January 29, 2014

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GENERAL OBJECTIVE FOR LEVEL 2

COMPETENCIA COMUNICATIVA

Es capaz de comprender y utilizar expresiones cotidianas de uso muy frecuente así como frases sencillas destinadas a satisfacer necesidades de tipo inmediato.

Puede presentarse a sí mismo y a otros, pedir y dar información personal básica sobre su domicilio, sus pertenencias y las personas que conoce.

Puede relacionarse de forma elemental siempre que su interlocutor hable despacio y con claridad y esté dispuesto a cooperar.

Some topics we will work during this level 2:

Content Map Level 2 (FIRST PART)

Content Map Level 2 (SECOND PART)

Review

Simple present

Present Continuos Interactive Book

Games

Snakes and Ladders

Hangman

Exercises

More exercises

Video: Present Simple and Continuous

Complete the text with present continuous

Can and can't to express abilities

Vocabulary

Can you play any musical instrument?

Activity:

The incredibles:

Watch the video and answer the questions

More activities

Personality adjectives

Vocabulary
More Adjectives

Shopping Around

Clothes

Look at this Vocabulary list

Games to practice vocabulary about clothes

Put on your clothes

Listen and match

Matching Game

What are you wearing today?

Different Activities about clothes

Demonstratives: THIS - THAT - THESE - THOSE

Comparative Adjectives

Formation of Comparative Adjectives

There are two ways to make or form a comparative adjective:

short adjectives: add "-er"
long adjectives: use "more"

Short adjectives
1-syllable adjectives	old, fast
2-syllable adjectives ending in -y	happy, easy
Normal rule: add "-er"	old → older
Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -r	late → later
Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant, double the last consonant	big → bigger
Variation: if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i	happy → happier
Long adjectives
2-syllable adjectives not ending in -y	modern, pleasant
all adjectives of 3 or more syllables	expensive, intellectual
Normal rule: use "more"	modern → more modern expensive → more expensive

With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use '-er' or 'more':

quiet → quieter/more quiet
clever → cleverer/more clever
narrow → narrower/more narrow
simple → simpler/more simple

Exception
The following adjectives have irregular forms:

good → better
well (healthy) → better
bad → worse
far → farther/further

Use of Comparative Adjectives »

Use of Comparative Adjectives

We use comparative adjectives when talking about 2 things (not 3 or 10 or 1,000,000 things, only 2 things).

Often, the comparative adjective is followed by "than".

Look at these examples:

John is 1m80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He is taller than John.
America is big. But Russia is bigger.
I want to have a more powerful computer.
Is French more difficult than English?

If we talk about the two planets Earth and Mars, we can compare them as shown in the table below:

	Earth	Mars
Diameter (km)	12,760	6,790	Mars is smaller than Earth.
Distance from Sun (million km)	150	228	Mars is more distant from the Sun.
Length of day (hours)	24	25	A day on Mars is slightly longer than a day on Earth.
Moons	1	2	Mars has more moons than Earth.
Surface temperature (degrees Celcius)	22	-23	Mars is colder than Earth.

Although we use comparative adjectives when talking about two things (not three or more things), in fact one or both of the things may be a group of things.