Unit 2 School life

Grammar

New words

point

least

health

online

timetable

n. 分数adj. 最少的n. 健康adj. 在线的，联网的n. 时刻表，时间表

Comparing two things

我们用 “ more …than”, “few …than” 和“ less …than” 比较数量的多少。

few 用来修饰可数名词， less 用来形容不可数名词， more 既可以修饰可数名词，也可以修饰不可数名词。

Millie Amy

Millie has _____ flowers ____ Amy.more than

Amy has _____ flowers ____ Millie.fewer than

Kitty

Daniel has _____ CDs ______ Kitty. fewer than

Kitty has _____ CDs ______ Daniel.more than

Daniel

Simon

Simon

Sandy

Simon has ___ orange juice ____ Sandy.less than

Sandy has _______ orange juice ______ Simon.

more than

Comparing more than two things

我们用“ the most” ，“ the fewest” 和 “ the least” 来比较两个以上的事物。 “ the most” 表示数量最多，“ the fewest”/ “the least” 表示数量最少。

the fewest 用来修饰可数名词， the least 用来形容不可数名词， the most 既可以修饰可数名词，也可以修饰不可数名词。

Word Competition

72 words 68 words 65 words72 points 68 points 65 points

Amy Sandy Simon

Amy wrote ___________ words. She scored ___________ points.

the mostthe most

Simon wrote __________ words.

He scored ___________ points.

the fewest

the fewest

￥ 10 ￥ 5￥ 10￥ 10

Daniel Millie Kitty

Daniel has the most money.

Kitty has the least money.

Many, many—more—the most

Much, much—more—the most

Few, few—fewer—the fewest

Little, little—less—the least

Nancy John

Subjects

Clubs

Free time

63

4 hours

82

3 hours

Daniel 12 4

1 hour

MeSchool lives

John studies ____ subjects ____ Nancy.Nancy joins _____ clubs _____ I.I have _____ free time ____ John.Nancy has _____ free time ____ John.

more thanfewer than

less thanmore than

Complete the sentences using “more … than”, “fewer … than” or “less … than”.

Complete the sentences with “more … than”, “fewer … than” or “less … than”.

Kitty is the funniest girl in our class. She tells ____ funny jokes ____ we do.

Millie does not go shopping often. She spends ____ money _____ we do.

Simon does not like reading stories. He reads _____ stories ____ we do.

more than

fewer than

less than

Comparing school lives

Look at the table below. Complete the sentences using “the most”, “the fewest” or “the least”.

Nancy John

Subjects

Clubs

Free time

63

4 hours

82

3 hours

Daniel

12 4

1 hour

MeSchool lives

John studies fewer subjects than Daniel, but Nancy studies __________.Nancy joins more clubs than John, but Daniel joins __________.John has less free time than Nancy, but Daniel has __________.

the fewest

the most

the least

Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences below using “the most”, “the fewest” or “the least”.

I

Kitty

Millie

1. I _________________tomatoes.

2. Millie __________________ juice.

3. Kitty ________________ eggs.

4. I ________________ beef.

5. Millie ________________ bananas.

6. Kitty _______________ rice.

have the fewest

has the least

has the most

have the most

has the fewest

has the least

Complete the sentences with “the most”, “the fewest” or “the least”.

1. We went to plant some trees last week. I planted fewer trees than Sandy and Simon. I planted ________ trees of the three of us.

2. Yesterday we had dinner at Simon’s home. Most of us liked the beef but Sandy did not. She ate _________beef.

3. During Reading Week, Simon read more books than we did. He read _________ books of all the students.

the fewest

the least

the most

Complete the sentences with “more/ fewer/ less…than” or “the most/ fewest/ least”.

1. Millie and I are in the Reading Club. We like reading comic books. I have eight comic books and Millie has five. I have _____ comic books ____ Millie. Millie has ______ comic book ____ I.

2. Simon and Sandy are in the Music Club. Last Sunday, they went to buy CDs. Simon spent ¥ 25 and Sandy spent ¥ 20. Sandy spent ____ money on CDs ____ Simon. Simon spent _____ money on CDs _____ Sandy.

more thanfewer than

more thanless than

3. Amy, Kitty and Andy are in the Health Club. Every day, Amy drinks one glass of milk, Kitty drinks two and Andy drinks three. Kitty drinks _____ milk ____ Andy. Amy drinks __________ milk of the three students.

4. Sandy, Andy and Kitty are in the Online Friendship Club. Sandy has eight online friends, Andy has five and Kitty has two. Andy has ______ online friends ____ Sandy. Of the three students, Kitty has ________ online friends.

the leastthan

fewer

the fewest

less

than

Making comparison using ‘the same as’ and ‘different from’

‘the same as’ 表示“和……一样” ‘ different from’ 表示“和……不同”His dream is the same as mine. 他的梦想和我的一样。

My idea is different from yours. 我的想法跟你的不同。

My uniform is the same as

Simon’s uniform.

My uniform is different from

John’s uniform.

Don’t forget “the”.

1. Simon’s jacket is________________ John’s jacket.2. Tina’s shoes are ________________ Millie’s shoes.

different from

the same as

Fill in the blanks with ‘the same as’ or ‘different from’.

3. John’s tie is Tina’s tie.4. Millie’s skirt is Tina’s skirt.

different from

the same as

Make sentences using ‘the same as’ and ‘different from’.

1. Ninth grade in the USA/ Grade 9 in China (the same)_______________________________________________________Ninth grade in the USA is the same as Grade 9 in China.

2. Year 8 in Britain/ Grade 8 in China (the same)_______________________________________________________Year 8 in Britain is the same as Year 8 in China.

3. School life in the USA/ school life in China (different)_______________________________________________________School life in the USA is different from school life in China.

4. Nancy’s timetable/ John’s timetable (different)_______________________________________________________Nancy’s timetable is different from John’s timetable.

Most of my classmates don’t like to talk with their parents, but I am _____ them. I love to talk with my parents.

[ 湖北 2008]A. the same as B. different fromC. interested in D. angry with

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