E6 G - Bigger, smaller, faster – Adjektive vergleichen

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E6 G - Bigger, smaller, faster – Adjektive vergleichen

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E6 G - Bigger, smaller, faster – Adjektive vergleichen

Mini goal: Compare two animals, things or places with short adjectives: bigger, smaller, faster, slower, taller, shorter, older, younger, longer + than.

Class 6 · G-level · English as first foreign language · Baden-Württemberg

Skills: listening, reading, speaking, writing, mediation, grammar and pronunciation.

Learning path: Notice → understand → practise → use → feedback → use again.

Look at the pictures. Say one sentence: A cheetah is faster than a tortoise.

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I can ...

1. I can understand simple comparisons with -er and than.
2. I can form common words like bigger, smaller, faster.
3. I can compare animals, things and places in short sentences.
4. I can say and write two or three clear comparison sentences.

Quick check: What do you know?

Say the words aloud: big – small – fast – slow – tall – short – old – young – long.

Now finish two easy ideas:

1. A mouse is ...
2. A giraffe is ...

Try English first. Hint: Use one adjective. Deutsch-Hilfe: Beschreibe nur eine Eigenschaft. Noch kein Vergleich nötig. Example: A giraffe is tall. Check: If your sentence is short and clear, good start!

Notice: Look and listen

Notice: An elephant is bigger than a mouse. A mouse is smaller than an elephant.

A giraffe is taller than a mouse.

Mini listening text – read slowly and clearly twice by your teacher or a partner:

“Look at the animals. The cheetah is faster than the tortoise. The elephant is bigger than the mouse. The giraffe is taller than the mouse.”

Listen 1: Point to the correct picture. Listen 2: Say the comparative word you hear.

Understand: The easy pattern

For many short adjectives, add -er.

adjective + er + than

big → bigger than small → smaller than fast → faster than slow → slower than tall → taller than short → shorter than old → older than young → younger than long → longer than

One spelling point: big → bigger.

One sentence frame: A cheetah is faster than a tortoise.

German help: Mit than vergleichst du zwei Dinge. Oft kommt bei kurzen Adjektiven -er dazu.

Words in context

Word bank: big, small, fast, slow, tall, short, old, young, long.

Use a real or imagined bike, bus, animal or building.

Sentence starters:

1. The bike is ... than ...
2. The bus is ... than ...
3. The dog is ... than ...
4. This building is ... than ...

Places: compare what you see

You do not need exact facts. Compare what you can see in the pictures.

Try English first. Hint: Use tall / long / old only when the picture or given information supports it. Deutsch-Hilfe: Nutze keine erfundenen Daten. Vergleiche nur sichtbare oder vorgegebene Merkmale. Example: The tower looks taller than the bridge tower in this picture. Solution idea: A correct short sentence with -er + than is enough.

Pronunciation: clear is good

Say the pairs slowly, then at normal speed:

big – bigger fast – faster small – smaller long – longer

Now say: The cheetah is faster than the tortoise.

Tip: Stress the important comparison word: FASTER. Speak clearly. You do not need a perfect accent.

Practise: Choose and build

Complete the sentences.

1. A cheetah is ______ than a tortoise. (fast)
2. An elephant is ______ than a mouse. (big)
3. A mouse is ______ than an elephant. (small)
4. A giraffe is ______ than a mouse. (tall)

Try English first. Hint: Add -er. For big, write one extra g. Deutsch-Hilfe: Bei big heißt es bigger. Example: slow → slower Solutions: faster · bigger · smaller · taller

Speak: Compare two things

Work with a partner. Choose two animals, objects or places.

A: Which is bigger? B: The elephant is bigger than the mouse.

A: Which is faster? B: The cheetah is faster than the tortoise.

Useful starters:

1. I think ... is ... than ...
2. Yes, ... is ... than ...
3. No, I think ... is ... than ...

Recording is optional. If you record, keep it private unless your teacher and everyone in the recording agree.

Read: At the school fair

Mia and Sam are at a small school fair. There are two toy cars. The red car is big. The blue car is small. In a short race, the blue car is faster than the red car. There are also two paper towers. Tower A is taller than Tower B.

Read and answer in short English:

1. Which toy car is smaller?
2. Which toy car is faster?
3. Which paper tower is taller?

Hint: Find smaller, faster, taller. Deutsch-Hilfe: Suche die Vergleichswörter im Text. Solutions: The blue car. · The blue car. · Tower A.

Write: 3 comparison sentences

Choose one set:

1. two animals
2. two objects
3. two places

Write three short sentences.

Word bank: bigger, smaller, faster, slower, taller, shorter, older, younger, longer.

Frame: The ______ is ______ than the ______.

Check yourself:

1. Did you use -er?
2. Did you use than?
3. Is the comparison clear?

You do not need an external AI tool. If your school allows AI help, check every suggestion and write the final sentences in your own words. Do not enter personal data.

Mini mediation

Your German-speaking friend asks: „Was bedeutet The bike is faster than the bus?“

Do not translate every word. Explain the meaning in simple German: Es geht darum, dass ...

Then say one new English example with faster than.

Feedback: Fix only 3 common errors

1. more faster → faster 2. biger → bigger 3. faster a tortoise → faster than a tortoise

Now fix:

1. The cheetah is more faster than the tortoise.
2. An elephant is biger than a mouse.
3. A bike is faster a slow toy car.

Solutions:

1. The cheetah is faster than the tortoise.
2. An elephant is bigger than a mouse.
3. A bike is faster than a slow toy car.

Use again: New picture, new sentence

Look again at one picture above. Make a new comparison. Do not copy an old sentence.

Challenge: Say two linked sentences: “The elephant is bigger than the mouse. The mouse is smaller than the elephant.”

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Pause the video when you need time. Repeat a useful sentence aloud.

Interaktive Aufgaben

Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen

Which sentence is correct? (A cheetah is faster than a tortoise.) (!A cheetah is fast than a tortoise.) (!A cheetah is more faster a tortoise.) (!A cheetah faster than tortoise is.)

What is the comparative form of small? (smaller) (!smallest) (!smalled) (!more small)

What is the comparative form of fast? (faster) (!fastest) (!fastly) (!more faster)

What is the comparative form of big? (bigger) (!biger) (!biggest) (!more big)

Which word usually comes after a comparative when you compare two things? (than) (!then) (!that) (!with)

Choose the correct sentence. (The mouse is smaller than the elephant.) (!The mouse is small than the elephant.) (!The mouse is smaller the elephant.) (!The mouse more smaller than the elephant.)

What is the comparative form of tall? (taller) (!tallest) (!talled) (!more taller)

What is the comparative form of slow? (slower) (!slowest) (!slowly) (!more slower)

Choose the correct comparison. (A giraffe is taller than a mouse.) (!A giraffe is tall than a mouse.) (!A giraffe taller a mouse.) (!A giraffe is more taller than a mouse.)

Which sentence has the pattern adjective plus er plus than? (The bike is longer than the toy car.) (!The bike long the toy car.) (!The bike is longest than the toy car.) (!The bike is more longer the toy car.)

Memory

big	bigger
small	smaller
fast	faster
slow	slower
tall	taller
long	longer

Drag and Drop

Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu.	Adjective
bigger	big
smaller	small
faster	fast
slower	slow
taller	tall

Kreuzworträtsel

bigger	What is the comparative form of big?
smaller	What is the comparative form of small?
faster	What is the comparative form of fast?
slower	What is the comparative form of slow?
taller	What is the comparative form of tall?
younger	What is the comparative form of young?

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Vervollständige den Text.

For many short adjectives, we add to make a comparative. We use when we compare two things. Fast becomes . Small becomes . Big becomes . Tall becomes . A cheetah is than a tortoise. An elephant is than a mouse. A mouse is than an elephant.

Offene Aufgaben

Leicht

1. Bildvergleich: Choose two pictures above. Say two comparison sentences.
2. Tiervergleich: Draw two animals. Label them with two words such as big, small, fast or slow.
3. Gegenstände vergleichen: Compare two objects in your school bag with one short sentence.
4. Satzstreifen: Make three paper sentence strips with comparative forms and than.

Standard

1. Mini-Dialog: Write and perform a four-line dialogue using Which is ...? and one comparative answer.
2. Foto ohne Upload: Look at two objects around you. Keep any photo private. Write three comparisons without uploading anything.
3. Orte vergleichen: Use two familiar places or buildings and write three careful comparisons based on visible or given facts.
4. Hörtext erstellen: Write a three-sentence listening text. A partner reads it twice; the listener points to or names the matching objects.

Schwer

1. Fehlerdetektiv: Create four incorrect comparative sentences and a correct answer key.
2. Mini-Plakat: Make a paper poster with three picture pairs and six correct comparison sentences.
3. Sprachmittlung: Explain two English comparison sentences in simple German without translating every word.
4. Mini-Präsentation: Give a 30-second talk comparing two animals, two objects and two places. Use at least four comparative forms.

Lernkontrolle

1. Transfer Tierwelt: You see a new picture with two animals. Write three comparisons and explain which visual clue supports each sentence.
2. Fehler verbessern: Correct three sentences with the errors more faster, biger and missing than. Explain each correction in one short phrase.
3. Informationsvergleich: Use a small table with fictional data about two toy cars. Write three correct comparisons from the data.
4. Dialog anwenden: Build a short question-and-answer dialogue in which two objects are compared twice.
5. Neue Situation: Compare two places from a new picture. Use only information that is visible or given; do not invent facts.

Wiederholung: Can-do check

Mark for yourself:

1. I can understand bigger than / smaller than / faster than.
2. I can use -er + than in a short sentence.
3. I remember big → bigger.
4. I can compare a new picture without copying.
5. I can correct one common comparative error.

If you need more practice, go back to Practise and then Use again.

Folgekurs

Next step: E6 G - The biggest, the fastest – einfache Superlative.

Do this course only after you feel safe with -er + than.

Lernnachweis

Für einen Lernnachweis ist wichtig:

1. Du verstehst kurze Vergleiche mit -er + than.
2. Du bildest häufige Formen wie bigger, smaller, faster, slower, taller, shorter korrekt.
3. Du verwendest than beim Vergleich von zwei Dingen.
4. Du kannst Tiere, Gegenstände und Orte in kurzen Sätzen vergleichen.
5. Du kannst drei zentrale Fehler erkennen: more faster, biger, fehlendes than.
6. Du sprichst verständlich; Verständlichkeit ist wichtiger als Akzentfreiheit.

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