Unit 16 - Hítorical places - Language focus

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E.g: Is there anything special on television tonight?

/ʒ/

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I Pronunciation

/ ʒ / / ∫ /

television shop

pleasure machine

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I Pronunciation

1 It’s his pleasure to Asia.

2 You shouldn’t have any illusions about television.

3 A massage can be a good measure to help you relax.4 Does this shop sell washing machines?

5 Is he English or Swedish?

6 Is there anything special on TV tonight?

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Eg: This houseisbigger than my house.

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II Grammar and vocabulary

• Comparative and superlative adjectives

ã 1 Comparative (so sánh hơn)

ã Form: ( be) + short adj +ER + than • Form: (be) + more +long adj +than

Note: double the final consonant if it comes right after a vowel.E.g: big – bigger thin – thinner

- For adjectives ending in –y, change –y to –i and then add - er.

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2.Superlative (So sánh hơn nhất)

Form: (be) + the + short adj + est (be) + the most + long adj

II Grammar and vocabulary

Note: good – better – the best bad – worse – the worst

far – farther/further – the farthest/ the furthest many(much) – more – most

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ComparativeCheapermore expensiveyoungerhappierbiggermore intelligentmore beautifulworsefarthernewermore dangerous

Exercise 1: Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectivesAdjective1 cheap2 expensive3 young4 happy5 big6 busy7 intelligent8 beautiful9 bad10 far11 new12 dangerousSuperlativeThe cheapestThe most expensiveThe youngestThe happiestThe biggest

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Exercise 3 Look at carefully at each line Some of the lines are

correct, and some have a word which should not be there Put a tick (√) for each correct line If a line has a word which should not be there,

write the wors in the space.

First of all, walking is obviously the cheapestmeans of travelling, and can be the quicker in a city centre Of course, the further you haveto go, the more so tired you will become.

In some ways walking is more healthier thantravelling by bus or car, but it can be just as the unhealthy because cities are the much morepolluted than they used to be Cars are faster

of course and more than convenient, but as citiesbecome more of crowded, parking is getting

harder Sometimes public transport is better,