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COMPARATIFS et SUPERLATIFS - Page 2

(Liens vérifiés le 13/09/2011)

 
Comparatifs :  

Comparatifs de supériorité

Lessons - Interactive exercises - Exercises to print - Lesson plans - Facts -
Interactive games - Posters - Songs -
Proverbs and Idioms - Cartoons - Videos

Comparatifs d'égalité

Examples -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print -
Poems - Interactive games -
Cartoons - Songs - Proverbs and Idioms -
Comparatives of similar degree in songs

Interactive exercises - Cartoons
Superlatifs :

Resources - Lessons - Listening -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print -
Lesson plans - Webquests -
Proverbs - Interactive games - Songs - Cartoons - Jokes - Videos

Comparatives and Superlatives
Useful sites for using superlatives and comparatives
Comparatifs et Superlatifs :

Presentation - Interactive exercises - Exercises to print - Interactive games -
Lesson plans - Cartoons
Useful sites for using superlatives and comparatives


 

 

 


SUPERLATIFS

Resources - Lessons -
Listening -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print -
Lesson plans - Webquests -
Proverbs - Interactive games - Songs - Cartoons - Jokes - Videos

Comparatives et Superlatives

Useful sites for using superlatives and comparatives

 

 

Resources :

  • World's oldest person dies at 115
    "A Portuguese woman who held the title of oldest living person for just five weeks has died at the age of 115"...
    She "never "fell ill, nor took any medication". ..
    "She started working in agriculture at the age of 12 and never went to school. She could not read or write."
    (BBC)

 

 

  • World Almanac - Quickly find facts and figures for over 190 countries :
    Richest / Most Populous / Largest / Cleanest / Most Expensive / Most Polluted...     (aneki.com)
  • Graphically compare nations (505 stats) :
    Fastest Growing - Richest - Most Militaristic - Most Populous - Most Generous - Most Taxed - Most In Debt - Poorest - Longest Living - Largest - Youngest - Most Square-eyed - Most Murderous - Most Educated... (nationmaster)
  • Rankings (permet un travail sur les superlatifs et comparatifs)
    "Which country has the smallest land mass? Which has the youngest population? Which has the lowest infant mortality rate? Our rankings pages rank countries and territories by more than 50 geographic, demographic, economic and military criteria." (geographyiq)
  • World Records (pour un travail sur les superlatifs) - (extremescience.com) - UPDATED

 

  • Superlatifs - US records and extremes (enchantedlearning)

 

Lessons :

 

Listening :

  • Superlatives in context
    "Listen to the little sound files and match the superlatives you hear with what you read."
    Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

 

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

 

  • Fossett sets solo flight record. (language-lab.org) - avec ou sans script
    Practice mode : Keywords - Media - Exercises
    Test mode : Quiz
    Tools : Translator - Encyclopedia - Grammar
  • It's a Wonderful World! - (englishbanana)
    "How much do you know about this planet of ours?
    Test your knowledge with our fun quiz..."
    - utilisation de superlatifs (2 pages)

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

  • Amazing Animal Extremes
    "World records for the biggest, weirdest, and most bizarre animals" -
    Utilisation de nombreux superlatifs
    (enchantedlearning)

 

Lesson plans :

 

Webquests :

  • Guinness World Records - a webquest
    (envoyé par Stéphane Juvancic qui a retravaillé complètement le travail qui existait déjà, car les liens étaient morts)

 

 

 

Idioms and Proverbs :

  • Random I Am by Millencolin :
    "the first step is the hardest step to take"
    (sing365.com)
  • Just Another Day by Lloyd Banks :
    "she ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer"

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • British records. (Superlative Practice)
    1. "Look at the video and try to remember what you read. 
    2. Practise with the games.
    3. Try to do the same about a town, an area or a country you know well.
    Use "photopeach", it's easy and fun!"

    Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

 

 

Songs :

  • The Nicest Thing by Kate Nash. - animation with the lyrics
    + the LYRICS
    "You're the nicest thing I've seen.
    I wish that we could give it a go...
    I wish I was your favorite girl...
     I wish you'd hold my hand when I was upset"
    (sing365.com)

 

  • Strange love - Little Annie (Levi's Commercial)
    "you're the strangest love I've ever known"

  • Genki Hip Hop Quiz:
    "If you had a million dollars"
    1) Listen to the song.
    2) Click the correct words.
    3) Count your score.
    (genkienglish.net)

 

  • English is cuh-ray-zee by Pete Seeger :
    "English is the most widely spoken language in the history of the planet."
  • Genius in France by Weird Al Malkovic :
    "I'm not the brightest crayon in the box
    Everyone says I'm dumber than a bag of rocks...
    I may not be the sharpest hunk of cheese...
    A few peas short of a casserole...
    I'm not the brightest bulb..
    I'm dumber than a box of hair...
    I'm a taco short of a combo plate "
  • Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles :
    "You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen."

  • Just Another Day by Lloyd Banks :
    "she ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer"
  • Lonely Day by System of a Down :
    "Such a lonely day
    And it s mine
    The most loneliest day of my life"
  • Random I Am by Millencolin :
    "the first step is the hardest step to take"
    (sing365.com)

 

Cartoons :

 

 

Cartoon: The Least Embarassing Candidate
"This cartoon by Clay Bennett from the 
Chattanooga Times Free Press is a comment
on the result of the  Iowa caucuses, which
kicked off the Republican presidential primaries.
The contest was won by Mitt Romney ..."
+ LANGUAGE + LINKS
(englishblog.com)

 

  

 

I feel like the luckiest woman
on earth
(cagle.slate.msn)

(Si le lien est inaccessible,
enregistrer l'image
pour obtenir la taille normale.)

 


The nicest conversation
(glasbergen)

 


My deepest emotions
(glasbergen)

 


College students
(cagle.com)

 


The worst memory
(Remembering Cartoons
- cartoonstock.com)

 

 

Jokes :

  • An ideal homework excuse
    "Teacher: Where is your homework?
    Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school."
    (jokes4teachers.com)

 

Videos :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPARATIFS et SUPERLATIFS :

Presentation - Interactive exercises - Exercises to print - Interactive games - Lesson plans - Cartoons

Useful sites for using superlatives and comparatives

( voir également Comparatifs - Superlatifs )

 

Presentation :

 


INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • Scotland - a Scavenger Hunt
    "Watch the video about Scotland and enjoy the music. "
    Les phrases sont axées sur les comparatifs et superlatifs.
    Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

 

  • Fossett sets solo flight record. (language-lab.org) - avec ou sans script
    Practice mode : Keywords - Media - Exercises
    Test mode : Quiz
    Tools : Translator - Encyclopedia - Grammar
  • Comparing things (6)
    "Fill in the gaps with COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE forms according to the context."     (+ 2ème page )
    (michel.barbot)

 

  • North Vs South - (absolutenglish-972)
    "Take a look at the picture -
    Identify : - the type of document - the main characters - the main subject.
    Compare the characters, then the situation.
    Do the exercises on the comparative and superlative forms."

Exercises TO PRINT :

  • At the Movies - activties to print (grammarmancomic.com)
    Big, Bigger, Biggest

 

INTERACTIVE games :

 

Lesson plans :

  • RUDE AWAKENING FOR BRUMMIIES - a lesson plan (english-4u.com) :
    Language functions: reading comprehension; discussing issues
    Topic: manners / UK towns
    Grammar: comparative and superlative adjectives
    - with     Teacher's Notes
    SITE PAYANT

 

Cartoons :

 

 

Sites permettant un travail sur les superlatifs et comparatifs :

  • Travelwise: What is the safest mode of travel?
    "It’s often said that driving in a car is more dangerous than flying in a plane, yet when an aeroplane crashes or a ship sinks,
    the nonstop media coverage that follows makes that claim hard to believe."
    (BBC)

  • Saudi Arabia Begins Construction of World’s Tallest Building – The Kingdom Tower
    "1,000 meters, or 3,280 feet. That’s two-thirds of a mile...
    It features a Four Seasons hotel, Four Seasons serviced apartments, luxury condominiums, top class office space and the world’s highest observatory... The total cost for the tower is approximately $1.2 billion...
    One of the tower’s investors, Al Maimam, explains in Forbes, “We intend Kingdom Tower to become both an economic engine and a proud symbol of the Kingdom’s economic and cultural stature in the world community. We envision Kingdom Tower as a new iconic marker of Jeddah’s historic importance as the traditional gateway to the holy city of Mecca.” "
    (singularityhub.com)

 

 

  • Record setters
    "Collected here are a group of superlatives, recent photos of world records and record attempts around the world. (31 photos total)"
    (boston.com)



    PHOTO 7 : "Physical challenged people participate in purportedly the world's
    largest finger painting, a 100 feet by 140 feet canvas, to mark International
    Day of Persons with Disabilities in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
    More than 200 physically challenged people participated in the event
    for a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records." 

     

     

  • Diagram of the Principal High Buildings of the old world, 1884
    (upload.wikimedia.org)

 

  • Dubai City Tower (realtyna.com)

  • World's shortest man shuns limelight
    "He Pingping, the world's shortest man, tells the BBC he prefers running a restaurant to craving fame.
    The 22-year-old ... is just 73cm tall - making him officially the shortest man who is able to walk. "
    (BBC)

  • The world's tallest man
    - who also has the largest hands and feet - has been revealed by Guinness World Records for the first time.
    (BBC)

  • Heaviest man eyes slimming record
    "Losing 185kg (29 stones) in body weight might seem like an extreme way to get into the record books."
    (BBC)

 

  • Moscow tops list of pricey cities
    "Moscow has topped the league of most expensive cities for expatriates to live in for the third year running."
    + Cost of living index
    - most expensive / cheapest
    (BBC)

 

 

  • The largest pool in the world - Located in Algarrobo, Chile



    - UPDATED

    "Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world."
    (dailymail.co.uk)

 

 

  • Tutoriel Powerpoint / Impress : Greenpeace et l'environnement
    "Ce diaporama s'insère dans le travail sur l'Unité 2 de 'Move Up' 3ème LV1, Nathan, sur le thème de l'environnement...
    Ce vocabulaire est travaillé avec les expressions suivantes :
    - 'There is/are less and less/fewer and fewer ...
    - It's time to stop/start + Ving'...
    Dans la 2ème partie l'association Greenpeace est présentée et le vocabulaire précédent est retravaillé avec l'expression 'Greenpeace campaigns to' ...
    Pour terminer cette séquence les élèves doivent créer une "leaflet" publicitaire pour Greenpeace..."
    (Dominique Le Ray - domisweb.free.fr)

 

 

  • Tall buildings (utilisation des comparatifs et superlatifs) - (moma.org)



  • United Nations Cyberschoolbus - International Comparisons (cyberschoolbus.un.org) :
    "Infonation allows you to view and compare statistical data for all UN member states.
    You can select up to five countries for comparison from the menu."(The Educators Network)



  • Rankings
    "Which country has the smallest land mass?
    Which has the youngest population?
    Which has the lowest infant mortality rate?
    Our rankings pages rank countries and territories by more than 50 geographic, demographic, economic and military criteria." (geographyiq)
  • Graphically compare nations (505 stats) :
    Fastest Growing - Richest - Most Militaristic - Most Populous - Most Generous - Most Taxed - Most In Debt -
    Poorest - Longest Living - Largest - Youngest - Most Square-eyed - Most Murderous - Most Educated... (nationmaster)
  • Find your Best Place to Live - (bestplaces.net)
    "Our powerful new tool lets you describe your ideal place to live.
    Then our expert system compares your preferences with our database of hundreds of cities,
    and presents you with rankings for your further investigation."



  • Compare cities (bestplaces.net)
    " Our City Comparison feature uses a two-step process to let you choose from 3,000 U.S. cities.
    First choose the states, then the cities.
    Next, you´ll be presented with a side-by-side comparison of nearly 100 categories."



  • Compare crime rates in 2,500 U.S. cities (bestplaces.net)
    "The latest FBI crime statistics for 2,500 cities and Metro Areas.
    Compare any two cities against each other, and the national averages for eight crime categories"
  • Carte du monde interactive : Human Numbers Through Time - (PBS)
    "Examine the startling population growth over the past two millennia,
    and see what's coming in the next 50 years."

  • It's a Wonderful World! - "How much do you know about this planet of ours?
    Test your knowledge with our fun quiz..." (interactive)
    - utilisation de superlatifs (2 pages)
    (englishbanana.com)