- •Санкт-петербургский университет
- •1 Home and family
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary & Speaking
- •Reading: Face reading
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary & Speaking
- •I Rollerblading
- •Introducing yourself
- •4 Understanding a questionnaire
- •In her future she would like to go to drama school and wants to be an ____.
- •Who knows you better, your family or your friends?
- •I think I’m open and friendly – I get on well with most people – but I’m sometimes quite shy too. For example, I don’t like going to parties. I prefer to meet friends individually or in small groups.
- •1. Present Simple and Present Continuous
- •2. Past Simple and Past Continuous
- •3. Past Simple and Past Perfect
- •4. Comparisons of Adjectives
- •5. Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
- •Irregular verbs
- •Literature
Text:
Family ties Grammar:
Past
Perfect
Vocabulary
Vocabulary & Speaking
HEIGHT
BUILD
GENERAL
APPEARANCE
APPEARANCE
HAIR
LIPS
EYES
1 HEIGHT
Short, of medium height, tall
2 BUILD
Thin, slim, plump, well-build, fat
3 LIPS
Thin, full
4 EYES
Large, small, almond-shaped, round, narrow, blue, brown, green
5 HAIR
Spiky, short, long, wavy, curly, fair, blonde, black, grey, white, bald, beard, moustache
6 GENERAL APPEARANCE
Beautiful, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, ugly
Exercise 1 Underline the correct words.
A: Who’s that over there?
B: Who do you mean, the 1) short/wavy boy with the 2) round/brown hair?
A: No, the 3) tall/long, 4) narrow/thin one with 5) small/short blonde hair.
B: I know him. He’s very 6) intelligent/old and he’s also 7) spiky/reliable.
A: how do you know that?
B: Well, he’s my brother!
READING: FAMILY TIES
Lucy,
14
I
love my big sister Megan. She’s very pretty. She’s tall and slim
with long fair hair. Megan’s very smart and athletic. She always
helps me with my homework and she’s on the school’s football and
basketball teams. In her free time, she likes sailing and often
takes me to the cinema with her friends.
Alicia,
15
My
mum’s wonderful. She’s tall and slim with blonde hair. She’s a
teacher at primary school. All her students love her because she’s
very patient and caring. She comes to all my dance rehearsals and my
younger brother’s hockey games. She likes dancing a lot. She’s
the world’s best mum!
Bobby,
16
My
uncle Rob’s the best! He’s my mum’s younger brother. He’s
tall and slim with a beard and moustache. Uncle Rob has a great
sense of humor. I always have a great time with him. We usually go
hiking and camping on weekends. He also takes me on trips with him
when I don’t have school. He’s a talented journalist and works
for the local paper. I hope to be like him one day.
a) Mark the sentences T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
1 Lucy is younger than her sister.
2 Lucy’s sister goes to college.
3 Alicia’s mum teaches young children.
4 Alicia is an only child.
5 Alicia likes hockey.
6 Bobby’s mum and his uncle Rob are brother and sister.
7 Rob works at a camp.
Grammar: Past Perfect
Exercise 1 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect.
1. The Jamaican team were excited about going to Austria because they ____never___(see) snow before.
2. After the holiday, he was keen to see the photos that he____(take).
3. Anna___(come) first in the school cross-country race last week.
4. I missed the first goal, because by the time I got to the stadium, the game____(start).
5. The first time I tried skiing. I found it quite easy because I____(do) a lot of waterskiing.
6. After the accident, I phoned Andy’s parents to say that he___(hurt) his arm but he was OK.
7. Manchester United____(win) the championship last year.
Exercise 2 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past perfect.
In 1889, Lusy Dodson (1) ____ (be) in bed when she (2) ____ (hear) a voice call her name. She (3) ____ (realize) that it was the voice of her mother who (4) ____ (die) 16 years before. She (5) ____ (look) up and (6) ____ (see) that her mother had two small children in her arms. The ghost (7) ____ (ask) Lusy to look after the children because they (8) ____ (lose) their mother. Lusy (9) ____ (take) the children into her bed. The next morning, the bed was empty and the children (10) ____ (go). Two days later, Lusy learnt that her sister-in- law (11) ____ (die) that same night, leaving two small children. She later (12) ____ (learn) that her mother ghost (13) ____ (visit) her just two hours after her sister-in-law’s death.
UNIT 4 CHARACTER