Lesson:Essentials/53

Grammar

1. Compare the questions to the answers given in parenthesis using as...as:

• How much is a pound of apples? (pear)
  • It´s as much as a pound of pears.

1. How strong are you? (Superman)
2. How heavy is that couch? (bed)
3. How tall is your mother? (her sister)
4. How big is your apartment? (your house)
5. How much is a computer? (tablet)
6. How large is a watermelon? (pumpkin)
7. How high is your car? (truck)

2. Compare youself today with the way you used to be five or ten years ago. Use the phrases in parentheses in affirmative or negative sentences with as...as:

• (be poor)
  • I´m not as poor as I was ten years ago.

1. (work hard)
2. (feel healthy)
3. (eet out frequently)
4. (be energic)
5. (be happy)
6. (get up early)

Pronunciation

Examples

Vocabulary

Babies

• Baby
• Diaper
• Safety pin
• Rattle
• Pacifier
• Baby bottle
• Birth certificate
• Cradle
• Crib
• Carriage
• Stroller
• Car seat
• Bib
• High chair

http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/babies/

Conversation

1. Is there any baby in your family?
2. Do you like babies in general? Why? Why not?
3. Is it easy to raise a baby nowadays? Why?
4. Do you know how to change a diaper?
5. What's the bast part on having a baby? And the worst?
6. What memory(ies) do you have when you were a baby/child?
7. How old were you when you stopped using the pacifier? Do you remember how was it?
8. Which are the most common reasons a baby cry?
9. What's the best way to entertain babies?
10. Do you have a baby? Would you like to have one?

Review

1. Use either as … as or not as … as in the sentences below.

1. The blue car is __________ the red car. (fast)
2. Peter is __________ Fred. (not/tall)
3. The violin is __________ the cello. (not/low)
4. This copy is __________ the other one. (bad)
5. Oliver is __________ Peter. (optimistic)
6. Today it's __________ yesterday. (not/windy)
7. The tomato soup was __________ the mushroom soup. (delicious)
8. Grapefruit juice is __________ lemonade. (not/sweet)
9. Nick is __________ Kevin. (brave)
10. Silver is __________ gold. (not/heavy)

4. Sentence listening

Answers

1. She is not as excited as her sister.
2. If they bring the baby we will need to make the bed.
3. Are there enough safety pins in the bag?
4. We can´t leave without the car seat.
5. Her sister has a nice stroller to lend you.

5. Picture/Video/Text

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