False – House A is smaller than House B.

Writing

Write a short text about your family. Remember to use comparatives and superlatives.

Example: My Mother is the most inteligent person in my family, but my sister is more…