UNIT 5: CULTURAL IDENTITY
Language

Vocabulary

Activity 1:Write the words or phrases given
in the box next to their meanings.

assimilate

maintain

cultural practices

multicultural

custom

national costumes

Activity 2: Complete the sentences with the
correct form of the words in 1.

assimilate

maintain

multicultural

cultural practices

national costumes
(n)

(n)
(n)
(vbare)
(adj)

(adj)
assimilated

custom

Pronunciation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=lc2eOCVJMuQ

Activity 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.

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

tk

tk
dg

d g
nŋ

sʃ

sʃ
zʒ

Grammar

The present perfect and the
present perfect continuous

The present perfect
S + has/ have + V3/ed

The present perfect continuous
S + has/ have been+ Ving

– Không có thời gian xác định.
Mary has traveled around the world (We don't
know when)
Have you passed your driving test?
– Hoặc đi với các từ: just, recently, already, yet,
…
– Hành động lặp lại nhiều lần cho đến thời điểm
hiện tại.
I have watched “Iron Lady” several times.
– Sau cấu trúc so sánh hơn nhất ta dùng thì hiện
tại hoàn thành.
It is the most boring book that I have ever read.
– Sau cấu trúc: This/It is the first/second…
times, phải dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành.
This is the first time she has driven a car.
It's the second time she has lost her passport.

- Dùng để diễn tả một hành động
bắt đầu diễn ra trong quá khứ và
vẫn còn xảy ra ở hiện tại
– Thường dùng với 2 giới từ
“since” hoặc “for”.
I have been learning English since
early morning.
– Các dấu hiệu khác để nhận biết
thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn:
all day, all her/his lifetime, all day
long, all the morning/afternoon

Activity 1. Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or
present perfect continuous.
have cleaned
1. I (clean) _________________ the
whole house. Does it look nice
and tidy?
have been trying
2. For many years, the villagers (try)  _________________
  very hard
to bring back the old custom.
has stood
3. That tower (stand) _________________
  on top of the hill for 300
years.
has been working
4. My father (work) _________________
  in the garden all morning.
has planted  (plant) a lot of tulips and roses.
He  _________________
5. They (go) _________________   to Hue to attend the festival there
haveuntil
gonenext week.
and won't be back
6. I (not finish) _________________   reading the book about Thai
haven't
finished
culture yet, so I can't
answer
your questions now.

Repeated comparatives

Good/ well

Better

Bad/ badly

Worse

Many/ much

More

Little

Less

Far

Farther (về khoảng cách)
Further (nghĩa rộng ra)

Near

Nearer

Late

Later

Old

Older (về tuổi tác)
Elder (về cấp bậc hơn là tuổi tác)

Happy

happier

Simple

simpler 

Narrow

narrower

Clever

cleverer

Activity 2. Complete the following sentences with the correct
form of the words in brackets, using repeated comparatives.
better and better
1. My father's cooking is getting __________________ as
the
years go by.
2. A lot of people are migrating to the city to look for work. The
higher and higher
cost of living there is becoming __________________
3. It's
more and more difficult
getting  __________________
 to find a job these days.
faster and faster
4. The race car was running  __________________
 when it
crashed into a tree.
5. With the development of the Internet,  __________________
and fewer
people sendfewer
greetings
cards on special occasions.
6. The practice of using  __________________  chemicals to
more
more health.
improve crop yields is harmful
toand
people's

Activity 3. Use the information in the table to complete the
sentences with repeated comparatives.
is becoming colder and colder
1. It _________________________ this
winter in
New York.
are becoming lower and lower  this
2. Petrol prices  _________________________
year.
More and more people
3.  _________________________
 are using the
Internet in my city now.
was driving faster and faster  when he
4. Josh  _________________________
realised that the police were trying to stop him.
Fewer and fewer customers
5.  _________________________
 went to ABC
Supermarket last year.

cold
low
more
fast
few

What have you learnt
today?

Vocabulary:
Pronunciation: assimilation
Grammar: - the present perfect and
the present continuous
- repeated comparatives

HOMEWORK
-

Learn by heart all the new words
Review grammar point
Prepare for the next lesson

Doing more exercises

1. He ………………….. motorbikes for 2 years
A. has been riding B. has ridden
C. has been ridden
D. have been riding
2. My sister ……………… for you since yesterday.
A. has been looked B. has been looking
C. have been looking D. looked
3. Why are your hands so dirty?
I…………………my bike
A. repaired
B. have been repaired C. has been repaired D. have been repairing
4. We……………around Scotland for 8 years
A. travelled
B. have travelled
C. have been travelling D. has been travelling
5. Sandy……………….dinner 4 times this week
A. has cooked
B. has been cooking
C. have been cooking D. cooked
6. I ……………… to learn English for years but I have not succeeded yet.
A. have been trying B. have tried
C. tried
D. A & B
7. I ……………… to New York three times this year.
A. have been being
B. have been
C. was
D. has been
8. My brother ……………… several plays. He has just finished his second tragedy.
A. have written
B. have been writing C. has written
D. has been writing
9. I love this film. I………………it four or five times already.
A. have been seeing B. have seen
C. has seen
D . had seen
10.How long ………………English? For 5 years
A. have you studied B. have you been studying
C. studied
D. do you study

 Complete the sentences using “Double” Comparatives
 
1. It's becoming _____________________ to find a job (hard)
2. The hole in your pullover is getting  _____________________.
(big)
3. My bags seemed to get  _____________________  as I carried
them (heavy)
4. As I waited for my interview, I became  
_____________________. (nervous)
5. As the day went on the weather got  _____________________.
(bad)
6. Travelling is becoming  _____________________. (expensive)
7. As the conversation went on, he became 
_____________________. (talkative)
8. Since she has been in England, her English has got 
_____________________. (good)

1. The more she smiles , ................ she becomes.
A. more graceful
B. the most graceful           
C. most graceful     
D. the more graceful
2. Hotels have developed …………………… restaurants.
B. as rapidly as 
B. so rapidly as                    
C. as rapid as                       D. more rapid
3. Can Tho bridge is the ……………………  one in the South of Viet Nam.
C. long               
B. shortest               C. longest       D. longer
4. A super market is …………………… a shopping center.
A. less convenient as                       B. less convenient than
C. not so convenient than              D. the most convenient as
5. Impalas cannot move as ................ cheetahs but they are more
efficient runners.
A. faster than         B. fast as            C. fast                     D. are fast as
6. Both are informative articles, but this one is ................ .
A. best                     B. the best          C. most                 D. better

7. She is the .…………  girl in our town.
A. more beautiful           B. beauty                             
C. most beautiful       D. more beautifully 
8. The harder you learn.............
A. The better is your English                  B. The better will be your English
C. The better becomes your English    D. The better your English will be
9. Jim is the ................. in his class.
A. clever              B. cleverest               C. cleverer                 D. more clever
10. Of the two shirts, this one is ...................
A. the prettiest      B. the most pretty     C. prettier           D. the prettier
11. Your house is ................. mine.
B. as bigger as               B. many times as big as      
C. much big as        D. not many times big
12. Last year it wasn't as cold as this year.
C. This year it is as colder than last year.                  
D. This year it  is colder than last year.
C. This year it isn't as cold as last year.                    
D. This year it isn't colder than last year.

13. She is older than me.
A. I'm more younger than her.                       B. I'm as younger as her.
C. I'm more young than her.                           D. I'm younger than her.
14. The test is not …………………
A. as difficult as it was last month.              B. so difficult as it was last
month       
C. more difficult as it was last month.         D. Both A & B are correct       
15. The Nile River is ………………… of all.
A. longer              B. the longest                     C. long             D. longest
16. .................. we read, .................. we know.
A. The most/ the most         
B. The more/ the more          
C. Most/ most                       
D. More/ more
17. It gets  ................... Let's go swimming.
B. hot and hot                
B. the more hot                               
C. more and more hot         
D. hotter and hotter
18. Peter usually drives  .................. than Mary.
C. more fast                  
  B. more fast than                
C. more fast                       
  D. faster

19. The problem seems to be  ..................
A. more serious 
B. more serious than                      
C. more serious as              D. more and more serious
20. Peter cannot earn  .................. his wife.
B. as many money as     B. as much money as                  
C. as many money than    D. as much money than
21. This book is the ………………… of all
A. bored
B.boring
C. more boring         D. most boring
22. She has ……….. books than I do.
A least          
B. fewer             C. more few             D. fewest
23. He finished the test …………..of all.
A. rapidly
B. the most rapidly
C. most rapidly     
D. more rapidly
24. Many chemicals react ……………..in acid solutions
A . more quick         
B. more quickly         
C. quicklier        
D. as quickly more

1. the hotel is expensive, the services are good.
=>………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. As he has much money, he wants to spend much.
 =>………………………………………………………………………………………….
  3. If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
=>………………………………………………………………………………………….
  4. He speaks too much and people feel bored.
=>………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. He study much, he becomes stupid.
=>………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. We make much paper, it becomes cheap.
=>…………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Petrol becomes expensive, people drive little.
=>………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Means of transport are cheap, they become popular.
=>………………………………………………………………………………………….

9. the hotel is expensive, the services are good.
=>The more expensive hotel is, the better services are.
10. As he has much money, he wants to spend much.
 =>The much more money he has, the more he wants to spend.
  11. If you read many books, you will have much knowledge.
 =>The much more books you read, the much more knowledge you
will have.
  12. He speaks too much and people feel bored.
 =>The more he speaks, the more bored people feel.
12. He study much, he becomes stupid.
 =>The more he study, the more stupid he becomes
16. We make much paper, it becomes cheap.
=>The much more paper we make, the cheaper it becomes.
17. Petrol becomes expensive, people drive little.
=>The more expensive petrol becomes, the less people drive.
19. Means of transport are cheap, they become popular.
 =>The cheaper means of transport are, the more popular they
become.