Week: 36
Period: 109
Thursday, May 12
th
, 2009
LESSON 5: GRAMMAR PRACTICE
UNIT 16:
MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1. Present simple tense:
a) Nam: Where are you from?
Tom: I am from Canada.
Nam: …… you …………. Vietnamese?
Tom: No, I………
I ……… English and French.
Do
speak
don’t
speak
b) Tom is from Canada.
He ………… English and French.speaks
c) Lee is from China.
He ………… ………… speaks
d) Yoko is from Japan.
She ………… ……………speaks
e) Minh is from Viet Nam.
He ………… ……………speaks
f) John is from the USA.
He ………… ……………speaks
Chinese
Vietnamese
American
Japanese
2. Present simple and present progressive tense:
a) What is her name?
Her name …… Susan.is
b) Where does she live?
She ……… in London.lives
c) Where ……… she staying now?
She ……… …………in Ha Noi now.is
is
staying
d) What does she do?
She ……… a teacher.is
e) What ………. she teach?
She …………. a tea English.teaches
does
f) ………. she ……………you?
No. She …………. teach me.doesn’t
Does
Mr. Hai ……………. me.
teach
teaches
big bigger the biggest
small smaller the smallest
tall taller the tallest
3. Adjectives: comparatives and superlatives.
Complete the table. Then complete the passage.
long longer the longest
short shorter the shortest
tall taller the tallest
small smaller the smallest
big bigger the biggest
high higher the highest
thick thicker the thickest
a) The Mekong River is long. The Amazon River is ……… than the Mekong.
The Nile is …………… ……………… river in the world.
b) The Great Wall of China is long. It is ……… …………structure in the world.
c) Sears Tower in Chicago is tall, but it isn’t ……. ………… building in the world.
PETRONAS Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur is ……. ……… than Sears Tower.
It is …………. ………… building in the world.
d) Ha Noi is big, but it is not the …………. city in Viet Nam. Ho Chi Minh City is
………… than Ha Noi. It is ………… ………… City in Viet Nam.
But Mexico City is ………… …………… city in the world.
longer
longest
the
longest
the
the tallest
the tallest
taller
biggest
bigger biggestthe
biggestthe
4. Indefinite quantifiers: a few , a little , a lot/lots
The streets of Ha Noi are very busy. There is ……… …………
of traffic. Most people only have ……… ……… money to spend
on transportation. As a result, there are only ………. ……….
private cars on the roads.
The bike is the cheapest form of transportation, so there are
……… ………… of bikes. There are ………….of motorbikes, too.
There are ………. ………….of taxis, but they are expensive.
a lot
a
little
a few
a lot lots
a lot
a lot of water.
some water.
a little water.a few potatoes.
some potatoes.
we should turn it off
we should fix it
we should collect it
food bottles cans waste paper
plastic
scrap metal
leather clothes
python leopard elephant
camel panda
tallest
longest
long longer
highest
a lot of some
a few
a little few
protect collect
put should not
recycle