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Unit 5: Superheroes. I.E.S. Montserrat Lengua Extranjera: Inglés 3º ESO. Nuevas Tecnologías Prof. José María Arias Cabezas Título de Especialización Didáctica (TED) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Superheroes. Unit 5: Superheroes. Vocabulary. Heroes and Villains. Adjectives. Reading.
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Unit 5: Superheroes I.E.S. MontserratLengua Extranjera: Inglés3º ESO Nuevas TecnologíasProf. José María Arias CabezasTítulo de Especialización Didáctica (TED)Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Unit 5: Superheroes • Vocabulary. • Heroes and Villains. • Adjectives. • Reading. • Superman from Villain to Hero. • Science and Super Powers. • Speaking. • Describing physical appearances and personalities. • Grammar. • Comparison of adjectives. • Too and enough. • Writing. • Word order of adjectives and adverbs.
What can superheroes do ? Vocabulary Defeat villains Detect lies Use his/her superpowers Rescue citizens Save the world Fly Protect the city Climb walls Jump over buildings Fight crime
What do the superheroes look like ? Vocabulary Brave Confident Helpful Fast Quick Flexible Determinate Virtuous Successful Strong Unafraid Courageous Popular Honest Proud Powerful Clever Handsome Fantastic Exciting Optimistic Polite Unusual Assertive Unpredictable
Reading • Superman from Villain to Hero (page 46). • Science and Super Powers (page 50).
SpeakingDescribing He’s very strong and thin and he can climb walls. He’s got a red mask and he can make very strong thread. Is he Spider-Man ?
SpeakingComparing Superman is faster than Homer Hmm, but Homer is fatter than Superman
GrammarWord building adjectives • We sometimes form adjectives by adding: -ed or –ing, to a word. • ed. To say how we feel about something. • Bart was bored because he didn’t like the comic strip. • ing. To talk about the person or thing that make us feel bored, interested, excited… • Bart was bored because he didn’t like that boring comic strip. • More examples • Many people are _________ to know that Superman wasn’t always as good as he is now. (surprise). • Have you heard what’s happened in Springfield ?. Isn’t it _________ ? (excite). • Lisa is a brilliant girl. She has the most ________ ideas in Springfield. (amaze) surprised exciting amazing
GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives • There are five basic rules to form the comparatives and superlatives • Adjectives of one syllable add –er than and the –est. • Strong Stronger Strongest • Superman is stronger than Aquaman. • The incredible Hulk is the strongest. • If the adjectives ends in a single consonant after a single vowel the consonant is doubled before adding –er and –est. • Fat Fatter Fattest • The incredible Hulk is the fattest.
GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives • There are five basic rules to form the comparatives and superlatives • Adjectives of two syllables which end in –y add -er and –est. Most other two-syllable adjectives take more and most. • Happy Happier Happiest • Famous More Famous Most Famous • She is the happiest girl under the sun. • I think Madonna is the most famous singer in the world. • Adjectives of more than two syllables take more and most. • Beautiful more beautiful most beautiful • She is the most beautiful girl in the competition.
GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives • There are five basic rules to form the comparatives and superlatives • Irregulars forms • Good better than the best • Bad worse than the worst • Late later than/latter the latest/the last • Little less than the least • Much/many more than the most • Old older/elder than the oldest/the eldest
GrammarComparatives • When we want to say that things are equal in some way we often use the structure as … as… (with adjectives and adverbs). • As … as • Superman is as fast as a plane • Too: We use too to show something is excessive. • The first Superman was too evil to be popular. • Enough: We use enough to show something is sufficient. • Superman is strong enough to lift a train. • Enough/not enough: We use not enough to show something is insufficient. • The villain was notstrong enough to defeat Superman.
WritingWord order of adjectives • Adjectives come: • Before nouns: • The hero in the red cloak flies away to rescue ordinary people • After the verb “to be”: • He is strong enough to fight anyone • After statics verbs • It’s seems new • If there are several adjectives one after the other, they normally come in the following order. Opinion Size Color The incredible Hulk is a fantastic, big, green hero
WritingWord order of adverbs • Adverbs of manner come after the verb: • Lisa Simpson plays the saxophone beautifully • Adverbs of degree come before an adjective or adverb. • Homer is very fat. • Flash runs extremely fast.