Unit 8 Country life and city life
lesson 6 : Language focus
A / Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to
use Present progressive and comparative and superlative adjectives .
B / Teaching aids : Textbooks , chalks , boards …
C / Procedure :
I / Warm up : Matching
A B Key
Work in group 1. play a. to Mom 1.b
( 2 teams ) 2. do b. table tennis 2.g
3.c 3. watch c. a program
4.h 4. go d. a meeting
5.f 5. clean e. my aunt , Mrs
6.d 6. have Hang
7.e 7. phone f. the house
8. speak g. my homework 8.a
h. to violin lesson
- Call 2 volunteers from 2 teams to do the
matching
Work in pairs II / Practice :
1. Ex 2 : Ask Ss to use the suitable verbs in
the Present Progressive Tense to complete
Answer the the exercise
questions - Get Ss to work in pairs
- Call on some pairs to practice the dialogues
before class and correct
=> What tense do we use in 6 dialogues ?
What is the form ?
Look at the adverbs of time in the
dialogue . Are they at present or in the future
?
Work in pairs Present Progressive Tense is used to talk
about the future .
2. Ex 1 : Ask Ss to practice the dialogue as
example
S1 : Is the boat to Qui Nhon leaving at 11.
30 ?
S2 : Is that good fortune ?
S1 : That is right
S2 : I am very sorry . It has been delayed .
S1 : Oh , no ! Work individually
S2 : Now , it is leaving at 13 . 45
- Give them the shipping information and
ask them to make similar dialogues
3. Ex 3 : Present Progressive Tense is used
to describe changes with “ get “ and “
become “
* Drill : Prepare six cards of cues Repeat chorally ,
a. The boys / get / tall individually
b. The old men / become / weak
c. It / become / dark
d. The weather / get / cold Repeat the form of
e. The students / get / better comparative and
f. The school yard / become / cleaner superlative
- Model first two cues , then whole class adjectives
repeat chorally , then some Ss read out
individually
- Give a new cue and go on until most of the
Ss in class can remember the structure .
4 . Comparative and superlative adjectives
- Remind Ss of the forms of comparative and
superlative adjectives Listen and copy
* Comparative : Short adj - er + than +
object
More long adj + than +
object
* Superlative : The + short adjective - est
Work in pairs The most + long
adjective
* Irregular adjectives
good/ well – better – the best
bad – worse – the worst
many – more – the most
little – less – the least
Ex 4 : Have Ss work in pairs to make
comparisons between the city and the
country . Listen and answer
Ex : The air in the country is fresher than in the questions
the city
- Let each Student read aloud one of the
sentences they have made .
- Give feedback
IV / Further practice :
- Ask Ss to read the advertisements then ask
them some questions to check their Play game
understanding ( whole class )
+ what are advertised ?
( an apartment , a villa and a house )
+ How old are they ?
( The apartment is 2 years old , the villa is 5 Listen and copy
years old and the house is new )
+ How much do we pay per month ?
( 900,000 dongs for the apartment , 6,6
million dongs for the house and 7,8 million
dongs for the villa )
- Game “ Nought and Crosses “ , using
comparative and superlative adjectives
old expensive big
expensive small hot
big beautiful old
Eg : - The villa is older than the apartment
- The house is more expensive than the
apartment
V / Homework :
1/Redo all the exercises and copy down
2/ Prepare the next lesson .
