Unit 16. Historical places

E.g: Is there anything special on television tonight?
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I. Pronunciation
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television shop
pleasure machine
measure Swedish
Asia washing
illusion English
massage special



1. Listen and repeat.
I. Pronunciation
It’s his pleasure to visit 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?
2. Practise these sentences
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Eg: This house is bigger than my house.
Eg: She is more beautiful than her sister.
II. Grammar and vocabulary
Comparative and superlative adjectives
1. Comparative (so s¸nh h¬n)
Form: ( be) + short adj + ER + than
Form: (be) + more + long adj +than
Notes: 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.

Eg: Duy is the tallest in the class.
Eg: Duy is the most intelligent in the class.
2.Superlative (So s¸nh h¬n nhÊt)
Form: (be) + the + short adj + est.
(be) + the most + long adj

II. Grammar and vocabulary
Notes: good – better – the best
bad – worse – the worst
far – farther/further – the farthest/ the furthest.
many(much) – more – most
litte – less - least
Comparative
Cheaper
more expensive
younger
happier
bigger
more intelligent
more beautiful
worse
farther
newer
more dangerous

Exercise 1: Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives
Adjective
1. cheap
2. expensive
3. young
4. happy
5. big
6. busy
7. intelligent
8. beautiful
9. bad
10. far
11. new
12. dangerous


Superlative
the cheapest
the most expensive
the youngest
the happiest
the biggest
the most intelligent
the most beautiful
the worst
the farthest
the newest
the most dangerous

Exercise 2. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.
E.g: 1. family / the / am /my / in / I / oldest
I am the oldest in my family.
2. Sister / me / my / than / younger / is
My sister is younger than me.
3. class / Who / oldest / the / the / in/ is /?
Who is the oldest in the class?
4. passenger / plane / used to be / Concord / world / fastest / the / in / the
Concord used to be the fastest passenger plane in the world.
5. book / interesting / than / my / your / more / is / book
Your book is more interesting than my book.
6. bought / expensive / shop / the / in / watch / most / Peter / the
Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop.
7. cheapest / buy / you /shop / in / the / the / did /watch?
Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop?
8. difficult / German / English / is / than / more / much
German is much more difficult than English.
9. weather / better / today / than / much / is / yesterday / the
The weather today is much better than yesterday.


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.
Transport solutions.
First of all, walking is obviously the cheapest
means of travelling, and can be the quicker
in a city centre. Of course, the further you have
to go, the more so tired you will become.
In some ways walking is more healthier than
travelling by bus or car, but it can be just as the
unhealthy because cities are the much more
polluted than they used to be. Cars are faster
of course and more than convenient, but as cities
become more of crowded, parking is getting
harder. Sometimes public transport is better,
even though buses don’t go as fast as cars do it.
Cars are a lot more and convenient but as they
cause most pollution, it is the better to avoid
using them if possible. In a city the fastest way
of travelling is on a bike, which keeps you fitter
and is not so that noisy as a motorbike or a car.
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Do exercises in workbook, and do test yourself F