Unit 5: Superheroes

Nuevas TecnologíasProf. José María Arias CabezasTítulo de Especialización Didáctica (TED)Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

I.E.S. MontserratLengua Extranjera: Inglés3º ESO

Superheroes

Vocabulary.

– Heroes and Villains.

– Adjectives. Reading.

– Superman from Villain to Hero.

– Science and Super Powers. Speaking.

– Describing physical appearances and personalities. Grammar.

– Comparison of adjectives.

– Too and enough. Writing.

– Word order of adjectives and adverbs.

Unit 5: Superheroes

Vocabulary

Protect the city

Fight crime Jump over buildings

Climb w

alls

Rescue citizens

Use his/her superpowers

Defeat villains

Save the world

Detect lies

What can superheroes do ?Fly

Vocabulary

FantasticExciting Optimistic

PoliteUnusual

AssertiveUnpredictable

Clever

Handsome

DeterminateVirtuous

SuccessfulStrong

UnafraidCourageous

PopularHonest

FastQuick

Flexible

What do the superheroes look like ?

ProudPowerful

BraveConfident

Helpful

Match the Earth names and their powers

Spiderman Dr. David BannerCan Fly, is incredibly strong and uses a lasso to detect lies

Superman Peter PakerHuge green monster which is enormously strong

Wonder Woman Scott SummersIs blind but has amazing senses and special sonar radar

DaredevilMatthew Murdock

Has X-ray sight and can jump tall buildings

The incredible Hulk

Diana PrinceOne of the X-men who can project optical beams from his eyes to destroy things

Cyclops Clark Kent Can shoot out webs and climb any surface

ReadingWhat do you know about superheroes ?

Reading

Superman from Villain to Hero (page 46).

Science and Super Powers (page 50).

SpeakingDescribing

He’s very strong and thin and he can climb walls. He’s got a red mask and he can make very strong thread.

Is he Spider-Man ?

SpeakingComparing

Superman is faster than Homer

Hmm, but Homer is fatter than Superman

GrammarWord building adjectives

We sometimes form adjectives by adding: -ed or –ing, to a word.

– ed. To say how we feel about something. Bart was bored because he didn’t like the comic strip.

– ing. To talk about the person or thing that make us feel bored, interested, excited…

Bart was bored because he didn’t like that boring comic strip.

More examples

– Many people are _________ to know that Superman wasn’t always as good as he is now. (surprise).

– Have you heard what’s happened in Springfield ?. Isn’t it _________ ? (excite).

– Lisa is a brilliant girl. She has the most ________ ideas in Springfield. (amaze)

surprised

excitingamazing

GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives

There are five basic rules to form the comparatives and superlatives

1. Adjectives of one syllable add –er than and the –est. Strong Stronger Strongest

Superman is stronger than Aquaman. The incredible Hulk is the strongest.

2. If the adjectives ends in a single consonant after a single vowel the consonant is doubled before adding –er and –est. Fat Fatter Fattest

The incredible Hulk is the fattest.

GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives

There are five basic rules to form the comparatives and superlatives

3. Adjectives of two syllables which end in –y add -er and –est. Most other two-syllable adjectives take more and most. Happy Happier Happiest Famous More Famous Most Famous

She is the happiest girl under the sun. I think Madonna is the most famous singer in the world.

4. Adjectives of more than two syllables take more and most. Beautiful more beautiful most beautiful

She is the most beautiful girl in the competition.

GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives

There are five basic rules to form the comparatives and superlatives

5. Irregulars forms Good better than the best Bad worse than the worst Late later than/latter the

latest/the last Little less than the least Much/many more than the most Old older/elder than the

oldest/the eldest

GrammarComparatives

When we want to say that things are equal in some way we often use the structure as … as… (with adjectives and adverbs).

– As … as Superman is as fast as a plane

– Too: We use too to show something is excessive. The first Superman was too evil to be popular.

– Enough: We use enough to show something is sufficient. Superman is strong enough to lift a train.

– Enough/not enough: We use not enough to show something is insufficient.

The villain was not strong enough to defeat Superman.

WritingWord order of adjectives

1. Adjectives come:

– Before nouns: The hero in the red cloak flies away to rescue ordinary

people

– After the verb “to be”: He is strong enough to fight anyone

– After statics verbs It’s seems new

2. If there are several adjectives one after the other, they normally come in the following order.

Opinion Size Color

The incredible Hulk is a fantastic, big, green hero

WritingWord order of adverbs

1. Adverbs of manner come after the verb: Lisa Simpson plays the saxophone beautifully

2. Adverbs of degree come before an adjective or adverb. Homer is very fat. Flash runs extremely fast.

Superheroes: end of Unit 5