3 SUPPORT Pupil’s Book p.

33, Grammar 1, Activity 3

Comparatives with short adjectives

A mouse is small. A mouse is smaller than a penguin.

fast faster slow slower big bigger

3 Team Time Play Guess the animal. Go to Activity Book, p. 129

It’s bigger than a …

It’s faster than a … Yes, it is.
Is it a …?
It’s slower than a …
It’s smaller than a … No, it isn’t.

whale shark lion panda elephant

mouse penguin crocodile kangaroo hippo

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3 SUPPORT Activity Book p.35, Grammar 1, Activities 1 and 2

1 Complete the dialogue.

Mia: 1 A whale is small e r than a dolphin.

Adam: 2 No! A whale is big than a dolphin.
Mia: 3 Well, a whale is fast than a dolphin.
Adam: 4 Yes, and a dolphin is long than a whale.
Mia: 5 No, it isn’t. A dolphin is short than a whale.

small big fast long short

2 Follow the lines then tick ( ) the correct sentence.

1 2 3 4

crocodile penguin panda kangaroo

slow long small short

giraffe dolphin shark polar bear

1 2
a A crocodile is longer than a dolphin. a A shark is slower than a penguin.

b A dolphin is longer than a crocodile. b A penguin is slower than a shark.

3 4
a A panda is smaller than a polar bear. a A giraffe is shorter than a kangaroo.

b A polar bear is smaller than a panda. b A kangaroo is shorter than a giraffe.

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3 SUPPORT Pupil’s Book p.37, Grammar 2, Activities 4 and 5

Comparatives with long adjectives

A lion is dangerous. A lion is more dangerous than a cat.

4 Talk Partners Make sentences to compare the animals.

A crocodile is more dangerous than a penguin.

1
crocodile
penguin 2
more dangerous polar bear
than kangaroo
more frightening 3
than parrot
whale
4
dolphin
jellyfish
more colourful
than more intelligent
than

5 Talk Partners Compare these animals.

dog cat parrot snake

a dog intelligent a cat.

a cat colourful a parrot.
I think is more than a
a parrot dangerous a snake.
a snake frightening a dog.

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3 SUPPORT Activity Book p.38, Grammar 2, Activities 2 and 3

2 Think. Complete the sentences to compare the animals.

1 A parrot is more colourful

colourful than a duck .

duck parrot

2 A is intelligent
intelligent a .

dog sheep

3 A is frightening
frightening a .

lion cat
4
A is dangerous
dangerous a .

penguin polar bear

3 What do you think? Tick ( ) Yes or No.

Yes No

1 A snake is more dangerous than a jellyfish.

2 A horse is more intelligent than a sheep.

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3 SUPPORT Pupil’s Book pp.38–39, Read the world, Activities 2 and 3

The python
jungle
I’m a python not a pet.
I’m not happy in a country python
Where it’s sometimes cold and wet.
My life is in the jungle.
My home is in a tree.
cage
It’s not in this small cag
ge, next to the TV.

Watching the river

I can’t skip, jump or hop. I don’t climb trees or fly, No, I love to watch the river
I don’t really do a lot. But am I sad, do I cry? Going by.

hippo

river

2 Read and mark tick ( ) or cross ( ).

1 The snake lives in a cage.

2 The hippo can hop.

3 The hippo’s life is bad.

3 Read the poems again and circle.

1 The snake is happy / sad.
2 The hippo is happy / sad.
3 How did the poems make you feel?

The snake poem The hippo poem

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3 SUPPORT Activity Book p.39, Read the world, Activities 1–3

1 Read these lines from the poems on page 30 again and tick ( ).

Which animal? How do I feel?

1 I’m not happy in a country

Where it’s sometimes wet
and cold.

2 I love to watch the river

Going by.

2 What kind of texts are these? Read and circle.

1 a poem / a fact file

The African sun is big and hot.

We like to sleep all day.
In the evening, when the sun
goes down,
We run and jump and play.

2 a poem / a fact file

Lives in: the forest

Eats: bamboo and sometimes
small birds
Eats for: 12 hours a day
Can: climb, swim

3 Which text do you like the most?

Text 1 Text 2

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3 SUPPORT Pupil’s Book p.40, Speaking, Activity 4

4 Talk Partners Make new dialogues. Go to Activity Book, pp. 138 and 140

I love dolphins / hippos / parrots / sharks / penguins / tigers.

Why?

Because they’re intelligent / funny / colourful / very fast /

cute / beautiful. Really?

Yes! Did you know they live in families / eat at night / Cool!
are intelligent / can smell very well / can’t fly / can swim?

SUPPORT Pupil’s Book p.41, Writing, Activities 2 and 3

Who am I?
I’m bigger than a goat I eat fish and birds.
And I’m whiter than a lion. I live in the snow.
I can run and swim. Now can you guess
I’m fast and dangerous. Who am I?

2 The animal is bigger than ...

a a lion b a goat c a fish

3 Look at the poem again. Then look at the mind map and write the
missing words.

Animal
Adjectives polar bear Actions
big run
white s
f
d Food
fish
b

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3 SUPPORT Activity Book p.41, Writing

Plan
Choose an animal. Complete the mind map.

Colour Adjectives
A
1 2

Animal

Actions Food
3 4

Colours Adjectives Actions Food

brown black green big small fast slow run jump fish birds plants
red blue white dangerous frightening swim fly climb fruit meat
colourful intelligent
Write
Write a poem about your animal. Use the mind map in your plan to help you.

Who am I?
I’m bigger / smaller / faster / slower than a .
1
I’m .
2
I’m and I’m .
3
I can and .
Yes, I can!
4
I eat .
I live in the snow / forest / sea / river.
Now can you guess
Who I am?

Check
Read and check your work with a friend. Guess your friend’s animal.
I use a mind map to plan my poem.

I use adjectives to describe my animal.

I use -er when I compare my animal with another animal.

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