Bahasa Inggeris notes, module 9

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Textbook Get Smart Plus 4 (Student's Book), pages 93-102 (Get Smart Plus 4 Student's Book); Phonics 9 on p. 127

What this chapter covers

I can say what I like, love, enjoy and hate doing, and give a reason with because (9.1)
I can use easy, hard, fun, boring, popular and exciting to talk about sports (9.1)
I can compare people with -er, the -est, better, the best, worse and the worst (9.2)
I can use the most + a long adjective, like the most popular sport (9.3)
I can read about sports in different countries and find facts (9.3)
I can say what I am good at and not very good at (9.4)
I can write a short text about my favourite athlete (9.5)
I can read a story and understand its value, "No act of kindness is ever wasted." (9.6)
I can say and spell words with or, ar and er (9.7)

Welcome to Module 9! You will talk about sports you like, say who is the best and the fastest, compare sports in different countries and write about a favourite athlete.

9.1Sing a song: Sports

Use these words to say what you think about a sport.

Picture words for the module: race, javelin, high jump — Words from the module opener: race, javelin, high jump.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 94.

Feeling	Describing word
love, like, enjoy	easy, fun, popular, exciting
don't like, hate	hard, boring

Pattern: like / love / enjoy / hate + verb-ing

Examples (p. 93)

I like ice-skating because it's fun.
I enjoy swimming. I don't like cycling.
I hate doing gymnastics because it's boring.
I love playing tennis / football.

Use playing for ball games (playing football) and doing for gymnastics and karate. Give a reason with because: I hate basketball because it's hard.

After like, love, enjoy and hate, the verb ends in -ing: "I enjoy swimming", not "I enjoy swim".

Finish the sentence with a reason: "I love football because ______."

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Any sensible reason, for example "it's fun / it's exciting / it's easy".

9.2Smart kids: the best and the easiest

Comic of sports day: children run a race, one girl is the best high jumper, a boy is not good at the high jump, Carlos is the strongest boy, and the javelin champion wins — Who's the javelin champion? Sports day at school.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 94.

The story: It is sports day. One child loves it and another does not like it. A girl is the best high jumper in the school. A boy says he is not good at the high jump. Carlos is the strongest boy in the school, and a boy thinks, "Greg is better than me." In the end the javelin champion shouts, "Yeah! I'm the javelin champion!"

Value: Believe in yourself.

Pattern: comparing with -er and the -est

Word	Comparing two (+ than)	Comparing three or more
strong	stronger	the strongest
easy	easier	the easiest
good	better	the best
bad	worse	the worst

Examples (pp. 94-95)

Greg is better than me.
She is the best high jumper in the school.
This is the easiest race of all!

Good and bad are special. Say "better" and "the best", not "gooder" or "the goodest". Easy changes y to i: easiest.

Write the missing words: good - ______ - the ______; bad - ______ - the ______.

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good - better - the best; bad - worse - the worst.

9.3Our world: the most popular sport

Three children say which sport is popular in their country (PE).

Sport	Country	Facts
Table tennis	China	Played on a table with a net. Two or four players hit a ball back and forth with bats.
Ice hockey	Russia	Played on a rink. Six players in each team. They wear skates, gloves, helmets and kneepads and use sticks.
Cricket	Australia	Two teams of eleven players. They wear gloves, helmets and pads and use a bat to hit the ball.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 96.

Pattern: the most + long word

Word	Comparing two	Comparing three or more
popular	more popular	the most popular
boring	more boring	the most boring
exciting	more exciting	the most exciting

Examples (p. 97)

Table tennis is one of the most popular sports in my country.
Cricket is the most interesting sport in the world.
Which is the most exciting sport? I think tennis is the most exciting sport.

Short words (strong, easy) take -er / -est. Long words (popular, exciting, dangerous) take more / the most. Never use both: not "the most easiest".

Complete: "Football is ______ ______ exciting sport of all."

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the most (Football is the most exciting sport of all.)

9.4Let's play: good at

Meaning	Sentence
very good (VG)	I'm very good at basketball.
good (G)	He is good at football.
not very good (NVG)	She's not good at tennis.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 98.

Ask: Are you good at basketball? Answer: Yes, I am. / No, I'm not very good at basketball.

Always use at after good: "good at running", not "good in running".

Make a question: you / good / swimming.

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Are you good at swimming?

9.5Project: my favourite athlete

Zara writes about the Malaysian squash player Nicol David (p. 99). Use the same plan to write about a famous person.

What is his or her name?
What does he or she do?
Where is he or she from?
What is he or she good at?
What do you think of him or her?

Start each sentence with a capital letter, end with a full stop, and finish with your opinion: "I think she is the best squash player in the world!"

9.6Story time: Tiny and Leo (part 2)

Leo the lion wins the race and becomes the fastest lion in the forest. Hunters hide a net by a big tree. Leo gets caught in it and shouts for help. Tiny the mouse climbs up and cuts the rope with his teeth. Leo is free and the two become best friends.

Value: No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted (p. 101).

Remember the superlatives in the story: the fastest lion, the most difficult to catch, the smallest mouse.

9.7Phonics: or, ar, er

Letters	Sound	Words
or	like in boring	boring, orca, forty
ar	like in jar	jar, far, car, farm
er	a short, weak sound	brother, jumper

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 127.

Which word has the same sound as the ar in jar: orca, far or jumper?

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far

Summary

Topic	Remember
Likes	love, like, enjoy, hate + verb-ing: I enjoy swimming. Give a reason with because.
Comparing two	stronger, easier, better, worse, more popular + than.
Comparing three or more	the strongest, the easiest, the best, the worst, the most popular.
Good at	Are you good at basketball? Yes, I am. / No, I'm not very good at basketball.
Sports	Table tennis (China), ice hockey (Russia), cricket (Australia).
Writing	Plan: name, what he or she does, where from, good at, what you think. Finish with your opinion.
Phonics	or: boring, forty. ar: jar, far. er: brother, jumper.
Values	Believe in yourself. No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.