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Grammar
Unit 3 To be a good learner
八年级上册
A. Comparative and superlative adverbs
Presentation
Read the sentences at the upper part of page 40.
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What are the comparative and superlative adverbs in these sentences? How do we use them?
“Faster” is a comparative adverb while “fastest” is a superlative adverb. We use comparative adverbs with the word “than”. We use the word “the” before superlative adverbs.
Exploring the rules
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We form comparative and superlative adjectives like this:
How can we form comparative and superlative adverbs?
Exploring the rules
How can we form comparative and superlative adverbs?
Exploring the rules
Go through “Grammar check” on page 159.
How can we form comparative and superlative adverbs?
Practice
Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the adverbs in brackets.
1. I arrived __________ (early) than you, but John arrived the
__________ (early) of all.
2. She runs ____________ (quickly) than her sister, but her
brother runs the ____________ (quickly) in the family.
3. He speaks English __________ (well) than his friend, but his
teacher speaks it the __________ (well).
earlier
earliest
more quickly
most quickly
better
best
Practice
fast
faster
the fastest
actively
more actively
the most actively
hard
harder
the hardest
Production
My friends and I worked on a group project about the solar system. I did my research more quickly than my teammate Jake, but Sarah organized the information most clearly of all. We presented our project better than the other groups, and our teacher said we did the best in our class. It was a fun and successful team activity!
Example
B. Reflexive pronouns
Presentation
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“Myself” refers to “I”, the subject of the sentence.
“Yourself” refers to “you”, also the subject of the sentence.
“Herself” refers to “she”, the subject of the sentence too.
“Ourselves” refers to “us” in the sentence.
What do the reflexive pronouns in the text refer to?
Presentation
Discuss: What are reflexive pronouns?
A reflexive pronoun is a type of pronoun that usually refers back to the subject of a sentence or clause.
Exploring the rules
same
Go through “Grammar check” on page 160.
Try to memorize all of them!
Practice
Complete the following text with correct reflexive pronouns.
Last week, our school held a talent show. Many students performed, and they all enjoyed (1) __________. My best friend, Emma, sang a song all by (2) __________. She did so well that the audience clapped for a long time. After the show, Emma said, “I practised really hard, and I’m proud of (3) __________.” My classmate Paul performed a magic trick, and he surprised (4) __________ by doing it perfectly.
themselves
herself
myself
himself
Practice
himself
himself
ourselves
herself
myself
themselves
Production
Example
My friend Lily taught herself to play tennis. She even records herself playing tennis every day. I am also learning to speak French by myself. My family and I want to travel to France by ourselves some day in the future.
Homework
Write a pasage about your group members’ learning experiences using comparative and superlative adverbs and reflexive pronouns.
Thank you!
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