Grammar
1. Give the plural of the following nouns:
cat tomato man fish
dog family woman deer
glass donkey mouse ox
fox leaf foot goose
potato wife sheep tooth
Present Continuous
Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
I am talking You are talking He/she/it is talking We are talking They are talking |
I am not talking You are not talking He/she/it is not talking We are not talking They are not talking |
Am I talking? Are you talking? Is he/she/it talking? Are we talking? Are they talking? |
Time expressions used with the Present Continuous:
now, at the moment, at present.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.
1. He (feed) the dog. 2. They (read). 3. It (fly). |
4. We (not clean) the floor. 5. She (not cry).
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3. Correct each sentence or question.
a) I playing tennis with my best friend.
b) You’re coming to the cinema tonight?
c) John and Mandy don’t going to the beach.
d) Is Emma and Katy flying to America?
e) My sister is walk on the beach now.
f) We not studying French at school this year.
g) I aren’t watching the TV. Turn it off.
h) Are waiting they for a bus?
4. Open the brackets, using the correct form of the verbs (Present Simple or Present Continuous).
Beryl and Henry Jacobs are pet sitters – they (1) … (look after) other people’s pets when the owners are on holiday. They (2) … (live) in the owner’s house. They (3) …(earn) up to 30 pounds a day. This is a lot of money, but while they (4) … (stay) at the owner’s house – for two weeks, sometimes three – the house is safe too. At the moment they (5) … (look after) an iguana at a big house in Southampton. We are all (6) … (sit) in the kitchen as I ask my first question.
Me: How do you look after an iguana? What exactly (7) … (you do?)
Beryl: Well, Henry (8) … (feed) the iguana in the morning, afternoon and evening. This food that I (9) … (prepare) now is enough for one meal. And I (10) … (take) the iguana for a walk. Me: I (11)
Module 3
Unit 5
Appearance
Vocabulary
5.1 Match the parts of the face to the correct number. Choose from the words below.
Cheek parting mouth fringe forehead eyebrow nose ear moustache eyelash chin neck jaw beard throat |
5
1
5
10
Text 1
He saw a tall, handsome woman dressed with careful and expensive informality in a black cashmere sweater with a silk scarf at the throat and fawn trousers. It was a distinguished face with deep-set, widely-spaced eyes beneath straight brows, a well-shaped, rather secretive mouth and strong, graying hair swept upwards and curled into a chignon.
(Adapted from Devices and Desires by P. D. James)
Text 2
She wore a pale blue sweater and a grey flannel skirt, schoolgirl’s clothes, which made her seem younger than her age. She was about twenty-five. Her face was framed by thick hair, in a colour midway between blonde and brown, and held back by a black velvet band. The skin was fine and she had large, rather beautiful dark blue eyes, with long colourless lashes.
(Adapted from Lewis Percy by Anita Brookner)
Text 3
Temple was a small stocky man in his early forties. His jaw line had long ago disappeared into one of his chins. His pepper and salt hair was cut short with a parting in the middle and he had a dark bushy drooping moustache that grew well over his top lip. His nose was small, almost snub, and his eyes were pale.
(Adapted from The Icecream War by William Boyd)
Glossary Brows eyebrows Chignon a type of hairstyle popular with older women. The hair is twisted into a kind of knot at the back of the head. Lashes eyelashes Pepper and salt hair hair which has both black and grey mixed in it Fawn beige |
5.3 Add the following words to the diagram. Use a dictionary if necessary.
Wavy pretty ponytail pale straight plain overweight plait wrinkles beautiful curly skinny balding shoulder-length well-built ugly sun-tanned spots freckles broad-shouldered bun
5.4 Decide which of the words in Exercise 5.3 are adjectives and which are nouns. Then choose two or three of the words to fit in each sentence.
Example
1. She wears her hair in a …
She wears her hair in a ponytail/plait/bun.
2. His/Her hair is…
3. She doesn’t like her skin because she’s got…
4. She’s on a special diet because she is…
5. Unlike his brother, who’s rather thin, he’s tall and …
6. The best models always seem to be…
5.5 Match the synonyms and give them Russian equivalents.
A 1 neat 2 sturdy 3 delicate 4 ordinary 5 bony 6 thick 7 turned up 8 chubby 9 hollow |
B a sunken b graceful c rugged d plump e snub f skinny g slight h abundant I plain |