Shark facts

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: swimming with a whale sharkListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Find the superlativesGrammar exercise
11. 11SuperlativesGrammar rule
12. 12Choose the right formGrammar exercise
13. 13Animal recordsGrammar exercise
14. 14Say it right: superlativesSpeaking practice
15. 15Animal records quizSpeaking practice
16. 16Let's discussDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: the best place I knowDiscussion

Words

• kind/kaɪnd/

  a type of something (What kind of…?)

• fit/fɪt/

  to be the right size for a place or a person

• gentle/ˈdʒentl/

  calm and careful; not rough, and not hurting anyone

• sharp/ʃɑːrp/

  with a thin edge or point that can cut

• hunt/hʌnt/

  to chase and catch animals, usually to eat them

• seal/siːl/

  a sea animal that eats fish and often lies on rocks or ice

• attack/əˈtæk/

  when a person or an animal tries to hurt someone (also a verb)

• bite/baɪt/

  to cut something with your teeth (past: bit)

• rare/rer/

  not happening or seen very often

• amazing/əˈmeɪzɪŋ/

  very surprising, in a good way

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about the ocean.

1. Do you like swimming in the ocean? Why, or why not?
2. Which sea animals do you know in English?
3. Are you afraid of sharks?

Grammar rule

Superlatives

the -est, the most

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
small	smaller	the smallest
big	bigger	the biggest
easy	easier	the easiest
famous	more famous	the most famous
good	better	the best
bad	worse	the worst
far	farther	the farthest

The spelling rules are the same as for comparatives: big → biggest, easy → easiest, nice → nicest.

Use the (or a word like my or your) before a superlative: the fastest shark, my best friend. (not fastest shark, not the most fast)

After a superlative, use in for a place or a group: the biggest fish in the world, the tallest boy in my class. Use of with a time, a number or all: the best day of my life, the oldest of the three, the best of all.

one of the + superlative + plural noun: one of the most amazing sharks.

Comparative or superlative? Two things: The mako is faster than the great white. Three or more: The mako is the fastest shark.