UNIT 5: CULTURAL IDENTITY
PERIOD 39: LANGUAGE

I. VOCABULARY
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1. assimilate (v): đồng hóa
2. maintain (v): duy trì
3. national costumes: trang phục dân tộc
4. custom (n): phong tục, tập quán
5. cultural practices (n): các hoạt động VH
6. multicultural (adj): đa văn hóa
7. intergrate (v): hợp nhất
8. relate (v): liên quan
9. races (n): loài, chủng tộc

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I. VOCABULARY
1. Write the words or
phrases given in the
box next to their
meanings.

1. national costumes
2. assimilate
3. custom
4. maintain
5. cultural practices
6. multicultural

2. Complete the
sentences with the
correct forms of the
words in 1.

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1. cultural practices
2. custom
3. national costumes
4. maintain
5. multicultural
6. assimilated

II. PRONUNCIATION: Assimilation
1. The following phrases are spoken in slow, careful
speech and in fast, connected speech. Listen and
repeat. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the
underlined sounds.

1b2b3b4b5b6b-

t k
dg
nŋ
nŋ
sʃ
zʒ

2. Listen and repeat the following sentences
spoken in fast, connected speech.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

t  k /// t  k
d  g /// d  g
n ŋ
s  ʃ /// s  ʃ
Z ʒ

III. GRAMMAR.
The present perfect vs the present perfect
continuous.
1. Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or
present perfect continuous.

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1. have cleaned
2. have been trying
3. has stood
4. has been working/ has planted
5. have gone
6. haven't finished

1.Look at the picture; give the correct
form of the words in brackets.

a. Mary is (tall) as Helen.
 as tall as
b. Mary and Helen, Who is (tall)?
 taller
c. Linda is (tall) girl in the picture.
 the tallest
Mary

Linda

Helen

REVISION

Compare the two things, using Comparative

Ex: Motorcycle is (expensive) than bicycle
more expensive

The airplane is (expensive)
the most expensive

$10,000

$120,000,000

REVISION

$100

A. Positive degree- so sánh bằng/ k bằng:
- S1 + be/V + as + adj / adv + as + S2+ (be/do)
- S1+ be/V+ not+ as/so + adj / adv + as + S2 + (be/do)
B. Comparative degree – so sánh hơn:
- S1+ be/V+ short adj / adv + er + than+ S2+ (be/do)
- S1+ be/V+ more + long adj / adv + than+ S2+ (be/do)
- S1+ be/V+ less + adj / adv + than +S2+ (be/do)
C. Superlative degree- so sánh hơn nhất:
- S+ be/V+ the + short adj / adv + est + (N) +…..
- S + be/V+ the + most + long adj / adv +(N) +…
- S + be/V+ the least + adj / adv + (N) +….

REVISION

Cách thêm '-er' với short adj.

Exceptions:

Cheap -> cheaper
-> the cheapest
good / well  better  the best
Large -> larger
-> the largest
bad / badly  worse  the worst
Thin -> thinner
-> the thinnest
Far  Further/farther  the furthest/farthest
Early -> earlier
 Older/elder
Old
-> the earliest
 the oldest/eldest
Little / a little
Much / many

 less 

the least

 more 

the most

• Clever -> more clever /
cleverer
-> the cleverest /
the most clever
( simple; narrow; quiet : có
thể sử dụng -er/ more… như
clever)

SITUATION 1
For lunch and dinner
For breakfast

What will happen to Nam?

• Nam will get fat.
• Nam is getting..............................(fat)
fatter and fatter.

SITUATION 2

Chart of the price of gold

higher and higher
The price of gold is becoming ................................(high)

SITUATION 3

and more beautiful
Lan more
is ....................................................(beautiful)

SITUATION 4
2 years ago

Now

The price of traveling becomes / is
more and more expensive
becoming
................................................
(expensive)

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DOUBLE COMPARISON

Comparative and comparative
(Càng ngày càng)
Form:
- Short adj/adv: S + be/V + adj/adv-er and adj/adv-er ….
- Long adj/adv: S + be/V + more and more + adj/adv ….
- Nam is getting fatter and fatter.
- Lan is more and more beautiful.
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Exceptions:
+ good/well  better and better
+ bad/ badly  worse and worse
. Meaning: càng ngày càng ....,
mỗi lúc một ..... hơn.

PRACTICE

Repeated comparatives ( so sánh kép).
2. Complete the following sentences with
the correct forms of the words in
brackets, using repeated comparatives.
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1. better and better
2. higher and higher
3. more and more difficult
4. faster and faster
5. fewer and fewer
6. more and more

3. Use the given information to complete
the sentences with repeated comparatives.
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1. is becoming colder and colder
2. are becoming lower and lower
3. More and more people
4. was driving faster and faster
5. Fewer and fewer customers

Matching – pairworks.
A

B

1.Finding a job is becoming
2.Traveling is becoming
3.As I waited for my interview
I became
4.That hole in your pullover is
getting
5.As the conversation went
on ,he became
6.The suitcase seemed to get
7.Her English is improving;
it's getting

a. more and more
nervous.
b. bigger and bigger
c.more and more difficult
d. more and more
talkative
e. more and more
expensive
f. better and better
g. heavier and heavier as
I carried it upstairs.

shorter and shorter
1.His visit to New York seemed to get …………………(short)
because he was very busy at work.
2. Eating and traveling in this city is getting
…………………………………………………..…(expensive)
more & more expensive
worse and worse
3. As the day went on, the weather got …………………..…(bad)
4. We had to stop the discussion because the question was
becoming…………............................(complicated)
more and more complicated
5. Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got
…………………………………..
(good)
better and better
6. Little John is becoming………………………………………..…(
active)
more and more active
7. As it was getting dark , it was becoming to see
everything…………………………………….............(
difficult)
more and more difficult
8. I feel happy as my birthday is coming........................(close)
closer and closer

SITUATION 1

The bigger
...............................(big)
the supermarket is,
the wider
................................(wide)
the choice is.

SITUATION 2

The more comfortable
.........................................(comfortable)
the hotel is,
the more expensive
..........................................(expensive)
the rent is.

DOUBLE COMPARISON

II.The + comparative, the + comparative
(Càng ……., càng ………)
• Short adj/adv:
• the adj/adv-er + S+ V, the adj/adv-er +S+V.
• Long adj/adv:

• The more+adj/adv +S+V, the more+adj/adv +S+V.
Meaning: càng .... càng .....
The bigger the supermarket is, the wider the choice is.
The more comfortable the hotel is, the more expensive the
rent is.

MILK

2 LOAVES OF BREAD

BEEF
MEAT

NAM
HAS…

PORK
CHICKEN

POTATO

SITUATION 3

The more (much) Nam eats, ......................
the fatter
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(fat) he will become.

Notes: With clauses:
The more + S + V
 The more Nam eats, the fatter he will
become.
The more we learn, the more we know