School comparisons Mi escuela primaria y mi Instituto Cuando tenía

School comparisons
1. Use three different colours to shade the boxes below, then read the school
descriptions, underlining each word with the appropriate colour:
Words I already know =
Words I can guess =
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Key words I need to look up in the dictionary =
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Mi escuela primaria y mi Instituto
Cuando tenía nueve años estudiaba en Riverside Junior School. Odiaba mi
escuela primaria – era horrible. Las clases eran aburridas pero me gustaba
mucho el inglés. El profesor de inglés era muy divertido. Prefería mi
profesor de inglés a mi profesora de matemáticas – era muy estricta.
Sin embargo, ahora estudio en Waterbrook School y me encanta. Estudio
mucho pero las clases son más divertidas y los profesores son menos severos
y son bastante relajados. Mi asignatura favorita es el español pero el
profesor está un poco loco. Pero no está tan loco como mi profesor de
historia.
2. Look at the 14 English and Spanish sentences on page two and match them up by
writing the correct letter in each box below:
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
3. Find the precise words below by looking closely at the sentences in exercise 3.
My favourite subject = ..................................
And = .........................
(it) is = ........................
I used to hate = .................................
However = .............................
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But = .......................
(it) was = .......................
I used to really like = .................
I used to prefer = .....................
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1) When I was nine years old I used to study at Riverside Junior School.
2) I used to hate my primary school.
3) It was horrible.
4) The classes were boring.
5) I used to really like English.
6) The English teacher was very funny.
7) I used to my prefer my English teacher to …
8) However, now I study at Waterbrook.
9) I study a lot but the classes are more fun.
10) The teachers are less strict.
11) And they are quite relaxed.
12) My favourite subject is Spanish.
13) But the teacher is a bit mad.
14) But he is not as mad as my History teacher.
a. Las clases eran aburridas.
b. Odiaba mi escuela primaria.
c. Cuando tenía nueve años estudiaba en Riverside Junior School.
d. Sin embargo, ahora estudio en Waterbrook.
e. Pero no está tan loco como mi profesor de historia.
f. Prefería mi profesor de inglés a …
g. Estudio mucho pero las clases son más divertidas.
h. Era horrible.
i. Mi asignatura favorita es el español.
j. Y son bastante relajados.
k. Los profesores son menos severos.
l. Pero el profesor está un poco loco.
m. El profesor de inglés era muy divertido.
n. Me gustaba mucho el inglés.
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Teaching notes
Reading worksheet
Students will need three different colours of pen/pencil in order to complete the first two tasks.
Once they have completed the reading tasks they can use/adapt the vocabulary and phrases to
write their own comparison of primary and secondary school. You may wish to copy pages 1-2
Answers
Ex 2
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c
2
b
3
h
4
a
5
n
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m
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f
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d
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g
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k
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j
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i
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l
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Ex 3
My favourite subject = Mi asignatura favorita
And = y
But = Pero
(it) is = es/está
I used to hate = Odiaba
However = Sin embargo
(it) was = era
I used to really like = Me gustaba mucho
I used to prefer = Prefería
Comparisons PowerPoint
Slide 1: Elicit the comparison words which students have already come across in the reading
task: más/menos.
Slide 2: Allow time for students to discuss/analyse each sentence with a partner if needed for
support.
Answers for Slide 2:
1. French is less interesting than History.
2. Art is more fun than Geography.
3. PE is as boring as Science.
Slide 3: Elicit the fact that an adjective is needed in the middle and discuss adjective
agreement. You could ask for some examples at this point to demonstrate how the endings
may change.
Slide 4: Model an example sentence and ask several students to model some more before
setting the Teachit timer (http://www.teachitlanguages.co.uk/timer). Students work in
pairs to write as many accurate comparison sentences as they can (perhaps on miniwhiteboards), before sharing their best sentences with the class (and perhaps recording
them in their books at this stage).
The students could then be encouraged to include some of these sentences in their own
extended writing, using the reading worksheet phrases as well.
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How to compare two school subjects
Look at these examples. What do you think they mean?
Look at these sentences from the reading sheet again. Can
you spot the words for more/less?
1. El francés es menos interesante que la historia.
2. El arte es más divertido que la geografía.
3. La educación física es tan aburrida como las ciencias.
Estudio mucho pero las clases son más divertidas y los
profesores son menos severos y son bastante relajados.
Which are the key words used to compare subjects?
More = más
Less = menos
How do you say:
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más … que
menos … que
tan … como
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Sentence race: how many correct
comparative sentences can you build?
Building comparisons
more … than
less … than
as … as
more … than
less … than
as … as
más … que
menos … que
tan … como
First school
subject
(don’t forget
the article:
el/la/las)
What type of word needs to go in the middle of these?
An adjective.
es/son
más
menos
tan
adjective
(remember to
check the
ending agrees
with the first
school
subject)
que
que
como
second
school
subject
(don’t forget
the article:
el/la/las).
What changes might you need to make to this word?
The ending might change to agree with a feminine/plural
subject.
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