GrammarUnit 15

You want to make friends with student B.. Ask him/her to find out his/her name, country, nationality, language, class, hobby favorite sports/food and drink, etc.. You want to make f

ACTIVITY 1 Fill in the blanks and then check with a partner

ACTIVITY 2: Make dialogues Practice with a partner Use the table on activity 1.

Mary: Who’s that?

Daisy: That’s…………

Mary: Where is he/she from?

Daisy: He/She’s from …………

Mary: What’s his/her nationality?

Daisy: He/She’s …………

Mary: Which language does he/she speak?

Daisy: He/she speaks…………

ACTIVITY 3: SITUATIONS Work in pairs One is Student A and the other is Student B.

• STUDENT A

You are a Vietnamese You

come to a party There are

many foreign students there

You want to make friends with

student B Ask him/her to find

out his/her name, country,

nationality, language, class,

hobby (favorite sports/food

and drink), etc.

• STUDENT B You are a Canadian You come

to a party There are many foreign students there You want to make friends with student A Ask him/her to find

out his/her name, country,

nationality, language, class, hobby (favorite sports/food

and drink), etc.

Activity 4: Fill the blanks with the correct comparative

and superlative form of the words.

Compa-rative

Compa-rative

Superlative

1 thin ………… ……… 7 difficult ……… ……….

2 long ………… ………. 8 easy ……… ……….

3 wet ………… ………. 9 exciting ……… ……….

4 dangerous ………… ………. 10 hot ……… ……….

5 far ………… ………. 11 bad ……… ……….

6 good ………… ………. 12 lovely ……… ……….

ACTIVITY 5: Some words miss a few letters Listen and fill them in Then work with a partner to compare the

answers.

1 Mexico city is the b_ _ g_ _t city in the world It has a population of 13.6 million.

2 Tokyo is smaller It has a p_ _ _ l_ti_ _

of 12 million.

3 London is the _ ma_le_ _ of these three cities It has a population of 6.3 _ _ l_ io_.

4 Vietnam’s cities are small The c_ p_t_ _ city has a population of 2.6 million.

ACTIVITY 6: Read and then answer the questions with a

partner.

Sears Tower in Chicago,

USA, is tall It is 442

meters high But it is not

the tallest building in the

world

PETRONAS Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is taller It is 452 meters

high It is the tallest building in the world

Which is taller: Sears Tower

or PETRONAS Twin Towers?

The Great Wall

of China is the

world’s longest

structure It is

over 6,000 km

long.

It is between 4

and 12 meters

high.

It is over 9

meters thick.

1 How long is the Great Wall?

2 How high is the Great Wall?

3 How thick is the Great Wall?

Hi My name’s Lan I’m Vietnamese My country is very beautiful.

We have lots of beautiful beaches It is a great country.

We have lots of rain, so the country is very green We have big forests and we don’t have any deserts.

We have great rivers like the Red and the Mekong Rivers

We have lots of lakes, too

We have lots of mountains.

ACTIVITY 7

Listen and

match the

sentences

with the

correct

pictures.

ACTIVITY 8: The class is divided into two groups

Compete with each other to make as many

comparisons as you can The adjectives in the

box can be used MORE THAN ONCE.

1 cheap/ slow/ expensive

A bicycle is cheaper than a car

………

………

………

………

ACTIVITY 9: Build up sentences using the clues given.

2 dirty/ friendly/ intelligent/ noisy

………

………

………

………

3 heavy/ fast/ quiet/ dangerous

………

………

………

………