CLASS # 11 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

GRAMMAR

Comparative and Superlative adjectives from Ditza Graca

READING

A Wise Old Owl

There was an old owl that lived in an oak. Everyday he saw incidents happening around him. Yesterday he saw a boy helping an old man to carry a heavy basket. Today he saw a girl shouting at her mother. The more he saw the less he spoke.

As he spoke less, he heard more. He heard people talking and telling stories. He heard a woman saying that an elephant jumped over a fence. He also heard a man saying that he had never made a mistake. The old owl had seen and heard about what happened to people. Some became better and some became worse. But the old owl had become wiser each and every day.

Moral of the story :
You should be observant, talk less but listen more. This will make you a wise person. 

SPEAKING
Mohan : Look at the birds. They are beautiful.

Lavanya : There is a parrot above my head. It is very nice.

Srileka : Oh! There you can see the peacock.

Mohan : There is the owl and cuckoo bird.

Lavanya : We can see the eagle also.

Srileka : Who are standing near the peacock?

Lavanya : A boy and a girl are standing near the peacock.

Srileka : What are they doing?

Lavanya : They are admiring the beauty of the peacock.

Mohan : We had a nice time today in the park. 

 LISTENING

More Women Working in Fishing Industry 

Fishing has long been an occupation where most workers are men.

Yet a recent study found that women are responsible for a “substantial” part of the world’s fishing industry. The study suggests that their work in fisheries is changing.

Women have jobs processing and marketing seafood. They also collect clams and other shellfish.

No women on fishing boat crews

Sara Skamser has worked in and around commercial fishing for much of her adult life.

When she was in her early twenties, Skamser started earning money by fishing and crabbing along the coast of Oregon. Eventually, she wanted to work on bigger fishing boats to earn more money. But the operators of those boats never offered her a job.