Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 6 - Period 27 - Unit 4: Music and art a closer look 2

 Welcome to our English class . The bees find the right pictures.
a
 busy
 b
 large
 c
 old
 d
 friendly PERIOD 27. UNIT 4:MUSIC AND ART
 A CLOSER LOOK 2 * Grammar
 Comparisons
 (+) as . . . as (-) not so/as . . . as
The red bag is as beautiful as the black one. 
Classical music is not as exciting as rock and roll.
 - as + adjective + as to show that two things are similar
 - not so/as + adjective + as to mean something is ‘more’ 
 or ‘less’ than something else. * Grammar
 Comparisons
 the same as different from
The price of this bag is the same as it was last year. 
City life is quite different from life in the country.
- the same as . . . to show similarity.
- different from to show that two or more things are not 
similar.
Last year: 500.000 vnd Now: 500.000 vnd *Grammar
 Comparisons
 as . . . as not so/as . . . as
 the same as different from
- as + adjective + as to show that two things are similar
- not as + adjective + as to mean something is ‘more’ or 
‘less’ than something else.
- the same as . . . to show similarity.
- different from to show that two or more things are not 
similar. 1. Put as, or from in the gaps. 
1. The music festival this year is as good ______as it was last year.
2. The concert will be broadcast ‘live’: that means it comes on 
TV at the same time ______as it is perform.
3. This camera is not as expensive ______as I thought at first.
4. Your taste in art is quite different ______from mine.
5. Some people say that Spiderman 2 is as boring ______as 
Spiderman 1.
6. My mother is always as busy ______as a bee. MY HOME TOWN TODAY
Life in the countryside is not as busy as life in the city. 2. Put one of these phrases in each gap in the passage. 
 friendly as different from
 the same as (2) as narrow as as quite as 
 MY HOMETOWN TODAY
My hometown has changed a lot – it’s definitely not (1) ____________the same as 
it was before. It’s not (2) ____________as quite as it was 5 years ago. It’s much 
more noisy, but I prefer it now. There are more shops and 
restaurants. The restaurants are (3) different____________ from the ones we had 
before. Now we can eat many different kinds of food – Italian, French, 
and even Mexican!
There have been so many changes. Even the streets are not (4) 
____________as narrow as they were before. They are wider now to make space 
for the extra traffic.
One thing hasn’t changed though. The people here are as warm and 
(5) ____________friendly as before. That’s one thing that’s (6) ____________the same as it 
was before. 3. Work in pairs. Compare the two music clubs in the town: 
Young Talent and Nightingale.
 Young Talent Nightingale
 1. old ** ***
 2. friendly *** **
 3. safe ** ***
 4. large *** *
 5. expensive *** ***
 6. famous
 * ***
Example:
Young Talent is not as old as Nightingale.
 Nightingale is older than Young Talent.