Tutoring - Lesson 1

most expensive/ largest/ smaller/ more expensive/
most comfortable/ cheaper/ more popular/ more boring/ smaller/ more
pleasant/ more helpful/ nicer.
Exercise 2: 
1. worst 2. happier 3. better 4. farthest/ furthest 5. better
6. biggest 7. more 8. worse 9. less 10. nicer
Exercise 3: 
1. Your homework is better than mine.
2. Nga does the test more difficultly than he does.
3. An English book is cheaper than an dictionary.
4. He used to behave better than he does now.
5. My father is thinner than my uncle.
6. Viet Nam is smaller than the USA.
7. I cook worse than my friend does.
8. HCM City to Ha Noi is farther/ further than Hue to Ha Noi.
Consolidation (3ms)
Homework (2ms)
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 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 11
TUTORING - LESSON 11
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Aims and Objectives: To help Ss to practise with “COMPARISIONS”- (Cont)
 COMPARISIONS
I. Revision: (5ms) 
IRREGULAR COMPARISON + EXERCISES
Adj/ Adv Comparative Superlative
good/well -> better -> the best
bad/badly worse the worst
far farther/further the farthest/furthest
little less the least
many/much more the most
ADJ with the ending “e”
 large larger largest
wide wider widest
nice nicer nicest
ADJ with the ending “y”
easy easier easiest
happy happier happiest
pretty prettier prettiest
Others
hot hotter hottest
big bigger biggest
thin thinner thinnest 
II. Practice: (35ms) 
Exercise 1: Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives.
There are lots of hotels in HCM City. You get a wider (wide) choice here than in the other cities of Viet Nam. The new world hotel is the____________ (famous) because president Bill Clinton once stayed there. It’s also one of the____________ (expensive) hotels in the city. It is currently the___________ (large) hotel in Viet Nam with 552 guest rooms. Hotel Sofitel Plaza is a ___________ (small) hotel but it is________________ (expensive) than the New World hotel. It’s the____________ (comfortable) of all. Hotel Equatorial HCM City is also a superior first-class hotel in the city, but it is_____________ (cheap) than Hotel Sofitel Plaza. These hotel are_____________ (popular) with business people than with tourists. Personally I can’t think of
anything_____________ (boring) than a big modern hotel. My own favorite is Binh Quoi Tourist Village, which is______________ (small) and________________ (pleasant) than many other hotels. The staff at Bing Quoi Tourist Village are________________ (helpful) than at the other
hotels. Binh Quoi tourist Village is also in a_____________ (nice) place than 26 the others. There are 49 well-furnished rooms in a very quiet atmosphere. It is just about 20 minutes by car from the city center.
Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences, using Comparative
1. My homework is worse than yours.
_Your homework is____________________________________________
2. He does the test more easily than Nga.
_Nga________________________________________________________
3. An dictionary is more expensive than an English book.
_An English book_____________________________________________
4. He behaves now worse than he used to.
_He used to__________________________________________________
5. My uncle is fatter than my father.
_My father__________________________________________________
6. Viet Nam isn’t as large as the USA
_Viet Nam__________________________________________________
7. My friend cooks better than I do.
_I_________________________________________________________
8. Hue to Ha Noi is nearer than HCM City to Ha Noi.
_HCM City to Ha Noi_________________________________________
Exercise 3: Give the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets.
1. It was an awful day. It was the (bad)_____________ day of my life.
2. He was a bit depressed yesterday, but he looks (happy)____________today
3. John’s car runs (well)________________ than Mary’s.
4. That’s the (far)_______________ way to the city center.
5. I feel (good)_________________ today than I did last week.
6. HCM City is the (big)______________ city in Viet Nam.
7. Marjorie has (many)_______________ books than Sue.
8. He acts (badly)______________ than ever before.
9. This bottle has (little)______________ water than my bottle.
10. Nam is (nice)_______________ than Minh.
The keys:
Exercise 1: 
Wider/ most famous/ most expensive/ largest/ smaller/ more expensive/
most comfortable/ cheaper/ more popular/ more boring/ smaller/ more
pleasant/ more helpful/ nicer.
Exercise 2: 
1. worst 2. happier 3. better 4. farthest/ furthest 5. better
6. biggest 7. more 8. worse 9. less 10. nicer
Exercise 3: 
1. Your homework is better than mine.
2. Nga does the test more difficultly than he does.
3. An English book is cheaper than an dictionary.
4. He used to behave better than he does now.
5. My father is thinner than my uncle.
6. Viet Nam is smaller than the USA.
7. I cook worse than my friend does.
8. HCM City to Ha Noi is farther/ further than Hue to Ha Noi.
Consolidation (3ms)
Homework (2ms)
 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 12
TUTORING - LESSON 12
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Aims and Objectives: To help Ss to practise with “COMPARISIONS”- (Cont)
 COMPARISIONS
I. Revision: (5ms) 
IRREGULAR COMPARISON + EXERCISES
Adj/ Adv Comparative Superlative
good/well -> better -> the best
bad/badly worse the worst
far farther/further the farthest/furthest
little less the least
many/much more the most
ADJ with the ending “e”
 large larger largest
wide wider widest
nice nicer nicest
ADJ with the ending “y”
easy easier easiest
happy happier happiest
pretty prettier prettiest
Others
hot hotter hottest
big bigger biggest
thin thinner thinnest 
II. Practice: (35ms) 
Exercise 1: Use the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives.
There are lots of hotels in HCM City. You get a wider (wide) choice here than in the other cities of Viet Nam. The new world hotel is the____________ (famous) because president Bill Clinton once stayed there. It’s also one of the____________ (expensive) hotels in the city. It is currently the___________ (large) hotel in Viet Nam with 552 guest rooms. Hotel Sofitel Plaza is a ___________ (small) hotel but it is________________ (expensive) than the New World hotel. It’s the____________ (comfortable) of all. Hotel Equatorial HCM City is also a superior first-class hotel in the city, but it is_____________ (cheap) than Hotel Sofitel Plaza. These hotel are_____________ (popular) with business people than with tourists. Personally I can’t think of
anything_____________ (boring) than a big modern hotel. My own favorite is Binh Quoi Tourist Village, which is______________ (small) and________________ (pleasant) than many other hotels. The staff at Bing Quoi Tourist Village are________________ (helpful) than at the other
hotels. Binh Quoi tourist Village is also in a_____________ (nice) place than 26 the others. There are 49 well-furnished rooms in a very quiet atmosphere. It is just about 20 minutes by car from the city center.
Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences, using Comparative
1. My homework is worse than yours.
_Your homework is____________________________________________
2. He does the test more easily than Nga.
_Nga________________________________________________________
3. An dictionary is more expensive than an English book.
_An English book_____________________________________________
4. He behaves now worse than he used to.
_He used to__________________________________________________
5. My uncle is fatter than my father.
_My father__________________________________________________
6. Viet Nam isn’t as large as the USA
_Viet Nam__________________________________________________
7. My friend cooks better than I do.
_I_________________________________________________________
8. Hue to Ha Noi is nearer than HCM City to Ha Noi.
_HCM City to Ha Noi_________________________________________
Exercise 3: Give the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in brackets.
1. It was an awful day. It was the (bad)_____________ day of my life.
2. He was a bit depressed yesterday, but he looks (happy)____________today
3. John’s car runs (well)________________ than Mary’s.
4. That’s the (far)_______________ way to the city center.
5. I feel (good)_________________ today than I did last week.
6. HCM City is the (big)______________ city in Viet Nam.
7. Marjorie has (many)_______________ books than Sue.
8. He acts (badly)______________ than ever before.
9. This bottle has (little)______________ water than my bottle.
10. Nam is (nice)_______________ than Minh.
The keys:
Exercise 1: 
Wider/ most famous/ most expensive/ largest/ smaller/ more expensive/
most comfortable/ cheaper/ more popular/ more boring/ smaller/ more
pleasant/ more helpful/ nicer.
Exercise 2: 
1. worst 2. happier 3. better 4. farthest/ furthest 5. better
6. biggest 7. more 8. worse 9. less 10. nicer
Exercise 3: 
1. Your homework is better than mine.
2. Nga does the test more difficultly than he does.
3. An English book is cheaper than an dictionary.
4. He used to behave better than he does now.
5. My father is thinner than my uncle.
6. Viet Nam is smaller than the USA.
7. I cook worse than my friend does.
8. HCM City to Ha Noi is farther/ further than Hue to Ha Noi.
Consolidation (3ms)
Homework (2ms)
 Date of teaching: 
 Period : 13
TUTORING - LESSON 13
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Aims and Objectives: To help Ss to practise with “Adverbial Clause of time”
I. Revision: (5ms) 
-revise grammatical point “ Adverbial clauses of time”
A subordinate clause beginning with:” when, whenever, while, before, after, as soon as, just after, since”
 EX: 
When he opens the door, the dog runs into the house.
He usually reads a newspaper while he is waiting for the bus.
Before going to bed, I finished my homework.
After the worker had finished the work, he went home.
As soon as