Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Ex1. Complete the passage below with a suitable comparative from of the adjectives provided.
Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0. good) ____________ better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high) ____________ education, and (2. easy) ____________ access to (3. good) ____________ facilities. Life there is (4. exciting) ____________ and (5. convenient) _______________ .They may be right, but there`s one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) ____________ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly) ____________ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) ____________ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe) ____________ . Perhaps the (10. good) ____________ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Ex1. Complete the passage below with a suitable comparative from of the adjectives provided.
better
higher
better
easier
more exciting
more convenient
happier
friend lider
safe
fast
best
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Ex2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.
Traditionally soundly generously slowly healthily
1. Can you speak ___________? My English is not good.
2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep___________ .
3. Nowadays, people dress_______________ , so it`s difficult to say which country they are from.
4. It`s not always true that rich people donate ___________ than poor people.
5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat____________ .
more slowly
more soundly
less traditionally
more generously
more healthily
1.Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do ________.
2.We`ll be late for the fair. Can you drive ________?
3.On Sunday, we can get up ________ than usual.
4.The farmers have to work ________ at harvest time.
5.You look tired. Are you feeling ________ than you did this morning?
6. My mother has to get up ________ than us to milk the cows.
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Ex3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative from of hard, early, late, fast, well and badly
better
faster
later
harder
worse
earlier
1. People in rural areas of Britain talk optimistically/ more optimistically about the future than city people.
2. In India, rural areas are more popularly/ popular known as the ‘countryside’.
3. A village is less densely populated/ more densely populated than a city.
4. City people seem to react quickly/ more quickly to changes than country people.
5. Medical help can be less easily/ more easily obtained in a city than in the countryside.
6. A buffalo ploughs better/ more well than a horse.
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Ex4. Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences.
fast
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Ex5. Write the answers to the questions below.
1.Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside?
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2.Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being?
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3.Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern town?
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Life in a remote area is harder.
A computer works faster at calculus.
The countryside is more peaceful.
Period 11: Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
I. GRAMMAR
Ex5. Write the answers to the questions below.
4.Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?
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5.
Who can smell better, animals or human beings?
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Animals can smell better than human beings.
Ho Chi Minh City is more expensive.