Unit 3
I’m more outgoing than my sister.
人教
版八年级
英语上册
Section B 3a-3c
Look at the following pictures,
let’s review the comparative forms.
smaller
bigger
bigger or smaller
smaller
bigger
bigger or smaller
stronger
thinner
stronger or thinner
Which is stronger? A or B?
Which is thinner? A or B?
A
B
heavier
thinner
heavier or thinner
It’s
smaller
.
It’s
shorter
.
It’s
bigger
.
It’s
heavier
.
It’s
longer
.
He is
taller
.
He is
thinner
.
Who is taller?
Who is thinner?
a dog
a horse
Which is taller?
A horse is taller than a dog .
Who is tall
er
,
the father or the son
?
The father is
taller
th
a
n the son.
Who is sh
or
t
er
, the father or the son?
The son is sh
or
t
er
than the father.
Wang
Lingling and Liu Lili are best friends. Look at the chart below and compare them.
Wang Lingling
Liu Lili
3a
Wang Lingling
Liu Lili
tall
tall
short straight hair
like reading
like sports
popular
outgoing
outgoing
serious
hard-working
long straight hair
popular
funny
smart
1.
阅读表格中的描述
2.
分析描述词的特点:用形容词还是用动词描述
3.
相似的地方,用
both
表达共同点;不同的地方
,
用
比较的句式表达
4.
试着写出这些句子
5.
检查答案
写作指导
Wang has long straight hair, Liu has short straight
hair
. Wang Lingling likes reading, but
Liu Lili
likes
sports.
They
are both popular in class. They’re
both
outgoing
. Wang Lingling is serious.
Liu
Lili is funnier than Wang Lingling. Wang is more
hard-working
than
Liu
, but Liu
is
smarter.
One possible version
Make
notes about two of your friends. One
friend
should be similar to you; the
other friend
should be different.
A friend who is similar to me
A friend who is different from me
Name:
Name:
3b
Write two paragraphs describing
your friends.
相似的方面
:
用
be both
或
likes
句式结构来描述
不同之处
:
用形容词或副词的比较级形式,用正确的句式对比两人的不同
A is more outgoing than B.
B works harder than A.
写作指导
3
c
My friend A is quite similar to me. We are both tall and thin. We are both quiet and
serious
. We like reading together. We are
hard-working
in class, so we often get good
grades.
My
friend B is different from me.
She’s
funnier and
more
outgoing
than me. She always speaks loudly. She is good at
soccer
. She’s smart and she’s a good
listener
.
One possible version
My friend A and I are similar
. Both of us like swimming and reading. We both go swimming at the weekends and then have lunch together. We often share many interesting books with each other. Both of us are interested in cartoon. So we’re good friends.
The other possible version
My friend B is quite different from me.
She
is more outgoing and more popular than me. She sings better and wins a school competition. Many “fans” are attracted by her. But B is much less hard-working. I always get better grades than she does. We help each other.
Read
the job ad. Then compare two of your
classmates
. Decide which classmate is better
for
the job.
Student
Helper Wanted
The English study Center needs a weekend
student
helper for primary school students.
4
You must:
-be a middle school student
-have good grades in English
-be good with children
-be outgoing
Call the English Study Center at
443-5667 for more information.
A: So who do you think should get the
job
,
Jenny
or Jill?
B: Well, Jenny is smarter. I think
she should
get
the job.
A: Jenny is smarter, but I think Jill is
more
outgoing
.
1 Put the words in the correct columns in the chart.
hard-working
run fast
quiet
serious
jump high
smart
what people are like
what people can
do
hard-working,
quiet,
serious, smart
run fast
jump high
Self Check
2 Fill in the blanks using the correct forms of the
words
in brackets.
My
brother is _________(funny) than me.
He
makes
people
laugh a lot.
2.
I’m
outgoing, but my best friend
is a lot
___________
__
(outgoing
) than me.
funnier
more outgoing
3. My brother is as
____________(
serious
)
as
my sister
.
They
both like to study.
4. My cousin can run __________(fast) than
me
. She
is
taller
than me, too.
5. Jim is_________________ (friendly)
than Tom
, so
Tom has
more friends than Jim.
serious
faster
less friendly
quiet funny outgoing kind athletic
My friend likes sports. She’s very _______.
Paul is never _____ ! He can’t stop talking.
Lu Xiang is really ______. She is very good
at
math,
physics
and chemistry.
Mary is a ______ girl. She always makes me
laugh
.
5.
Jane
isn’t very _________ . She likes to stay
at
home and read.
athletic
quiet
smart
funny
outgoing
I. Fill
in the blanks.
Exercises
1. Seen from the mountain, the town looks
________________ (beautiful).
2. She has made far ________ (great) progress this term
than she did last year.
3. She is a head ________ (tall) than I.
4. This room is 3 times ________ (big) than that one.
more beautiful
greater
taller
bigger
II.
根据所给词的正确形式填空。
1. This
year they have produced
___grain __they did
last
year.
A.
as less; as B. as few; as
C. as few; as D. less; than
2. Which is
___
classroom, this classroom or
that
one?
A. bigger B. the bigger
C. a bigger
D
. bigger
D
B
III.
单项
选择
。
3. This apple
is ______
that one.
A. as big twice as B. as big as twice
C. as twice big as D. twice as big as
4. There are more books in our library
than ____.
A. theirs B. those in theirs
C. that in theirs D. those in their
D
B
5
. It is thought that the harder
________,
________
result you’ll get.
A
.
you
work; the better
B
.
you
will work; the more better
C
. you worked; a better
D
. you were working; more
better
A
1.
他比我大三岁。
2.
我喜欢像我妹妹那样的人。
3.
我像他一样强健。
Ⅳ.
翻译。
He is three years older than me.
I like someone who is like my sister.
I am as athletic as he is.
Ⅴ.
连词成
句。
1. my, math, subjects, favorite, English, are, and
2. parents, his, teachers, both, are
3. he, little, a, outgoing, more, me, is, than
My favorite subjects are English and math
.
His parents are both teachers.
He is a little more outgoing than me.
1. Their room is ___ _____ ________
(
稍大点
)
than
yours.
2. I spend
___
____ ______(
多得多
) time on Chinese
than
other subjects.
3. Their life was becoming ______
_____ ______
________
(
越来越困难
).
a
little bigger
a
lot more
more and
more difficult
Ⅵ.
根据汉语补全
句子。
4. The days get ________ _______ ________ (
越来越短
).
5. She
wants to buy __________ ________
(
一些
便宜的东西
).
s
horter and shorter
something cheap
(
2018
·
云南昆明
)
After
we cleaned up the room, it
looked ________ than
before.
A. tidier B. tidiest C. worse D.
worst
【解析】句意:在我们打扫干净完房间后,它看起来比以前更整洁了。
A.
更整洁
B.
最整洁
C.
更糟
D.
最糟糕。
than before
意为“比起以前”,这里是对房间打扫前后进行比较,是“两者间”的比较,需要使用比较级,排除最高级
BD
,打扫完应该是“更干净整洁了”,故选
A
。
中考链接
(
2018·
四川成都
)
— Mary, do you prefer weekdays or weekends?
— Of course weekdays. Because I’m___on weekends.
busy B. much busier C. the busiest
【解析】句意:
—
玛丽
,你更喜欢工作日还是周末?
—
当然
工作日,
以往我
在周末最忙。
A. busy
忙的;
B. much busier
更忙;
C. the busiest
最忙的。根据语境可知用形容词的最高级。根据题意,故
选
C
。
Homework
1. Write something about your past and now.
2
. Think of your best friend. Write
down two ways in
which you are similar, and
two
ways in
which you
are different.
Use comparatives
.