Unit 5: Superheroes

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Unit 5 Superheroes
I.E.S. MontserratLengua Extranjera Inglés3º ESO
Nuevas TecnologíasProf. José María Arias
CabezasTítulo de Especialización Didáctica
(TED)Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Superheroes
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Unit 5 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.

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Vocabulary
Defeat villains
Detect lies
Use his/her superpowers
Rescue citizens
Save the world
Fly
Protect the city
Climb walls
Jump over buildings
Fight crime
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Vocabulary
Brave Confident Helpful
Fast Quick Flexible
Determinate Virtuous Successful
Strong Unafraid Courageous
Popular Honest
Proud Powerful
Clever Handsome
Fantastic Exciting
Optimistic Polite
Unusual Assertive Unpredictable
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ReadingWhat do you know about superheroes ?
Match the Earth names and their powers Match the Earth names and their powers Match the Earth names and their powers
Spiderman Dr. David Banner Can Fly, is incredibly strong and uses a lasso to detect lies
Superman Peter Paker Huge green monster which is enormously strong
Wonder Woman Scott Summers Is blind but has amazing senses and special sonar radar
Daredevil Matthew Murdock Has X-ray sight and can jump tall buildings
The incredible Hulk Diana Prince One 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
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Reading

• Superman from Villain to Hero (page 46).
• Science and Super Powers (page 50).

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SpeakingDescribing
Hes very strong and thin and he can climb walls.
Hes got a red mask and he can make very strong
thread.
Is he Spider-Man ?
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SpeakingComparing
Superman is faster than Homer
Hmm, but Homer is fatter than Superman
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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 didnt like the comic
  strip.
• ing. To talk about the person or thing that
  make us feel bored, interested, excited
• Bart was bored because he didnt like that boring
  comic strip.
• More examples
• Many people are _________ to know that Superman
  wasnt always as good as he is now. (surprise).
• Have you heard whats happened in Springfield ?.
  Isnt it _________ ? (excite).
• Lisa is a brilliant girl. She has the most
  ________ ideas in Springfield. (amaze)

surprised
exciting
amazing
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GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives

• There are five basic rules to form the
  comparatives and superlatives
• Adjectives of one syllable add er than and the
  est.
• Strong Stronger Strongest
• Superman is stronger than Aquaman.
• The incredible Hulk is the strongest.
• 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.

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GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives

• There are five basic rules to form the
  comparatives and superlatives
• 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.
• Adjectives of more than two syllables take more
  and most.
• Beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
• She is the most beautiful girl in the
  competition.

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GrammarComparative and Superlative Adjectives

• There are five basic rules to form the
  comparatives and superlatives
• 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

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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.

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WritingWord order of adjectives

• 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
• Its seems new
• 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

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WritingWord order of adverbs

• Adverbs of manner come after the verb
• Lisa Simpson plays the saxophone beautifully
• Adverbs of degree come before an adjective or
  adverb.
• Homer is very fat.
• Flash runs extremely fast.

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Superheroes end of Unit 5