Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 13: The 22nd Sea games

Tuesday March, 1th 2011

(Language focus)


1.Look at the picture; give the correct
form of the words in brackets.

a. Mary is not (tall) as Helen.
 as tall as

b. Mary and Helen, Who is (tall)?
 taller

c. Linda is the (tall) girl in the picture.
 tallest

Mary

Linda

Helen


2.Read the situation and answer the question below:

Lan was very beautiful last year.
This year she is more beautiful than last year.
Today she looks much more beautiful than usual.

What can you say about Lan?
 Lan is more and more beautiful.


Linking
1.look at


2. took off


3. quite old


4. from Australia


6. it’s upstairs


7. Tom used to


8. Put on


9. move into


5. friends in



10. turn off



II.Grammar: Double comparison

1. Comparative + and + comparative : càng lúc/ngày càng…

Ex: - The weather is getting colder and colder.
- The price of gold is becoming more and more expensive.
- Mai speaks English more and more fluently.
- They work harder and harder.

S + V + short adj /adv + ER + and + short adj/adv + ER.
 S + V + more and more + long adj /adv.
•Use: We use these structures to say that something

is changing continuously and increasingly.


 Complete the sentences,
using “Double” Comparatives

1.It’s becoming ……………….. to find a job. (hard)
 harder and harder.

2. Travelling is becoming …………….. (expensive)
 more and more expensive.

3. My bags seemed to get ……… as I carried them. (heavy)
 heavier and heavier.


Exercise 1: Match a half-sentence from box A with
a suitable half-sentence from box B.

A

B

1.

Finding a job is becoming

a.

bigger and bigger

2.

Traveling is becoming

b.

more and more difficult

3.

As I waited for my interview,
I became

c.

more and more talkative

d.

That hole in your pullover is
getting

more and more and more
nervous

e.

As the conversation went on,
he became

more and more
expensive

f.

6.

The suitcase seemed to get

better and better

g.

7.

Her English is improving; it’s

heavier and heavier as I
carried it upstairs

4.

5.


Exercise 2: Complete the sentences using the structure
comparative + and + comparative with the words in brackets.
1.His visit to New York seemed to get …………………(short)
shorter and shorter
because he was very busy at work.
2. Eating and traveling in this city is getting
………………(expensive)
more & more expensive
worse and worse
3. As the day went on, the weather got ……(bad)
4. We had to stop the discussion because the question was
becoming…………........(complicated)
more and more complicated
5. Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got
better and

better
……………
(good)
more and
more active
6. Little John is becoming…………(
active)


II.Grammar: Double comparison
2. The + comparative, the + comparative:
Càng … bao nhiêu, càng … bấy nhiêu.

Ex:
- The older you get, the harder you find a job.
-The more interesting the film is, the more
expensive the ticket is.
- The younger you are, the more quickly you learn.
The+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V.., the+ short adj/adv+ER +S+V…
more+long adj/adv
more+long adj/adv
Use: We use these structures to say about
a change in one thing causing a change in another .


 Choose the best answer among A, B, C

or D to complete each sentence.

. … the man gets, ……. he becomes.

A. The more old/ the more weak B. older/ weaker
C. The older/ the weakest
D.DThe older/ the weaker
2. ……..…... difficult the lesson is, ………….……. we try.
A more/the harder
A. The
B. The more/the hardest
C. The most/the harder
D. The more/the most hard
3. …………… Mary gets, …………… she is.
A. The old/ the cleverer
B. B
The older/ the cleverer
C. The older/ cleverer
D. older/ the cleverer


Exercise 3: Choose a suitable half- sentence to
complete each of the sentences below.
a. the faster you will learn
e. the more I liked him
b. the more impatient he became f. the better I feel
c. the sooner we will arrive
g. the more you want
d. the higher your bill will be
h. the better the service

Ex: The earlier we leave, ………………………………..
1. The warmer the weather, ………………………………...
2. The more you practise your English, ……………………….

3. The longer he waited, …………………………………….
4. The more electricity you use, ……………………………..
5. The more expensive the hotel, …………………………….
6. The more I got to know him, ………………………………
7. The more you have, ……………………………………….


Further practice:
Identify the mistakes from the underlined parts.

1. They have to work hard and harder to earn money.
A
B
C
D
2. The longer she stays in England, the gooder her
A
B
English will be.
C
D
3. Everything gets more expensive and more expensive.
A
B
C
D
4. The most you speak, the more fluently you can speak.
A
B
C

D


Now let’s play our
game!

“Lucky number”


Choose one type of sports you like best.
3. Everything gets more expensive and more expensive.
CC
A
B
D
swimming
4. The most you speak, the more fluently you can speak.
A
B
C
D
football

1. They have to work hard and harder to earn money.
A
B
D
C
tennis
2.The longer she stays in England, the gooder her

A
BB
cycling
English will be.
C
D


HOMEWORK:
- Practise reading the sentences, liking
the words together.
- Do again exercises 1,2,3.
- Prepare TESTYOURSELF F.