Dictionary
Reveal
- Definition:
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To exhibit something that was hidden.
Mostrar algo que estaba oculto.
- Example:
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He revealed our secret.
Él reveló nuestro secreto.
- Spanish word:
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Revelar.
- Audio:
Faster than a cheetah
4.1. My adorable creature
Dictionary
Reveal
To describe your ideal animal and tell your classmates what makes it so fantastic you will need to use adjectives and learn how to compare one animal to another. Let’s start by describing animal body parts. You have already practised with animal colours and patterns. After that, we will learn how to say why your animal is better than an ordinary animal. Can you compare your ideal animal to others' ideal animals?
Come on! Let us know how fantastic your perfect animal is!
1. My adorable creature
Physical description adjectives
We are going to learn animal body parts and some adjectives. Animal body parts: tail, beak, feathers, claws, paws, neck, wings. Adjectives: thin, fat, heavy, light, slow, fast, frightening, adorable, wild, common, colourful, furry, wide, clever.
Comparatives
Watch the video about the comparatives. Can you explain the rules? Watch it again and make a table in your notebook to help you remember them.
Exceptions
There are some irregular adjectives. They don’t follow the rules so you’ll have to learn them! Have a look.
good: better than
bad: worse than
far: further than
Do you need help with physical description adjectives?
Audio explanation
Do you need help with the video on comparatives?
We are learning two types of comparisons:
First, comparisons of equality. The structure is “as + adjective + as”. For example, “a cat is as soft as a lynx”, “a lion is as dangerous as a crocodile”.
Second, comparisons of superiority. We have different cases:
- Case one: One syllable. We add -er to the adjective. For example: “fast” “faster than”, “wild”, “wilder than”, “fat”, “fatter than”, “thin”, “thinner than”, “wide”, “wider than”.
Notice how we double the consonant in one-syllable words with consonant, vowel, consonant as in “fatter” and “thinner”.
- Case two: Two syllables ending in -y. Change -y to -i and add -ier. For example: “heavy”, “heavier than”, “furry”, “furrier than”, “funny”, “funnier than”, “friendly”, “friendlier than”, “pretty”, “prettier than”.
- Case three: Two or more syllables. We use “more + adjective + than”. For example: “more common than”, “more adorable than”, “more frightening than”, “more colourful than”, “more clever than”.
Let’s see other examples. Can you remember the rules?
“A cheetah is faster than a cow”.
“A cow is fatter than a monkey”.
“A dog is friendlier than a shark”.
“A cat is furrier than a crocodile”.
“A parrot is more colourful than a dolphin”.
“A crocodile is more frightening than a cat”.
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Remember that you already know some body parts: eye, ear, leg, nose, head and mouth.
Are you ready to describe your fantastic animal?
2. Adjectives and body parts
Let’s check the adjectives you need to describe animal body parts.
Choose an activity among the following.
Option A: Remembering body parts
Body Parts
Adjectives
Option B: Understanding animal characteristics
Solution
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Solution
Option C: Listening to an animal description
Option D: Describing a picture
First, cut the following pieces from the worksheet, try to make sentences and match the tags with the pieces. Then, write the animal description following the instructions in the worksheet.
What a wonderful creature we have just seen! It has got everything! Feathers, wings, a beak, a tail, claws... We can say it’s better than an ordinary animal! What if we practise now the way of comparing one animal to another? Then you are in the right place! You have learnt about it just above.
Come on! You can do it and use it later for your final task.
Lectura facilitada
Read
This is a wonderful creature.
Esta es una criatura maravillosa.
The creature has got feathers.
La criatura tiene plumas.
The creature has got claws.
La criatura tiene garras.
The creature has got wings.
La criatura tiene alas.
The creature has got a tail.
La criatura tiene una cola.
The creature is better than other animals.
La criatura es mejor que otros animales.
Now, you learn how to compare animals.
Ahora, tú aprendes cómo comparar animales.
3. Working with Comparative Adjectives
Grammar is not that difficult if you practise!
Here you have different activities to check your understanding.
Option A: Understand the text
Option B: Apply comparative forms
Complete the text with the comparative forms of the adjectives in brackets.
My fantastic creature.
Option C: Analyse the words
Option D: Create an animal description
Describe this fantastic animal using the adjectives and comparatives seen before.
Did you make a mistake while doing the activity?
It is normal to make mistakes at the beginning. Failure is part of learning. Do you remember when you first rode a bike or you tried to swim? Surely it wasn't easy at first, but every time you tried again. With each failure, we learn from the mistake and improve for the next time.
To learn from your mistakes, follow these tips:
- I realise where I have failed.
- Look for ways to improve that mistake.
- I try again.
- I understand that mistakes are important for learning.
Don't forget: when you make a mistake once, you learn for the next try.
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