ELEMENTARY 2 COURSE, 2018, CLASS 5


This week we made questions to practise the superlative:
1.¿Cuál es el país más grande del planeta? – What’s the largest country in the planet?
2.¿Cuál es el río más largo del mundo? – What’s the longest river in the world?
3.¿Cuál es el deporte más popular del mundo? – What is the most popular sport in the world?
4.¿Cuál es el día más largo del año? – What is the longest day of the year?
5.¿Cuál es el lugar más caliente del mundo? – What is the hottest place in the world?
6.¿Cuál es el lugar más frio de la Tierra? – What is the coldest day on Earth?
7.¿Cuál es el condado más húmero de Irlanda? – What is the wettest county in Ireland?
8.¿Cuál es la ciudad más grande del mundo? – What is the largest city in the world?
9.¿Quién es el mejor cantante del momento? – Who is the best Singer now?

We talked about television and films. We learnt a few words regarding tv programmes.
Las telenovelas – soap operas
Los dibujos animados – cartoons
Los programas de deporte – sports pogrammes
Los concursos – contests
Los concursos de baile – dancing contests
Las noticias – the news
Los programas de entrevistas – programmes with interviews
Las comedias – comedies
Las series policíacas – pólice series
Los documentales – Documentaries
Los documentales sobre naturaleza – documentaries about nature
Programas de jardinería – gardening programmes
Programas de granjeros – farming programmes

In pairs, we discussed the questions on page 13.
¿Ves mucho la tele? ¿Cuántas horas por día? – Do you watch TV much? How many hours per day?
¿Qué ves tú en la tele? – What do you watch on TV?
¿Qué tipos de programas te gustan a ti? – What types of programmes do you like?
¿Por qué? – Why?

Some examples below:
No, no veo mucho la tele. Quizás dos horas al día – No, I don’t watch much TV. Maybe two hours per day.
Me gusta ver las comedias porque me hacen reir – I like watching comedies because they make me laugh.
No me gustan las telenovelas porque son aburridas – I don’t like soap operas because they are boring.
We did a brainstorming about the different adjectives to describe tv programmes.
Aburrido – boring
Entretenido – entertaining
Interesante – interesting
Famoso – famous
Largo – long
Corto – short
Con subtítulos – with subtitles
Terrorífico – scary
Divertido – fun


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