unit 13

The+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V.., the+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V… more+long adj/adv more+long adj/adv Use: We use these structures to say about a change in one thing causing a change in another [r]

(Language focus) I Pronunciation: Linking: LIÊN KẾT consonants and vowels 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 Pronunciation: Linking Notes :We link words ending with a consonant to words beginning with a vowel Examples: Look at these pictures He lives in London Linking LINKING 1.look at  it’s upstairs  took off Tom used to   quite old  Put on  4.from Australia  move into  friends in  10 turn off  MILK LOAVES OF BREAD SHE HAS… BEEF She is getting fatter and fatterPORK MEAT CHICKEN POTATO In 2005, A rose was 3000VND The price of the rose is more and more expensive Now, it is 9000VND II Grammar: 1.Comparative+and càng… Double comparison +comparative: càng lúc/ngày Ex 1: She is getting fatter and fatter comparative and comparative 2:The price of the rose is more and more expensive comparative and comparative  : S + V + short adj/adv + ER and short adj/adv+ ER 2 : S + V + more and more + long adj /adv We use these structures to say that something is changing continuously and increasingly  Use:  Complete the sentences, using “Double” Comparatives 1.It’s becoming ……………… to find a job (hard)  harder and harder Travelling is becoming …………… (expensive)  more and more expensive My bags seemed to get ……… as I carried them (heavy)  heavier and heavier Exercise 1: Match a half-sentence from box A with a suitable half-sentence from box B A B Finding a job is becoming a bigger and bigger Traveling is becoming b more and more difficult As I waited for my interview, I became c more and more talkative d more and more nervous That hole in your pullover is getting e As the conversation went on, he f became The suitcase seemed to get Her English is improving; it’s getting g more and more expensive better and better heavier and heavier as I carried it upstairs Exercise 2: Complete the sentences using the structure comparative + and + comparative with the words in brackets 1.His visit to New York seemed to get …………………(short) shorter and shorter because he was very busy at work Eating and traveling in this city is getting ………………(expensive) more and more expensive worse and worse As the day went on, the weather got ……(bad) We had to stop the discussion because the question was becoming………… more and more complicated (complicated) Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got …………… (good) better and better more and more active ( active) Little John is becoming………… II.Grammar: Double comparison The + comparative, the + comparative: Càng … bao nhiêu, càng … nhiêu Ex: - The older you get, the harder you find a job -The more interesting the film is, the more expensive the ticket is - The younger you are, the more quickly you learn The+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V , the+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V… more+long adj/adv more+long adj/adv Use: We use these structures to say about a change in one thing causing a change in another Exercise 3: Choose a suitable half- sentence to complete each of the sentences below a the faster you will learn e the more I liked him b the more impatient he became f the better I feel c the sooner we will arrive g the more you want d the higher your bill will be h the better the service Ex: The earlier we leave, ……………………………… The warmer the weather, ……………………………… The more you practise your English, ……………………… The longer he waited, …………………………………… The more electricity you use, …………………………… The more expensive the hotel, …………………………… The more I got to know him, ……………………………… The more you have, ……………………………………… Further practice: Identify the mistakes from the underlined parts They have to work hard and harder to earn money A B C D The longer she stays in England, the gooder her A B English will be C D Everything gets more expensive and more expensive A B C D The most you speak, the more fluently you can speak A B C D Question 1: … the man gets ,………he becomes … the man gets, …… he becomes A The more old/ the more weak  B Older/ weaker C correct The older/ answer the weaker D The older/ the weakest L F Question 2: …… difficult lesson is, ……we try A The most / the harder B The most/ the hardest C.C.The Correct more/answer the harder D The most/ the hardest L F Question ……… Mary gets ,…………she is A The old/ clever B.The Correct answer B older/ the clever C The older/ clever D Older/ the clever L F Question …… the weather is,……… We feel A The warmer/ the best B.B TheCorrect warmer/ answer the better C Warmer/ the better D The more/ the better L F Question ………….he waited, …… impatient he became A The long / more B The more long / the more Correct answer C.C The longer/ the more D The longest/ the more L F HOMEWORK: - Practise reading the sentences, linking the words together - Do again exercises 1,2,3 - Prepare TESTYOURSELF F