GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
After the story…
True or False?
Big Nutbrown Hare loves Little Nutbrown Hare.
Little Nutbrown Hare loves Big Nutbrown Hare.
Little Nutbrown Hare sleeps on a featherbed.
There is nothing farther away than the moon.
Big Nutbrown Hare sings Little Nutbrown Hare to sleep.
Yes or No – What about you?
I love someone to the moon and back.
I can stand on my hands.
I can hop really high.
I sleep on a bed of leaves.
I look at the moon before going to bed.
Writing – How do you tell people you care about them? How do you show people you care
about them?
GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
VOCABULARY
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thorn bushes
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smart
crowded
exciting
difficult
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boring
tired
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as her brother, and he’s 14.
The movie is as
as a roller coaster.
The cafeteria is not as
Run, run, fast as you can,
you can’t catch me, I’m
the Gingerbread Man!
as usual.
The class is as
as watching paint dry, I almost fell asleep.
Math not quite as
for me as learning Chinese.
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as a clam with that big smile on her face.
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I’m not as
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as I was yesterday morning.
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as blind as a bat
as cool as a cucumber
as clear as crystal
as dead as a doornail
as easy as pie
as far as possible
as flat as a pancake
as free as a bird
as good as done
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as tough as nails
as innocent as a lamb
as mad as a hatter
as plain as day
as pleased as punch
as quiet as a mouse
as sick as a dog
as right as rain
as soon as possible
PREPOSITIONS
Use a stuffed animal and a box or bowl to visually demonstrate prepositions from the story, as well as new ones. You
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We use “how much” with things you can’t count.
Countable Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
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plants
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space
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cups
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land
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tables
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love
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coffee beans
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coffee
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apples
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TALKING ABOUT FOOD
Complete the following questions with either “how much” or “how many”:
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apples would you like?
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pasta are you buying?
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soup should we make?
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cookies are you bringing to the party?
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juice do you drink a week?
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pizzas did you order?
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milk do you like in your coffee?
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jam do you put on your toast?
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strawberries did you pick?
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chicken did you eat last night?
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
Look at the words above and put them in the appropriate column. Then write the
way the words change to become comparatives.
one-syllable adjective
+ “er”
soft  softer
Exceptions?
two-syllable adjective
more + adjective
adjective ending in “y”
change to “ier”
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
big
long
stylish
casual
small
interesting
lazy
wide
tight
beautiful
heavy
short
loose
smart
comfortable
expensive
bright
warm
pretty
dark
Look at the words above and put them in the appropriate column. Then write the
way the words change to become comparatives.
one-syllable adjective
+ “er”
soft  softer
two-syllable adjective
more + adjective
adjective ending in “y”
change to “ier”
COMPARATIVES ACTIVITY
(group or pairs)
Divide the class into small teams of four or five students. Assign one student in each team to do the writing.
Ask the class to name as many adjectives as they can and write them all on the board.
Next, ask the students to name ten countries. Write those answers on the board as well.
Now tell the students they have ten minutes to make as many comparative and superlative sentences as they
can using the adjectives and countries listed on the board.
For example:
Thailand is hotter than Germany.
China is the biggest country.
After the ten-minute time limit is up, have each team swap papers and let the teams check each other’s work.
Give the teams’ one point for each correct sentence.
You can play more rounds by asking the students to name other categories such as sports, animals, famous
people, etc.
* Written by Paul Adams for Teach-This.com, 2013
COMPARATIVES ACTIVITY
(group or pairs)
Give one set of jumbled up cards to each pair of students. The students look at the cards and then take it in turns to put
down a card and make a comparative sentence linking the cards together. This continues until all the cards have been
linked with different comparative sentences, e.g. A car is faster than a bus. A bus is bigger than an elephant, etc. When
the students have finished, they can write out the sentences they made.
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
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long
stylish
casual
small
interesting
lazy
wide
tight
beautiful
heavy
short
loose
smart
comfortable
expensive
bright
warm
pretty
dark
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comparative
superlative
big
long
bigger
longer
biggest
longest
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
(group)
A short but fun way to revise comparatives and superlatives is to give students a blank piece of paper and ask them
to draw an easy to draw object, such as a star, a tree, a flower or a house on it.
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Once students have finished drawing their pictures ask the students either as a class, or in small groups if the class is
very large, to line up according to the size of the object that they drew.
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The student with the biggest star stands on the right and the student with the smallest star stands on the left. Once
the students are lined up according to the size of their picture you can then ask them questions such as:
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Who has got the smallest star?
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Is student X's star bigger or smaller than student Y's star?
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Variations on the same activity
If you get the students to line up in small groups, you can then get them to regroup, with all the students with the
smallest stars on one side of the classroom and all the students with the biggest stars on another side of the
classroom and all the students with the second smallest stars on another side of the classroom etc.
If you ask students to draw a house you can ask them to draw a house with a front door, two windows, a roof, a
chimney etc. After students have lined up according to who has the biggest / smallest house, you can then get
students to work in pairs and compare their pictures to see who has the biggest or smallest front doors etc.
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Involved Explanation + Exercises
VOCABULARY: as, bad, best, better, between, difference, favorite, good, least, less, more, most, than, what, which, worse, worst
The planet Earth is big. Saturn is bigger. Jupiter is the biggest.
In the above sentence,
the word "big" is an
ADJECTIVE
the word "bigger" is a
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE
and the word "biggest" is a
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES:
When we use an adjective to compare two things, we add "er" to the end of the adjective if it is short, and we say "more" or "less"
before the adjective if it is long.
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES:
When a thing is unique because it is the most or least of a particular quality, we add "est" to the adjective if it is short, and we say
"most" or "least" before the adjective if it is long. Before all superlative adjectives, we say "the" because a superlative describes
something unique.
ADJECTIVE
big
small
funny
stupid
soft
complicated
complicated
expensive
expensive
difficult
difficult
COMPARATIVE
bigger
smaller
funnier
stupider
softer
more complicated
less complicated
more expensive
less expensive
more difficult
less difficult
There are two important exceptions:
good
better
bad
worse
SUPERLATIVE
the biggest
the smallest
the funniest
the stupidest
the softest
the most complicated
the least complicated
the most expensive
the least expensive
the most difficult
the least difficult
best
worst
Instead of saying "my most liked", or "my most preferred", we say my "favorite".
SPELLING:
If an adjective ends in "y", remove the "y" and add "er" or "est":
silly
muddy
heavy
sillier
muddier
heavier
silliest
muddiest
heaviest
ADVERBIAL PHRASES OF COMPARISON:
Which is bigger, the Indian Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean is.
or:
The Atlantic Ocean is bigger than the Indian Ocean.
This sentence has two parts:
The Atlantic Ocean is
bigger than the Indian Ocean.
MAIN CLAUSE
ADVERBIAL PHRASE OF COMPARISON
Adverbial phrases of comparison use the following conjunctions:
than, as, the + (comparative adjective).
For example:
The Atlantic Ocean is...
bigger THAN the Indian Ocean.
not AS big AS the Pacific Ocean.
THE CLOSEST ocean to Europe.
When we use the word "difference", we also use the preposition "between":
-What's the difference between a mountain and a hill?
A hill is much smaller.
-What is the difference between Italian wine and French wine?
French wine is usually sweeter than Italian wine.
-What's the difference between "pants" and "trousers"?
"Pants" is American and "trousers" is British.
We use the word "which" when asking to identify one thing among a small number of things. We use "what" when asking to identify
one thing among many many possible things:
-What is your favorite TV show? (many, many possible TV shows)
My favorite TV show is the news.
-Which is older, Athens or Chicago? (two possible things)
Athens is much much older than Chicago.
-What is the best way to learn English? (many, many possible ways)
By using easyenglish.com, of course!
-Which is cheaper, a castle or a house or an apartment? (three possible things)
An apartment is cheaper than a house or a castle.
EXAMPLES:
-Cloth shoes are less expensive than leather shoes.
And plastic shoes are the least expensive of all.
-Larry Smith is the worst actor in the world.
No, he isn't, Claude Hopper is worse.
-This wine is good, but San Giovese wine is better.
-What's the tallest mountain in the world?
Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain.
-English grammar is the most complicated of all languages.
No, it isn't, German grammar is more complicated.
-What's the tallest mountain in the world?
Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain.
-Larry Smith is the worst actor in the world.
No, he isn't, Claude Hopper is worse.
-The Italian soccer team is as good as the Brazilian team.
No it isn't. The Brazilian team is better.
-Is Tokyo as expensive as New York?
Yes, it is. Maybe Tokyo is more expensive.
-German beer is the best beer in the world.
Well, I think Dutch beer is better.
-This is the coldest winter ever.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger is the strongest man on earth.
-The more you study, the more you learn.
-The more you eat, the heavier you get.
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES: EXERCISES
There is an error in each sentence. Re-write the sentence correctly:
This is longest book in the library.
This is the longest book in the library.
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The Atlantic Ocean is not as big the Pacific Ocean.
Your hands are dirtyer than mine.
Albert Einstein is intelligenter than me.
Nobody is rich as the Queen of England.
This is the cheaper car on the market.
Who is fastest man in the world?
That restaurant is best in town.
Julia Roberts is more pretty than my grandmother.
The Ferrari is the faster car of all.
I am as taller as you.
Where are the more beautiful beaches in the world?
China is bigger India.
Athens is one of oldest cities in the world.
Who is the better lawyer in town?
Is ice heavier that water?
Put the words in the correct order:
than food food is German Italian better
Italian food is better than German food.
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is Boston city older or Rome which the?
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Answer the following questions:
Who is the best worker in the company?
Mr. Suzuki is the best worker.
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Is the Danube River as big as the Amazon River?
Which is more fun, swimming or playing tennis?
Is skiing more difficult than walking?
Which is more unhealthy, smoking or drinking?
What is the most populated country in the world?
What is the best TV show?
Ask questions for the following answers:
Sunrise is the most beautiful time of day.
When is the most beautiful time of day?
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Ms. Sanchez is the best teacher.
Michael is stupider than Max.
No, Cuba is smaller than Madagascar.
No, geometry is not as difficult as algebra.
No, I am older than Rita.
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The Atlantic Ocean is not as big as the Pacific Ocean.
Your hands are dirtier than mine.
Albert Einstein is more intelligent than me.
Nobody is as rich as the Queen of England.
This is the cheapest car on the market.
Who is the fastest man in the world?
That restaurant is the best in town.
Julia Roberts is prettier than my grandmother.
The Ferrari is the fastest car of all.
I am as tall as you.
Where are the most beautiful beaches in the world?
China is bigger than India.
Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world.
Who is the best lawyer in town?
Is ice heavier than water?
This hotel is cleaner than the last hotel.
Which is the older city, Boston or Rome?
Paris is not as hot as Casablanca.
Mt. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
Are politics more important than education?
No, it isn't. The Amazon is bigger.
Swimming is more fun than playing tennis.
Yes, skiing is more difficult than walking.
Smoking is more unhealthy than drinking.
China is the most populated country in the world.
The best TV show is "Star Trek".
Who is the best teacher in the school?
Who is stupider, Max or Michael?
Is Cuba bigger than Madagascar?
Is geometry more difficult than algebra?
Is Rita older than you?
Which is colder, Panama or Argentina?
Which is bigger, Brazil or Peru?
Which is later, 8:00 or 10:00?
Which is more dangerous, mountain climbing or reading?
* From EasyEnglish.com