Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 13: The 22nd Sea games

 Complete the sentences, using “Double” Comparatives 1.It’s becoming ………... Exercise 2: Complete the sentences using the structure comparative + and + comparative with the words in bra

(Language focus)

Tuesday March, 1th 2011

1.Look at the picture; give the correct

form of the words in brackets.

Mary Linda Helen

a Mary is not (tall) as Helen.

b Mary and Helen, Who is (tall)?

c Linda is the (tall) girl in the picture.

 as tall as

 taller

 tallest

2.Read the situation and answer the question below:

Lan was very beautiful last year.

This year she is more beautiful than last year Today she looks much more beautiful than usual. What can you say about Lan?

 Lan is more and more beautiful.

1.look at



2 took off



3 quite old



4 from Australia



5 friends in



6 it’s upstairs



10 turn off



9 move into



8 Put on



7 Tom used to



II Grammar: Double comparison

Ex: - The weather is getting colder and colder

- Mai speaks English more and more fluently

- They work harder and harder

 S + V + short adj /adv + ER + and + short adj/adv + ER.

 S + V + more and more + long adj /adv.

•Use: We use these structures to say that something

is changing continuously and increasingly.

 Complete the sentences,

using “Double” Comparatives

1.It’s becoming ……… to find a job (hard)

2 Travelling is becoming ……… (expensive)

3 My bags seemed to get ……… as I carried them (heavy )

 harder and harder.

 more and more expensive.

 heavier and heavier.

A B

1. Finding a job is becoming

2. Traveling is becoming

3. As I waited for my interview,

I became

4. That hole in your pullover is

getting

5. As the conversation went on,

he became

6. The suitcase seemed to get

7. Her English is improving; it’s

getting

a. bigger and bigger

b. more and more difficult

c. more and more talkative

d. more and more and more

nervous

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.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences using the structure

comparative + and + comparative with the words in brackets

1.His visit to New York seemed to get ………(short)

because he was very busy at work.

2 Eating and traveling 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)

shorter and shorter

more & more expensive

worse and worse

more and more complicated better and better

more and more active

Use: We use these structures to say about

a change in one thing causing a change in another

II Grammar: Double comparison

2 The + comparative, the + comparative:

Càng … bao nhiêu, càng … b y nhiêu.ấy nhiêu

Ex:

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

-The more interesting the film is, the more

expensive the ticket is.

- The younger you are, the more quickly you learn

The+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V , the+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V… more+long adj/adv more+long adj/adv

 Choose the best answer among A, B, C

or D to complete each sentence.

1 … the man gets, …… he becomes

A The more old/ the more weak B older/ weaker

2 …… … difficult the lesson is, ………….…… we try

A The more/the harder B The more/the hardest

C The most/the harder D The more/the most hard

3 ……… Mary gets, ……… she is

A The old/ the cleverer B The older/ the cleverer

C The older/ cleverer D older/ the cleverer

D

A

B

Exercise 3: Choose a suitable half- sentence to

complete each of the sentences below.

complete each of the sentences below

the faster you will learn

the more impatient he became

the sooner we will arrive

the higher your bill will be

the more I liked him the better I feel

the more you want the better the service

Ex: 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, ……….

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

Further practice:

Identify the mistakes from the underlined parts.

1 They have to work hard and harder to earn money

A B C D

2 The longer she stays in England, the gooder her

A B

English will be

C D

3 Everything gets more expensive and more expensive

A B C D

4 The most you speak, the more fluently you can speak

A B C D

Now let’s play our

game!

“Lucky number”

Choose one type of sports you like best.

swimming football tennis cycling

3 Everything gets more expensive and more expensive

A B C D

4 The most you speak, the more fluently you can speak

A B C D

1 They have to work hard and harder to earn money.

A B C D

2.The longer she stays in England, the gooder her

A B

English will be

C D

A

C

B C

- Practise reading the sentences, liking

the words together.

- Do again exercises 1,2,3.

- Prepare TESTYOURSELF F.