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Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 3 Language in use
Language practice
It’s getting bigger and busier.
It’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
比较级用于两者（人或物）之间，表示“其中一个比另一个更……”或“较……”，后面通常用连词than连接另一个比较的对象。
形容词的比较级
一、构成 —— 规则变化：
单音节和部分双音节词 一般在词尾加____ tall→taller
long→longer
以不发音字母e结尾的词，在词尾加___ fine→finer
late→later
重读闭音节词且词尾只有一个辅音字母，双写辅音字母再加-er big→big___
thin→thin____
以“辅音字母 + y”结尾的双音节词，先把“y”改为“i”再加-er easy→eas____
happy→ happ____
-er
-r
ger
ner
ier
ier
1) This tree is taller than that one.
2) The climate in Beijing is hotter than
that of Ningbo.
主语
对比对象
主语
对比对象
1. 基本句式：
主语 +谓语（系动词或行为动词）+形容词比较级 （+其它） +than+对比对象 “A比B更……”
二、用法
Who is shorter, Tom or Mike
谁更矮，汤姆还是迈克？
When spring comes, it’s getting warmer and warmer.
当春天到来时，天气变得越来越暖和。
2. 表示两者之间的选择, 可使用:
Which/Who+系动词+形容词比较级, A or B
3. “形容词比较级+and+形容词比较级”表示 “越来越……”
4. 表示双方程度相同时用“as+形容词 原级+as”结构，表示“……和……一样……”。
Tom is not as tall as Mike.
=Tom is not so tall as Mike.
汤姆不如迈克高。
She is as tall as her sister.
她和她妹妹一样高。
否定形式：
not as(so)…as…“和…… 不一样、不及／不如……”
It was cold yesterday, but it’s even colder today.
昨天天气很冷，但今天更冷。
He is getting much fatter these days.
他这些天变得更胖了。
注意：
比较级前面可以用much, a little, a bit, a lot, even, far或still等副词修饰;
very不能和比较级连用。如：
He is much stronger than his sister.
他比他的妹妹强壮得多。
1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
big cold large old tall
Shenzhen was very small about thirty years ago but
it is much ______ now.
This building is tall but that building is much ______.
Beijing is old but Xi’an is much ________.
4. The US has a large population but India’s
population is _________.
5. Beijing is cold in winter but Harbin is ______.
bigger
taller
older
larger
colder
Look at the two pictures. What can you see
It’s a village.
There’re some houses.
The village is quiet.
It’s a new city. The buildings are very high. It’s a busy city. The roads are very wide.
2.Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words in the box to help you.
big busy high low old small tall wide
The buildings in Picture 1 are older than the buildings in Picture 2.
The buildings in the city in Picture 2 are newer/higher/taller than the buildings in the village in Picture 1.
3 Write sentences. Use the information in the table.
Shenzhen Beijing new
Shanghai Hangzhou busy
Xi’an Beijing old
China Australia big
Tian’anmen Square Other squares in China wide
The population of Tianjin The population of Shanghai small
Shenzhen is newer than Beijing.
1. Shanghai is busier than Hangzhou.
2. Xi’an is older than Beijing.
3. China is bigger than Australia.
4. Tian’anmen Square is wider than other squares in China.
5. The population of Tianjin is smaller than the population of Shanghai.
Check your answers:
4 Complete the word map with the words in the box.
You need to use one word more than once.
big cold large new old small warm
place
weather
population
size
history
cold
warm
big
small
new
old
large
small
5. Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box.
in the northeast
is famous for
on the coast
pretty good
Cambridge is a beautiful old English city. It ____________ its university.
Tianjin is near Beijing, ____________ of the Bohai Sea.
__________________ India is smaller than that of China but bigger than that of Russia.
Harbin is ______________ of China and is a very busy city.
The weather in Beijing in autumn is _____________.
is famous for
on the coast
The population of
in the northeast
pretty good
The population of
6
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
In my home town there are two cinemas, the Grand Cinema and the Palace Cinema. The Grand Cinema is (1) _______ (old) and (2) _______ (small) than the Palace Cinema. It is also (3) ________ (warm) in the Grand Cinema. The Palace Cinema is usually (4) _______ (busy) than the Grand Cinema and the tickets are (5) ________ (cheap) too.
older
smaller
warmer
busier
cheaper
bigger
busier
famous
larger
older
Washington DC
Washington DC is the capital of the US. Located on the east coast, it is best known for the White House, where the President of the US lives and works, and for Capitol Hill, where the US Congress meets.
There are many famous monuments, memorials, and museums in Washington DC .
The Lincoln Memorial is a grand white building. Millions of tourists visit it every year to show respect to President Lincoln. In the National Air and Space Museum, people can see the command module of Apollo 11, which sent the first humans to the moon in 1969.
Making a report comparing two places in your home town
Where is it
It’s in the north/south/east/
west of the town.
How many people work/go
there
…people work/go there.
How old is it
It’s about … years old.
Is there anything special
about it
It’s bigger than ...
8. Work in pairs.
Compare two places in your home town.
Place 1 :__________ Place 2 :__________
9. Write the information in the table.
Write sentences.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2.
Place 2 is older than Place 1.
Join the sentences using and or but.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2,
but Place 2 is older than Place 1.
10. Make a report and read it to the whole class.
用括号里单词的比较级完成句子
4. He is _____ than his father.(tall)
3.Our classroom is ________than yours.(small)
5. Lesson One is ______ than Lesson Two.(easy)
6. An elephant is ________than a monkey.(heavy)
1. Is Hong Kong ________than Shanghai (hot)
2. Is Hong Kong _____than Shanghai (old)
taller
smaller
easier
heavier
hotter
older
训练·评价
Revise the comparative degree of adjectives
Make a poster:
1. a map showing where the cities / rivers are
2. a paragraph with facts comparing them
Homework
