Unit 16 - Historical places- Language focus

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I Pronunciation

plea s ure ma ch ine mea s ure Swedi sh

A s ia wa sh ing illu s ion Engli sh

massa ge spe c ial

1 Listen and repeat.

I Pronunciation

1 It’s his pleasure to visit Asia.

2 You shouldn’t have any illusions about television.

3 A massage can be a good measure to help you relax.

4 Does this shop sell washing machines?

5 Is he English or Swedish?

6 Is there anything special on TV tonight?

2 Practise these sentences

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Eg: This house is bigger than my house.

Eg: She is more beautiful than her sister.

II Grammar and vocabulary

• Comparative and superlative adjectives

• 1 Comparative (so s¸nh h¬n)

Notes: double the final consonant if it comes right after a vowel.

E.g: big – bigger thin – thinner

- For adjectives ending in –y, change –y to –i and then add - er.

Eg: Duy is the tallest in the class Eg: Duy is the most intelligent in the class.

2.Superlative (So s¸nh h¬n nhÊt)

Form: (be) + the + short adj + est.

(be) + the most + long adj

II Grammar and vocabulary

Notes: good – better – the best

bad – worse – the worst

far – farther/further – the farthest/ the furthest.

many(much) – more – most

litte – less - least

Cheaper more expensive younger

happier bigger more intelligent more beautiful worse

farther newer more dangerous

Exercise 1: Write the comparative and superlative

forms of the adjectives

Adjective

1 cheap

2 expensive

3 young

4 happy

5 big

6 busy

7 intelligent

8 beautiful

9 bad

10 far

11 new

12 dangerous

Superlative

the cheapest the most expensive the youngest

the happiest the biggest the most intelligent the most beautiful the worst

the farthest the newest the most dangerous

Exercise 2 Put the words in the correct order to make

sentences or questions.

2 Sister / me / my / than / younger / is

My sister is younger than me.

3 class / Who / oldest / the / the / in/ is /?

Who is the oldest in the class?

4 passenger / plane / used to be / Concord / world / fastest / the / in / the Concord used to be the fastest passenger plane in the world.

5 book / interesting / than / my / your / more / is / book

Your book is more interesting than my book.

6 bought / expensive / shop / the / in / watch / most / Peter / the

Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop.

7 cheapest / buy / you /shop / in / the / the / did /watch?

Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop?

8 difficult / German / English / is / than / more / much

German is much more difficult than English.

9 weather / better / today / than / much / is / yesterday / the

The weather today is much better than yesterday.

Exercise 3 Look at carefully at each line Some of the lines are

correct, and some have a word which should not be there Put a tick (√) for each correct line If a line has a word which should not be there,

write the wors in the space

Transport solutions.

First of all, walking is obviously the cheapest

means of travelling, and can be the quicker

in a city centre Of course, the further you have

to go, the more so tired you will become

In some ways walking is more healthier than

travelling by bus or car, but it can be just as the

unhealthy because cities are the much more

polluted than they used to be Cars are faster

of course and more than convenient, but as cities

become more of crowded, parking is getting

harder Sometimes public transport is better,

even though buses don’t go as fast as cars do it

Cars are a lot more and convenient but as they

cause most pollution, it is the better to avoid

using them if possible In a city the fastest way

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Do exercises in workbook, and do test yourself F