UNIT 13
THE 22nd SEA GAMES
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Try to remember the following 6 phrasal verbs and then fill in the blanks
look at
arrive in
get up
turn off
put on
went out
Warm-up
Warm-up
Remember to ______ your hat when you go out in the sun.
2. Please _____ the light before you go out.
3. Ring me as soon as you _____ Ho Chi Minh City.
4. Today is Sunday. Tom doesn’t want to _____ early.
5. Do not _____ your friends’ papers during the test.
6. (From the song “Five little ducks)
Five little ducks _____ one day ...


put on
turn off
arrive in
get up
look at
went out
Examples:
1. Look at these pictures.
2. The plane took off despite the fog.
We link a word ending with a consonant sound to a word beginning with a vowel sound
I. Pronunciation: Linking
Note: The important thing in linking is the sound, not the letter. Often the letter and the sound are the same, but not always.
Practice reading these sentences
Pronunciation: Linking
Listen and repeat
Look at these pictures.
The plane took off despite the fog.
Mrs. Brown’s quite old.
She’s from Australia.
She has many friends in London.
It’s up stairs.
Tom used to live here.
Put on your helmet, please.
I want to move into the new flat with some friends.
Don’t forget to turn off the lights.
GRAMMAR: COMPARISONS

COMPARISONS (Review)
Make sentences for the following situations:
1. Tom is 1.65m. Bench is 1.65, too.
.................................................................................................... .
2. Mike speaks English fluently. John speaks English fluently, too.
.................................................................................................... .
3. black bag: 20.000$. white bag: 25.000$; red bag: 40.000$
- The white bag .................................... the red one.
- The black bag .................................... the white and the red one.
- The red bag ...................................... the white and the black one.
- The black bag ........................................ of all.
- The red bag ........................................... of all.
Mike speaks English as fluently as John (does).
Tom is as tall as Bench (is).
is cheaper than
is not as/ so expensive as
is more expensive than
is the most expensive
is the cheapest
*** Comparison of equal degree:
- as + adj/ adv + as
- not + as/so + adj/ adv + as
*** The comparative
- short adj/ adv: adj/adv_er than
- Long adj/adv: more + adj/ adv + than

*** The superlative
- short adj/adv: the + adj/ adv_est
- Long adj/adv: the most + adj/adv
Revision of comparative
“Con gì càng lớn, càng bé?”
60 year -old
120 year-old
1=> càng ngày càng trẻ
2=> càng già thì càng ốm
20 years ago
now
II. Double comparison
Structure 1:
Comparative + and + comparative
Use: To say that something is changing continuously
Ex 1: Jane is ....................... .
taller and taller
II. Double comparison
Structure 1:
Comparative + and + comparative
Use: To say that something is changing continuously
Ex 1. Jane is ....................... .
Ex 2. It’s getting .......................... .
taller and taller
colder and colder
II. Double comparison
Structure 1:
Comparative + and + comparative
Use: To say that something is changing continuously
Ex 1: Jane is ................... .
Ex 2. It’s getting .......................
Ex 3. Gold is .................................. .

taller and taller.
colder and colder.
more and more expensive.
II. Double comparison
Structure 1:
Comparative + and + comparative
Use: To say that something is changing continuously
Ex 1: Jane is ................... .
2. It’s getting .......................
3. Gold is .................................. .
4. It’s becoming ................................. to find a job.

taller and taller.
colder and colder.
more and more expensive.
more and more difficult
Grammar: Double comparison
Structure 1:
Use: To say that something is changing continuously
Comparative + and + comparative
Exercise 1
Eating and travelling in this city is getting
__________________________. (expensive)
2. The prices of consumer goods get _________________ all the time. (high)
3. As the day went on, the weather got ________________. (bad)
4. Tom writes English ________________________. (carelessly)
5. Tim sings ________________________. (beautifully)
6. As I waited for my interview, I became ___________________.
(nervous)
more and more expensive
higher and higher
worse and worse
more and more nervous
more and more carelessly
more and more beautifully.
Exercise 1
1. His visit to New York seemed to get _________________ because he was very busy at work. (short)
2. Eating and travelling in this city is getting _____________________. (expensive)
3. As the day went on, the weather got _______________. (bad)
4. We had to stop the discussion because the question was becoming _______________________. (complicated)
5. Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got ______________. (good)
6. Little John is becoming ____________________. (active)
7. As it was getting dark, it was becoming ____________________ to see everything in the house without electricity. (difficult)
8. I feel happy as my birthday is coming ________________. (close)
LUCKY NUMBER!
LUCKY NUMBER!
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
closer and closer
more and more expensive
more and more active
worse and worse
better and better
more and more difficult
shorter and shorter
more and more complicated
Ex 1: – The weather is ....................
and the boy gets .......................
Ex 2: The hotter it is, the more tired the boy gets.
SUNDAY
hotter and hotter,
more and more tired.
Grammar: Double comparison

Structure 2:


Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing


Ex 3: The more tired he gets, the more ice-cream he eats.
The + comparative + S + be/V,
the + comparative + S + be/V.
Grammar: Double comparison
Structure 2:

Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing
we leave early/ we will arrive soon
The earlier we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
The + comparative + S + be/V,
the + comparative + S + be/V.
It is hot. I feel miserable.
Grammar: Double comparison
Structure 2:

Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing
EX 4. ________ it is,
_______________ I feel.
The hotter
the more miserable
Ex 1: The hotter it is, the more tired the boy gets.
Ex 2: The more tired he gets, the more ice-cream he eats.
Ex 3. The earlier we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
The + comparative + S + be/V,
the + comparative + S + be/V.
Ex3. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
1. The more a car costs, ____________ it goes.
A. faster B. the faster C. the more fast D. the more fastest

2. The younger you are, _________ it is to learn
A. easier B. you are easier C. the easier D. the easy

3. The prices of consumer goods get ________ all the time
A. high and higher B. the higher and higher
C. higher and higher D. the most higher and higher

4. As the day went on, the weather got ________ .
A. the worse and worse B. badder and badder
C. more and more badly D. worse and worse

5. ________ we finish the project, _______ we can start the next one.
A. The soonest/ the sooner B. The sooner/ the most soon
C. The sooner/ the sooner D. The soonest/ the soonest

6. The more electricity you use, _________ your bill will be.
A. the high B. higher than C. the higher than D. the higher
7. ______ the man gets, _______ he becomes.
A. The more old / the more weak B. The older / the weaker
C. The older / the weakest D. Older / weaker
8. The suitcase seemed to get ________ as I carried it upstairs.
A. more and more heavy B. more heavy and more
C. heavier and heavier D. heavier than
9. As the conversation went on, he became __________.
A. more talkative B. more talkative and more
C. most talkative D. more and more talkative
10. _________ the sun is, __________ the shadow is.
A. the higher/ the low B. the more high/ the more low
C. the higher/ the lower D. the more higher/ the more lower
Grammar:
II. Double comparison
Ex1: - You: Mom, Give me some money.
- Mom: How much do you want?
- You (want much): ................................ .
Ex2: Son: I have an English test tomorrow.
Mom: Really? You should do your test
................................... .
Structure 3:
Ex3: - Shop assistant: Good morning. Can I help you?
- Tom: Good morning. I’d like some apples.
- Shop assistant: Which ones would you like?
- Tom (big one): ................................ .
Ex4: + A: Don’t tell John about that.
+ B: Ok. He knows ......................... .
The more, the better.
the + comparative, the better
the less, the better
the more carefully, the better
The bigger, the better.
Review:
I. 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
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 ……………. .
a. worse b. better
c. worse and worse d. better and better
8. The more you work, the ………… you can earn.
a. 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
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting, then correct it.
1. The fastest you drive, the greater danger you get.
A B C D

2. This exercise is much more easier than the others.
A B C D

3. It’s becoming more difficult and more difficult to find a job.
A B C D

4. They treat women more equally as people in the North.
A B C D

5. The Amazon and the Nile are the two larger rivers in the world.
A B C D
faster
much
 
than
largest
Free practice
Work in pair, make sentences with these structures:
comparative + and + comparative
the + comparative, the + comparative
Homework
Review structures of double comparative.
Do exercises 1,2,3,4 (page 86-87) in the workbook.
Prepare Unit 14 - Reading