Unit 13 sea games (e language focus)

Monday, March 9th, 2009 UNIT 13 THE 22nd SEA GAMES LANGUAGE FOCUS Warm-up get upin turn off arrive put on look at went out Warm-up Remember to your hat when you go out in the sun Please _ the light before you go out Ring me as soon as you _ Ho Chi Minh City Today is Sunday Tom doesn’t want to _ early Do not _ your friends’ papers during the test (From the song “Five little ducks) Five little ducks _ one day Pronunciation: Linking Understanding vowels and consonants vowels a b c d e f g h i j k l mn o p q r s t u v w x y z consonants Note: The table shows the letters that are vowels and consonants But the important thing in linking is the sound, not the letter Often the letter and the sound are the same, but not always Pronunciation: Linking Examples: care laugh ends with the letter e h ends with the sound /keər/ /la:f/ unit hour begins with the letter u h begins with the sound /’ju:nit/ /auər/ Pronunciation: Linking Linking consonant to vowel We link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound Examples: Look at these pictures The plane took off despite the fog Pronunciation: Linking  Listen to the sentences (Student’s book – Page 145,146)  Practice reading these sentences (Pairwork – minutes) “Con lớn, bé?” 1=> ngày trẻ 60 year-old 120 year-old 2=> già ốm 20 years ago now Revision of comparative Short adjective Comparative hard harder short shorter closer better worse farther / further older / elder close good bad far old Revision of comparative Long adjective Comparative expensive more expensive complicated active difficult more complicated more active more difficult Revision of comparative Two-syllable adjective ending in -y Comparative busy busier early earlier heavier heavy Revision of comparative Quantifier Comparative much more many more little less few fewer Grammar: Double comparison Exercise A Finding a job is becoming Travelling is becoming As I waited for my interview, I became That hole in your pullover is getting As the conversation went on, he became The suitcase seemed to get Her English is improving; it’s getting B a b c d e more and more nervous bigger and bigger more and more difficult more and more talkative more and more expensive f better and better g heavier and heavier as I carried it upstairs Structure 1: Comparative + and + comparative Use: To say that something is changing continuously Exercise 2 10 LUCKY NUMBER! closer and closer(close) I feel happy as my birthday is coming Eating and travelling in this city is getting _ (expensive) more and more expensive and more active Little John is becoming more (active) worse and worse (bad) As the day went on, the weather got _ Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got better and better (good) more and more difficultto As it was getting dark, it was becoming see everything in the house without electricity (difficult) His visit to New York seemed to get _ shorter andbecause shorterhe was very busy at work (short) LUCKY NUMBER! We had to stop the discussion because the question was becoming _ (complicated) more and more complicated Grammar: Double comparison Structure 2: the+comparative, the+comparative Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing Examples: The earlier we leave, the sooner we will arrive The more you have, the more you want The more expensive the hotel, the better the service Exercise the faster you will learn the more impatient he became the higher your bill will be the more I like him the better I feel the taller he is The warmer the weather, _ The more you practice your English, _ The longer he waited, _ The more electricity you use, _ The more I got to know him, Translate into Vietnamese Why study? The more I study, the more I know The more I know, the more I forget The more I forget, the less I know So why study? Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting The fastest you drive, the greater danger you get A B C D This exercise is much more easier than the others A B C D It’s becoming more difficult and more difficult to find a job A B C D They treat women more equally as people in the North A B C D The Amazon and the Nile are the two larger rivers in the world A B C D Free practice Work in pair, make sentences with these structures:  comparative + and + comparative  the + comparative, the + comparative Homework    Review the structures of double comparative Do exercises 1,2,3,4 (page 86-87) in the workbook Prepare Unit 14 - Reading ... Pronunciation: Linking Examples: care laugh ends with the letter e h ends with the sound /keər/ /la:f/ unit hour begins with the letter u h begins with the sound /’ju:nit/ /auər/ Pronunciation: Linking... happy as my birthday is coming Eating and travelling in this city is getting _ (expensive) more and more expensive and more active Little John is becoming more (active)... the structures of double comparative Do exercises 1,2,3,4 (page 86-87) in the workbook Prepare Unit 14 - Reading