Summary
This ESL lesson for A2 English students helps them practice making everyday comparisons and giving recommendations. This English class material uses a listening exercise, a short reading text, and speaking prompts to teach students how to compare products and suggest choices to others.
This lesson helps elementary students build confidence in using comparative and superlative adjectives. Activities include a warm-up discussion about shopping, a vocabulary matching task, and comprehension questions based on a listening and a reading text.
Students will practice forming comparatives, superlatives, and using 'as...as' through various interactive exercises. The material is designed to generate practical conversation and provide essential language for daily situations like choosing a phone or a restaurant.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion where students talk about recent purchases and how they make buying decisions.
- A listening comprehension exercise where students fill in gaps in a conversation about comparing two phones.
- A grammar focus on comparatives, superlatives, and the 'as...as' structure, followed by interactive multiple-choice questions.
- A reading comprehension task based on a short blog post about choosing headphones, with true or false questions to check understanding.
- Guided speaking practice where students use the lesson's grammar and vocabulary to compare items and give recommendations to a partner.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces essential words for making comparisons. Key terms include adjectives like 'cheaper,' 'slower,' and 'expensive,' their comparative forms like 'better,' and the verb 'recommend.' Students learn these words through a listening exercise and a definition-matching task.
Grammar focus
This lesson concentrates on the grammar of comparisons. It covers comparative adjectives (e.g., *faster*, *more interesting*), superlative adjectives (e.g., *the biggest*, *the most important*), and the structure 'as + adjective + as' to show equality. Students practice these forms through multiple interactive exercises.
A2 English: Everyday Comparisons & Recommendations
