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Period 11: A Closer Look 2

Cross out one noun which does
not go with the verb.

WATE
R

HAY

COLLECT

WOOD

MILK

Cross out one noun which does not
go with the verb.

HERD
THE
CATTLE

THE
SHEEP

Cross out one noun which does not
go with the verb.

RICE

GROW
GRASS

MEAT

Cross out one noun which does not
go with the verb.

WILD
FLOWERS

PICK
POST

APPLES

1. Short and Long Adjectives:
- Short adjectives: with one
Ex: big, small, tall, thick, hot, warm…
syllable
- Long adjectives: with two or more syllables
Ex: useful, expensive, modern, beautiful…
Exceptions:The following adjectives are
considered as 'short'.
+ Adjectives with two syllables
ending in “y”:
Ex: funny, easy, pretty, happy, lazy,
crazy…

- Adjectives ending in mute “e” , drop “e” then
add “_ER”.
Ex: safe  safer nice  nicer
- Adjectives ending in a consonant, preceded by a

vowel, double the ending consonant, then add
“_ER”.
Ex: big  bigger
fat  fatter

- Adjectives with 2 syllables ending in “y”, drop
“y” then add “_IER”.
Ex: happy  happier

lucky  luckier

- Adjectives ending in _w, _er, _le_et , add “ER”.
Ex: new  newer

clever  cleverer

2. Comparatives:
a) Short Adjectives

Ex1:
S

Be Adj_er

2. Comparatives:
a) Short Adjectives

Ex2:

2. Comparatives:
a) Short Adjectives

FORM:

Ex:

Note: We use comparative adjectives to
compare two things, people or

fast / slow
slower than the car.
1. The horse is……………
faster
2. The car is ………….. than the horse.

long / short
longer than the worm. 
3. The snake is ……….
4. The worm is …………than
the snake.
shorter

2. Comparatives:
b) Long Adjectives

Ex1:
S

Be

long adj

2. Comparatives:
b) Long Adjectives

Ex2:

beautiful
more beautiful than princess
1. Princess Silvia is ………….………..
Maria.

expensive
more expensivethan Tokyo.
3. I think London is ……………….……

2. Comparatives:
b) Long Adjectives

FORM:

Ex:

Ex: Peter is less fat than David.
Dong Nai is less modern than Chicago.

REMEMBER (Comparatives of Adjs)
- Short Adjectives:

- Long Adjectives:

* Less/Inferior Comparatives:

* Irregular Comparatives
Adjectives

Comparatives

good

better

bad

worse

little

less

many / much

more

far

farther / further

old

older / elder

1. Complete the passage below with a suitable comparative
form 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) _______
higher education, and (2. easy)
_______
easier access to (3.good) _______
better facilities. Life there is
more exciting and (5.convenient)
(4.exciting) ______________
more convenient
_________________.
They may be right, but there's one thing they might
not know. I feel (6.happy) _________
happier here than in a
crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7.friendly)
______________
more friendly than city folk. I know every boy in my
village. Life here is not as (8. fast) _____
fast as that in the city
safer Perhaps the (10.good) _______
best
and I feel (9.safe) ______.
place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.

* Comparative forms of adverbs
* Comparative forms of Adverbs are just like the
Comparative forms of Adjectives.

FORM:

- Only these following adverbs (the same form as
adjectives) are short: soon, late, early, fast,
hard…
FORM:

Ex: Phong gets up earlier than anyone in his
family.
Nga works harder than Nam (does).

2.Complete the sentences with suitable comparative
forms of adverbs in the box.
Traditionally, soundly, generously, slowly,healthily
1. Can you speak _______________?
My English is
more slowly
not good.
2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep
_______________.
more soundly
3. Nowadays, people dress __________________,
less traditionally so
it's difficult to say which country they are from.
4. It's not always true that rich people donate
__________________
more generously than poor people.
5. If you want to stay slim, you have to
eat _______________.
more 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
__________.
better
2. We'll be late for the fair. Can you drive faster
______?
later than usual.
3. On Sunday, we can get up _______
4. The farmers have to work ________
harder at harvest
time.
5. You look tired. Are you feeling ________
worse than
you did this morning?
earlier than us
6. My mother has to get up __________
to milk the cows.

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

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.

5. Write the answers to the questions below.
1. Which place is more peaceful, the city or the
countryside?
→ The
________________________________________
countryside is more peaceful than the city.
2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a
human being?
→A________________________________________
computer works faster at calculus than a
3. human
Which one
is harder, life in a remote area or life
being
in a modern town?
→ Life
________________________________________
in a remote area is harder than that in a
4. modern
Which city
is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City
town
or Hue?
→ Ho
________________________________________
Chi Minh City is more expensive than Hue.
5. Who can smell better, animals or human
Animals can smell better than human beings.
beings?

- Review the grammar points:
Comparative forms + of Adjectives
and Adverbs.
- Do exercises B 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 in
workbook (page 10 and 11)
- Prepare for Unit 2: Communication

faster than others.
1. Farmers collect fruit __________
(fast)
2. A city has _______________
more interesting activities than
the countryside. (interesting)
3. The city offers more services. It's much
_____________________
more convenient than the countryside.
(convenient)
4. Some people think that country folks are
____________
friendlier
than city people. (friendly)
5. This task can be completed more
__________
easily
than that one. (easy)

Notes: How to add “_ER”

* Other cases:

CDs

floppies

modern
more
2. CDs are ………………….
Nobody
modern
uses floppy
disks nowadays.

faster than others.
1. Farmers collect fruit __________
(fast)
2. A city has _______________
more interesting activities than
the countryside. (interesting)
3. The city offers more services. It's much
_____________________
more convenient than the countryside.
(convenient)
4. Some people think that country folks are
____________
friendlier
than city people. (friendly)
5. This task can be completed more
__________
easily
than that one. (easy)

Complete the sentences with comparative forms of the
adverbs in brackets

1. Farmers collect fruit ___than others. (fast)
2. That young nomad herds his livestock
_______ than his father. (well)
3. City children seem to react ______ than
those in the countryside. (quickly)
4. After the summer holiday in a remote area,
Jim studies ________. (hard)
5. My cousin painted his own room _______
than I did. (skillfully)

1. My mum often wakes up at 5.30 am while I often
wake up at 6.30 am. (early)
=> My mum often wakes up ____________.
2. According to a survey, 70% of city teenagers use
their mobiles every day. The rate in the
countryside is only 30%. (frequently)
=> City teenagers use their mobiles ________.
3. Jack and Jim are both excellent at riding horses
but Jim is a bit better than Jack. (excellently)
=> Jack rides _________.
4. The boys in the village can fly kites very high; I'm
not that good. (high)
=> The boys in the village can fly _________.