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Kitty

Daniel has _____ CDs ____ Kitty.fewer

Kitty has _____ CDs ____ Daniel.more

Daniel

than

than

Millie has _____ flowers ____ Amy.more

Amy has _____ flowers ____ Millie.fewer

AmyMillie

than

than

Betty Linda

dictionary

bag

pencil

disk

Let’s compare!

Simon has ___ orange juice ____ Sandy.less

Sandy has _____ orange juice ____ Simon.more

Simon

than

than

Sandy

Simon Sandy

soup

fish

ice-cream

coffee

Let’s compare!

work out

the ruleComparing two things:

+ (countable, uncountable) nouns +thanmore

less

+ (countable, uncountable) nouns + than more

fewer可数 不可数

Nancy John

Subjects

Clubs

Free time

6

3

4 hours

8

2

3 hours

School lives

e.g. John studies more subjects than Nancy.

Nancy joins more clubs than John.

John has more free time than Nancy.

Nancy has less free time than John.

more

Please use fewer …than to compare.

less

1. Kitty is the funniest girl in our class.

She tells ____ funny jokes ____ we do.

2. Millie does not go shopping often. She

spends ____ money ____ we do.

3. Simon does not like reading stories. He

reads _____ stories ____ we do.fewer

less

thanmore

than

than

Nancy John Daniel Me

Subjects

Clubs

Free time

12

4

1 hour

CompetitionSchool lives

6

3

4 hours

8

2

3 hours

Nancy studies _________ subjects.

Daniel studies ________.

Daniel joins _______ clubs. John joins

________ .

Daniel has _____________ free time.

Nancy has ________.

the least ( 最少 )

the fewest

the most

the most

the fewest

the most

Word Competition

Amy Sandy Simon

72 words 68 words 65 words

72 points 68 points 65 points

1. Amy wrote _______ words.

She scored _______ points.

2. Simon wrote ________ words.

He scored ________ points.

the most

the most

the fewest

the fewest

Simon

￥ 50

Amy

￥ 100 ￥ 100

Sandy ￥ 100

Make sentences with

“the most/ fewest/ least” !

Practice

Comparing more than two things:

work out the rule

the most

the fewest+(countable, uncountable) nouns

the most

the least+(countable, uncountable) nouns

Daniel

KittyMillie

Please use more/ fewer/ less …than or

the most/ fewest/ least to compare.

Competition

Many, many—more—the most,

Much, much—more—the most,

Few, few—fewer—the fewest,

Little, little—less—the least.

Chant

Kitty has more eggs than Millie.

Daniel has fewer eggs than Millie.

Kitty has the most of the three.

Daniel has the fewest of them all.

Daniel eats more rice than Millie.

Kitty eats less rice than Millie.

Daniel eats the most of the three.

Kitty eats the least of them all.

subject club time on

homework

time on sports

free time …

8 2 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours

6 3 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours

Look at the table below and discuss

your school life in groups and

compare it with that in America or

England, then talk about it.

Jim’s Tom’s

Jim’s notebook is different from Tom’s.Jim’s and Tom’s notebooks are different.Their notebooks are different.

Model

Picture 1 Picture 2

The man in Picture 1 is the same as

the man in Picture 2.

Lucy’s Lily’s

Lucy’s cup is the same as Lily’s.

These paper clips are the same as

those ones.

paper clips

Daniel’s uniform is the same as Simon’s.Daniel’s uniform is different from John’s.

Don’t forget “the”

This pumpkin lantern is the same as

that one.

Mid-Autumn Festival is different from

Christmas Day.

Peter’s David’s

Peter’s trainers are the same as David’s.

Sandy Millie

Sandy’s hairstyle is different from Millie’s.

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

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.

Make sentences using “the same as”

or “different from”.

2. Year 8 in Britain / Grade 8 in China

(the same)

Year 8 in Britain is the same as Grade

8 in China.

3. School life in the USA / school life in

Britain (different)

School life in the USA is different from

school life in Britain.

4. Nancy’s timetable / John’s timetable

(different)

Nancy’s timetable is different from

John’s timetable.

5 My jeans are blue. Ann’s jeans are

blue, too.

My jeans are the same _____ as

Ann’s.

colour

6. The green blouse is size M. The red

one is also size M.

The green blouse is the same ___ as

the red one.

size

1. Finish the exercises on the paper.

2. Write a short passage (Interview one

of your friends, compare your family

life with his / hers, using the same as

or different from).

Homework