Good afternoon, Everybody
WARM-UP:

HERD

THE SHEEP

THE CATTLE

_Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb._
WARM-UP:

GROW

RICE

MEAT

GRASS

_Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb._
WARM-UP:

PICK

APPLES

POST

_Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb._

WILD FLOWERS
UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
A closer look 2
S + be + Adj_er + than +…

S + be + more + Adj + than +…

(Comparatives of Adjs)

REMEMBER

1. Short Adjectives:

2. Long Adjectives:

S + be + less + Adj + than +…

* Less/Inferior Comparatives:

Ex:John is taller than Tom .

Ex:Mary is more/ less beautiful than her sister (is).
Adjectives

Comparatives
good

better
bad

worse
little

less
many / much

more
far

farther / further
old

older / elder
* Irregular Comparatives

safe – safer

Happy – happier

Lovely - lovelier
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.

I. Review: _Comparative forms of adjectives _

_safer _

_higher_

_easier_

_more exciting _

_more convenient_

_happier_

_more friendly_

_fast_

_best_

_better_
* Comparative forms of adverbs

What is a adverb?

He behaves badly.

She is extremely fast.

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb
How to form adverbs?

*Adjective + “ly” -> Adverb.

Slow-> slowly

beautiful-> beautifully
2. Happy -> happily

Easy -> easily
3. Irregular

Good – well

Fast- fast

Early- early

Hard- hard
* Comparative forms of adverbs

Short adverbs:

S + V + short Adv_ER + than +…

EX: She runs faster than him

Long adverbs:
S + V + MORE/ LESS + Long ADV + THAN

Ex:I dance less beautifully than her.

They run more slowly than me.
Irregular form

Well – better

Badly – worse

Early - earlier
_2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box._

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 generously _

_more soundly_

_more healthily_

_less traditionally_

_more slowly_

Traditionally - soundly- generously - slowly - healthily
3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative form of hard, early, late, fast, well and badly.

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.

better

faster

later

harder

worse

earlier
4. Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences.

*People in rural areas of Britain talk _optimistically /more optimistically_ about the future than city people. *In India, rural areas are more _popularly/ popular _known as the “countryside”. *A village is _less densely populated/ more densely populated_ than a city. *City people seem to react _quickly/ more quickly_ to changes than country people. *Medical help can be _less easily/ more easily_ obtained in a city than in the countryside. *A buffalo ploughs _better/ more well_ than a horse.
5. Write the answers to the questions below.

1. Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside?

→ ________________________________________

2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being?

→ ________________________________________

3. Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern town?

→ ________________________________________

4. Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?

→ ________________________________________

5. Who can smell better, animals or human beings?

→ ________________________________________

Animals can smell better than human beings.

The countryside is more peaceful than the city.

A computer works faster at calculus than a human being

Life in a remote area is harder than that in a modern town

Ho Chi Minh City is more expensive than Hue.
HOMEWORK

Review the grammar points: Comparative forms of Adjectives and Adverbs.

- Prepare for Unit 2: Communication