Friday, April 24, 2020 Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb HAY WATER COLLECT WOOD MILK Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb HERD THE CATTLE THE SHEEP Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb RICE GROW GRASS MEAT Cross out one noun which does not go with the verb WILD FLOWERS PICK POST APPLES Short and Long Adjectives: - Short adjectives: with one Ex: big, small, tall, thick, hot, warm… syllable - Long adjectives: with two or more syllables Ex: useful, expensive, modern, beautiful… Exceptions:The following adjectives are considered as ‘short’ + Adjectives with two syllables ending in “y”: Ex: funny, easy, pretty, happy, lazy, crazy… Comparatives: a) Short Adjectives Ex1: S Be Adj_er Comparatives: a) Short Adjectives Ex2: Comparatives: a) Short Adjectives FORM: Ex: Note: We use comparative adjectives to compare two things, people or CDs floppies modern more CDs are ………………… Nobody modern uses floppy disks nowadays expensive more I think London is ……………….…… expensive than Tokyo Ex: Peter is less fat than David Long Xuyen is less modern than Chicago REMEMBER (Comparatives of Adjs) - Short Adjectives: - Long Adjectives: * Less/Inferior Comparatives: Sometimes I hear around mewith say that it is (0 Complete the adults passage below a suitable good) better for children grow up in the city than comparative form ofto the adjectives in provided the countryside They say that the city offers a higher child more opportunities for (1 high) _ easier access to (3 good) education, and (2 easy) better _ facilities Life there is (4 exciting) convenient more exciting and (5 convenient) more _ They may be right, but there’s one thing they might happier here than in a not know I feel (6 happy) crowded and noisy city Country folk are (7 friendly) friendlier than city folk I know every boy in my _ fast as that in village Life here is not as (8 fast) safer the city and I feel (9 safe) _ Perhaps the best (10 good) place to grow up is the place where you feel at home * Comparative forms of adverbs * Comparative forms of Adverbs are just like the Comparative forms of Adjectives FORM: - Only these following adverbs (the same form as adjectives) are short: soon, late, early, fast, hard… FORM: Ex: Phong gets up earlier than anyone in his family Nga works harder than Nam (does) Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box traditionally soundly generously slowly healthily Can you speak _ more slowly ? My English is not good After a hard working day, we usually sleep more soundly Nowadays, people dress , less traditionally so it’s difficult to say which country they are from more It’s not always true that rich people donate generously than poor people more If you want to stay slim, you have to eat healthily Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative form of hard, early, late, fast, well and badly Your exam score is low I am sure you can _ better We’ll be late for the fair Can you drive ? faster On Sunday, we can get up later than usual The farmers have to work harder at harvest time You look tired Are you feeling worser than you did this morning? My mother has to get up earlier than us to milk the cows Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences People in rural areas of Britain talk optimistically / more optimistically about the future than city people In India, rural areas are more popularly / popular known as the ‘countryside’ A village is less densely populated / more densely populated than a city City people seem to react quickly / more quickly to changes than country people Medical help can be less easily / more easily obtained in a city than in the countryside Write the answers to the questions below Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside? → The countryside is more peaceful than the city Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being? →A computer works faster at calculus than a human Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life being in a modern town? → Life in a remote area is harder than that in a modern Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City town or Hue? → Ho Chi Minh City is more expensive than Hue Who can smell better, animals or human beings? Animals can smell better than human beings → faster than others Farmers collect fruit (fast) A city has _ more interesting activities than the countryside (interesting) The city offers more services It's much _ more convenient than the countryside (convenient) Some people think that country folks are friendlier than city people (friendly) This task can be completed more easily than that one (easy) - Review the grammar points: Comparative forms+ of Adjectives and Adverbs - Do exercises B 3, 4, 5, 6, in workbook (page 10 and 11) - Prepare for Unit 2: Communication ... works faster at calculus than a human Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life being in a modern town? → Life in a remote area is harder than that in a modern Which... Underline the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences People in rural areas of Britain talk optimistically / more optimistically about the future than city people In India, rural areas... comparative form ofto the adjectives in provided the countryside They say that the city offers a higher child more opportunities for (1 high) _ easier access to (3 good) education, and (2 easy)