Language Focus
Unit 16 Historical Places
I. Pronunciation
Listen and repeat
Practise these sentences
1.It’s his pleasure to visit Asia.
2.You shouldn’t have any illusion about television.
3.A massage can be a good measure to help you relax.
4. Does this shop sell washing machines?
5. Is he English or Swedish?
6. Is there anything special on TV tonight?
II. Grammar
Comparative and superlative
Comparatives
-Short (contain one syllable): Adj-er + than
* If it ending in -e: just add-r
E.g: cute -> cuter
* If it ending in –y: change-y to i and then add-er
E.g: lazy -> lazier, happy -> happier
* If it comes right after a vowel: double the final consonant
E.g: thin -> thinner, big -> bigger
-Long (contain more than one syllable):
more/ less + adj+ than
E.g: more polluted / less polluted
Superlative
-Short (contain one syllable): the Adj-est
* If it ending in -e: just add-st
E.g: cute -> cutest
* If it ending in –y: change-y to i and then add-est
E.g: lazy -> laziest, happy -> happiest
* If it comes right after a vowel: double the final consonant
E.g: thin -> thinnest, big -> biggest
-Long (contain more than one syllable):
the most/ the least + adj
E.g: more polluted / less polluted

Form
*Comparative with short adjectives:
S1 + be + short adj_+ er + than + S2/ O
*Superlative with short adjectives:
S + be + the short adj + est + in / of.....
Notes:
big
happy
the biggest
bigger
happier
the happiest
new
newer
the newest


Listen and repeat:
the biggest building
a big building
a bigger building


Listen and repeat:
the smallest house
a small house
a smaller house


Listen and repeat:
the tallest building
a tall building
a taller building





- This is a small house
- This house is a smaller than that one.
- That house is the smallest
a small house
a smaller house
the smallest house
* Model sentences:
Revision
*Comparative with long adjectives:
S1 + be + more + long adj + than + S2/ O
*Superlative with long adjectives:
S + be + the most + long adj . in / of.....
beautiful
the most beautiful
more beautiful
boring
more boring
the most boring
Some irregular adjectives
Notes: farther: distance
further: information
Some adjectives have two comparative and superlative forms:
.
Exercise 1: Write the comparative and superlative form of the adjectives
.
Exercise 2:
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions
1. family/ the/ am/ my/ in/ I /oldest.
I am the oldest in my family
2. sister/ me / my / than / younger / is
My sister is younger than me
3. class/ who / oldest/ the/ the/ in / is?
Who is the oldest in the class?
4. passenger/ plane/ used to be/Concord / world / fastest/ the/ in/ the
Concord is the fastest passenger plane in the world
5. book/ interesting/ than/ my/ your/ more/ is/ book.
Your book is more interesting than my book.
6. bought/ expensive/ shop/ the/ in/ watch/
most/ Peter/ the.
Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop
7.cheapest/ buy/ you/ shop/ in/ the/ did/ watch?
Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop?
8. difficult/ German/ English/ is/ than/ more/ much.
German is much more difficult than English
Exercise 3

Look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there.
Put a tick for each correct line. If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space
correct
the
1.further
2. so
3. more
4. the
5. correct
6. correct
7. than
8. of
9. correct
10. it
11. and
12. correct
13. correct
14. correct
15. that
Learn by heart the model sentences.
III. Homework:
Thank you for your attention!
Extra activities
1.Bob is more polite than his brother.
No, he’s not. He’s……………
2. I’m the tallest in this class!
No, you’re not. You’re ………..………..
3.My homework was worse than yours.
No., it wasn’t. It was ……………………
4. The weather today is colder than yesterday
No, it’s not. It’s …………………………………
5.Jack’s meaner than Alan.
No, he’s not. He’s …………………………….
6.She bought the cheapest watch in the shop.
No, she didn’t. She bought………………..
7. This is the easiest exercise in this book.
No, it isn’t. It’s …………………………………..
Answer
. 1.Bob is more polite than his brother.
No, he`s not. He`s not as polite as his brother /not as polite as
2. I`m the tallest in this class!
No, you`re not. You`re shorter than me/ not as tall as
3.My homework was worse than yours.
No., it wasn`t. It was better than mine/ not as bad as
4. The weather today is colder than yesterday
No, it`s not. It`s warmer than yesterday/ not as cold as
5.Jack`s meaner than Alan.
No, he`s not. He`s more generous than Alan/ not as mean as
6.She bought the cheapest watch in the shop.
No, she didn`t. She bought the most expensive one
7. This is the easiest exercise in this book.
No, it isn`t. It`s more difficult than the previous one/ not as easy as