Reading
1. (Ghi 3 câu hỏi trong 1 slide r mới người trả lời)
== > Work in pair . Answer the questions
1. How do you go to your place of work or study ?
2. Do you use public transport?
3. Are there often traffic problems?
2. Read the article about four solutions to transport problems.
Match the paragraphs (A-D) with the photos (1-4).
A-3
B-2
C-4
D-1
3. Look at the photos and read the
article again. Which types of transport (A-D) do you think
the sentences describe? Some sentences describe more
than one type.
1 It moves over people's heads. B,D
2 It's a faster way to commute. B,D
3 It needs human energy. B
4 It uses energy from the wind or the sun. A,C
5 It makes travel cheaper. C
6 It isn't for long. B
Vocabulary transport nouns
Compound nouns : join two nouns make a new noun
Two word or one word
BUS STOP BUS STOP
Airport Taxi stand
4. Exercise Match the nouns with the definitions
(Tách riêng từng cái)
carbon city container
emissions centres fuel costs
ships
speed
rush hour traffic
limit jam
1 the maximum speed you can legally drive speed limit
2 a long line of vehicles moving slowly on the road traffic jam
3 the time in the day when lots of people travel to/from work
rush hour
4 the money you spend on petrol or diesel in transport
fuel costs
5 the amount of CO, that a type of transport produces
carbon emissions
6 the middle of cities city centres
7 transport for moving products around the world
container ships
5. (Ghi 3 câu hỏi trong 1 slide r mới người trả lời)
Work in pairs.
1 Which of the four transport solutions in the article do you
think are a good idea?
2 Which traffic problems will they solve in your area?
COMPARISON
Short adjectives/adverbs (One-syllable adjectives)
E.g: small, big, old….
Long adjectives/adverbs (Two-syllable adjectives and more)
E.g: beautiful,friendly, expensive….
COMPARATIVES
Short adj/adv
A short adj-er/adv-er + than B
E.g: Jane is 10 years old
Sam is 8 yeas old
Jane is older than Sam
Long adj/adv
A more + long adj /adv + than B
E.g:
Car is more expensive than bike.
SUPERLATIVES
Short adj/adv
The + short adj-est/adv-est
E.g: He is the tallest in my class.
She runs the fastest in the race.
Long adj/adv
The most + long adj /adv
Eg: She is the most beautifull in my class.
Regular Comparative Superlative
fast faster fastest
big bigger biggest
expensive more expensive most expensive
Irregular
good/well better best
bad/ badly worse worst
little less least
far further furthest
NOTE spelling rules
For adjectives that end in -e, we just add -r or -st.
nice → nicer / nicest
For adjectives that end in -y, we change the y to i and
add -er or -est.
busy → busier / busiest
For one-syllable adjectives that end in consonant-vowel-
consonant, we generally double the final consonant.
big - bigger / biggest
wet -> wetter / wettest
However, we do not double w, x or y.
slow → slower / slowest
6.
Listen to a short conversation between two colleagues at work.
Which types of transport do they talk about?
What advantages and disadvantages do they mention?
1. bicycle, electric car,bus
bicycle : faster than in the rush hour but take
2.
hours , the cost of petrol is so exprnsive
electric car : better for environment but it’s
the most expensive type of car
Bus : near house, stop every where but the
fastest bus takes over an hour
Listen again. Choose the correct option.
1 Eight thirty is the bad / worst time for traffic. worst
2 My bicycle is faster / fastest than your car in the rush hour!
faster
3 I travel far / further than you. further
4 They're better / best for the environment. better
5 They're better but they're also more / most expensive. more
6 A new electric car is the more / most expensive type of car.
most
7 The faster / fastest bus takes over an hour. fastest
Answer these questions
1 What letters do we add to short adjectives (fast, cheap, etc.) to
form comparative and superlative adjectives? Er / est
2 We use more before longer adjectives to make the
comparative. What do we use to make the superlative? most
3 What is the comparative and superlative form of these
irregular adjectives: far, good, bad?
good better best
bad worse worst
far further furthest
4 Which word often comes after a comparative adjective?
Which word normally comes before a superlative adjective?
Than / the
Pronunciation than
Listen to the pronunciation of than Notice how we say /ðən/ not /ðæn/.
1 Cars are faster than bicycles.
2 Bicycles are better for the environment than cars.
Practise saying
1 I travel further than you.
2 A train is more expensive than a bus.
