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Festival experiences: comparatives 'más que' and 'menos que'

Family and friends: possessive adjectives, comparatives

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils learn possessive adjectives 'su', 'sus', 'nuestra', 'nuestro'. They learn comparatives 'más/menos … que' and irregular comparatives 'mejor que' and peor que'. Demonstratives 'este', 'esta', 'estos', 'estas' are introduced.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use the comparatives 'más … que' and 'menos … que' to compare other people's experiences at a music festival.

Key Notes

  • The SSCs [a], [e] and [o] are strong vowels which are pronounced as separate syllables when they appear together.
  • To say possessive adjective 'our' in Spanish, use 'nuestro'. 'Nuestro' needs to agree in gender with the noun.
  • The verb 'estar' is used to describe states. The adjective must agree with the noun in gender and number.
  • To say 'more ... than', use 'más' + adjective + 'que': 'Ana está más feliz que Alex.' 'Ana is happier than Alex.'
  • To say 'less ... than', 'menos' + adjective + 'que': 'Jun está menos enfermo que Sam.' 'Jun is less ill than Sam.'

Vocabulary To Learn

  • comparative: form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
  • más ... que: comparative structure in Spanish meaning 'more than'
  • menos ... que: comparative structure in Spanish meaning 'less than'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • To compare two things in Spanish we can just change the adjective like in English, e.g. 'angry' becomes 'angrier.'

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

The SSCs [a], [e] and [o] are strong vowels which are pronounced as separate syllables when they appear together. To say possessive adjective 'our' in Spanish, use 'nuestro'. 'Nuestro' needs to agree in gender with the noun.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'comparative'

form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: To compare two things in Spanish we can just change the adjective like in English, e.g. 'angry' becomes 'angrier.'. Correction: To compare two nouns we use a comparative structure. To express 'more ... than' we use 'más ... que' and to say 'less ... than' we use 'menos ... que'. The adjective goes in the middle and still has to agree in gender and number with the first noun.

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