conversation

Conversation:

Grammar point comparing

__A___ is bigger than __B____

__A___ is not as big as __B____

__A___ is as big as ____B____

__A___ is the biggest in the world.

Small words = er / est EG. Bigger, fatter, faster

biggest, fattest, fastest

Big words = more / most EG. Interesting, beautiful, expensive.

Words that end in y. = ier / iest. EG. Prettier, funnier, happier

prettiest, funniest, happiest

Next use these words to fill in the blanks of the conversation at the zoo,

  We, map, world, first, which, comes, moment,    polar,  monkeys, looks, question, grizzly, ask,     too, closer, closest, explain, as, next, weigh, called, bigger, biggest, both, finish.

 

A visit to the zoo

Sarah: “Let's go see the elephants ______.”

Jessica: “I wanna see the ______.”

Sarah: “The elephants are ______ than the monkeys.”

Jessica: “Really? Show me the ______.”

Sarah: “Your right. The monkeys aren't as near ______the elephants. We can see the bears and the buffaloes on the way”

Jessica: “OK the bears are the ______ so let's go there first.”

Sarah: “Look at the ______ bear its the ______ bear in the ______ .”

Jessica: “No it isn't. The polar bear is ______ than the grizzly bear.”

Sarah: “But the grizzly bear ______ bigger.”

Jessica: “Why don't we ______ the zoo keeper? Look here he ______ now.”

Sarah: “Excuse me Mr zoo keeper which bear is bigger? The grizzly bear or the ______ bear?”

Zoo Keeper: “That's a very good ______ . The grizzly bear is actually a kind of brown bear. And In other parts of the world the brown bear is ______ the Kodiak bear. Both the Kodiak bear and the polar bear have been known to ______ over one Tonne.”

Jessica / Sarah: “???”

Jessica: “So ______ bear is the biggest?”

Zoo Keeper: “They are ______ the same size.”

Jessica: “... Let's go to the monkeys ______ .”

Sarah: “Yeah this zoo keeper talks______ much.”

Zoo keeper: “But I didn't ______ talking about the bears yet.”

Sarah : “That's OK. ______ want to see the monkeys.”

Zoo Keeper: “OK, I can ______ everything about the monkeys too. Just wait a ______ please.”