Good morning,
Everybody

WARM-UP:

Cross out one noun which does not
go with the verb.

HERD
THE
CATTLE

THE
SHEEP

WARM-UP:

Cross out one noun which does not
go with the verb.

RICE

GROW
GRASS

MEAT

WARM-UP:

Cross out one noun which does not
go with the verb.

WILD
FLOWERS

PICK
POST

APPLES

UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE
A closer look 2

* Irregular Comparatives
Adjectives

Comparatives

Good/well

better

Bad/badly

worse

little

less

many / much

more

far

farther / further

old

older / elder

safe – safer
Happy – happier
Lovely - lovelier

REMEMBER (Comparatives of Adjs)
1. Short Adjectives:

S + be + Adj_er + than +…
Ex:John is taller than Tom .

2. Long Adjectives:

S + be + more + Adj + than +…
* Less/Inferior Comparatives:

S + be + less + Adj + than +…
Ex:Mary is more/ less beautiful than her sister (is).

I. Review: Comparative forms of adjectives
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) higher
_______ education, and
easier access to (3.good) _______
better facilities. Life there is
(2. easy) _______
more
convenient
more
exciting
(4.exciting) ______________ and (5.convenient) _________________.
They may be right, but there's one thing they might not know. I feel
happier here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk
(6.happy) _________
are (7.friendly) more
______________
friendly than city folk. I know every boy in my
fast as that in the city and I feel (9.safe)
village. Life here is not as (8. fast) _____
safer
best place to grow up is the place
______. Perhaps the (10.good) _______
where you feel at home.

* Comparative forms of adverbs

What is a
adverb?

a word or phrase that
modifies or qualifies an
adjective, verb

He behaves badly.
She is extremely fast.

How to form adverbs?
1.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:

S + V + short Adv_ER + than +…
EX: She runs faster than him
Long adverbs:

S + V + MORE/ LESS + Long ADV + THAN
Ex:I dance less beautifully than her.
They run more slowly than me.

Irregular form
Well – better
Badly – worse
Early - earlier

2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative
forms of adverbs in the box.
Traditionally - soundly- generously - slowly - healthily

more slowly
1. Can you speak _______________?
My English is
not good.
2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep
more soundly
_______________.
3. Nowadays, people dress __________________,
less traditionally so
it's difficult to say which country they are from.
4. It's not always true that rich people donate
more generously than poor people.
__________________
5. If you want to stay slim, you have to
eat _______________.
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
better
_______.
2. We'll be late for the fair. Can you drive ______?
faster
3. On Sunday, we can get up ______
later than usual.
4. The farmers have to work ______
harder at harvest time.
5. You look tired. Are you feeling ________
worse than you
did this morning?
6. My mother has to get up earlier
______ than us to milk
the cows.

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?
The countryside is more peaceful than the city.
→ ________________________________________
2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human
being?
A computer works faster at calculus than a human being
→ ________________________________________
3. Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern
town?
Life in a remote area is harder than that in a modern town
→ ________________________________________
4. Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?
Ho Chi Minh City is more expensive than Hue.
→ ________________________________________
5. Who can smell better, animals or human beings?
Animals can smell better than human beings.
→ ________________________________________

HOMEWORK

Review the grammar points:
Comparative
forms
of
Adjectives and Adverbs.
- Prepare for Unit 2:
Communication