Unit 8. Country life and city life

LE HONG PHONG
SECONDARY SCHOOL
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
ENGLISH 8
Give the adjectives belong to city or country
busy, tall, expensive, beautiful, modern, noisy,
peaceful, fresh, friendly, quiet, accessible, small
- Noisy
- Accessible
- Modern
- Tall
- Expensive
- Fresh
- Friendly
- Small
- Beautiful
- peaceful


Period 46
SPEAK
L. FOCUS 3, 5
UNIT 8
COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Monday, Dec. 3rd, 2012
A. SPEAK :
Nam
10 years ago
Ba: How was Nam 10 years ago ?
Hoa: He was thin..
Now
Ba: What about now ?.
Hoa: He is becoming fatter.
I. Look at the pictures and talk about the
changes of the town.
busy tall beautiful modern noisy dirty expensive
5 years ago
now
* Using the cues:
- traffic => busy - houses => tall / modern
- town => beautiful - street => noisy
- air => dirty - food / goods => expensive
Examples:
The traffic is becoming busier.
The houses..........................
are becoming taller
II. Talk about changes in your hometown:
The school
The street
The traffic
The house
The school is getting bigger.
The street is becoming cleaner.
The traffic is getting nosier/ busier.
The house is becoming taller/
more modern
B. Language focus
3 - 5


1. Present progressive
to show changes with
GET and BECOME
I. L. focus 3
Form :
S + be + getting / becoming + adj
Ex: - The boys are getting taller
- The weather is becoming cold
* Meaning: something or nobody become better, …..
II. Practice: Complete the sentences . Use the verbs and adjectives in the boxes.
get - better - dark - become - cleaner - tall - cold - weak
b. The old men ………………………….
c. We should go home. It ………………
d. The weather ………………………….
e. The students …………………………
f. The school yard………………………
are getting weak
is becoming dark
is becoming cold
are getting better
is becoming cleaner
II. l. Focus 5
1. Comparative and
superlative adjectives
a. Comparative of adjectives
Short Adj: S+ be + adj-er + than + …
Long Adj: S + be + more + adj + than + …
Eg:
- You are taller than your father.
- She is more intelligent than you.
b. Superlative of adjectives
Short adj: S + be + the + adj - est
Long adj: S + be + the most + adj
Eg:
- Hoa is the youngest in her family
- She is the most beautiful in her class
2. Look at the advertisements. Compare the house , the villa and the apartment . Use the adjectives in the box .

expensive old small beautiful big hot

Ex :
-The house is more expensive than the apartment
-The apartment is smaller the villa
-The villa is the oldest home
3. Make the sentences ::
a.The boys / get / tall.
b. The school yard / become / cleaner.
c. The weather / get / hot.
d. The students / become / better.
The boys are getting taller.
The school yard is becoming cleaner.
The weather is getting hotter.
The students are becoming better.
- Do exercises again.
Learn by heart all the structures.
Be ready for: LISTEN – L. FOCUS 1,2
C. At home: