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1 Pupil A – You know about Charlie and Pupil B knows about Alex.

There’s a river next to the house, and Charlie likes to go fishing in summer. But Charlie doesn’t like the summer holidays because there are no friends in the country to play with. School is more fun!

Charlie’s house is in the country. It’s very big. There are six bedrooms inside the house. There’s a garden with a lot of trees and a swimming pool.

Charlie’s eleven years and has got two brothers and a sister; it’s very noisy in the house! Charlie’s mum and dad are farmers. They’ve got many animals: horses, sheep and dogs.

Near Charlie’s house there are lots of mountains. It’s very cold in winter and when it snows Charlie can go skiing.

1 Pupil B – You know about Alex and Pupil A knows about Charlie.

Alex likes school but the holidays are more interesting. The family goes to exciting places, like China and India. Alex likes the summer holidays more than going to school!

Alex’s twelve years old. Alex lives in the city in a flat. There are three bedrooms and there’s a very small garden.

Alex hasn’t got any brothers or sisters. Alex’s mother and granddad live in the flat. He’s got a pet dog and two goldfish.

Alex is very happy in the city because there are restaurants, a cinema and a park next to the flat. There are always friends to play with. In winter, Alex plays basketball in the park.

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2 Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

3 What do you think?

� Which is more beautiful, the city or the country?

� What’s more exciting, going to Disneyland or going to China?

3 What’s more interesting, learning English or learning Science?

4 What’s better, riding a bike or riding a horse?

� Charlie’s house is bigger than Alex’s.

� Alex is older than Charlie.

3 Alex’s house has got more bedrooms than Charlie’s.

4 Charlie’s garden is bigger than Alex’s.

5 More people live in Charlie’s house than in Alex’s.

6 Charlie’s house is quieter than Alex’s.

7 Alex has got more animals than Charlie.

8 Where Charlie lives is colder in winter than where Alex lives.

9 Charlie thinks winter is better than summer in the country.

�0 Alex’s summer holidays are more interesting than Charlie’s.

�� Alex’s winter sport is more exciting than Charlie’s.

�� Charlie thinks the summer holidays are more boring than going to school.

�3 Alex is happier at school than Charlie.

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Instrucciones para realizar la actividad en pareja. Haz una

fotocopia de la página 1 para cada pareja y una fotocopia de la página

2 para cada alumno. Corta la página 1 por la línea de puntos. Entrega

a los Alumnos A la lectura sobre Charlie y a el compañero, Alumno B,

la lectura sobre Alex. Ellos leen los textos y te preguntan las dudas que

tengan. Para que presten atención en la actividad pídeles que subrayen

todos los adjectivos que encuentren en los textos.

Entrega a cada alumno una copia de la página 2. Trabajan juntos para averiguar

si las frases son verdaderas o falsas. Para tomar esta decicisión, tendrán que

leer al compañero, en voz alta, la parte de su texto que haga referencia a

la preguntan que están considerando. Puedes hacer una competición y ver

quién consigue más preguntas correctas en menos tiempo.

Corrige en voz alta con toda la clase. Los alumnos corrigen las frases

que eran falsas para hacerlas verdaderas.

Instrucciones para realizar la actividad de forma individual. Haz una

fotocopia de las dos páginas para cada alumno. Leen los dos textos

y escriben si las oraciones son verdaderas o falsas. Antes de corregir

en voz alta para toda la clase, déjales que comparen sus respuestas en

parejas o grupos.

2 Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Los alumnos contestan de forma

individual o en pareja si las frases son verdaderas o falsas. Corrige en

voz alta con toda la clase.

Respuestas: 1 True 2 True 3 False 4 True 5 True 6 False 7 False

8 True 9 True 10 True 11 False 12 True 13 False

3 What do you think? Los alumnos deciden de forma individual qué

prefieren. Ánimales a escribir frases dando razones de sus preferencias.

Puedes corregir pidiendo que levanten la mano y preguntando las

razones de su elección. Si quieres, puedes ampliar la actividad y hacer

una encuesta, representando mediante un gráfico en la pizarra las

respuestas de toda la clase.

Vocabulary adjectives, comparatives

Preparing the activity for pairwork. Make one photocopy of

page 1 per pair and a photocopy of page 2 per pupil. Cut page 1 along

the dotted line.

Give Pupil A the reading about Charlie and their friend, Pupil B, the

reading about Alex. The pupils read and ask you any questions they

have about the texts. To focus their attention on the task, ask them to

underline the adjectives they find.

Give each pupil a copy of page 2. They work together to tick the boxes

by reading out parts of their texts and deciding if the sentences are true

or false. You could have a competition to see who gets the most right.

Go over the answers with the class and pupils correct the false

sentences.

Individual grammar practice activity. Make a copy of both pages for

each pupil. They look at the two texts and tick the boxes. It may be

helpful if the pupils work in groups or pairs to check their answers

before correcting as a class.

2 Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? The pupils work individually or

in pairs to decide whether the sentences are true or false. Go over

the answers with the class.

Answers: 1 True 2 True 3 False 4 True 5 True 6 False 7 False 8 True

9 True 10 True 11 False 12 True 13 False

3 What do you think? Pupils decide individually which they prefer.

Encourage pupils to write sentences giving reasons for their

preferences. Feed back as a group through a show of hands for each

question and asking for reasons. Extend the activity by turning it into

a survey and making a class graph of the answers.