ANH 10 UNIT 16

With short adjectives: Với tính từ ngắn Ex: John is stronger than his brother.. With long adjectives: Với tính từ dài Ex: This problem is more difficult than we thought.. With short a

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UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACES VOCABULARY

A READING

1 historical place [his't{rikl pleis] di tích lịch sử

4 originally (adv) [±'ridZn±li] nơi khởi nguồn, về nguồn gốc

6 representative (n) [,repri'zent±tiv] đại diện

7 Confucian (adj, n) [k±n'fju:Sn] (thuộc) nho giáo, nhà nho

11 memorialize (v) [m±'mỴ:ri±laiz] tôn vinh, tưởng nhớ

14 achievement (n) [±'tSi:vm±nt] thành tựu, thành tích

15 royal examination (n)

interprovincial examination

pre-court examination

['rỴi±l ig,zỉmi'neiSn]

[,int±pr±'vinSl] thi đình

thi hương thi hội

17 stone stele (n) – stelae (ns) [st±Un 'sti:li] bia đá

20 well-preserved (adj) [wel pri'zÄ:vd] được bảo tồn kỹ

28 construction (n) [k±n'strÝkSn] công trình xây dựng

B SPEAKING

30 late president (n) [leit 'prezid±nt] chủ tịch quá cố

35 Imperial Enclosure (n) [im'pi±ri±l in'kl±UZ±] Hoàng Thành

38 Conference hall (n) ['kỴnf±r±ns hỴ:l] phòng hội nghị

39 Reunification hall (n) ['ri:,ju:nifi'keiSn hỴ:l] Phủ tổng thống

41 air bombardment (n) [bỴm'b¿:dm±nt] cuộc không tạc bằng bom

C LISTENING

44 Notre Dame Cathedral [deim k±'Hi:dr±l] nhà thờ Đức Bà

48 Japanese Covered Bridge [,dZỉp±'ni:z] ['kÝv±d] Cầu Nhật Bản

49 Assembly Hall of Cantonese

Chinese Congregation

[±'sembli] [,kỉnt±'ni:z]

['tSai'ni:z] [,kỴNgri'geiSn] Hội quán Quảng Đông

50 Ancient town of Hoi An ['einS±nt] [taUn] phố cổ Hội An

59 thatch-roofed (adj) [HỉtS] [ru:ft] lợp bằng, rơm, rạ

61 UNESCO (United Nations

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization)

[ju:'nesk±U] Tổ chức Giáo Dục, Khoa Học

và Văn Hoá của LHQ

62 characteristic (n) [,kỉr±kt±'ristik] đặc tính, đặc điểm

D WRITING

63 describe (v) = description (n) [dis'kraib] [dis'kripSn] miêu tả

E LANGUAGE FOCUS

81 healthy (a) >< unhealthy (a) ['helHi]>< [Ýn'helHi] khoẻ mạnh >< ốm yếu

I COMPARISONS (CÁC HÌNH THỨC SO SÁNH)

1 Equal comparisons (So sánh bằng)

a With adjectives:

Ex1: I am as tall as he is.

2: She is as beautiful as her sister.

b With adverbs:

Ex1: He runs as fast as I do

2: She writes as carefully as me

2 Comparatives (So sánh hơn)

* With adjectives:

a With short adjectives: (Với tính từ ngắn)

Ex: John is stronger than his brother

Notes:

- Cách nhận biết tính từ ngắn:

+ Tính từ có một âm tiết: fast, strong, small, long …

+ Tính từ có hai âm tiết kết thúc bằng “y, ow, le, er” Ex: happy, narrow, simple, clever …

- Quy tắc thêm “er” cho tính từ ngắn:

+ Tính từ ngắn có một âm tiết mà kết thúc bằng một phụ âm trước phụ âm đó là một nguyên âm thì ta nhân đôi phụ âm cuối rồi thêm “er” khi sang so sánh hơn: big > bigger, hot > hotter…

+ Tính từ ngắn kết thúc bằng nguyên âm “e” thì thêm “r” khi sang so sánh hơn: simple simpler … + Tính từ ngắn kết thúc bằng “y” thì biến “y” thành “i + er” khi sang so sánh hơn: happy  happier …

b With long adjectives: (Với tính từ dài)

Ex: This problem is more difficult than we thought (Vấn đề này khó hơn chúng ta nghĩ.)

* With adverbs:

a With short adverbs: (Với trạng từ ngắn)

Ex: John runs faster than his brother

Notes: - Cách nhận biết trạng từ ngắn: chính là các tính từ ngắn

S 1 + be + adj-er + than + S 2 + be

O

S 1 + be + more + adj + than + S 2 + be

O

* Affirmative: S1 + be + as + adj +as + S2 + be O

* Negative: S1 + be + not + as/so + adj + as + S2 + be

O

* Interrogative: Be + S1 + as + adj + as + S2 + be?

O

* Affirmative: S1 + V + as + adv +as + S2 + Aux

O

* Negative: S1 + Aux + not + V + as/so + adv + as + S2 + Aux

O

* Interrogative: Aux + S1 + V + as + adv + as + S2 + Aux.?

O

S 1 + V + adv-er + than + S 2 + Aux.

O

b With long adverbs: (Với trạng từ dài)

Ex: He drives more carefully than his brother

3 Superlatives: (So sánh nhất)

* With adjectives:

a With short adjectives: (Với tính từ ngắn)

Ex: John is the strongest in his family

Note: - Quy tắc thêm “est” cho tính từ ngắn:

+ Tính từ ngắn có một âm tiết kết thúc bằng một phụ âm mà trước phụ âm đó là một nguyên âm ta nhân đôi phụ âm cuối và thêm đuôi “est” khi sang so sánh nhất: hot  hottest …

+ Tính từ ngắn kết thúc bằng nguyên âm “e” thì thêm “st” khi sang so sánh nhất: simple simplest … + Tính từ ngắn kết thúc bằng “y” thì biến “y” thành “i + est” khi sang so sánh nhất: happy  happiest … Ex: Yesterday was the hottest day of the year

b With long adjectives: (Với tính từ dài)

Ex: This exercise is the most difficult in unit 16

* With adverbs:

a With short adverbs: (Với trạng từ ngắn)

Ex: John runs the fastest in his class

b With long adverbs: (Với trạng từ dài)

Ex: My father drives the most carefully in my family

4 Irregular adjectives and adverbs: (Tính từ và trạng từ bất qui tắc)

Ex: Her English is better than mine (Tiếng Anh của cô ta thì tốt hơn tôi.)

EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.

1 Learning to speak a language is often much (easy) than learning to write it

2 This hotel must be (expensive) than the small one next door

3 An orange is (large) than a plum

4 He is certainly (unusual) person I have ever met

5 Bringing up children is one of (hard) jobs in the world

6 His latest film was (interesting) than his previous ones

7 What is (difficult) thing you have ever done?

S + be + the + adj-est + (N) …

S + be + the most + adj + (N) …

S 1 + V + more + adv + than + S 2 +Aux.

O

S + V + the + adv-est + (N) …

S + V + the most + adv + (N) …

8 When I saw her, she looked much (thin) than I remembered her.

9 Losing your credit card is (bad) than losing your money

10 This is (fast) car we produce

Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences, using the cues below.

1 A mouse/ a cat/ small

2 A radio/ a television/ cheap

3 The sun/ the moon/ big

4 A mountain/ a hill/ high

5 Your hair/ my hair/ long

6 French food/ English food/ good

7 Love/ money/ important

8 This chair/ that chair/ comfortable

9 A dog/ a chicken/ intelligent

10 This lesson/ that one/ difficult

11 A rose/ a weed/ beautiful

12 This book/ that book/ interesting

Exercise 3: Change the given adjectives into adverbs and complete these sentences.

1 Linda can type than last year (quick)

2 He can play football than last year (good)

3 They can speak English than last year (fluent)

4 Paul can do his homework than last year (careful)

5 He is than last year (hard-working)

6 She becomes than yesterday (happy)

7 I prepare my lessons than last week (careful)

8 He has to work a lot _ in this new job than that one last year (hard)

9 She dances than last year (graceful)

10 Today the weather is than it was yesterday (nice)

11 Kate got home than Alice did (late)

12 I finished my work than Tom did (quick)

13 Mary sings than Margaret does (beautiful)

14 This exercise is than that one (easy)

15 Alice speaks than I do (loud)

Exercise 4: Complete the following sentences, using the correct adjectives form.

1 city in Canada is Toronto (large)

2 The Nile is river in the world (long)

3 February is month of the year (short)

4 I think health is thing in life (important)

5 Mt Everest is mountain in the world (high)

6 This exercise is of all (difficult)

7 reason of the year is spring (beautiful)

8 Russia is country in the world (large)

9 Chinese is of those three languages (difficult)

10 Ho Chi Minh City is one in population (big)

Exercise 5: Complete sentences, using equal comparisons.

1 John is his brother (tall)

2 Our flat is yours (large)

3 He is not his sister (intelligent)

4 She sings she plays (beautiful)

5 He doesn’t speak English his sister (good)

6 Her voice is not yours (good)

8 We visit them we can (often)

9 He didn’t arrive we thought (early)

10 I came possible (soon)

Exercise 6: Finish the second sentences so that they will have the same meaning as the preceding Form: S 1 + be + adj-er/ adv-er + than + S 2 = S 2 + be + not + so/as + adj + as + S 1.

V more + adj/ adv Aux.+ not + V adv

1 Khanh is more beautiful than Nguyet

Nguyet is not

2 This house is bigger than that one

That house is

3 London is more crowded than Hanoi

Hanoi is not

4 Mai learns better than Cuc

Cuc doesn’t

5 Nhan was richer than Nghia

Nghia was not

6 Hong is thinner than Huong

Huong is not

7 Ha is more careful than Minh

Minh is not

8 Thang is older than Tho

Tho is not

9 Tuyet worked harder than Nga

Nga did not

10 Trien runs faster than Ve

Ve doesn’t

KEY:

Exercise 1: 1 easier 2 more expensive 3 larger 4 the most unusual 5 the hardest

6 more interesting 7 the most difficult 8 thinner 9 worse 10 the fastest

Exercise 2:

1 A mouse is smaller than a cat 2 A radio is cheaper than a television

3 The sun is bigger than the moon 4 A mountain is higher than a hill

5 Your hair is longer than my hair 6 French food is better than English food

7 Love is more important than money 8 This chair is more comfortable than that chair

9 A dog is more intelligent than a chicken 10 This lesson is more difficult than that one

11 A rose is more beautiful than a weed 12 This book is more interesting than that book

Exercise 3: 1 more quickly 2 better 3 more fluently 4 more carefully

5 more hard-working 6 happier 7 more carefully 8 harder

9 more gracefully 10 nicer 11 later 12 more quickly

13 more beautifully 14 easier 15 more loudly

Exercise 4: 1 the largest 2 the longest 3 the shortest 4 the most important

5 the highest 6 the most difficult 7 the most beautiful 8 the largest

9 the most difficult 10 the biggest

Exercise 5: 1 as tall as 2 as large as 3 as intelligent as 4 as beautifully as

5 as well as 6 as good as 7 as carefully as 8 as often as

9 as early as 10 as soon as

Exercise 6:

1 Nguyet is not so beautiful as Khanh 2 That house is not as big as this house.

3 Hanoi is not so crowed as London 4 Cuc doesn’t learn so well as Mai

5 Nghia was not so rich as Nhan 6 Huong is not as thin as Hong

7 Minh is not so careful as Ha 8 Tho is not so old as Thang

9 Nga didn’t work as hard as Tuyet 10 Ve doesn’t run so fast as Trien

………

GENERAL EXERCISES OF UNIT 16

A TỰ LUẬN.

I Give the correct form of the verbs.

1 I (know) _ him since our schooldays

2 Five thousand dollars (be) _ a big sum

3 If he (study) _ a little harder, he would pass the test

4 Neither his friends nor he (go) _ to the concert tonight

II Complete the following sentences using the given words

5 They/ eat/ less/ vegetables/ meat

6 What/ large/ city/ your country?

7 There/ more visitors/ March/ April

III Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

8 Liz drinks more milk than George

George doesn’t

9 Rachael doesn’t cooks as well as Helen

Helen cooks

10 My father is taller than yours

Your father

B TRẮC NGHIỆM

I PHONETIC

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.

II VOCABULARY- GRAMMAR

5 He takes no pride _ his work

6 More and more foreign tourists arrive _ Vietnam

7 Quoc Tu Giam is _ first university of _ Vietnam

a a/ no article b the/ no article c no article/ the d a/ the

8 He became internationally famous at the age of twenty for his novels and poetry

Keys:

II 5 They eat less vegetables than meat.

6 What is the largest city in your country?

III 8 George doesn’t drink as much milk as Liz.

9 Helen cooks better than Rachael

10 Your father isn’t as tall as mine/ my father

B 1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 d 7 b 8 b