unit 13- language focus

I want to move into a new flat with some friends.. - Structure 1: Comparative + and + comparative Short adj: adj-er and adj-er Long adj: more and more + adj + Use: To say that something

It’s played in the water with 7 players per team

It’s similar to football but the players use hand to pass the ball

Look at the picture

UNIT 13:THE 22ND SEA GAMES

LANGUAGE FORCUS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 TH 2010

Look at these pictures

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Rule: we link the last

consonant of the preceding

word with the first vowel of

the following.

Eg: Far away

She’s a teacher

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1 Look at these pictures.

2 The plane took off despite the fog.

3 Mrs Brown’s quite old.

4 She’s from Australia.

5 She has many friends in London.

6 It’s upstairs.

7 Tom used to live here.

8 Put on your helmet, please.

9 I want to move into a new flat with some friends.

10.Don’t forget to turn off the lights.

Nam is getting _ fatter and fatter

The Nam eats, the _ he is more fatter

- Structure 1:

Comparative + and + comparative

Short adj: adj-er and adj-er

Long adj: more and more + adj

+ Use: To say that something is changing

continuously

Eg: She is more and more beautiful.

The quality of this product is better and better

- Structure 2:

The + comparative, the +comparative

+ Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing.

Eg: The richer he is, the more miserly he becomes.

6 The suitcase seemed to get

7 Her English is improving, it’s

getting

a more and more nervous

b bigger and bigger

c More and more difficult

d More and more talkative

e More and more expensive

f Better and better

g Heavier and heavier as I

carried it upstairs

Exercise 1: Match a half-sentence from box A with a suitable half-sentence from box B to make meaningful sentences

Complete each of the sentences, using the structure comparative + and + comparative with the words in brackets:

As the day went on, the weather got (bad)worse and worse

Eating and traveling in this city is getting (expensive)

more and more expensive

As it was getting dark, it was becoming

_ to see everything in the house without electricity (difficult)

more and more difficult

Your English is OK now, your

pronunciation has

got (good)better and better

His visit to New York seemed to get because

he was very busy at work

(short)

shorter and shorter

We had to stop the discussion because the question was

becoming

(complicated)

more and more complicated

I feel happy as my birthday is becoming _ (close)

closer and closer

Little John is becoming

(active)

more and more active

Exercise 3: Complete each of the following sentences, using the structure: the + comparative, the + comparative Choose a suitable half-sentence from the box:

The faster you will learn

The more impatient he became

The sooner we will arrive

The higher your bill will be

The more I like him The better I feel The more you want The better the service

1 The warmer the weather, _.

2 The more you practice 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, .

the better I feel

the faster you will learn the more impatient he became

the higher your bill will be the better the service the more I like him the more you want

HOME WORK:

1.Review double comparatives

2.Prepare for the next lesson