- •Unit 1 what do you look like?
- •In this unit we are going to learn how to give a physical description of a person.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •II. Match the expressions on the left with those on the right:
- •IV. Use these words to complete the expressions with ‘ age’ below:
- •V. Write one or more sentences with a similar meaning. Use the words given in brackets.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Match the pairs of sentences with the pictures on the right:
- •II. Express the height of these people in metres and centimetres:
- •III. Combine the words in a with the right words in b:
- •IV.Choose the right word:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Match the words below to the parts of the head and face in the pictures:
- •III. Combine the nouns in a with the adjectives in b. With some adjectives more than one combination is possible.
- •IV. Give antonyms of the following word-combinations:
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •VI. Complete the sentences in a suitable way. (More than one answer may be possible.)
- •VII. Match the sentences on the right with those on the left.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Give the opposite of the following word-combinations:
- •IV. Combine the adjectives in a with the nouns in b. Give as many combinations as it is possible.
- •V. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:
- •VI. Use these words to complete the sentences below:
- •VII. Match each of the following lines of adjectives with one of the following words:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •VI. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Part III Listening I
- •In pairs, ask and answer questions about each other’s friends and family.
- •Listening II
- •2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the chart below.
- •3.Make up a conversation with your group mate who wants to know about the members of your family and the family likeness.
- •Unit II what are you like ?
- •In this unit we are going to learn how to describe a person’s character.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Give English equivalents for the following:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Match the opposites:
- •VI. Match the words with their definitions:
- •VII. Arrange these words in pairs of opposites:
- •VIII. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from exercises VI and VII.
- •IX. What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words?
- •X. What nouns can be formed from these adjectives? Use a dictionary to help you.
- •XIV. A) Do the personality quiz to discover what type of person you are. Write Yes, No, or Sometimes.
- •XV. A) Work with a partner. Ask your partner to do the quiz about you. Compare your ideas and your partner’s ideas about you. Are they the same or different?
- •XVI. Describe someone in the group, but don’t say their name. Can your group mates guess who it is?
- •XVII. Translate these sentences into English:
- •XVIII. Revision translation.
- •Verbs and Phrases
- •Verbs and Phrases
- •Listening I
In pairs, ask and answer questions about each other’s friends and family.
Write questions about Donna to which the following sentences are the answers.
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She is lively and talkative.
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She is in her late teens.
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She’s tall, with a good figure.
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She’s got an attractive, heart-shaped face.
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Her nose is small and turned-up.
- ____________________________________?
Her hair is long, black and wavy.
- ____________________________________?
She’s got blue eyes.
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She’s got dimples in her cheeks.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer similar questions about Colin, Janet and Robert.
Try to picture each of the characters and describe them.
Listening II
A VICTORIAN FAMILY
You are going to listen to a conversation between Annie, a young girl, and her grandmother. Answer the questions.
a) What are they talking about?
b) How many brothers and sisters did Annie’s grandmother have?
c) Which of them did she like most of all?
d) Which of her brothers and sisters looked older than their age?
e) What was her mother’s name?
2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the chart below.
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Eyes |
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Annie’s grandmother (when a child) |
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Alice |
2 years older |
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James |
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Henry |
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Robert |
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Emily |
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Mother |
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3.Make up a conversation with your group mate who wants to know about the members of your family and the family likeness.
Part IV
Speaking
Describe the people you see in the pictures below.
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Part V
Writing
Read the following task and the answers that two students wrote. Which one is more interesting, Description A or Description B?
Write a description of your favourite relative.
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Describe your favourite film star. Explain why you admire him or her.
Write about a person whose appearance you like.
Describe someone who you do not find very attractive.