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¿Es más interesante? Regular superlative and comparatives

I can compare TV programmes and viewing habits using comparatives and superlatives.

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¿Es más interesante? Regular superlative and comparatives

I can compare TV programmes and viewing habits using comparatives and superlatives.

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Key learning points

  1. Indefinite adjectives refer to non-specific or undefined qualities, people or things.
  2. To form comparatives in Spanish, use más or menos + adjective + que.
  3. To say something is better or worse than something else, use 'mejor que' or 'peor que'.
  4. To form superlatives in Spanish, use noun + más or menos + adjective.
  5. When using comparative and superlative structures, the adjective must agree with the preceding noun.

Keywords

  • Indefinite adjective - adjective used to refer to non-specific or undefined qualities, people or things

  • Comparative - form of an adjective or adverb used to used to compare people, things or ideas

  • Superlative - form of an adjective or adverb used to express the highest or lowest degree of a quality

  • Más - more, most

  • Menos - less, least

Common misconception

The adjective used in a comparative or superlative structure does not need to agree with any noun.

The adjective used in a comparative or superlative structure must agree with the preceding noun.


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Exit Quiz Qs 2, 5 and 6, and Learning Cycle 3 contain Higher Tier grammar and vocabulary. Your students may enjoy genres of film and television that are not included on the vocabulary list, so you could consider teaching extra ones that are relevant to your students' interests.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:actual,current
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current

Correct Answer:fuimos,we went
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we went

Correct Answer:hoy en día,nowadays
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nowadays

Correct Answer:hasta luego,see you later
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see you later

Correct Answer:realidad,reality
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reality

Correct Answer:de acuerdo,OK, in agreement
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OK, in agreement

Q2.
Match the indefinite adjectives.
Correct Answer:otro,other, another
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other, another

Correct Answer:mismo,same
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same

Correct Answer:cada,each, every
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each, every

Correct Answer:todo,all, the whole
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all, the whole

Q3.
The Spanish suffix -idad corresponds to the English suffix .
-tion
Correct answer: -ity
-ary
-ate
Q4.
Adjective agreement is when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in and number.
tense
Correct answer: gender
mood
position
Q5.
What is the missing adjective? 'Juan es un amigo mío.' (Juan is an old friend of mine.)
Correct answer: viejo
viejos
vieja
viejas
Q6.
Write the missing adjective. 'Estos libros son .' (These books are familiar.)
Correct Answer: familiares

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:género,gender, genre
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gender, genre

Correct Answer:medios (de comunicación),media
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media

Correct Answer:reina,queen
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queen

Correct Answer:real,royal
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royal

Correct Answer:serie,series
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series

Correct Answer:responsabilidad,responsibility
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responsibility

Q2.
Match the Spanish and English.
Correct Answer:lector,reader (m)
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reader (m)

Correct Answer:lectora,reader (f)
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reader (f)

Correct Answer:telenovela,soap opera
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soap opera

Correct Answer:diario,daily
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daily

Correct Answer:profesional,professional
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professional

Correct Answer:encuesta,survey
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survey

Q3.
What is the correct translation? 'Cada cliente tiene la misma pregunta.'
Some clients have another question.
The clients have some questions.
Correct answer: Every client has the same question.
The same clients have a question.
The client has the same question.
Q4.
La telerrealidad __________ más __________ que los programas de deporte.
es, gracioso
Correct answer: es, graciosa
son, graciosos
son, graciosas
Q5.
Estos son mis recuerdos ...
más positivo
más positiva
Correct answer: más positivos
más positivas
Q6.
In what order do the words appear in this sentence? Esta cámara es la más __________ pero quiero comprar __________ modelo. Necesito sacar fotos de la __________ calidad.
1 - barata
2 - otro
3 - mejor

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