Unit

2

CITY LIFE

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

OPTION 1

WARM-UP
- Look at two bowls of spicy noodles.

- Which bowl of noodles
do you prefer?

√

√√

=> I like the second bowl
more than the first bowl.

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

Comparative
Chain game.

WARM-UP

OPTION 2
- Work in teams.
- Teacher chooses a category such as

HOW TO PLAY

“transportation”.
- The first team names something related
to the category, such as “underground
train.”

WARM-UP

OPTION 2
-

The

next

team

must

name

something

that

is comparative to the previous item, such as “bus” or

HOW TO PLAY

“taxi.” Then you use comparative to form a statement.
E.g. The bus is slower than the underground train.
- If a team cannot think of anything, they are out of the
game.
- The last team remaining wins.

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

LET'S PLAY

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
Look at the sentence:
The more expensive the rent in the city is, the fewer people can afford to
live there.
You can use “the” with comparative adjectives to emphasize that
one thing depends on another.
The + comparative adj 1 + clause 1, the + comparative adj 2 +
clause 2.

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
Look at Remember! box (p. 21):

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
1. Lan isn't home yet. The later / more late it gets, the
more worried I get about her.
2. He wants a new house. The larger the house is, the
comfortable / more comfortable he feels.
3. She thinks the bigger the city is, higher / the higher
the cost of living gets.

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
4. The famouser / more famous the city is, the higher
number of tourists it can attract.
5. The larger population the town has, more difficult /
the more difficult it is to find a job.

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

2 Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below
and correct it.

The hotter

1. I love the spicy food in this city. The hottest the food is, the more

A

C

B

D

I like it.
2. I got stuck in a traffic jam yesterday. The more congested the road,

A
more tired

the tired I became.

C

D

B

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

2 Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below
and correct it.

more modern
3. The modern the library is, the more attractive it is to teenagers.

A

B

D

C

4. The streets are getting dirtier. The more crowded this city is,

A
the more polluted

B

more polluted it becomes.

D

C

DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

2 Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below
and correct it.

uglier
5. The denser the buildings are, the more ugly the city becomes. It'll

B

A

soon look like a concrete jungle.

C

D

PHRASAL VERBS

3 Match a phrasal verb in column A with a suitable word / phrase
in column B.

A
1. get around
2. carry out
3. come down with
4. hang out with
5. cut down on

B
a. noise pollution
b. friends
c. a project
d. the city
e. the flu

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

d
c
e
b
a

PHRASAL VERBS
PHRASAL VERBS
get around
carry out
come down with
hang out with
cut down on

MEANING
move from place to place
/ go to a lot of different places
conduct
catch (a disease)
spend time a lot of time with sb
reduce

PHRASAL VERBS

4 Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb in 3. You can

change the form of the verb when necessary.
coming
down
with
1. I'm
a cold. I have a runny nose and a sore throat.
2. We all need to cut down on using our cars and ride our bikes
more to reduce air pollution.
3. When I was in town, I chose to get around by bus.
4. Where do teenagers in your neighbourhood oftenhang out with
each other?
5. The authority iscarrying out
a plan to solve traffic
congestion in the downtown area.

PHRASAL VERBS

EXTRA ACTIVITY

“FIND SOMEONE WHO............”

PHRASAL VERBS

EXTRA ACTIVITY

- Copy the table into notebooks.
- Ask your classmates to find at least
one person who says “Yes” to each
statement.
- The person who finishes table first
will say Bingo and become the winner
of the game.

PHRASAL VERBS
Find someone who…
1. likes getting around by public transport.
2. carried out a project last week.
3. came down with a flu or a cold last year.
4. often hangs out with friends in their free
time.
5. wants to cut down on the amount of
water they are using each day.

EXTRA ACTIVITY
Name

More
information

PRODUCTION

5 Work in pairs. Tell each other whether you agree or disagree
with the following ideas.

1. The busier the city is, the more unhappy its people
are.
2. The older the city becomes, the less attractive it is
to immigrants.
3. Your home town should cut down on noise
pollution.

PRODUCTION
Some suggested ideas:

1. The busier the city is,
the more unhappy its
people are.

Agree
Busy cities: high living
costs, congested
roads, long travelling
time, etc.

Disagree
Busy cities: lots of
entertainment
facilities, parks,
playgrounds, etc.

PRODUCTION
Some suggested ideas:

Agree
2. The older the city
Old cities: not many
becomes, the less
entertainment
attractive it is to tourists. facilities, lack of public
amenities,
inconvenient public
transportation.

Disagree
Old cities: lots of
cultural places,
historical value,
quiet and safe.

PRODUCTION
Some suggested ideas:

Agree
3. Your home town
My home town: lots
should cut down on noise of trucks and heavy
pollution.
lorries running on
roads, construction
sites everywhere,
people playing music
very loud at night.

Disagree
My home town: a
small and peaceful
town, people
mostly riding bikes,
no big events
happening in the
town
no noise
pollution.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Recognise and use comparison of adjectives and some
phrasal verbs.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Make 5 sentences by using double comparatives and
phrasal verbs that you have learnt.

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