How have you communicated

with your family, friends and

teachers today?

Discuss in pairs for 3 minutes.

Compare and contrast the different types of
communication
reliable, convincing, effective, emotional, confidential, fast, good, clear,
meaningful, persuasive, successful, honest
• As adjective as
• Not so/as adjective as (Written communication isn’t as fast as
oral communication.)
• More/less adjective than
• By far + the + superlative (Oral communication is by far the
fastest type of communication.)
• The + comparative…, the + comparative… (The more I
learn about body language, the easier I communicate with others.)
• Much/a lot/far/a little/a bit/slightly + comparative
(Face-to-face communication is much/a lot/far more successful than
talking on the phone)