Level 2Food

Breakfast Tables Around the World

Grammar: Comparatives

A Level 2 English lesson exploring food.

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What's in this lesson

A Level 2 (elementary) ESL lesson on food, practising comparatives. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.

From the reading: Breakfast Tables Around the World

Look at four breakfast tables. They are very different. In Japan, a typical morning meal is small. It has rice, miso soup, and grilled fish. The ingredients are fresh and simple. Nothing is spicy. Everything is light.

Vocabulary

  • meal
  • ingredient
  • typical
  • fresh
  • spicy
  • local

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparatives: short
Mexico's breakfast is bigger than Japan's. — add -er to short adjectives.
Spelling: double the
This bag is bigger. That town is hotter. — big → bigger, hot → hotter.

Discussion questions

  1. What did you eat for breakfast today?
  2. When did you last cook a meal at home?
  3. What food do you eat every day without fail?

Breakfast Tables Around the World

Grammar: Comparatives

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