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MUSIC AND
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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

Grammar: Comparisons: like, different from, (not) as … as

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HOBBIES

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
o know how to recognize and write comparisons with “like, different from,
(not) as … as”

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Brainstorming

PRESENTATION

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PRACTICE

PRODUCTION
CONSOLIDATION

Comparisons

Task 1: Write like, as, or different in the gaps.
Task 2: Finish the second sentence in each pair.
Task 3: Compare the two museums.
Task 4: Rewrite the sentences.

• Task 5: Discuss and write a simple sentence from the two
given sentences.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Brainstorming

Aims of the stage:

 to activate students' prior knowledge and
vocabulary related to the targeted grammar

WARM-UP

ADJECTIVES

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Brainstorming

PRESENTATION

Comparisons

PRESENTATION
COMPARISONS

 The yellow pencil is not as long as the
orange one.
 The pen is as long as the orange pencil.

PRESENTATION
COMPARISONS

 The pen is different from the yellow
pencil.

PRESENTATION
COMPARISONS

 Robert's pencil case is like Mary's pencil
case.

PRESENTATION
COMPARISONS

(not) as +
adj + as

(to) be
different
from

(to) be like

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Brainstorming

PRESENTATION

PRACTICE

Comparisons

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Task 1: Write like, as, or different in the gaps.
Task 2: Finish the second sentence in each pair.
Task 3: Compare the two museums.
Task 4: Rewrite the sentences.

PRACTICE

1 Write like, as, or different in the gaps.
as
1. This camera is not as expensive ________ I thought at first.
lik
2. Her room is lovely. It is ________
a princess's room.
e
differen
3. You like folk songs; I like pop music. Your taste is t__________ from
as
mine.
differen
4. My dad is not always as busy ________ my mum.
t
5. Some of us think that Spiderman 2 is not too __________ from

PRACTICE

2

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.
like
 Composer Hoang Long, ___________
Pham Tuyen, wrote many good songs for children.
3. The Vatican Museum has excellent works of art. The Louvre Museum has excellent works
of art too.
as
as
 The Vatican Museum 's works of arts are __________
excellent _________
the Louvre
Museum's works of art.

PRACTICE

2

Finish the second sentence in each pair, using like, as … as, or
different from.

4. A vacation on the beach is relaxing, while a vacation in a big city may not be.

different froma vacation in a big city
 A vacation on the beach is ______________
5. City life is busy, but country life is peaceful.

as
as
 City life is not ____________
peaceful ___________
country life.

PRACTICE

3

Compare the two museums: History and Science, using like, as … as, or
different from.

1. modern
2. friendly
3. safe
4. expensive

History Science
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PRACTICE

4

Rewrite the sentences, using the words given at the beginning.

1. I think action films are more interesting than comedies.
 I think comedies are not ________________________________.
as interesting as action films
2. Our maths homework is more difficult than out history homework.
as difficult as our maths homework
 Our history homework is not ______________________________.
3. This year's music contest is different from last year's.
like 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.
as bright as this one
 That picture is not ________________________________.

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Brainstorming

PRESENTATION

Comparisons

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PRACTICE

PRODUCTION

Task 1: Write like, as, or different in the gaps.
Task 2: Finish the second sentence in each pair.
Task 3: Compare the two museums.
Task 4: Rewrite the sentences.

• Task 5: Discuss and write a simple sentence from the two
given sentences.

PRODUCTION

5

Look at the two pictures and compare them, using like, as … as, or
different from.

LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
WARM-UP

Brainstorming

PRESENTATION

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PRACTICE

PRODUCTION
CONSOLIDATION

Comparisons

Task 1: Write like, as, or different in the gaps.
Task 2: Finish the second sentence in each pair.
Task 3: Compare the two museums.
Task 4: Rewrite the sentences.

• Task 5: Discuss and write a simple sentence from the two
given sentences.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

CONSOLIDATION

1

WRAP-UP

Grammar: Comparisons: like, different from, (not) as … as

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

 Do exercises in the workbook.

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