Unit13(12cb)L.focus-thi GVG tinh

Examples: Mai is getting fatter and fatter The rain was heavier and heavier He writes more and more carefully Exceptions: good / well  better and better bad / badly  worse and wor

Presented by :Vu Thi Phuong

MARCH 23rd ,2009

UNIT 13: THE 22nd SEA

GAMES

E LANGUAGE FOCUS

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It is difficult for us to find a good job.

I/ Pronunciation: linking consonant +vowel

Practice

1.look at 2.took off

3 quite old 4.from Australia

5 friends in London 6.It’s upstairs

7.Tom used to 8.put on

9 move into 10.turn off

Finding a good job is becoming more and more difficult

It is becoming harder and harder to find a good job.

II/ Grammar: Double comparison

Examples: Mai is getting fatter and fatter

The rain was heavier and heavier

He writes more and more carefully

Exceptions: good / well  better and better

bad / badly  worse and worse

Comparative and comparative

Her life is becoming better and better

6.The suitcase seemed to get

7.Her English is improving;

f better and better

g heavier and heavier as

I carried it upstairs.

* Exercise 2: Complete sentences with the structure comparative and comparative.

E.g 1.The cost of living is very high It has

become……….(high)

 higher and higher

2.Our lessons are ……….(interesting)

 more and more interesting

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)

shorter and shorter

more and more expensive

worse and worse

more and more complicated

better and better

more and more active

more and more difficult

closer and closer

The supermarket is big, the choice is wide

The bigger the supermarket (is),the wider the choice (is).

The more carelessly he drove ,the more dangerous he became

He drove carelessly He became dangerous.

B STRUCTURE 2 The comparative , the comparative

1 With short adjectives/adverbs:

 The older you get, the harder you find a job.

Exceptions: many/ much the more far  the farther/further little the less

2 With long adjectives/adverbs :

->The more difficult the game is ,the more interesting it is.

3 With clauses :

Cấu trúc này được dùng để diễn đạt 2 sự kiện cùng thay đổi có liên quan đến nhau: càng , th ì càng

The + short adj/adv -ER +S +V, the +short adj/adv -ER +S+V

The more + long adj/adv +S +V, the more + long adj/adv+S +V

The more + S + V , the more +S + V

Exercise 3:

Complete each of the following sentences ,using the structure : the +comparative , the + comparative Choose

a suitable half - sentence from the box

Example: The earlier we leave,

1.The warmer the weather,

2.The more you practise 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 faster you will learn

the more impatient he became

the sooner we will arrive

the more I liked him the better I feel

the more you want the higher your bill will be the better the service

Game Lucky numbers

1 I live far ,I feel homesick

2 You are young ,you learn quickly

The younger you are , the more quickly you learn.

3 You work hard, you earn much money.

 The harder you work, the more money you earn.

4.His health /become/ bad.

His health is becoming worse and worse.

5.You practise English much, you speak

it fluently.

 The more you practise English, the

more fluently you speak it.

6 Prices go up and up

 Everything is getting more and more expensive.

I/Pronunciation : Linking

II/Grammar: Double comparison

1.Comparative and comparative

2.The comparative , the comparative

Do the exercises in the workbook

Learn the grammar by heart

Prepare for the new lesson

Good bye!