1. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang1 Presenter: Lê Thị Ngọc Dung Huỳnh Thị Kim Hoàng

2. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang2 Content Compound adjective Warm up About compound adjective Practice Double comparative Warm up About double comparative Practice

3. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang3 Warm-up Put these following words under appropriate heading: Exchange, exchangeable Account, accountable, accountant, accountancy Protect, protection, protective, protectively Money, monetary, monetarist Finance, financial, financer, financially, finance Nouns Verb Adjectives Adverbs Answer

4. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang4 Nouns Verb Adjectives Adverbs Finance Financer Exchange Account Accountant Accountancy Protection Money Monetarist Finance Exchange Account Protect Financial Exchangeable Accountable Protective Monetary Financially Protectively

5. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang5 Example: Customer: I’d like to open a high-interest account Bank teller: How much would you like to deposit?  “high-interest” is a compound adjective Definition: A compound adjective is formed when two or more words work together to modify the same noun. These terms should be hyphenated to avoid confusion or ambiguity.

6. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang6 Example Mary bought a second-hand BMW. She had a full-time job in a bank, but after the baby was born she changed to a part-time job and just worked in the mornings. That department store sells expensive high-tech equipment. We offer good-quality products, and we’ll have many customers. My parents complained about the poor-quality service of the hotel they stayed last month.

7. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang7 Practice Complete these sentences with the words in the box. 1.There has been a housing subsidy program for the families in this area. 2.Most people want to have a diet nowadays. 3.This factory produces goods for export. 4.Most of the population are, but about 10% are left-handed. 5.My brother had a nervous breakdown because he worked in a job. 6.They have constructed many buildings in that part of the city. More exercises high-quality high-rise right-handed low-income low-fat high-pressure low-income low-fat high-quality right-handed high-pressure high-rise

8. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang8 Warm-up Choose appropriate sentences for A, B, C, and D in order to have a logical chart. Try to guess the meaning. 1.The more experienced you are 2.The more things you want to buy 3.The more money you earn 4.The harder you have to work 5.The more you grow up Answer: 1-C, 2-E, 3-D, 4-B, 5-A B C D ED C B A

9. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang9 Study the following examples: 1. A: How much interest does this saving account earn? B: It depends. The longer period you put your money in, the more interest you earn. 2. He gets older and older. 3. Jane becomes more and more beautiful. 4. Our lesson are less and less difficult.

10. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang10 Double comparative with short adjective Example: Electronic equipments comes cheaper and cheaper. She does the work better and better. Short Adjective + ER and Short Adjective + ER

11. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang11 Double comparative with short adjective Example: He writes more and more interesting fictions so he becomes more and more famous. Living in a foreign country, she feels more and more lonely. MORE and MORE + long Adjective

12. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang12 Double comparative with both short adjective and long adjective Example: The hotter it is, the more miserable I feel. The longer hours you work, the more exhausted you’ll be. The more honest we are in trade, the more customer we have. The harder you work, the better result you can get. THE Short adjective + ER …, THE MORE Long adj /adv/ noun… THE MORE Long adj/adv/noun …, THE Short adjective + ER …

13. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang13 The harder you try The more exercise you do The more often we practice speaking English The harder my uncle work The older my father gets The less he wants to travel The more fluently we will use it The more hope you will have The less time he has for his family The fitter you are Practice Match sentences in column A with sentences in column B appropriately. AB AnswerAnswer More exerciseMore exercise

14. 26/11/2006Presenter: Ngoc Dung – Kim Hoang14 Answer: The harder you try, the more hope you will have. The more exercise you do, the fitter you are. The more often we practice speaking English, the more fluently we will speak it The harder my uncle work, the less time he has for his family. The older may father gets, the less he wants to travel.

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