English 5: Comparatives & Past Tenses
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Module 4
I. IGeneral Information
Course : _English 5______________________ Code: __ INE 0208___
Hours: 4 Unit duration: 1
0 días
I. Specific Objectives:
● Use comparative and superlative adjectives correctly.
● Use (not) as...as correctly.
● Understand the difference between simple past and past continuous.
II. Goals to Achieve:
● Identify the difference between comparative and superlative adjectives.
● Understand and use comparative, superlative, (not) as...as. correctly.
● Use simple statements and phrases about people, places, and what kind
of vacation they prefer.
● Use vocabulary to talk about vacation activities.
● Know the difference between simple past and past
continuous/progressive.
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III. Activities Description:
You will practice via clearly staged activities in the Grammar Practice,
Vocabulary Practice, and Communication Practice sections.
IV. Content
INTRODUCTION
In this module you will learn how to use comparatives, superlatives , and (not)
as… as, and useful adjectives, as well as, when to use past continuous and
simple past.
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Spelling Rules for Comparative Adjectives
Examples
1. The hotel room is larger than my bedroom at home.
2. An elephant is bigger than a horse.
3. Today’s test was easier than last week’s.
4. My new pillow is softer than my old one.
Spelling Rules for Superlative Adjectives
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Examples
1. My painting is the largest one on the wall.
2. He is working for the biggest company in the city.
3. That was the easiest test I’ve ever taken.
4. This puppy is the softest one in the litter.
Comparative Form and Superlative Form (irregular
comparisons)
Comparative Superlative
good better best
bad/ill worse worst
little (amount ) less least
far further/farther furthest/farthest
Positive Form
Use the positive form of the adjective if the comparison contains one of
the following expressions:
as … as
Example: Jane is as tall as John.
not as … as / not so … as
Example: John is not as tall as Arnie.
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The past progressive makes emphasis on the course of an
action in the past.
Form
Positive Negative Question
I / he / she / it I was speaking. I was not speaking. Was I speaking?
you / we / they You were speaking. You were not speaking. Were you speaking?
Use of Past Progressive
■ puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
Example: He was playing football.
■ two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the
dishes.
■ action going on at a certain time in the past
Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
Signal Words of Past Progressive
■ while, as long as
Simple Past
The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never,
several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after
another or in the middle of another action.
Form of Simple Past
Positive Negative Question
no difference I spoke I did not speak Did I speak?
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Past Simple
The past simple has two main uses that I will review below. First let’s
review some of the signal words that may indicate use of the simple past.
Last… (week, year, month, etc.)
In 1984, 2015 ….. etc.
Yesterday…. etc.
Past Simple Form
SUBJECT + V2
(V2 = -ED or IRREGULAR FORM)
If you don’t know all the verbs, make sure to check out our irregular verb
list.
Past Simple Uses
1. Finished action in the PAST.
I lived in Italy in 2001.
You worked in a bank last year.
Yesterday, I walked on the beach.
She saw him last week.
She drank coffee yesterday.
I worked in an advertisement agency from 2009 to 2011.
I went to the beach yesterday afternoon. I stayed on the beach for two
hours.
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2. We also use the Simple Past to show order of events in the past. Order
of events can sometimes be shown with words like when, before, after,
then, and first, second, third etc.
Order of events can sometimes be shown with words like when, before,
after, then, and first, second, third etc.
After I talked to Mike, I went to the beach.
First I watched a movie, then I did my homework.
I came to school, I poured a cup of coffee, and I sat down.
Signal Words of Simple Past
● yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Rogers, M., Taylore-Knowles, J & Taylore-Knowles, S. (2018). Personal Best A1
book. (1st Edition). Oxford, G.B.: Macmillan Education Elt.