Download ppt - Do you know the TV series

Do you know the TV series

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Who are the “friends”?

CHANDLER

• He is funny

• He is shy

JOEY

• He loves food, he’s always hungry

• He thinks he’s smart

MONICA

• She cooks really well

• She is bossy

• She was fat when she

was a child

PHOEBE

• She does massages and plays the piano

• She’s a bit weird

• She’s blond and tall

RACHEL

• She’s spoiled

• She works with fashion

• She’s really elegant

and is really beautiful

ROSS

• He’s a paleonthologist

• He’s intelligent

• He is insecure

Now, let’s compare the characters!

Ross X Joeyintelligent

Ross is more intelligent than Joey

Phoebe X Racheltall

Phoebe is taller than Rachel

Chandler X Rossfunny

Chandler is funnier than Ross

Monica X Rachelfat

Monica was fatter than Rachel

LET’S THINK!





To compare in English, we use...


MORE ...... THAN

(long adjectives)



....... +ER THAN

(one-syllable adjectives)



-Y ......+ IER THAN

(adjectives ending “y”)



CVC (stressed syllable)=

DOUBLE consonant

To sum up ...

• MORE ... THAN = LONG ADJECTIVES

• ...+ER THAN = ONE-SYLLABLE ADJS

• ...+IER THAN = ADJECTIVES END “Y”

• ...+CONSONANT+ER THAN = CVC (STRESSED)

Some irregular comparatives:

• GOOD

• BAD

• FAR

• OLD

• BETTER

• WORSE

• FARTHER / FURTHER

• OLDER / ELDER

Now you do it:• Rachel X Phoebe – elegant;

• Chandler X Joey – shy;

• Joey X Ross – hungry;

• Rachel X Phoebe – beautiful;

• Monica X Rachel – bossy;

• Ross X joey – insecure;

• Phoebe X Ross - weird