VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Writing exercise

I am really not happy.

I don’t work today.

I didn’t sleep last night.

I will not talk to you.

I am not talking to you.

I was not talking to you.

Vocabulary

Everest – 珠穆朗玛峰

early – 早的

close – 近的

Mars – 火星

Pluto – 冥王星

Athens – 雅典

Los Angeles – 洛杉矶

The Sahara – 沙哈拉沙漠

The Arctic – 极地

Fahrenheit – 华氏度

Celsius – 摄氏度

tasty – 好吃的

Germany – 德国

science – 科学

geography – 地理

mountain – 山

skiing – 滑雪

jogging – 慢跑

exciting – 令人兴奋的

expensive – 贵的

dangerous – 危险的

Grammar

形容词adj. 修饰名词的

very + adj. 非常….的
very tall – 非常高的
i.e. He is a very tall person.

比较级 – 更 

adj. + er
tall -> taller
i.e. I am taller than you.
A is/am/are adj.+er than B. 

more (更多的) + adj. 
beautiful -> more beautiful
i.e. She is more beautiful than you.
A is/am/are more adj. than B. 

最高级 – 最

adj. + est
tall – tallest
i.e. I am the tallest.

most (最多的) + adj. 
beautiful -> most beautiful
i.e. She is the most beautiful.

see link for irregular comparatives and superlatives: https://www.curso-ingles.com/en/resources/cheat-sheets/adjectives/list-of-comparatives-and-superlatives#:~:text=List%20of%20Comparatives%20and%20Superlatives%20%20%20,%20%20biggest%20%2079%20more%20rows%20

Speaking exercise

Tell me about your family using comparatives and superlatives 

I have one brother and one sister. I am thinner than my brother. I am more beautiful than my sister. My brother is more handsome than my father. My mother is the fattest in my family. My father is the tallest in my family. My dad is older than my mother. I am the shortest in my family. I am the fastest in my family. My dad is the slowest in my family.