1. CIRCUS

2. CIRCUS
• Have you ever been to a circus?
• Have you ever seen circus performers on
TV?
• Would you like to learn circus skills?

3. CIRCUS SKILLS
Clowning Juggling Trapeze Fire eating
Tight rope walking Chinese Pole

4. What personalities do you think are necessary
to be a circus performer?
- Funny
- Confident
- Frightened
- Strong
- Serious
- Hard-working
- Lazy

5. Do you think circus skills are…
• Difficult
• Scary
• Safe
• Easy
• Dangerous

6. COMPARATIVES
AND SUPERLATIVES

7. COMPARATIVES OR
SUPERLATIVES?
• Drama is the easiest subject.
• Is the Chinese pole more difficult than
trapeze?
• I think this is the most exciting school in
the world.
• I’d like to try something nearer the ground.

8. COMPARATIVES
• One-syllable adjectives:
Chinese Pole is safer than the trapeze
• -y adjectives:
Chinese Pole is easier than trapeze
• Two (or more) syllable adjectives:
I think the circus school is more exciting than a
normal school.

9. SUPERLATIVES
• One-syllable adjectives:
He is the strongest boy in the school!
• -y adjectives:
Drama is the easiest subject!
• Two (or more) syllable adjectives:
I think circus school is the most exciting school
in the world!

10. COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
Chinese Pole
vs.
Trapeze

11. COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
Classical music
vs.
Pop music

12. COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
Public transport
Vs.
Private transport

13. COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
Phone boxes
Vs.
Smartphones

14. COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
Holidays in the mountains
Vs.
Holidays by the sea