References
Main:
1. Clive Oxenden. New English File. Upper-Intermediate level. Student’s book. Oxford University Press. 2010.
2 John and Liz Soars. New Headway” by John and Liz Soars for Upper-Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press, 2010
Additional:
3. Clive Oxenden. New English File. Upper-Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press. 2010.
4. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Upper-Intermediate level. Work book. Oxford University Press, 2010.
5. Audio discs of “New English File” for Upper-Intermediate level, Disc-1. Oxford University Press. 2012.
6. R.Murphy. Essential grammar. Second edition. Upper-Intermediate level. Cambridge University Press. 2012.
Hand out №93
Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits: 2
Upper-intermediate level Practical leson
Lexical theme: Fashion.
Grammatical theme: Using adjectives as nouns, adjective order.
Teacher: assistant professor Sultanbayeva Zh.U.
G RAMMAR COMMENT
Adjective order.
Adjectives as nouns, adjective order nationalities 1 The English are famous for drinking tea. The Dutch make wonderful cheeses. The Chinese invented paper. 2 The Argentinians invented the tango. The Greeks are very extrovert. 3 The Turks drink a lot of coffee. The Poles play a lot of basketball. ♦ You can use the with the nationality adjectives which end in –sh, -ch, -ss, or –ese. Don’t add s to these words, or use them without the. ♦ Nationality words which end in –an and a few others, e.g. Greek and Thai, are both adjectives and nouns. To talk about the people from the country use a plural noun ending in –s.
adjective order She has long fair hair. I bought a beautiful Italian leather belt.
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Adjective order. Use your instinct. Complete the sentence with the bold words in the right order.
1 The Goth in the photo has _________ . hair black spiky
2 For the wedding I am wearing a _________ . suit linen beige
3 I want to buy a ___________ . bag black big leather
4 I am looking for a __________ . vest running nylon white
E xercise 1. Discuss in pairs if you agree or disagree with these sentences.
1 Sports clothes which had been designed by Kuralai Nurkadilova for Kazakhstan sportsmen in Olympic Games in Beijing were better than in previous Olympic Games.
2 Young people in Kazakhstan copy “street fashion” invented by the English.
3 The Kazakh people don’t like people who dress “differently” (it means: Punks, Goths, Kidjab and etc.)
E xercise 2. Idioms. Guess the meanings of cloth idioms.
a) Try to guess the meanings of these idioms:
1 What a dress! You’re really dressed to kill tonight.
2 That suit fits her like a glove. Did she have it especially made for her?
3 He will have to pull his socks up if he wants to pass the exam.
4 That sounds like a difficult situation. I wouldn’t like to be in your shoes.
b
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Match the idioms with their meanings.
A start trying harder
B
in your place
C wearing clothes that people will notice / admire
D is exactly the right size
E xercise 3. You're going to listen to four people talking about the typical characteristics of people from their country (England, Ireland, Scotland, and the USA). Before you listen, with a partner try to predict what positive and negative characteristics the speakers might mention [Part III p. 164], [1, T 2.1, 2.2, p.122].
a) Listen (2.1) and try to match the speakers 1-4 with their nationality. Use their accent and what they say about people from their country to help you. English Scottish
Irish American
b) Listen again. Write down at least one negative and two positive characteristics about each nationality. Does each person think they are typical or not? Why (not)?
Exercise 4. Now listen to (2.2) two extracts from each speaker. Try to write in the missing words. What do you think they mean?
1 a We think that if we work hard we can anything.
b I think I have the typical optimism and drive.
2 a Historically there has always been a lot of
b It's probably because of our and our history.
3 a It's difficult to generalize about us as a people, especially as our big cities now have such
a population.
b Just think of our inability, or our _________, to learn foreign languages!
4 a There is also a negative towards our neighbor. b I feel that we tend to focus too much on the done to us in the distant past.
E xercise 5. Read the text and translate the 3rd paragraph.