Unit 10 Communication
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Unit 10Communication
Keeping in touch
Brainstorm ways to keep in touch
message in a bottle
tin cans on a string
carrier pigeon
Keeping in touch P98
Read each person's story.
Decide who you are most similar to.
Discuss with your partner.
What's the pattern?
1. Email is quicker than regular mail.
2. Video conferencing is less expensive than business trips.
3. Skype video calls are better than regular phone calls.
noun 1 + BE + comparative adj + than + noun 2
What's the pattern?
It's nice to get a card.
It's nicer to get a real card than an e-card.
It's + adj + infinitive + noun 1 + than + noun 2
Grammar Point: Comparative Adjectives
USAGE
• used to talk about differences between 2 things, people, events
– The spaghetti is more delicious than the pizza.
– She's taller than he is.
– The second lecture was longer.
• comparative form often used with “than”
Grammar Point: Comparative Adjectives
FORM• Most 1 syllable adjectives and some 2
syllable adjectives adjective + -er
• most other adjectives of 2 or more syllables
more + adjective
• “less” used with adjectives in comparisonsless + adjective
Desktop computers are less expensive than laptops.
SPELLING RULES
• adjs ending in -e, add -ernice-->nicer
• adjs ending in a consonant + -y, change “y” to “i” and add -erbusy-->busier
• most adjs ending in vowel + consonant, double the final consonant and add -erbig-->bigger thin-->thinner
– DO NOT double consonants in words ending in -w
slow-->slower
Exceptions
IRREGULAR FORMS:
good --> better
bad --> worse
far --> farther
little --> less
many --> more
Exceptions
Two-Syllable Adjectives which take -er or more
clever cleverer more clever
gentle gentler more gentle
friendly friendlier more friendly
quiet quieter more quiet
simple simpler more simple
wealthy wealthier more wealthy
healthy healthier more healthy
Common Mistakes
• adding -er AND more to the same adj
Assignment 2 was more harder. x
• adding more to irregular adjs
Vanilla cake is more good then chocolate. x
Try it out!
P 99 2A and B