Tài liệu Hochiminh city university of transport

HoChiMinh City University of Transport Navigation Department Unit 6: Describing A Process Group 3 Class No.HH07D Exercise 5a: From sail to steam Paragraph 3 and 8: What should we remember ? 1. Word often confused: Succeed and Success - Succeed /sзk'si:d/ :(v) attain success, reach a goal, do what one is trying to do or well. Eg. 1.If you want to succeed in your life, you should broaden your relationships. 2. He succeeded in inventing the new power. - Success /sзk'ses/ :(n) achievement of one’s aim, fame, wealth. Eg. 1.Your success always depends on you. 2. Word definition: The paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that use one or more paddle wheels to thrust for propulsion. Paddle wheel Two type of paddle steamer: Side wheeler Stern wheeler 3.Language focus: ……of steamship in providing faster and more regular services…..(p3) ……steamers has to be bigger and better than ever before…(p8) Do you remember? Comparative: comparative are used when comparing one person or thing with another. Form: Eg. 1. 2. This book is more expensive than that one. How to add –er to short adj and adv ( 1 syllable) ? Be careful. Short adj and adv comparative One - syllable adj Colder, faster One syllable adj ending in -e Wider, nicer One syllable adj ending in 1 vowel + consonant Hotter, bigger But : irregular adj good better, far  further bad worse, little  less But : adj or adv ending in –y, -er , -ow . easy  easier , heavy  heavier , early  earlier clever  cleverer, narrow  narrower Eg. She is cleverer than he. ( “she is more clever than he” is also right) Comparative can be emphasis by add far, much, a (little) bit, a little, a lot before comparing phrase. Eg. That car is far better than yours. Eg. Your watch is far more expensive than mine. Nouns can also be used in comparative. Eg. I have more books than she. February has fewer days than March. Their job allows them less freedom than ours does. Thank you for your listening. Have a nice day. Good bye.