Unit 16 Historical places
Language focus
Unit 16 Historical places
Language focus
Pronunciation:
Which underlined part is pronounced /? /
and which is pronounced / ? / in the
following words?

provision,machine,treasure,share,patient
information, special, vision, usual, leisure
Unit 16 Historical places
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Pronunciation:
/ ? / / ? /
provision machine
treasure share
vision patient
usual information
leisure special
Can you work out the rules?
Unit 16 Historical places
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Pronunciation: Rules
* sh, ch : / ? / shop, machine
* C + ie, ia, io, iu : / ? / social, ancient
* consonant+ s + u, io, ia: / ? / ensure, mission
* Vowel + s + u, io, ia: / ? / division, Asia
Listen and repeat
Practise reading the sentences
Unit 16 Historical places
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Choose the underlined part which is differently pronounced from the others.
1. usual treasure television excursion
2. sure ancient Asia pension
3. resign illusion leisure pleasure
4. occasion action patient show
II. GRAMMAR: comparision
1.Positive form ( so sánh bằng)
Ex1: Jane sings as well as her sister
S + V + as + adj/adv + as + noun/clause
I/run/ fast/ him (he)
Ex2: I can’t run as/so fast as him / he can
2.Comparative form( so sánh hơn)
a. Short adj/adv
Ex1: I am taller than Nam
S + V +adj/adv +er + than + noun/pronoun/ clause
Peter/old/me(I)
Peter is older than me ( I am )
Note: tính từ hoặc trạng từ có 2 âm tiết mà tận cùng bằng er/ow/y/le được sử dụng như tính từ ngắn
Ex2: You are cleverer than Lan
b. Long adj/adv
Ex1: jane speaks English more fluently than Martin
S + V + more + long adj/adv + than + noun/pronoun/clause
This exam /difficult /we expected
Ex2 This exam was more difficult than we expected
3.Superlative form( so sánh nhất)
a.Long adj/adv
Ex1: Nam runs the fastest in my class
S + V + the + adj/adv + est
Note:
The book/ cheap/ of the three books
b. Long adj/adv
Ex1: Jane speaks English the most fluently in my class
Duyen / beautiful/ in my class
Ex2: The book is the cheapest of the three books
tính từ hoặc trang từ có 2 am tiết mà tận cùng bằng er/ow/y/le được sử dụng như tính từ ngắn
S + V + the most + long adj/adv
Ex2: Duyen is the most beautiful in my class
Good/well
Note: irregularly comparison ( so sánh bất quy tắc
better
The best
Bad/badly
worse
The worst
Many/much
more
The most
little
less
The least
far
Farther
The farthest
old
Older/elder
The oldest/ the eldest
Unit 16 Historical places
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Exercise 1. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.
3. young, younger, the youngest
4. happy, happier, the happiest
5. big, bigger,the biggest
6. busy, busier, the busiest
7. intelligent, more intelligent, the most intelligent
8. beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful
9. bad, worse, the worst
10. far, farther ( further ), the farthest ( the furthest)
11. new, newer, the newest
12. dangerous, more dangerous, the most dangerous
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Exercise 2. Write sentences.
2. My sister is younger than me.
3. Who is the oldest in the class?
4. Concord used to be the fastest passenger plane in the world.
5. My book is more interesting than your book.
6. Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop.
7. Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop?
8. German is much more difficult than English.
9. The weather today is much better than yesterday.
Unit 16 Historical places
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Exercisse 3. Find the words which should not be in some lines.
Line word
2 so
3 more
4 the
5 the
7 than
8 of
10 it
11 and
12 the
15 that
Unit 16 Historical places
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More practice
* Use the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. He bought ( cheap ) petrol he could find.
2. They live ( far ) from school than I do.
3. She is ( quick ) than Julian but not ( fast ) than Alison.
4. It was ( boring ) film I had ever seen.
5. There isn`t a room ( comfortable ) than this one.
Unit 16 Historical places
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Summary
The sounds / ? / and / ? /
Comparison of adjectives
Unit 16 Historical places
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Homework
Make five sentences, using the comparison of adjectives.