Unit 6 - Tell me! What's it like?

TELL ME! WHAT’S IT LIKE?
Unit 6
By Le Bang Tam – DH PY
Starter

What is the capital city of your country? What is the population? Is it an old or modern city?
Write down the two things that you like about Hanoi and two things that you don’t like. Tell the class.


World Travel
What’s it like?
Read about Todd Bridges.
What do you know about
- Melbourne

- Dubai

- Paris
Practice
What’s Chicago like?
Complete the conversation

Listen and check

Pairwork: Practice it with your partner

Ask and answer the same questions about Tuy Hoa
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Read the conversation and complete it.

Listen and check


COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES


GRAMMAR SPOT
1. What are the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives?
2. What are the comparative and superative forms of:
Far
Good
Bad

What are the rules?

bigger

biggest

lousier

prettier

quiet
More astounding

better
best
worse
farthest/furthest

less
more
most
more
Comparatives and superlatives
well
worst
COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
2. Pronunciation:
Listen and repeat the sentences.

Listen and check
practise the sentences with your partner.


What is the capital of VN? Thailand, Singapore and China?
PRACTICE
Comparing four capital cities
Pairwork:
1. Match the cities and the photographs.

2. Read about the four cities. Students A read about Paris and Beijing, students B read about stockholm and Brasillia.

3. Compare the four cities

4. Compare Hanoi, Nha Trang, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh city
PRACTICE
Conversation
Pairwork:

5. Complete the conversations and practise them.

6. Correct the sentences.
READING AND SPEAKING
A tale of two millionaires
Pre-reading:
1. Who are the richesst people in VN?
Where does their money come from?
How do they spend their money?
2. Match the verbs and the nouns

Reading:
3. Read quickly about Milton Petrie. Can you remember any examples of his kindness?

4. Read quickly about Hetty Green. Can you remember any examples of her meanness?
READING AND SPEAKING
A tale of two millionaires
Reading:
5. Work in pairs, one student reads about Milton, the other reads about Hetty. Answer the questions about the person who read the other text.
1. When was he/she born?
2. What were his/her parents like?
3. How did he/she become so wealthy?
4. Who wore ragged clothes?
5. What was the meanest thing Hetty did?

READING AND SPEAKING
A tale of two millionaires

Reading:

5. What was the meanest thing Hetty did?
6. Why did Milton like making a lot of money?
7. Who did he/she marry?
8. When did he/she die? How old was he/she?
9. Who left the most money? Who did he/she leave it to?

READING AND SPEAKING
A tale of two millionaires

Groupwork: Discuss these questions

* How were Milton and Hetty’s childhood different?
* How did their childhood affect them later?
* Why was Milton especially generous to policemen?
* Why did Hetty’s daughter build a hospital?
* What was the kindest thing Milton did?
* Who had the happier life? Milton or Hetty?
READING AND SPEAKING
A tale of two millionaires

Groupwork: Discuss these questions

* Who do you like better, Milton or Hetty? Why?
* How would you like to spend money if you are a millionaire? Give some reasons.


VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION
Synonyms - Antonyms


Synonyms: Complete the conversations using an adjective from the box.
Listen and check.

Antonyms: Matching
It is sometimes more polite to use not very and an opposite adjective, e.g:

Tom’s so short. - Well, he’s not very tall.


VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION
Synonyms - Antonyms


Work in pairs, one student says the sentences and the other replies to them in a more polite way using antonyms of the given adjectives.

London’s such an expensive city.
Paul and Sue are so mean.
Their house is always so messy.
Their children are so noisy.
John looks so miserable.
His sister’s so stupid


EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Directions

Work in pairs, find these things in the map.
* a farm * a wood * a pond * a path
* a hill * a river * a bridge * a gate

2. Work in groups of four, read the descriptions and add the places to the map.

3. Pairwork: Ask and answe questions about the places on the map. Use the prepositions from exercises 2

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Directions

Pairwork

4. Complete the directions with the prepositions in the box.

5. Give your partner directions to get to your house from the University.