Unit 1《Friends》（3）
Grammar A: Describing things or people with adjective
Describing people's appearance
 thin strong fat
A: What is he/she like?
B: He/She is ....
Work in pairs
 small eyes big eyes
A: She has small eyes.
B: Her eyes are small.
A: She has big eyes.
B: Her eyes are big.
 round face square face
A: He has a square face.
B: His face is square.
A: He has a round face.
B: His face is round.
Choose right adjectives to describe the girl's appearance.
 tall big lovely round long
Nancy is a very ______ girl. She is not very ______. Her hair is ______. She has a ______ face and ______ eyes.
The use of adjectives
Do you know how to describe someone or something with adjectives?
We use adjectives to describe sb/sth. We can put an adjective before a noun(名词前) or after a linking verb(系动词后).
She has long hair.（名词前）
Her hair is long.（系动词后）
The cat is lazy.
This is a lazy cat.
1. The girl is lovely.
 She is a ______ ______.
2. She has yellow hair.
 Her hair ______ ______.
3. A lazy cat is sleeping on the sofa.
 The cat ______ ______.
形容词在句中的位置
She is a lovely girl.
She has short hair.
A lazy cat is sleeping on the sofa.
The girl is lovely.
Her hair is short.
The cat is lazy.
Do you know any more linking verbs?
 be become feel
 get grow keep
 look seem smell
 sound taste turn
We can also use adjectives after these linking verbs.
Can you make sentences using these linking verbs with adjectives?
 Linking verbs Adjectives
 be become nice great
 feel get tired green
 grow keep healthy sad
 look seem happy strong
 smell sound angry ...
 taste turn
e.g. I feel tired today.
 It sounds great.
Rewrite the following sentences
1. He is a strong man.
 =The man is strong.
2. Tom's hair is long.
 =Tom has long hair.
3. He has small eyes.
 =His eyes are small.
4. This book is interesting.
 =This is an interesting book.
Help Daniel complete sentences.
1. short/Millie/hair/has
 __________________________
2. wears/Sandy/glasses/round
 __________________________
3. is/funny/Amy/and cheerful
 __________________________
4. like/Millie/not/hair/does/long
 __________________________
5. is/Sandy/hair/tall/long/and has
 __________________________
6. never/or unhappy/feels/Amy/bored
 __________________________
7. happy/looks/today/Millie/very
 __________________________
8. boy/an/Daniel/interesting/is
 __________________________
Grammar B: Comparatives and superlatives
Yao Ming is taller than Liu Xiang is.
Liu Xiang is taller than Mike is.
Mike is the shortest of all.
Yao Ming is the tallest of all.
Lily's cake is big.
Han Mei's cake is bigger than Lily's.
Jim's cake is the biggest of all.
Li Lei's box is heavy.
Han Mei's box is heavier than Li Lei's.
Jim's box is the heaviest of all.
Mike is very young.
Jim is younger than Mike.
Tom is the youngest of the three.
This plane is high in the sky.
This plane is higher.
This plane is the highest of all.
Jack is fast.
David is faster than Jack.
Tim is the fastest of all.
Amy is very beautiful.
Linda is more beautiful than Amy.
Helen is the most beautiful of all.
Practice in pairs or groups
Talk about yourself
A: I am ....
B: I am ... than you.
C: I am the ... of all.
Talk about your classmates, your teachers or your class
A: Sb is ....
B: ... is ... than him/her.
C: ... is the ... of all.
Conclusion
1. We use comparatives to compare two people or things.
2. We use superlatives to compare three or more people or things.
3. We add 'the' before the superlatives.
形容词的比较级（Comparative）和最高级（Superlative）

  
    
       构成方法
       原级
       比较级
       最高级
    
    
      一般在词尾加-er或-est
      fast
      long
      tall
      cheap
      faster
      longer
      taller
      cheaper
      fastest
      longest
      tallest
      cheapest
    
    
      以字母e结尾的形容词，加-r或-st
      nice
      safe
      late
      fine
      nicer
      safer
      later
      finer
      nicest
      safest
      latest
      finest
    
    
      双写辅音字母，在加-er或-est
      big
      hot
      thin
      slim
      bigger
      hotter
      thinner
      slimmer
      biggest
      hottest
      thinnest
      slimmest
    
    
      以辅音字母+y结尾的双音节词，先改y为i，再加-er或-est
      easy
      happy
      heavy
      pretty
      easier
      happier
      heavier
      prettier
      easiest
      happiest
      heaviest
      prettiest
    
    
      其他双音节词和多音节词在前面加more或most
      beautiful
      important
      dangerous
      frightened
      more beautiful
      more important
      more dangerous
      more frightened
      most beautiful
      most important
      most dangerous
      most frightened
    
    
      不规则变法
      good/well
      bad/badly
      many/much
      little
      far
      old
      better
      worse
      more
      less
      farther/further
      older/elder
      best
      worst
      most
      least
      farthest/furthest
      oldest/eldest
    
  

Complete the table below.

  
    
      adjective
      comparative
      superlative
    
    
      funny
      
      
    
    
      happy
      
      
    
    
      interesting
      
      
    
    
      large
      
      
    
    
      smart
      
      
    
    
      thin
      
      
    
  

Fill in the blanks.
1. Simon is ________(tall) Kitty.
2. Peter is ________(tall) student of the six students.
3. Sandy is ________(heavy) Millie.
4. Peter is ________(heavy) student of the six students.
5. Millie is ________(slow) swimmer of the six students.
6. Amy is ________(fast) swimmer of the six students.
7. Millie's drawing is ________(beautiful) Simon's.
8. Sandy's drawing is ________(beautiful) in the drawing competition.
9. Millie's Engjish is ________(good) Amy's. Millie's English is ________(good).
10. Simon is ________(short) Peter.
11. Amy and Kitty are ________(light) students among the six students.
12. Peter's English is ________(bad) among the six students.
Fill in the blanks
1、格林先生是这四个人当中最高最胖的。
 Mr Green is ______ and ______ one ______ the four.
2、小香蕉往往比大香蕉好。
 Small bananas are often ______ ______ big ones.
3、我的铅笔比你的短。
 My pencil is ______ yours.
4、在中国，哪一条河最长？
 Which river is ______ in China?
5、他的观点比我的新。
 His idea is ______ than ______.
Writing
 生活中你一定会在你自己、父母、家庭、朋友、班级、家乡等方面与他人做过比较后觉得无比幸福、快乐和喜欢。请你就其中的某方面用英语写出你的所感所想。