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LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

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LESSON
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CLOSER
LOOK 2
LESSON
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Game: Crossword

PRESENTATION

Grammar focus

• Task 1: Complete the sentences.
• Task 2: Complete the letter.
• Task 3: Compare two neighbourhoods.

PRACTICE

PRODUCTION

CONSOLIDATION

Task 4: Ask and answer about two neighbourhoods.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

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1. He always get good marks. He does
exercises at school very quickly. He is ____.
CLEVER

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2. What is this?
BUS STOP

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3. What is this?
TEMPLE

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4. _____ is opposite to NOISY.
PEACEFUL

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5. What is this?
CATHEDRAL

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6. What is this?
SQUARE

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7. The city is crowed. It is ______.
NOISY

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8. ______ is opposite to cheap.
EXPENSIVE

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9. I don't like living in the countryside
because it is ______.
BORING

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10. ______ is opposite to traditional.
MODERN

PRESENTATION

We can use comparative adjectives to
compare two people or things.

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Example:
Tom is taller than Mary.

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Example:
A house in a city is
normally more
expensive than a house
in the countryside.

PRESENTATION

Comparative adjectives
Short adj:
S + be + adj-ER + than + S'.
Long adj:
S + be + MORE + adj + than + S'.

PRESENTATION
* Note:

one syllable
two syllables
three or more
syllables

Positive
fast

Comparative
faster

Rule
+ er

large

larger

+r

noisy

noisier

y → ier

modern

more modern

more + adj

expensive

more expensive

more + adj

PRACTICE

1

Complete the following sentences with the comparative form of
the adjectives in brackets. Number 1 is an example.

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1. This building is __________
than
taller
that building. (tall)

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2. My neighbourhood is _______
noisier
than your neighbourhood. (noisy)

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3. The square in Ha Noi is _________
bigger
than the square in Hoi An. (big)

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4. Living in the countryside is _______________
more peaceful
than living in a city. (peaceful)

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5. Is living in a city _______________
more exciting than living
in the countryside? (exciting)

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2

Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the letter.

Dear Nick,
How are you?
Ha Noi is beautiful but it's too busy for me. I'm having a great
time at Cua lo Beach now. The weather is (1. hot) hotter than
that in Ha Noi. The houses and buildings are (2. small) _______
smaller
and (3. old) _______
older than those in Ha Noi.
The streets are (4. wide) _______
wider with less traffic. the seafood
cheaper
here is (5. delicious) ______________
more delicious and (6. cheap) _______
than the seafood in Ha Noi.
See you soon,
Vy

PRACTICE

3 Compare two neighbourhoods.
noisy

crowded
modern

busy

quiet

boring

peaceful

Example:
Binh Minh is
noisier than
Long Son.
Binh Minh

Long Son

PRODUCTION
in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Binh Minh and Long
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Son neighbourhoods using the pictures in 3.

Example:
1. Binh Minh / crowded / Long Son?

A: Is Binh Minh noisier than Long Son?

2. Long Son / quiet / Binh Minh ?

B: Yes, it is.

3. Binh Minh / boring / Long Son?

A: Is Long Son more modern than Binh

4. Long Son / busy / Binh Minh?

Minh?

5. Long Son / peaceful / Binh Minh?

B: No, it isn't.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Comparative adjectives

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Make sentences to compare people
and things in their classroom, using
comparative adjectives.

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