Festival experiences: comparatives 'mejor que' and 'peor que'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use the comparatives 'mejor que' and 'peor que' to compare feelings, experiences and singers at a music festival.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- 'More ... than' in Spanish is 'más' + adjective + 'que', e.g. 'Nadia está más feliz que Lucía'.
- 'Less ... than' is 'menos' + adjective + 'que', e.g. 'las tías están menos enojadas que Ana'.
- To say 'better than', use 'mejor que', e.g. 'la segunda canción es mejor que la primera'.
- To say 'worse than', use 'peor que', e.g. 'el vestido es peor que la camisa'.
- To show possession in Spanish, use possession + 'de' + owner, e.g. 'el amigo de Daniel' - 'Daniel's friend'.
Keywords
Comparative - form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Mejor que - comparative structure in Spanish meaning 'better than'
Peor que - comparative structure in Spanish meaning 'worse than'
De - Spanish preposition meaning 'from' and 'of', also used to express possession
Common misconception
To say 'better than' in Spanish I can use 'más bueno que'. To say 'worse than' I can use 'menos malo que'.
In English we don't say 'more good than' or 'more bad than'. We say 'better than' or 'worse than'. Spanish also has words for 'better' and worse'. To say 'better than' use 'mejor que' and to say 'worse than' use 'peor que'.
Teacher tip
This lesson is all about comparisons and students can usually really engage with this. You could use a visual hook and encourage them to compare two images, or they could get creative and write funny comparisons, e.g. comparing pets to family members.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'too much, too many'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
song
mirror
trousers
hair
clothes
dress
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
happy, cheerful
expensive
short
fun, funny
interesting
new
Q4.Order the words to say: 'I love reading and you are interested in writing'.
Q5.Write in English: 'gano un premio'.
Q6.Write in Spanish: 'I do not have a cat'.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which comparatives are correct?
Q2.Match the English and Spanish.
El libro es mejor que la película.
El libro es peor que la película.
El libro es más divertido que la película.
El libro es menos divertido que la película.
Q3.'Mis gatos están menos __________ que mi perro'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q4.Write in Spanish: 'Hugo's house'.
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