UNIT 13: SEA GAMES

LANGUAGE FOCUS 2 :DOUBLE COMPARISON

CLASS: 12/20
playing
soccer
going
cycling
doing judo
going
bowling

playing
golf
doing
weightlifting
playing
volleyball
WARM-UP
UNIT 13: SEA GAMES


LANGUAGE FOCUS 2

DOUBLE COMPARISON

E.g.(1) – The weather is hotter and hotter,

E.g.(2) – The hotter it is, the more ice cream he eats.
DOUBLE COMPARISON
SUNDAY
and the boy gets more and more tired.
COMPARATIVE and COMPARATIVE
E.g.(1)– The weather is becoming hotter and hotter, and the boy gets more and more tired.

DOUBLE COMPARISON
=>to describe a continual change in quality/ degree/
number…
SUNDAY
Short adj/ adv:
Adj/adv-ER AND Adj/adv-ER

more and more + long Adj/ adv
less and less + long Adj/ adv
Long adj and adverb ending in -LY:
more and more + noun
Noun:
COMPARATIVE and COMPARATIVE
Verb :
verb more and more
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DOUBLE COMPARISON
SUNDAY
=> to say that if one thing changes in quality/ degree/ number…, another thing also changes ( the first clause serves as a condition for the second clause).
E.g.(2) – The hotter it is, the more ice cream he eats.
Short adj/ adv:
THE Adj/adv-ER + S + V, ...

THE MORE/LESS + Adj/ adv + S + V,...
Long adj and adverb ending in -LY:
THE MORE + NOUN + S +V,...
Noun:
THE COMPARATIVE +S +V, THE COMPARATIVE +S + V
Verb :
THE MORE + S + V,...
Activity 1: Gap-filling (a., page 172)
Fill in the blanks with the double comparison of one of the words in the box.


The rain was heavier and heavier and it became (1)………………………..…..to play because of the slippery surface. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t score. When one of our players were sent off for a foul, our situation got (2)…….……….……...Suddenly, the rain stopped and the sun began to climb (3)………..……………. and it was (4)……………………..We got (5)………………….……….while our opponents were playing (6) …..………………..Eventually, they won the game just because we were not used to this kind of weather.
bad
hot
difficult
high
tired
well
more and more difficult
worse and worse
higher and higher
hotter and hotter
more and more tired
better and better
Activity 2: Rewriting sentences (b., page 173)


Rewrite the sentences, using the structure :
the comparative…, the comparative...
LUCKY ANIMALS
- 1 point
We set off soon, and we will arrive soon.
=> The sooner we set off, the sooner we arrive.
+1 point
Because they come early, they can get good seats.
=> The earlier they came, the better seats they can get.
+1 point
- 2 points
The apartment is big and the rent is expensive
=> The bigger the apartment is, the more expensive the rent is.
+1 point
+ 3 points
If the game is exciting, the stadium will get crowded.
=> The more exciting the game is, the more crowded the stadium will get.
+1 point

If we work hard, we can earn more money.

=> The harder we work, the more money we can earn.
+2 points
Answer:
1. The harder we work, the more money we can earn
2. The bigger the apartment (is), the more expensive the rent (is).
3. The more exciting the game is, the more crowded the stadium will get.
4. The earlier they came, the better seats they can get.
5. The sooner we set off, the sooner we arrive.
Activity 3: Making sentences
Double Comparison - In -Chain
Make meaningful double-comparison sentences, in which your first Clauses are the second clauses of the sentences just made by the other team.
The very first sentence is given by the teacher.
If your team fails to make a sentence within 15 seconds, you lose.

The more exercise we do,
the healthier we become.
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CONSOLIDATION
Choose the best answer
1……………you study for these exams, ………..you will do.
a. The harder/ the better b. The more / the much
c. The hardest / the best d. The more hard / the more good
2. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that………….it is at night , ……………he plays his music!
a. the less / the more loud b. the less / less
c. the more late / the more loudlier d. the later / the louder
3. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become………….
a. more and more good b. better and better
c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder
4. It gets…………..when the winter is coming.
a. cold and cold b. the coldest and coldest
c. colder and colder d. more and more cold
5. French is a…………language to learn than English is.
a. difficult b. more difficult
c. most difficult d. more and more difficult
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6. Of the two students, Sarah is the ……………
a. most intelligent b. more intelligent
c. intelligent d. most intelligently
7. Thanks to the great effort of doctors and nurses, her health is getting…………….
worse b. better
c. worse and worse d. better and better
8. The more you work, the…………you can earn.
more promotion b. more tired
c. more money d. more experience
9. The more I live with her, the …….I understand her.
a. more b. most c. best d. deeper
10. Nowadays everything is getting………….
a. more expensive b. more expensive and more expensive
c. more and more expensive d. the most expensive
Homework

Do Part II in the handout.
Prepare Unit 14 - Reading