Friends and family: comparison with adjectives and adverbs
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Why this why now
In this unit, pupils extend their narrative and descriptive competence with the introduction of comparative adjectives and adverbs. Previous units have consolidated adjective agreement and placement and adverb placement rules. This unit allows pupils to expand their use of adjectives and adverbs in richer communicative structures in the context of experiences and family life.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know that adjectives usually change to agree with feminine nouns.
- Pupils know that adjectives usually change to agree with plural nouns.
- Pupils know the difference between and adjective and an adverb.
- Pupils know that adjectives usually follow a noun but some adjectives precede the noun.
- Pupils know that adverbs that modify a verb usually come after the verb.
Threads
Why this why now
In this unit, pupils extend their narrative and descriptive competence with the introduction of comparative adjectives and adverbs. Previous units have consolidated adjective agreement and placement and adverb placement rules. This unit allows pupils to expand their use of adjectives and adverbs in richer communicative structures in the context of experiences and family life.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know that adjectives usually change to agree with feminine nouns.
- Pupils know that adjectives usually change to agree with plural nouns.
- Pupils know the difference between and adjective and an adverb.
- Pupils know that adjectives usually follow a noun but some adjectives precede the noun.
- Pupils know that adverbs that modify a verb usually come after the verb.
Friends and family: comparison with adjectives and adverbs
In this unit, pupils extend their knowledge of feminine adjective agreement before then learning the comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs and exploring these in comparative structures 'plus...que', 'moins...que' and 'aussi...que. Pupils learn the SSCs om,on and um,un before a vowel.
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