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- •5. Use these words to complete these expressions with age:
- •6. Now use the expressions in the sentences below:
- •7. Find the mistake in each sentence. Write the correct sentence into the box.
- •Read the text and do the assignments.
- •How do you understand the expression in bold? Define it using the text and the examples below:
- •Answer the questions in the last passage.
- •Vocabulary – The Stages of Life
- •1. Now add the correct words to complete the sentences:
- •2. Vocabulary Quiz
- •3. Put these words into the following sentences:
- •Use these words in the patterns below:
- •5. Match the beginnings of these sentences with the endings below:
- •6. Important events in people's lives.
- •7. The best day of my life.
- •Family Vocabulary
- •Describe a family tree:
- •Different types of family
- •Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
- •Family by Vivien.
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Choose the correct answer. There can be more than one variant.
- •Each paragraph of the text is an answer to a certain question. Ask these questions and let your group mates answer them.
- •Speak on Vivien’s family as if you were one of her brothers. Family by Thomas.
- •Say: What do they do? Where do they work?
- •2. Unscramble the letters to find the jobs:
- •3.What are they?
- •Related terms: translate and make up your own examples.
- •3. Choose the best (most logical) response to complete each of the following sentences:
- •There are many different ways to express leaving or losing a job.
- •4.Act out a dialogue: a Job Interview
- •Vocabulary – Friends
- •He's my best friend
- •2.Other words for friend
- •3. Making friends
- •4. Why people are friends
- •Friendship by Vivien
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Speak about Vivien’s friends. Friendship by Thomas
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Each paragraph of the text is an answer to a certain question. Ask these questions and let your group mates answer them.
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Comment on the italicized parts of the text. Do you agree with all Thomas’ ideas concerning friendship.
- •Point out the main factors which are important in friendship.
- •Problems in a friendship. Complete the following letters to a magazine problem page with these words and phrases:
- •Vocabulary – Love and Romance
- •Complete the following text with the words and phrases below:
- •Starting a relationship
- •Read the following sentences and put the words and phrases into the correct column below:
- •4.Match the beginnings of the phrases on the left with the endings on the right:
- •5. Use these expressions in the situations below:
- •3. Before the wedding
- •4. People at the wedding
- •5. The vows
- •Love, Marriage, Romance, Flirting.
- •6. Choose the right word and complete the sentences.
- •Celebrity Divorce
- •9. Study the new vocabulary before you read the dialogue.
- •10. Read the introduction and comment on it.
- •11. Read the dialogue between Marni and Mason talking about celebrity divorce.
- •12. Whose viewpoint appeals to you more, Mason’s or Marni’s? Share your opinion of the ideas given in the text.
- •Vocabulary – Appearance
- •Match the pairs of sentences with the pictures on the right:
- •3. Put these descriptions in the correct order:
- •Vocabulary – Head and Face
- •Vocabulary – Hair and Face
- •1. Basic vocabulary
- •2.Hairstyles
- •Face - distinguishing features
- •If a man always shaves, we say he is clean shaven.
- •Vocabulary – Houses and Homes
- •1. Different kinds of house
- •Vocabulary – In the living room
- •2. Paying a compliment
- •3. Dinner conversation
- •4. Make up a small dinner conversation using the phrases mentioned above.
- •Vocabulary – In the Kitchen
- •1.Entitle each object:
- •2. What Kitchen appliances do you know?
- •3. Kitchen equipment
- •4. Test yourself
- •Vocabulary – In the bedroom
- •1.What do you wear in bed?
- •Saying how you slept
- •Vocabulary – In the bathroom
- •Vocabulary – Accommodation
- •3. Things/items around the house - Talking about things that are located in your house or apartment. Choose the best answer:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Accommodation by Vivien
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Find English equivalents in the text:
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Each paragraph of the text is an answer to a certain question. Ask these questions and let your group mates answer them.
- •What is Vivien’s idea of an ideal flat? Does it have anything in common with the flat of your dream? accommodation by Thomas
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Find English equivalents in the text.
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Vocabulary – Housework and Household Chores
- •4. Need / could do with
- •5. Asking for help
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •Household chores by Vivien
- •Explain the meaning of the words and expressions in bold. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Find English equivalents in the text:
- •Choose the right answer.
- •Say whether the following statements are true or false. In case they are false give the right answer.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Literature
Comment on the italicized parts of the text. Do you agree with all Thomas’ ideas concerning friendship.
Point out the main factors which are important in friendship.
Problems in a friendship. Complete the following letters to a magazine problem page with these words and phrases:
lose go our separate ways
fell out drifted apart
isn't speaking row
Dear Sally,
I've been really good friends with Emma since we started in the same class two years ago but recently we (1)…………over a boy that we both like, I knew Emma liked him but when Steve asked me out I accepted. Emma was really angry and we had a terrible (2)……………… Now she (3) ………………… to me. I like Steve but I don't want to (4)…………….my best friend. What should I do?
Dear Sally,
All the time we were at school Lucy and I were really close friends. We really enjoyed each other's company and did everything together. But since she went to university we seem to have (5)……………. She's made lots of new friends
and doesn't have time for me. Do you think there is anything I can do to keep her as a friend or should I just accept it's time to (6)………………………?
Use the words friends and family to complete this famous saying: You can choose your………………. , but not your………….. . . !
Is there a similar saying in your language? Have you got a best friend?
Vocabulary – Love and Romance
Complete the following text with the words and phrases below:
in love kissed
boyfriend going out
girlfriend romantic
relationship date
Peter had never had a (1) Anna had never had a (2) …………..When they started (3) together, they were both very nervous. For their first (4) . Peter wanted to take her somewhere (5)…... ,
so he booked a table at an Italian restaurant. He walked her home. When he left, they (6)…………………goodnight. The next day Anna told her best friend that she was (7)……………. with Peter and that this was the first really serious (8)………….in her life.
If a girl has a boyfriend, and a boy has a girlfriend, they are romantically involved. Girls also often refer to their female friends as girlfriends.
Starting a relationship
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
Sarah's very happy at the moment. She's seeing
Have you heard about Mark? He's going out
Have you heard about Laura and Joe? They've started
Apparently, Phil and Liz have been seeing
Did Sally tell you about Mike? He asked
going out together.
her for a date.
with Susie Jones, the singer.
some guy she met on holiday.
a lot of each other recently.
In American English you say that you are dating somebody instead of seeing or going out with them.
Read the following sentences and put the words and phrases into the correct column below:
It started out as just a casual relationship but one day I realised we had fallen in love.
Tina and Mike spend every minute together. They're obviously madly in love.
3. I met a guy when I was in Greece, but I knew it was just a holiday romance. I never saw him again after we got back.
4. John's been with Linda for ages. He absolutely adores her.
5. I haven't had a girlfriend for a while now. I had a brief relationship with someone a few months ago, but it didn't really work out.
Serious Not serious
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