Level 5 (CEFR A2+)
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Lesson 1| A million questions7 Temas|7 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 2 | Tell me all about them!7 Temas|5 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 3 | Writing an Article6 Temas|1 Cuestionario
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Lesson 4 | They were having dinner when Jack proposed7 Temas|4 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 5 | Storyteller6 Temas|1 Cuestionario
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Lesson 6 | Future Tenses7 Temas|5 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 7 | This season is going to be very interesting7 Temas|3 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 8 | I haven’t seen that in years!7 Temas|4 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 9 | Cinema session7 Temas|3 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 10 | Anything you like7 Temas|3 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 11 | Nothing compares...7 Temas|3 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 12 | World city survey7 Temas|3 Cuestionarios
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Lesson 13 | SKILLS5 Temas
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Lesson 14 | BBC News7 Temas|4 Cuestionarios
Lesson 11 – Step 3 – Comparing

Goal
In level 4 lesson 6, you learned about comparatives. Today you are going to dig a little bit deeper into them.
You can watch the video or go straight to the written explanation. You decide! Once you’ve finished, you can move to step 4.
Language Discovery
Look at the words in blue in the text in step 1. What do they have in common?
- They compare things or people
- They are comparative adjectives
Look at the words in green in the text in step 1. What do they have in common?
- They compare actions (what things or people do)
- They are comparative adverbs
General notions
An adjective describes a person, place, or a thing. We usually use adjectives with the verb be.
- The horse is quick. It is beautiful.
An adverb describes an action. We use them after verbs.
- The horse runs quickly. But it doesn’t jump very high.
Comparative Adjectives
Remember the structure of comparatives? subject + be+ comparative adjective + than+ object If you go back to level 4 level 4 lesson 6 step 3, you can study the difference between short and long comparative adjectives. |
To compare two people, places or things we use:
- comparative adjectives (quicker, more expensive, more intelligent)
- This place is better than the last one.
- less + adjective (less quick,less expensive, less intelligent). Less is the opposite of more.
- Our old neighbours were less distant than the new ones.
Nota para hispanohablantes less = menos Our old neighbours were less distant than the new ones. Nuestros antiguos vecinos eran menos distantes que los nuevos. |
- (not) as + adjective + as. (not as quick as, as expensive as, as intelligent as). as… as = the same
- It’s not as simple as that
Nota para hispanohablantes as… as= tan… cómo It’s not as simple as that. No es tan simple como eso. |
Comparative Adverbs
The horse runs quickly
My friend speaks slowly
They work hard
To compare two actions we use:
- comparative adverbs
- add more to adverbs that end in -ly (more quickly, more intelligently)
- add -er to the other adverbs (faster, better).
My friend plays football better than me, but I play more intelligently.
- less + adverb (less quickly,less intelligently)
My friend plays football less intelligengly than me.
- (not) as + adverb + as. (not as quickly as, as intelligently as)
My friend runs as fast as me.
Conclusión
Ready? Terrific! Let’s move on to step 3 to practise what you’ve learnt in this step.
