Unit 13. The 22nd Sea Games

Monday, March 9th, 2009

UNIT 13
THE 22nd SEA GAMES
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Warm-up
look at
arrive in
get up
turn off
put on
went out
Warm-up
1. Remember to ______ your hat when you go out in the sun.
2. Please _____ the light before you go out.
3. Ring me as soon as you _____ Ho Chi Minh City.
6. (From the song “Five little ducks)
Five little ducks _____ one day...
4. Today is Sunday. Tom doesn’t want to _____ early.
5. Do not _____ your friends’ papers during the test.
vowels
z
a
e
i
o
u
consonants
Pronunciation: Linking
Understanding vowels and 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:
Linking consonant to vowel
Examples:
1. Look at these pictures.
2. The plane took off despite the fog.
Pronunciation: Linking
We link words ending with a consonant sound
to words beginning with a vowel sound
Listen to the sentences
(Student’s book – Page 145,146)
Practice reading these sentences
(Pairwork – 2 minutes)
Pronunciation: Linking
“Con gì càng lớn, càng bé?”
60 year -old
120 year-old
1=> càng ngày càng trẻ
2=> càng già thì càng ốm
20 years ago
now
Revision of comparative
shorter
closer
better
worse
farther / further
older / elder
Revision of comparative
more complicated
more active
more difficult
Revision of comparative
earlier
heavier
Revision of comparative
Grammar: Double comparison
Exercise 1
Structure 1:
Use:
Comparative + and + comparative
To say that something is changing continuously
Exercise 2
1. His visit to New York seemed to get _________________ because he was very busy at work. (short)
2. Eating and travelling 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)
7. As it was getting dark, it was becoming ____________________ to see everything in the house without electricity. (difficult)
8. I feel happy as my birthday is coming ________________. (close)
LUCKY NUMBER!
LUCKY NUMBER!
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
closer and closer
more and more expensive
more and more active
worse and worse
better and better
more and more difficult
shorter and shorter
more and more complicated
Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing
Grammar: Double comparison

Structure 2: the+comparative, the+comparative
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 3
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, ________________________

the faster you will learn
the more I like him
the more impatient he became
the better I feel
the higher your bill will be
the taller he is
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2
3
4
5
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
1. The fastest you drive, the greater danger you get.
A B C D
2. This exercise is much more easier than the others.
A B C D
3. It’s becoming more difficult and more difficult to find a job.
A B C D
4. They treat women more equally as people in the North.
A B C D
5. 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 2 structures of double comparative.
Do exercises 1,2,3,4 (page 86-87) in the workbook.
Prepare Unit 14 - Reading