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Module 3 Sports
Unit 3
Language in use
Talk about the pictures.
Playing tennis is more tired than playing table tennis
Playing table tennis is more popular than playing tennis.
Running is safer than Swimming
Swimming is more dangerous than running.
This week’s match is already more exciting.
It is more difficult to practice in winter.
We are training harder than usual.
This year we want to do better.
1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and talk about the sports. Use the words in the box to help you.
boring cheap difficult easy
Exciting expensive popular relaxing
Work in pairs:
---What’s your favourite sports
---My favourite sport is swimming.
It’s exciting.
Now compare the sports.
1 Table tennis is more exciting than tennis.
2 Tennis is…
3 Basketball is …
4 Football is …
5 Swimming is …
6 Baseball is…
1. Table tennis is more exciting than tennis.
2. Tennis is ___________________________.
3. Basketball is ________________________.
4. Football is ___________________________.
5. Swimming is ________________________.
6. Baseball is __________________________.
more difficult than table tennis
safer than football
more dangerous than basketball
more relaxing than baseball
more exciting than swimming
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1.We trained (hard) this year than last year.
2. The team played (well) on Saturday than on Tuesday.
3. They practiced (carefully)
this week than last week.
4. playing football is (exciting) than watching it.
5. Playing tennis is (expensive) than swimming.
harder
better
More carefully
More exciting
More expensive
3 Complete the sentences with the correct
forms of the words in brackets.
Tom did his homework carelessly (careless).
The music is loud (loud).
1. They are working (hard) to learn English.
2. This bike was (cheap), so we
decided to buy it.
3. The teacher speaks (slow)
and (careful).
hard
cheap
slowly
carefully
4. Mary is going to get up (early)
because she needs to catch the first bus.
5. Running is very (easy). You can do it anywhere.
6. I do not like to be (late).
7. I am afraid our team is doing very_______ (bad).
early
easy
late
badly
4 Compare the passage with the correct form the
words in brackets.
I wanted to choose a sport to keep fit. First I
tired swimming. I joined the swimming club,
but the lessons were(1) (expensive)
than I thought. So I stopped swimming and tired running. The running club is (2)_______________ (popular) than the swimming club.
more expensive
More popular
We ran (3) (slowly) in the park. Soon, I felt that running was (4)___________ (boring)!
I decided to try something (5)____________ (exciting). I went walking in the mountains. Once we got lost in the mountains, and I hurt my leg (6)________ (badly). It is a bit
(7) (dangerous) to walk in the mountains, but I like the sport all the same.
slowly
boring
More exciting
badly
more dangerous
5 Listen and choose the correct answer.
1 What was the race
a) Boy’s 800 meters
b) Girls’ 800 meters
c) Girls’ 400 meters
2 How many classes took part in the race
a) One b) Four c) Eight
3 Who ran faster than the others at first
a) Joy b) Sandy c) Mary
4 What happened to Sandy later on
a) She stopped.
b) She ran slowly.
c) She cried.
5 -Who finally won
- A student from .
a) Class 4 b) Class 5 c) Class 1
6 Read the passage and complete the sentences.
1 Jogging means _______________________.
2 Walking is ________ than jogging.
3 To start jogging, you only need some
___________________________________.
4 jogging in the countryside is __________ than jogging in the city.
5 The more you go jogging, ____________ you will feel.
running slowly
slower
comfortable sports clothes and good running shoes
More fun
the healthier
上一模块我们学习了单音节形容词和部分双音节形容词的比较级构成形式和比较级句子的表达方式。那么,还有部分双音节和多音节形容词,它们的比较级是如何构成的呢?也是在词尾加-er 吗?不是的,一般这类形容词的比较级是在其前加 more 构成。
英语中的副词该如何使用呢?应该放在句中的什么地方呢?一般来说,副词主要用来修饰动词、形容词、副词或其他结构。
1) Nothing is ______________ than playing tennis.
没有什么比打网球更令人愉快的了。
2) It’s ______________ to practise in winter (than in summer).
冬季训练(要比夏季训练)难度更大。
3) I’m _______ tired after last night’s tennis match.
昨晚网球赛后我真的很累。
4) The teacher speaks very ________ and __________.
这位老师讲得很慢、很仔细。
more enjoyable
more difficult
really
slowly
carefully
副词修饰动词时通常出现在行为动词(实义动词)后,而形容词通常位于系动词之后或名词之前
另外, 有许多副词是由形容词+ly构成的。如:
careful + ly → carefully
quick + ly → quickly
safe + ly → safely
busy + ly → busily
heavy + ly → heavily
需要注意的是,有些词既可作形容词也可作副词。如: fast, early, late 等。
(1)比较级之前用the 特指两个中的更……的一个
Eg. The older boy of the two boys is my brother .
(2)the + 比较级..., the + 比较级... 表示“越……越……”
Eg. The more trees we plant every year, the better the environment will be.
(3)比较级 + and + 比较级表示“越来….越……”
Eg. He walks faster and faster.
Exercise
1. As far as I am concerned, education is about
learning and the more you learn, ____.
A. the more know you
B. you will know more
C. the more you will know
D. you will know more
2. She is ________ than ________ . A. busier / us B. busier / we
C. more busy / us D. more busy / we
3. Jane is ________ than Betty. A. less taller B. less tallest C. less tall D. not as tall 4. -Which is ____ season in Beijing
--I think it's autumn. A. good B. better C. best D. the best
Homework
Review comparative adjectives and comparative adverbs.