UNIT 4
MUSIC AND ARTS
A CLOSER LOOK 2

WARM UP
The bees find the right pictures.
a

compose

the guitar

b

paint

a photo

c

play

music

d

take

a portrait

like, different from, (not) as...as

I. Comparisons
1. So sánh bằng nhau :
2. So sánh không bằng nhau:

… as adj as…
… not as/so adj as…

3. So sánh giống nhau:

… like + noun + as …
… the same + noun + as …

4. So sánh khác nhau:

… different from…

Ex:1.Lan's room is as large as my room.
2.Classical music is not as exciting as rock.
3.This picture is like the one I saw at the art museum.
3.This picture is the same the one I saw at the art museum.
4. Paiting portraits is different from painting landscapes.

1/page 43. Write like, as, or different in the gaps
as
1. This camera is not as expensive ____
I thought at first
like
2. Her room is lovely. It is _____
a princess's room.
different
3. You like folk songs; I like pop music. Your taste is _______

from mine.
as my mum.
4. My dad is not always as busy___
different from
5. Some of us think that Spiderman 2 is not too _______

Spiderman

2/page 43. Finish the second sentence in each pair, using like, as... as, or different from
1. Rock is very exciting. It is not like country music.
—> Rock is very ______________
different from country music.
2. Composer Hoang Long wrote many good songs for children. Composer Pham Tuyen also
wrote many good songs for children.

as Pham Tuyen, wrote many good songs for children.
—> Composer Hoang Long ____
3. The Vatican Museum has excellent works of art. The Louvre Museum has excellent works of
art too.
as the Louvre Museum's works of art.
-> The Vatican Museum's works of art are ____
as excellent ___
4. A vacation on the beach is relaxing, while a vacation in a big city may not be.
like a vacation in a big city.
—> A vacation on the beach is _____
5. City life is busy, but country life is peaceful.
as country life.
as peaceful ____
—> City life is not ____

3. Work in pairs. Compare the two museums: History and Science,
using like, as ... as, or different from
History
Science
1. modern
**
***
2. friendly
***
***
3.interesting
***
**
4.expensive
**
**
Example: 1. History is not as modern as Science.
Answer:

2. Science is as friendly as History.
3. Science is not as interesting as History .
4. History is as expensive as Science.

4/ page 44. Rewrite the sentences, using the words given at the beginning
Ex: A play is usually longer than a film.
-> A film is usually not as long as a play.
1. I think action films are more interesting than comedies.
as interesting as action films .
-> I think comedies are not _________________
2. Our maths homework is more difficult than our history homework.
as difficult as maths homework
.
-> Our history homework is not _________________
.
3. This year's music contest is different from last year's.
as same as last year's .
-> This year's music contest is not _________________
4. The characters in the film are not the same as the ones in the play.
different from the ones in the play .
-> The characters in the film are _________________
5. This picture is brighter than that picture.

5. Work in groups. Look at the two pictures below. Compare them, using
like, as ... as, or different from
- Picture A is not like / different from picture B.
- Picture A is not as big as picture B.
Answer:
1. The flower in picture B is not as big as picture A's.
2.The fish in picture A is not as big as picture B's.
3.The cat in picture A is different from the cat in picture B.

HOMEWORK

- Learn comparisons by heart.
- Do excercises 1,2,3,4,5 again
- Prepare for U4: communication