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
1. play
2. do
3. watch
4. go
5. clean
6. have
7. phone
a. to Mom
b. table tennis
c. a program
d. a meeting
e. my aunt , Mrs
Hang
f. the house
1.b
2.g
3.c
4.h
5.f
6.d
7.e
Work in group
( 2 teams )
8. speak g. my homework
h. to violin lesson
8.a
- Call 2 volunteers from 2 teams to do the
matching
II / Practice :
1. Ex 2 : Ask Ss to use the suitable verbs in
the Present Progressive Tense to complete
the exercise
- 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
?
Present Progressive Tense is used to talk
about the future .
Work in pairs
Answer the
questions
Work in pairs
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 !
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
a. The boys / get / tall
b. The old men / become / weak
c. It / become / dark
Work individually
Repeat chorally ,
individually
d. The weather / get / cold
e. The students / get / better
f. The school yard / become / cleaner
- Model first two cues , then whole class
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
* Comparative : Short adj - er + than +
object
More long adj + than +
object
* Superlative : The + short adjective - est
The most + long
adjective
Repeat the form of
comparative and
superlative
adjectives
Listen and copy
Work in pairs
* 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 .
Ex : The air in the country is fresher than in
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
understanding
+ what are advertised ?
Listen and answer
the questions
Play game
( whole class )