4 Go through the text again and underlinelike this:

__________the parts which describe her physical appearance

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ the parts which describe her character

. . . . . . . . . . the parts which describe her habits.

5 Find the following words quite, a little, rather, very, extremely. How do they change the meaning of the adjectives which follow them?

6 Find in the text the words and word combinations with the opposite meaning:

blended family -		blue eyed -
dark-skinned -		grim -
fair haired -		young-looking face
ugly -		lazy -
mean -		intolerant -
sad -		miserable -

Grammar The Present Simple Tense

Positive			I We You They		study	English at university.
Negative				don't	study
Subject question			Who		studies	English at university?
Special questions	Where	do	I we you they		study	English?
	What					at university?

Positive			He She It		studies	English at university.
Negative				doesn't	study
Subject question			Who		studies	English at university?
Special questions	Where	does	he she it		study	English?
	What					at university?

Adverbs of frequency with the Present Simple Tense

never

rarely / seldom

not often

sometimes

often / frequently

usually

always

I usually go to the university by bus.	Usually I go to the university by bus (usually).
She doesn't often see her parents.	Sometimes she goes hiking with friends (sometimes).
He never eats meat.	They travel abroad every summer.
She is always busy.

1 Open the brackets

1. Big cars _______ (make) a lot of noise.

2. I _____ (not / live) in Moscow. I ______ (live) in Sumy.

3. Classical music _____ (calm) me.

4. They ______ (not / come) from Poland. They ______ (come) from Slovakia.

5. He _______ (work) from Monday to Friday.

6. She ______ (not / work) at weekends.

7. I ______ (not / phone) to my friend very often.

8. His parents ______ (write) him every week.

9. The shop _____ (open) at 8.00 every day.

10. I _____ (play) the piano.