Students learn about comparing and contrasting things with comparative forms of adjectives as well as practice pronunciation and stressed syllables of common adjectives used to describe transportation and holidays.
Planes are Faster than Trains

Overview
Travel
Level
Beginner: A1Elementary: A2
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 60 mins
Language functions
Comparing and contrastingDescribing people, places, or things
Language forms Adjectives
Activities
MatchingQuestions and answersRewritingSentence completion
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