GUÍA METODOLÓGICA N.

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Can do: Make comparisons between things and people
Grammar: Comparatives
Vocabulary: common adjectives
1. Presentación del tema: a continuación el link del video donde encontraran la
explicación del tema:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KIiaLupHuA
Instrucción: Ven el video y toman apuntes en sus agendas.

Vocabulario: A continuación el link del video donde encontraran el vocabulario de los

verbos comunes que deben aprenderse.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKrtiFhD5c&t=47s

Instrucción: Ven el video, repiten y completan la tabla con el adjetivo opuesto.

Adjective Opposite Meaning

Big Small Grande – pequeño
Tall short Alto-bajo
Fast Slow Rapido-lento
Hot Cold Caliente-frio
Good Bad Bueno-malo
Old new Viejo-nuevo
Pretty Ugly Lindo-feo
Fat Thin Gordo-delgado
Happy sad Feliz-triste
Full Empty Lleno-vacio
Dark light Oscuro-claro
Funny serious Divertido-
Cheap expensive Barato-caro
High low Alto-bajo
Healthy sick Saludable-enfermo
Rich poor Rico-pobre
Soft hard Suave-duro
Easy difficult Facil-dificil
Clean dirty Limpio-sucio
Safe Dangerous Seguro-peligroso
 Strong weak fuerte

2. Práctica: a continuación encontraran un link con un ejercicio para practicar la

gramática y el vocabulario.

Link: https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2065

Instrucción: Resolver el ejercicio en línea tomar un pantallazo y adjuntarlo a la guía.

Glossary for listening:

• News – noticias
• Amazing - asombroso
• Surprising - sorprendente
• Quickly - rapidamente
 • Percent – porcentaje
• Half – mitad
• Believe – creer
• New sources – fuentes de noticias
• Even – incluso
• Suppose – suponer
• Get – obtener

3. Listening: (NTE 2.22)

Instrucción: Escucha a Nick y Petra hablando sobre las noticias. Señala con una x N(Nick) o
P(Petra) para las siguientes afirmaciones de acuerdo a la conversación.
1. The number of Americans using the internet is amazing. N___ P__x_
2. The same number of people use the internet for news in the UK and the US.
N_x__ P___
3. Younger people use the internet. N_x__ P___
4. Newspaper are better than other new sources. N___ P__x_.

4. Producción escrita: Escribir una comparación usando la siguiente información.

Ejemplo: Ibagué – Bogota - Ibagué is hotter than Bogotá.

1. Dogs – cats - dogs are more faithful than cats

2. Colombia – Brazil - Colombia is more beautiful than Brazil
3. Fast food – fruits – fast food is richer than fruits
4. Men – women – men are taller than women
5. Chapulin – superman – chapulín is braver than superman
6. TV – books – tv is more boring than books
7. Rock – reggaetón – rock is less popular than reggaeton
8. Soccer – basketball – soccer is more fun than basketball
9. Love – money – love is purer than money
 10. Italian – Mexican food - Italian food is richer than Mexican food
11. Duque – Nayib Bukele – duke is grosser than Nayib bukele
12. Coffee – tea - coffee is more expensive than tea
13. Water – gold – water is more important than gold
14. Action movies – independent films – action movies are more entertaining than
independent films
15. English – math - English is more educational than math

5. Producción oral: Esta parte la deben hacer en parejas.

Instrucción: con el compañero comparar 2 lugares, 2 personas y 2 animales.

Ejemplo de dialogo:

Student 1: please compare ___Ibagué with Bogotá____

Student 2: ok, Ibagué is hotter than Bogotá. Bogotá is bigger than Ibagué. Bogotá is more
dangerous than Ibagué. Ibagué has more delicious food than Bogotá. The traffic in Bogotá is
worse than in Ibagué. Bogota is more popular than Ibagué. Ibagué is cheaper than Bogotá.

Student 1: please compare superman and Chapulin.

Student 2: well, superman is stronger than chapulin. Chapulin is funnier than Superman.
Superman is faster than chapulin. Chapulin is shorter than superman. Chapulin is fresher than
superman. Chapulin is more interesting than superman. In conclusion, chapulin is better than
superman.
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• Bogota is colder than Medellin, Bogota is larger than Medellin, Medellin is more
developed than Bogota, Bogota has more population than Medellin, Medellin is more
touristy than Bogota.
• ronaldo is taller than messi, messi is more skilled than ronaldo, ronaldo has more titles
with his country than messi, messi has more titles as a player than ronaldo, ronaldo is
older than messi.
• the tiger is bigger than the lion, the lion has more hair than the tiger, the tiger is a better
match than the lion, the lion is lazier than the tiger, the tiger is more colorful than the
lion, the lion is more common than the tiger.

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Adapted by César García – Universidad del Tolima