Unit 8 Language focus 4 and 5

Unit 8: 8 Country Life and City Life Lesson 5: Language Focus PRESENT PROGRESSIVE Examples: It is 8.30 am now.. Tom is playing table tennis now.[r]

+ Present progressive:

- to show about the future

- to show changes with get and become

+ Comparative and superlative adjectives

Unit 8

Unit 8: Country Life and City Life Country Life and City Life

Lesson 5: Language Focus

Match the verbs in column A and the phrases in the column B

1 play

2 do

3 leave

4 go

5 become

a cold

b at 6.30 pm

c table tennis

d homework tonight.

e the guitar lesson.

1 + c: play table tennis

2 + d: do homework tonight

3 + b: leave at 6.30 pm.

4 + e: go to the guitar lesson

5 + a: become cold.

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Examples:

It is 8.30 am now Tom is playing table tennis now

I am doing my homework tonight The train is leaving at 6.30 pm The weather is becoming cold

I Formation:

Subject + am / is / are + V-ING ….

II Usages:

To talk an action happening at the moment

of speaking.

To talk about the future that is planned.

To show changes with get and become.

Unit 8

Unit 8: Country Life and City Life Country Life and City Life

Lesson 5: Language Focus

1 READ THE DIALOGUES

Is that Lady of the Lake ? I’m very sorry, madam, but it’s been delayed.

Now, it’s leaving at 10.40

Is the boat to Dong Hoi leaving at 10.25 ?

That’s right.

- Oh, no!

•- Is the boat to Nha Trang leaving at

11.40?

• Yes.

• Thank you.

- Is that City of Hue ?

-It’ s leaving on time.

Ship name Origin Time of

Arrival Status Revised Time

Diamond

Eyes

- Is the boat from Ca Mau Ca Mau

arriving at 11.00 ?

- That’s right.

- Is that Diamond Eyes Diamond Eyes ?

- It’ s arriving on time.

2 COMPLETE THE DIALOGUES USE THE VERBS IN THE PRESENT PROGREESIVE TENSE

a) Nam: What are you doing tonight?

Bao: I’ m playing ( 0) table tennis.

b) Uncle Thach: Would you and Lan like to go to the movies?

Hoa: Sorry, we can’t We (1) homework.

c) Mrs Vui: Are you watching the seven o’clock news?

Mr Nhat: No, I (2) a program on rainforests.

d) Hoa: I’m going to the beach on Saturday

Lan: Lucky you! I (3) to my violin lesson.

e) Mrs Thoa: Are you free on Sunday afternoon?

Na: No, Mom and I (4) the house.

f) Nga: Can you fix my computer on Friday afternoon?

Mr Lam: I’m afraid not I (5) a meeting that afternoon.

are doing

am watching

am going

are cleaning

am having

3 Complete the sentences Use the verbs and adjectives in the box.

the boys / tall

b The old

men

c We should go home

It

d The

weather

e The

students

f The school

yard

get becom e

bette r

clean er

cold dark tall weak

• b) The old men are getting weak.

• c) We should go home It is getting

dark.

• d) The weather is becoming cold.

• e) The students are becoming better.

• f) The school yard is becoming

cleaner.

Unit 8

Unit 8: Country Life and City Life Country Life and City Life

Lesson 5: Language Focus

3 Irregular adjectives

2 Long adjectives

1 Short adjectives

THE + ADJECTIVE + EST ADJECTIVE + ER

MORE + ADJECTIVE

Many

Good  Better  the best

Busy easy expensive cheap good bad poor big accessible fresh

+ The traffic in the city is busier than the traffic in the countryside.

+ The transport in the city is easier than the transport in the countryside + The air in the countryside is fresher than the air in the city.

+ The entertainments in the city are better than the entertainments in the

countryside.

Or

The entertainments in the countryside are poorer than the

entertainments in the city

+ The medical facilities in the city are more accessible than the medical facilities in the countryside.

+ The schools in the city are better than the schools in the

countryside.

+ The electricity in the city is better than the electricity in the

countryside.

• Modern

air-conditioned house

with garden, new,

1,000m2, 6.6 million

dong per month.

• Tel: 8 362 314

• Beautiful apartment with balcony, only 2 years old, 30m 2,,

900,000 million dong per month.

• Lovely villa, five years old

150m2, 7.8 million dong per month.

• Tel: 8 293 640

5 Compare the house, the villa and the apartment Use the adjectives

Small

H

Hot

than the apartment.

The villa is more expensive than

the house.

The house is the most

expensive of all

2

2 Old

The apartment is older than the

house.

The villa is older than the

apartment.

The villa is the oldest of all.

3

3 Small

The apartment is smaller than

the villa.

The villa is smaller than the

house.

The apartment is the smallest

of all.

the apartment.

The house is The house is more beautiful than more beautiful than the villa.

The house is The house is the most beautiful the most beautiful

of all

The villa is The villa is bigger than bigger than the apartment.

The house is The house is bigger than bigger than the villa.

The house is The house is the biggest the biggest of all.

3

3 H Hot

The apartment is The apartment is hotter than hotter than the villa.

The villa is The villa is hotter than hotter than the house.

The apartment is The apartment is the hottest the hottest of all.