Unit 16: grammar pratice

Week: 36 Period: 109 Thursday, May 12th, 2009 UNIT 16: MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT LESSON 5: GRAMMAR PRACTICE Present simple tense: a) Nam: Tom: Nam: Tom: Where are you from? I am from Canada Do speak …… you ………… Vietnamese? No, I……… don’t I ……… English and French speak b) Tom is from Canada He ………… English and French speaks c) Lee is from China He ………… ………… speaks Chinese d) Yoko is from Japan She speaks …………… ………… Japanese e) Minh is from Viet Nam He ………… …………… speaks Vietnamese f) John is from the USA He ………… …………… speaks American Present simple and present progressive tense: a) What is her name? Her name …… Susan is b) Where does she live? She ……… in London lives c) Where ……… she staying now? is She ……… …………in Ha Noi now is staying d) What does she do? She ……… a teacher is e) What ……… she teach? does She ………… a tea English teaches f) ……… she ……………you? Does teach No She ………… teach me doesn’t teaches Mr Hai …………… me big bigger the biggest small smaller the smallest tall taller the tallest Adjectives: comparatives and superlatives Complete the table Then complete the passage long longer the longest short shorter the shortest tall taller the tallest small smaller the smallest big bigger the biggest high higher the highest thick thicker the thickest a) The Mekong River is long The Amazon River is ……… than the Mekong longer the The Nile is …………… ……………… river in the world longest the …………structure in the world b) The Great Wall of China is long It is ……… longest the tallest c) Sears Tower in Chicago is tall, but it isn’t …… ………… building in the world PETRONAS Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur is …… taller than Sears Tower ……… the tallest It is ………… ………… building in the world biggest d) Ha Noi is big, but it is not the ………… city in Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City is bigger the biggest ………… than Ha Noi It is ………… ………… City in Viet Nam the biggest But Mexico City is ………… …………… city in the world 4 Indefinite quantifiers: a few , a little , a lot/lots a lot The streets of Ha Noi are very busy There is ……… ………… little of traffic Most people only have ……… ……… money to spend a a few on transportation As a result, there are only ……… ……… private cars on the roads The bike is the cheapest form of transportation, so there are ……… ………… of bikes There are ………….of motorbikes, too a lot lots There are ……… ………….of taxis, but they are expensive a lot a lot of water some potatoes a few potatoes some water a little water we should turn it off we should fix it we should collect it food bottles plastic scrap metal cans leather waste paper clothes python camel leopard panda elephant tallest longest long highest longer a lot of some a few a little few protect put collect should not recycle