Recommendations with Superlative Adjectives
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Adjectives with most and -est and the language of recommendations oral practice, including how to form superlatives and how to respond to recommendations.
Lesson Plan Content:
Recommendations with superlative practice
Ask your partner about their recommendations for things from the list on the next page below, listen to their ideas and then give them feedback on those suggestions.
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Give your partner recommendations on things in the list below and listen to their feedback.
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Responses to recommendations Strong positive responses - That’s perfect. In fact, I’m already planning to…/ I’m already going to… - That’s a great idea. I’ll definitely do that./ That’s an excellent suggestion. I’ll do exactly what you said. Weaker positive responses - That seems like a good idea. I’ll give it a try. - You are probably right. I’ll give it a go. - That’s not a bad idea. I’ll try my best to do that. - Hmm. That might be worth thinking about.
Negative responses - I’m not so sure that’s a good idea (because…)/ I’m not sure that would be suitable (in this case) (because…) Can you suggest anything else? - Are you sure (that’s a good idea)? Don’t you think that…? - Do you really think so? I would have thought that… - Actually, … already. (Do you have any other ideas?) |
Ask about anything below which you couldn’t understand or couldn’t answer, each time discussing your recommendations as a class.
From memory or from your grammar knowledge, write the superlatives of the adjectives you talked about on the following page, starting with “the…” each time.
Check with the list with superlatives on the next page below.
Use those examples to make rules for making superlative adjectives.
Using those rules, make the comparative and superlative of these adjectives:
new fast tall large long
thin famous busy popular expensive
dangerous
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What is
What are
… is
… are
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the most authentic the most beautiful the cheapest the cleanest the closest/ nearest the most colourful the most common the most convenient the most cosmopolitan the most delicious the easiest the most exciting the most famous the most fashionable the most filling the friendliest the most fun the best the best quality the best value the greenest the healthiest the most historic the most impressive the most interesting the most luxurious the most memorable the most original the most peaceful the most popular the prettiest the quietest the most reasonable the most relaxing the most romantic the most traditional the trendiest the most typical the most unusual the yummiest |
activity area beach bike ride breakfast building/ architecture café cake card castle church club day out/ daytrip entertainment evening game hike/ trek/ walk hotel (bus) journey lunch (street/ flea) market mountain museum musical/ show night out outdoor activity palace park place religious place restaurant ruin sale shop/ store (for…) shopping mall shrine souvenir street food temple town tree vacation view weekend away |
(-s) (-ies) |
for babies for couples for dogs for families for kids for teenagers for toddlers in (East) Asia in … county in … prefecture in … ward in …. borough in …. state in Central… in East(ern)… in Northeast(ern)… in the … region in the world in this area in this city in this country in this prefecture in this region in this state in this ward in West(ern)… in your country near here near your home on … island on … peninsula |
Not in superlative version
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What is
What are
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authentic beautiful cheap clean close/ near colourful common convenient cosmopolitan delicious easy exciting famous fashionable filling friendly fun good good quality good value green healthy historic impressive interesting luxurious memorable original peaceful popular pretty quiet reasonable relaxing romantic traditional trendy typical unusual yummy |
activity area beach bike ride breakfast building café cake card castle church club day out/ daytrip entertainment evening game hike/ trek/ walk hotel (bus) journey lunch market mountain museum musical/ show night out outdoor activity palace park place religious place restaurant ruin sale shop/ store shopping mall shrine souvenir street food temple town tree vacation view weekend away |
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for babies for couples for dogs for families for kids for teenagers for toddlers in (East) Asia in … county in … prefecture in … ward in …. borough in …. state in Central… in East(ern)… in Northeast(ern)… in the … region in the world in this area in this city in this country in this prefecture in this region in this state in this ward in West(ern)… in your country near here near your home on … island on … peninsula |
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