Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 9 (Global Success) - Unit 2: City life, Lesson 3 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

 Unit 2 CITY LIFE
 LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2 WARM-UP OPTION 1
 - Look at two bowls of spicy noodles.
 - Which bowl of noodles 
 do you prefer? 
 => I like the second bowl 
 √ √ √ more than the first bowl. WARM-UP OPTION 2
 Comparative 
 Chain game. WARM-UP OPTION 2
 - Work in teams.
 - Teacher chooses a category such as 
HOW TO PLAY “transportation”.
 - The first team names something related 
 to the category, such as “underground 
 train.” WARM-UP OPTION 2
 - The next team must name something that 
 is comparative to the previous item, such as “bus” or 
 “taxi.” Then you use comparative to form a statement.
HOW TO PLAY
 E.g. The bus is slower than the underground train.
 - If a team cannot think of anything, they are out of the 
 game.
 - The last team remaining wins. WARM-UP OPTION 2
 LET’S PLAY DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
 Look at the sentence:
 The more expensive the rent in the city is, the fewer 
 people can afford to live there.
 You can use “the” with comparative adjectives to emphasize that 
 one thing depends on another.
 The + comparative adj 1 + clause 1, the + comparative adj 2 + 
 clause 2. DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
 Look at Remember! box (p. 21): DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
1. Lan isn’t home yet. The later / more late it gets, the 
more worried I get about her.
2. He wants a new house. The larger the house is, the 
comfortable / more comfortable he feels.
3. She thinks the bigger the city is, higher / the higher 
the cost of living gets. DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.
4. The famouser / more famous the city is, the higher 
number of tourists it can attract.
5. The larger population the town has, more difficult / 
the more difficult it is to find a job. DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
2 Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below 
 and correct it. The hotter
1. I love the spicy food in this city. The hottest the food is, the more 
 A B C D
I like it.
2. I got stuck in a traffic jam yesterday. The more congested the road, 
 A
 more tired B
the tired I became.
 C D DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
 2 Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below 
 and correct it.
 more modern
 3. The modern the library is, the more attractive it is to teenagers.
 A B C D
 4. The streets are getting dirtier. The more crowded this city is, 
 A
the more polluted B C
 more polluted it becomes.
 D DOUBLE COMPARATIVES
2 Find a mistake in the underlined parts in each sentence below 
 and correct it.
 uglier
5. The denser the buildings are, the more ugly the city becomes. It’ll 
 A B
soon look like a concrete jungle.
 C D PHRASAL VERBS
3 Match a phrasal verb in column A with a suitable word / phrase 
 in column B.
 A B
1. get around a. noise pollution 1. d
2. carry out b. friends 2. c
3. come down with c. a project 3. e
4. hang out with d. the city 4. b
5. cut down on e. the flu 5. a PHRASAL VERBS
 PHRASAL VERBS MEANING
 get around move from place to place 
 / go to a lot of different places
 carry out conduct
 come down with catch (a disease)
 hang out with spend time a lot of time with sb
 cut down on reduce PHRASAL VERBS
4 Complete each sentence with a phrasal verb in 3. You can 
 change the form of the verb when necessary.
1. I’mcoming down with a cold. I have a runny nose and a sore throat.
2. We all need to cut down on using our cars and ride our bikes 
more to reduce air pollution.
3. When I was in town, I chose to get around by bus.
4. Where do teenagers in your neighbourhood often hang out with
 each other?
5. The authority is carrying out a plan to solve traffic 
congestion in the downtown area. PHRASAL VERBS EXTRA ACTIVITY
 “FIND SOMEONE WHO............” PHRASAL VERBS EXTRA ACTIVITY
 - Copy the table into notebooks.
 - Ask your classmates to find at least 
 one person who says “Yes” to each 
 statement.
 - The person who finishes table first 
 will say Bingo and become the winner 
 of the game.
 . likes getting around by public transport. PHRASAL VERBS EXTRA ACTIVITY
Find someone who Name More 
 information
1. likes getting around by public transport.
2. carried out a project last week.
3. came down with a flu or a cold last year.
4. often hangs out with friends in their free 
time.
5. wants to cut down on the amount of 
water they are using each day.