I.Pronunciation : LINKING
When we speak , we link words
together by connecting the final
consonant sound of the preceding
word with the initial vowel of the
Ex:
following word .
It’s a nice day .
Not at all
1.look at
6. it’s upstairs
2. took of
7. Tom used to
3. quite old
8. Put on
4. from Australia9. move into
5. friends in
10. turn of
Adjective/ Comparative
adverb
1
difficult
2
actively
3
good
4
5
high
heavy
expensiv
6e
Superlative
more difficultthe most difficult
more actively the most actively
better
the best
higher
the highest
heavier
the heaviest
the most expensive
more expensive
AEXERCISE 1/146 B
1.Finding a job is becoming…
a. worse and worse
2. Traveling is becoming…..
b. bigger and bigger
3. As I waited for my
interviewed…
c. more and more difficult
4. That hole in your pullover is
getting…..
e. more and more expensive
d. more and more talkative
5. As the conversation went on … f. better and better
6. The suitcase seemed to get …. g. heavier and heavier as i carried
7. Her English is improving . It’s ..
8. The weather is getting ….
it upstairs
h. more and more nervous
A
B
1.Finding a job is becoming…
a.more and more difficult
2. Traveling is becoming…..
b.more and more expensive
3. As I waited for my
interviewed…
c.more and more nervous
4. That hole in your pullover is
getting…..
5. As the conversation went on …
6. The suitcase seemed to get ….
d.bigger and bigger
e.more and more talkative
f.heavier and heavier as I carried
7. Her English is improving . It’s ..
8. The weather is getting ….
it upstairs
g.better and better
h.worse and worse
EXERCISE 2/ 147
1.It is becomingharder
…………………….to
and harder find a job (hard)
2. Eating and traveling in this city is getting ……..
……………………………………(
expensive)
more
and more expensive
3. As the day went on , the weather got . ……..
…………………………….(
bad )
worse and worse
4. Your English is OK now , your pronunciation is ……
better and……………..(good)
better
……………….
5.Little John is becoming more
………………….
and more ……….
active
……………….(active)
EXERCISE 2/ 147
6As it was getting dark , it was becoming
more
and more difficult see everything in the house
………………................to
(difficult)
7. I feel happy as my birthday is coming ………
…………(close)
closer and closer
nearer and nearer near )
8. Our final exam is getting ……………………….(
hotter and hotter
9. The weather is getting …………………………….(hot)
and more beautiful
10. She is lookingmore
…………………………….(beautiful)
Task 3: Matching
a. the faster you will learn
b. the more impatient he became
c. The sooner we will arrive
d. the higher your bill will be
e. the more I liked him
f. the better I feel
g. the more you want
h. the better the service
Ex: The earlier we leave, _________________________
1. The warmer the weather is, _______________________
2. The more you practise your English, __________________
3. The longer he waited, ____________________
4. The more electricity you use, __________________
5. The more expensive the hotel is, ___________________
6. The more I got to know him, ____________________
7. The more you have, ______________________
EXERCISE 4
Rewrite these sentences as shown
1.If we leave early , we will arrive soon
the sooner we will arrive
The earlier we leave ………………………………..
2. When you eat a lot , you get fat
the fatter you get
The more you eat ………………………………….
3. If you run a lot , you will get fit .
the fitter you will get
The more you run ………………………………
4. The rain became increasingly heavy .
heavier and heavier
The rain became …………………………………….
EXERCISE 4
Rewrite these sentences as shown
5.I became increasingly impatient
more and more impatient
I became ………………………………………
6. Computers are becoming decreasingly expensive
less and less expensive
Computers are becoming ………………………
7. The weather grew increasingly bad .
worse and worse
The weather grew ……………………………
8. We live far from each other . We miss each other very
much
The more we miss each other
The farher we live from each other
GROUPWORK (5ms)
Work in group and write some
changes in your schoollife , your
class , your school …
Structure 1:
comparative +and +comparative
( càng ngày càng)
Structure 2:
The +comparative ………the+comparative
( càng……………… càng)
Translate into Vietnamese
Why study ?
The more I study , the more I know
The more I know , the more I forget
The more I forget , the less I know
So why study ?
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