Table of Contents
WARM-UP
GRAMMAR
EXERCISES
HOMEWORK
WARM-UP
WARM-UP:

HERD

THE SHEEP

THE CATTLE

_Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb._
WARM-UP:

GROW

RICE

MEAT

GRASS

_Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb._
WARM-UP:

PICK

APPLES

POST

_Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb._

WILD FLOWERS Good afternoon, Everybody
UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
A closer look 2
review comparative forms of adjectives
GRAMMAR

learn comparative forms of adverbs.
- Short adjectives: with one syllable

1. Short and Long Adjectives:

Ex: big, small, tall, thick, hot, warm…

John is taller than Tom .

S + BE + Short ADJ_ER + THAN…
- Long adjectives: with two or more syllables

Ex: useful, expensive, modern, beautiful…

Mary is more/ less beautiful than her sister (is).

S + BE+ MORE /LESS + Long ADV + THAN
safe – safer

Happy – happier

Lovely - lovelier
Adjectives

Comparatives
good

better
bad

worse
little

less
many / much

more
far

farther / further
old

older / elder
* Irregular Comparatives
S + be + Adj_er + than +…

S + be + more + Adj + than +…

(Comparatives of Adjs)

REMEMBER

- Short Adjectives:

- Long Adjectives:

S + be + less + Adj + than +…

* Less/Inferior Comparatives:
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) _________ education, and (2. easy)________ access to (3. good) _________ facilities. Life there is (4. exciting) ____________ and (5. convenient) _______________.

They may be right, but there's one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) ________ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly) _________ than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) ______ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe) ___________. Perhaps the (10. good) __________ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home

higher

easier

happier

more exciting

more convenient

friendlier

fast

safer

best

better
* Comparative forms of adverbs

What is a adverb?

He behaves badly.

She is extremely fast.

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb
How to form adverbs?

*Adjective + “ly” -> Adverb.

Slow-> slowly

beautiful-> beautifully
2. Happy -> happily

Easy -> easily
3. Irregular

Good – well

Fast- fast

Early- early

Hard- hard
* Comparative forms of adverbs

Short adverbs:

Short adverb_ er + than

EX: She runs faster than him

S + V + short Adv_ER + than +…
Long adverbs:

More/ less + long adverb + than

(I dance less beautifully than her.)

( They run more slowly than me.)

S + V + MORE/ LESS + Long ADV + THAN
Irregular form

Well – better

Badly – worse

Early - earlier EXERCISE
2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.
healthily

slowly

generously

soundly

traditionally

1. Can you speak ___________ ? My English is not good.

2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep ____________.

3. Nowadays, people dress ______________, so it's difficult to say which country they are from.

4. It's not always true that rich people donate ______________ than poor people.

5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat ____________.

more slowly

more soundly

less traditionally

more generously

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 _______.

2. We'll be late for the fair. Can you drive ______?

3. On Sunday, we can get up ______ than usual.

4. The farmers have to work ______ at harvest time.

5. You look tired. Are you feeling ________ than you did this morning?

6. My mother has to get up ______ than us to milk the cows.

better

faster

later

harder

worse

earlier
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?

→ ________________________________________

2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being?

→ ________________________________________

3. Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern town?

→ ________________________________________

4. Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?

→ ________________________________________

5. Who can smell better, animals or human beings?

→ ________________________________________

Animals can smell better than human beings.

The countryside is more peaceful than the city.

A computer works faster at calculus than a human being

Life in a remote area is harder than that in a modern town

Ho Chi Minh City is more expensive than Hue.

HOMEWORK
HOMEWORK

Review the grammar points: Comparative forms of Adjectives and Adverbs.

- Prepare for Unit 2: Communication

Thanks!
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