Chantal's First week

Meet Chantal, my student from Fribourg, a  city in the French part of Switzerland.

She is staying with me for four weeks to improve her English.

This is her first week.

Watching the Olympic torch go through Street with my daughter Millie.

 The Royal Family came to see her.

We had a great Fondue party

On Wednesday afternoon, after lessons we visited Wells.

And in the evening, Stewart and Lorna came over for a BBQ

Stewart cooking

Chantal 'at home' in my kitchen

The following evening Chantal cooked Spagetti.

Chantal trying fish and chips for the first time.

Chantal trying a traditional Roast Beef Sunday lunch

English lessons

Chantal has four hours of English each morning

This morning we have been doing comparative and superlative adjectives.

One -syllable adjectives normally have comparatives and superlatives ending in -er -est

Some two-syllable adjectives are similar; others have more and most.

Longer adjectives have more and most

Adjective    Comparative   Superlative
                                                          

old             older          oldest

tall             taller          tallest

cheap        cheaper      cheapest

Adjectives ending in  -e

late             later            latest

nice            nicer           nicest

One vowel + one consonant: double consonant

Fat              fatter           fattest

big              bigger         biggest

thin             thinner       thinnest

Irregular comparison

good         better                   best

bad           worse                   worst

ill              worse
far             farther / further     farthest / furthest