E.g: Is there anything special on /∫/ television tonight? /ʒ/ I Pronunciation Listen and repeat /ʒ/ television pleasure measure Asia illusion massage /∫/ shop machine Swedish washing English special I Pronunciation Practise these sentences It’s his pleasure to Asia /ʒ/ /ʒ/ You shouldn’t have any illusions about television /ʒ/ /∫/ /ʒ/ A massage can be a good measure to help you relax /ʒ/ shop sell washing machines? Does this /ʒ/ Is he English/∫/ or Swedish? /∫/ /∫/ Is there anything special on TV tonight? /∫/ /∫/ /∫/ Eg: This house is bigger than my house Eg: She is more beautiful than her sister II Grammar and vocabulary • Comparative and superlative adjectives ã Comparative (so sánh hơn) ã Form: ( be) + short adj +ER + than • Form: (be) + more +long adj +than Note: double the final consonant if it comes right after a vowel E.g: big – bigger thin – thinner - For adjectives ending in –y, change –y to –i and then add - er Eg: Duy is the tallest in the class Eg: Duy is the most intelligent in the class II Grammar and vocabulary 2.Superlative (So sánh nhất) Form: (be) + the + short adj + est (be) + the most + long adj Note: good – better – the best bad – worse – the worst far – farther/further – the farthest/ the furthest many(much) – more – most litte – less - least Exercise 1: Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives Adjective cheap expensive young happy big busy intelligent beautiful bad 10 far 11 new 12 dangerous Comparative Superlative Cheaper more expensive younger happier bigger more intelligent more beautiful worse farther newer more dangerous The cheapest The most expensive The youngest The happiest The biggest The most intelligent The most beautiful The worst The farthest The newest The most dangerous Exercise Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions • E.g: family/the/am/my/in/I/oldest I am the oldest in my family sister/me/my/than/younger/is My sister is younger than me class/Who/oldest/the/the/in/is/? Who is the oldest in the class? passenger/plane/used to be/Concord/world/fastest/the/in/the Concord used to be the fastest passenger plane in the world book/interesting/than/my/your/more/is/book Your book is more interesting than my book bought/expensive/shop/the/in/watch/most/Peter/the Peter bought the most expensive watch in the shop cheapest/buy/you/shop/in/the/the/did/watch? Did you buy the cheapest watch in the shop? difficult/German/English/is/than/more/much German is much more difficult than English weather/better/today/than/much/is/yesterday/the The weather today is much better than yesterday Exercise Look at carefully at each line Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there Put a tick (√) for each correct line If a line has a word which should not be there, write the wors in the space First of all, walking is obviously the cheapest means of travelling, and can be the quicker in a city centre Of course, the further you have to go, the more so tired you will become In some ways walking is more healthier than travelling by bus or car, but it can be just as the unhealthy because cities are the much more polluted than they used to be Cars are faster of course and more than convenient, but as cities become more of crowded, parking is getting harder Sometimes public transport is better, even though buses don’t go as fast as cars it Cars are a lot more and convenient but as they cause most pollution, it is the better to avoid using them if possible In a city the fastest way of travelling is on a bike, which keeps you fitter and is not so that noisy as a motorbike or a car √ the √ so more the the √ than of √ it 10 11 and 12 the 13 √ 14 √ 15 that Do exercises in workbook, and test yourself F ... if it comes right after a vowel E.g: big – bigger thin – thinner - For adjectives ending in –y, change –y to –i and then add - er Eg: Duy is the tallest in the class Eg: Duy is the most intelligent... worst far – farther/further – the farthest/ the furthest many(much) – more – most litte – less - least Exercise 1: Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives Adjective cheap