unit13. language focus.E.12

Welcome to our class!
12C8

Look at these words/ phrases.
Try to remember then say out them
one by one
stand up
put on
look at
turn off
get up five years ago

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Pronunciation:
Linking
We link words end ing with a consonant sound
to words beginning with a vowel sound
stand up
put on
look at
turn off
get up five years ago

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS

Pronunciation:
Linking
Practise reading these sentences. Make sure you link
the words together as shown
1. Look at these pictures
2. The plane took off despite the fog
3. She has many friends in London
4. Don’t forget to turn off the lights.
5. She’s from Australia

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Grammar: Double comparison
Exercise 1: Match a half-sentence from box A with a suitable half-
sentence from box B to make meaningful sentences
A
A
1. As I waited for my interview, I
became
2. That hole in your pullover is getting
3. Her English is improving; it’s getting
4. The earlier we leave
5. The more you practise your English
6. The more I got to know him
B
B
a. more and more nervous
b. better and better

c. more and more difficult
d. bigger and bigger
e. the more I liked him
f. the faster you will learn
g. the sooner we will arrive

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Grammar: Double comparison
Structure 1:
Use:
Comparative + and + comparative
To say that something is changing continuously
1. As I waited for my interview, I became more and more nervous.
2. That hole in your pullover is getting bigger and bigger
3. Her English is improving; it’s getting better and better
Short adj: adj-er and adj-er
Long adj: more and more + adj

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Grammar: Double comparison
4. The earlier we leave, the sooner we will arrive
5. The more you practise your English, the faster you will learn
6. The more I got to know him, the more I liked him
Use: to say that one thing depends on another thing

Structure 2: The + comparative, the + comparative
Short adj: the adj-er
Long adj: the more + adj

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Grammar: Double comparison
Exercise 2: Complete the sentences, using the structure
comparative + and + comparative with the words in brackets
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. The noise got _______________ as we approached the house.
(loud)
5. It’s getting _____________________ to find a job. (difficult)
more and more
expensive
higher and higher
worse and worse
louder and louder
more and more difficult

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS

Grammar: Double comparison
Exercise 3: Complete the sentences, using the information in
brackets. The first one has been done as an example
1. The more he plays sport, the healthier he looks.
(He looks healthy)
2. The earlier we start, ________________________. (It is good)
3. The more we practise a language, ________________________.
(We speak fluently)
4. The more you learn, _________________________________.
(You know a lot about the world)
5. The bigger a supermarket is, ______________________.
(The choice is wide)
the better it is
the more fluently we speak
the more you know about the world
the wider the choice is

Unit 13: THE 22
nd
SEA GAMES
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Grammar: Double comparison
Exercise 4: Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences
1. The younger you are, _________ it is to learn.
A. easier B. you are easier C. the easier D. the easy
2. ______ 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
3. 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
4. As the conversation went on, he became __________.
A. more talkative B. more talkative and more
C. most talkative D. more and more talkative

Homework
•
Review the 2 structures of double
comparative.
•
Do exercises 1,2,3 (page 146-147) in
the textbook.
•
Prepare Unit 14 - Reading