Adjectives: big, small, fast, slow - Inglés 5º Primaria

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Compara animales y vehículos en inglés con big, small, fast y slow, sus comparativos y sus superlativos.

Para comparar dos cosas añadimos -er y than: A horse is faster than a dog. Para decir cuál es el que más de un grupo usamos the + -est: The cheetah is the fastest.

big dobla la g: bigger, the biggest. small → smaller, the smallest; slow → slower, the slowest. El adjetivo va delante del nombre: a small dog.

Otras palabras: huge = very big, tiny = very small, quick = fast.

1. Look at the table. Which animal is the fastest?

Top speed of some animals
Animal	Top speed
cheetah	110 km/h
horse	70 km/h
elephant	40 km/h
tortoise	less than 1 km/h

2. Look at the table. «The elephant is ___ than the horse.»

Top speed of some animals
Animal	Top speed
cheetah	110 km/h
horse	70 km/h
elephant	40 km/h
tortoise	less than 1 km/h

3. Why does Harry sleep under the tree?

The big race

Harry the hare is very fast, and Tilly the tortoise is very slow. One day they have a race in the forest. Harry runs faster than Tilly, so he stops under a big tree and sleeps. Tilly walks slowly, but she doesn't stop. When Harry wakes up, Tilly is at the finish line. The slowest animal is the winner!

4. Who wins the race?

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The big race

5. Which word describes Tilly in the story?

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The big race

6. Tap the wrong word in each sentence and write it correctly.

7. Tap the words that describe size or speed.

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8. Write the comparative or the superlative of the word in brackets

A plane is than a train. (fast)

A mouse is than a cat. (small)

The blue whale is the animal in the world. (big)

A snail is the animal in my garden. (slow)

9. Does the adjective describe size or speed?

Adjectives

small

fast

slow

tiny

huge

big

quick

Size

Speed

10. Match each comparative with its superlative

Comparatives

bigger

faster

slower

smaller

the biggest

the smallest

the fastest

the slowest

11. Put the words in order to make a sentence

Words

bike

than

your

slower

scooter.

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Usar los adjetivos big, small, fast y slow para describir animales y objetos
Formar el comparativo (bigger, faster) y el superlativo (the biggest, the fastest)
Recordar que big dobla la g: bigger, the biggest
Colocar el adjetivo delante del nombre: a small dog

Cómo hacerla:

Lee el recuadro con las reglas
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Compara animales y vehículos en inglés con big, small, fast y slow, sus comparativos y sus superlativos.

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Para comparar dos cosas añadimos -er y than: A horse is faster than a dog. Para decir cuál es el que más de un grupo usamos the + -est: The cheetah is the fastest.

big dobla la g: bigger, the biggest. small → smaller, the smallest; slow → slower, the slowest. El adjetivo va delante del nombre: a small dog.

Otras palabras: huge = very big, tiny = very small, quick = fast.

Look at the table. Which animal is the fastest?
Top speed of some animals
Animal Top speed
cheetah 110 km/h
horse 70 km/h
elephant 40 km/h
tortoise less than 1 km/h
Rodea la respuesta correcta.
- The elephant
- The tortoise
- The cheetah
- The horse
Look at the table. «The elephant is ___ than the horse.»
Top speed of some animals
Animal Top speed
cheetah 110 km/h
horse 70 km/h
elephant 40 km/h
tortoise less than 1 km/h
- the slowest
- slow
- faster
- slower
Why does Harry sleep under the tree?
The big race
Harry the hare is very fast, and Tilly the tortoise is very slow. One day they have a race in the forest. Harry runs faster than Tilly, so he stops under a big tree and sleeps. Tilly walks slowly, but she doesn't stop. When Harry wakes up, Tilly is at the finish line. The slowest animal is the winner!
- Because he is faster than Tilly
- Because the tree is small
- Because he is slower than Tilly
Who wins the race?
- Harry
- Nobody
- Tilly
Which word describes Tilly in the story?
- slow
- fast
- big
Circle the wrong word in each sentence and write it correctly.
Rodea la palabra que está mal y escríbela bien en la línea.
- A bus is biger than a car.
- My sister has got two smalls rabbits.
- A snail is slowest than a dog.
- The cheetah is the faster animal on land.
Underline the words that describe size or speed.
Hay 6.
We live on a farm. Our dog, Rex, is small, but he is very fast. The cat is bigger than Rex, but she is slower. The tortoise is the slowest animal on the farm. And our horse, Thunder, is huge!
Write the comparative or the superlative of the word in brackets
A plane is than a train. (fast)
A mouse is than a cat. (small)
The blue whale is the animal in the world. (big)
A snail is the animal in my garden. (slow)
Does the adjective describe size or speed?
Escribe cada palabra en su grupo.
smallfastslowtinyhugebigquick
Size
Speed
Match each comparative with its superlative
Une con una línea cada elemento con su pareja.
- bigger
- faster
- slower
- smaller
- the fastest
- the slowest
- the biggest
- the smallest
Put the words in order to make a sentence
Escribe en cada casilla el número de orden.
- bike
- than
- your
- slower
- scooter.
- is
- My

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Soluciones · para la persona adulta

Adjectives: big, small, fast, slow

The cheetah
slower
Because he is faster than Tilly
Tilly
slow
biger → bigger · smalls → small · slowest → slower · faster → fastest
small, fast, bigger, slower, slowest, huge
faster · smaller · biggest · slowest
Size: small, tiny, huge, big · Speed: fast, slow, quick
bigger – the biggest · smaller – the smallest · faster – the fastest · slower – the slowest
My → bike → is → slower → than → your → scooter.

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