Unit 13. The 22nd Sea Games

Good morning!
Welcome to our class!
Warm - up:
1.Look at the picture; give the correct
form of the words in brackets.
Mary Linda Helen
a. Mary is not (tall) as Helen.
b. Mary and Helen, Who is (tall)?
c. Linda is the (tall) girl in the picture.
 as tall as
 taller
 tallest
2.Read the situation and answer the question below:
Lan was very beautiful last year.
This year she is more beautiful than last year.
Today she looks much more beautiful than usual.
What can you say about Lan?
 Lan is more and more beautiful.
Unit 13: The 22 Sea Games
(Language focus)
Tuesday March, 1th 2011
I. Pronunciation.
Linking
look at
?
2. took off
?
3. quite old
?
4. from Australia
?
5. friends in
?
6. it`s upstairs
?
10. turn off
?
9. move into
?
8. Put on
?
7. Tom used to
?
II.Grammar: Double comparison
1. Comparative + and + comparative : càng lúc/ngày càng…
Ex: - The weather is getting colder and colder.
- The price of gold is becoming more and more expensive.
- Mai speaks English more and more fluently.
- They work harder and harder.
?S + V + short adj /adv + ER + and + short adj/adv + ER.
? S + V + more and more + long adj /adv.
Use: We use these structures to say that something
is changing continuously and increasingly.
 Complete the sentences,
using “Double” Comparatives


It’s becoming ……………….. to find a job. (hard)

2. Travelling is becoming …………….. (expensive)

3. My bags seemed to get ……… as I carried them. (heavy)
 harder and harder.
 more and more expensive.
 heavier and heavier.

Exercise 1: Match a half-sentence from box A with
a suitable half-sentence from box B.
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)
because he was very busy at work.
2. Eating and traveling in this city is getting
………………(expensive)

3. As the day went on, the weather got ……(bad)
4. We had to stop the discussion because the question was

becoming…………........(complicated)
5. Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got
…………… (good)
6. Little John is becoming…………( active)
shorter and shorter
more & more expensive
worse and worse
more and more complicated
better and better
more and more active

Use: We use these structures to say about
a change in one thing causing a change in another .
II.Grammar: Double comparison
2. The + comparative, the + comparative:
Càng … bao nhiêu, càng … bấy 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
 Choose the best answer among A, B, C
or D to complete each sentence.
1. … the man gets, ……. he becomes.
A. The more old/ the more weak B. older/ weaker
C. The older/ the weakest D. The older/ the weaker
2. ……..…... difficult the lesson is, ………….……. we try.
A. The more/the harder B. The more/the hardest
C. The most/the harder D. The more/the most hard
3. …………… Mary gets, …………… she is.
The old/ the cleverer B. The older/ the cleverer
C. The older/ cleverer D. older/ the cleverer
D
A
B
Exercise 3: Choose a suitable half- sentence to complete each of the sentences below.
the faster you will learn
the more impatient he became
the sooner we will arrive
the higher your bill will be
the more I liked him
the better I feel
the more you want
the better the service
Ex: The earlier we leave, ………………………………..
The warmer the weather, ………………………………...
2. The more you practise your English, ……………………….
3. The longer he waited, …………………………………….
4. The more electricity you use, ……………………………..
5. The more expensive the hotel, …………………………….
6. The more I got to know him, ………………………………
7. The more you have, ……………………………………….
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Further practice:
Identify the mistakes from the underlined parts.
They have to work hard and harder to earn money.
A B C D
2. The longer she stays in England, the gooder her
A B
English will be.
C D
3. Everything gets more expensive and more expensive.
A B C D
4. The most you speak, the more fluently you can speak.
A B C D


Now let’s play our game!
“Lucky number”
Choose one type of sports you like best.
swimming
football
tennis
cycling
3. Everything gets more expensive and more expensive.
A B C D
4. The most you speak, the more fluently you can speak.
A B C D
1. They have to work hard and harder to earn money.
A B C D
2.The longer she stays in England, the gooder her
A B
English will be.
C D
A
C
B
C
HOMEWORK:
Practise reading the sentences, liking
the words together.
Do again exercises 1,2,3.
- Prepare TESTYOURSELF F.
Thanks for your attention!
Goodbye!