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Diploma in Higher Education Studies

Comparing things: comparatives and superlatives

HES 104 · Developing English Language Skills — Week 13 of 16

CourseHES 104
Week13 of 16
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This week’s topics

Comparing things: comparatives and superlatives

  1. Bigger, more expensive, the best
  2. Describing simple data

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Build and use vocabulary (word families, collocations, dictionary skills).
  • 3.2 Write well-structured sentences, paragraphs and short texts (emails, short reports).

Activity

Compare three phones using a simple table.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 2.6: Adjectives and adverbs (comparatives and superlatives) · PDF · Saylor (2012); pp. 92–96 · for registered students
  • Key figures on Europe – 2025 edition, People and society: short texts describing data · PDF · Eurostat (2025), model sentences comparing countries; pp. 9–34 · for registered students
  • The cognitive processes of taking IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 · Open-access article · Yu et al. (2012), IELTS Research Reports Vol. 11. How learners describe charts in English: comparing figures and choosing the right words. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Talking about yourself: the present simple
  • Week 2: What is happening now: the present continuous
  • Week 3: Telling a story: the past simple
  • Week 4: Building vocabulary: word families and collocations
  • Week 5: Reading for gist and detail
  • Week 6: Listening for key information
  • Week 7: Speaking clearly: sounds and word stress
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Talking about the future: will and going to
  • Week 10: Giving advice and rules: should, must, have to
  • Week 11: Writing good sentences
  • Week 12: Writing a paragraph
  • Week 13: Comparing things: comparatives and superlatives
  • Week 14: Writing an email
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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