Chu Van An - May 2020
UNIT 13: SEA GAMES


LANGUAGE FOCUS 2

DOUBLE COMPARISON

1- Equal Comparison:
(+) as + A + as
He is as tall as I (am). (adj) He is not as tall as I (am) / me. (adj)
He speaks E as quickly as she does. (adv)

2 - Comparative
Ashort + ER + than
He is shorter than I am. He is more handsome than I am.
He works harder than I do. He sings more beautifully than I do.
Note: She loves her dog more than her mother

3 - Superlative
THE + Ashort + EST
He is the tallest in my class. He is the most intelligent of all.
She works the hardest. She sings the most beautifully.
Degrees of comparison
(-) not + as/so + A + as
MORE + Along + than
THE + MOST + Along
does.
Revision of comparative
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
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
.
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.

Unit 13: The 22nd Sea Games -Language focus- Grammar
Exercise 1: Matching
His visit to New York seemed to get (short) ………. because he was very busy at work.
Eating and traveling in this city is getting (expensive)………………..
As the day went on, the weather got (bad)….……
We had to stop the discussion because the question was becoming (complicated)……..
Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got (good)…….........
Little John is becoming (active)…………..
As it was getting dark, it was becoming (difficult)……........ …… to see everything in the house without electricity.
I feel happy as my birthday is coming
(close) ……………
Unit 13: The 22nd Sea Games - Language focus - Grammar
Exercise 2: Completing the sentences
shorter and shorter
more and more expensive
worse and worse
more and more complicated
better and better
more and more active
more and more difficult
closer and closer
The warmer the weather
The more you practice your English
The longer he waited
The more electricity you use
The more expensive the hotel
The more I got to know him
The more you have
The faster you will learn
The more impatient he became
The higher your bill will be
The more I liked him
The better I feel
The more you want
The better the service
Unit 13: The 22nd Sea Games -Language focus- Grammar
Exercise 3: Matching
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.
Activity 1: Gap-filling 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 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.
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
x
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
They become (rich) _____________ .
2. The (difficult) ___________ the test is, the (nervous) ____________ the students are.
3. The water is (polluted)_____________________.
4. The (fast) _____ you drive, the (soon) ______ you arrive.
5. The weather is getting (bad) _____________ .
6. The (good) _____ the result is, the (happy)_______ they are.
Task 1: Complete each of the following sentences, using the structure comparative and comparative or the comparative, the comparative.

richer and richer
more difficult
more nervous
more and more polluted
faster
sooner
worse and worse
better
happier
Task 2: Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D)
1. It gets ___ to understand what the professor has explained.
the more difficult B. more difficult than
C. difficult more and more D. more and more difficult
2. As she did so, her parents became _______.
the angriest B. the most angry
C. the more angry D. angrier and angrier
3. _______ he becomes,_______ he is.
The more rich / the more happy
B. The richest / the happiest
C. The richer / the happier
D. Richer and richer / happier and happier
4. The faster we finish, _______.
A. the sooner we can leave B. we can leave sooner and sooner
C. the sooner can we leave D. we can leave the sooner
5. The younger you are, _______ it is to learn.
A. easier B. you are easier C. the easier D. the easy


D
D
C
A
C
Task 3: Use double comparative to rewrite these following sentences
1. They are big, they fall fast.
=> The bigger they are, the faster they fall.
2. When we think of the exam, we get more and more excited.
=> The more we think of the exam, the more excited we get.
3. He worked hard. He felt very bad.
=>The harder he worked, the worse he felt.
4. He studies much, he becomes stupid.
=> The more he studies, the more stupid he becomes.
5. The sun is high, the shadow is low.
=>The higher the sun is, the lower is the shadow.
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting
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
Why study?

The more you learn, the more you forget.
The more you forget, the less you know.
The less you know, the less you forget.
The less you forget, the more you know.

So why study?

As: The more you learn, the more you know.
Homework

Prepare Unit 14 - Reading