- •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.
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- •V. Choose the right word:
- •VI. Complete the sentences:
- •VII. Try to think of a famous person who is:
- •VIII. Describe your friend’s and your own build.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •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:
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- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Replace the underlined word in each sentence with a word which is either more suitable or more polite.
- •IV. Combine the adjectives in a with the nouns in b:
- •V. Complete these sentences in a suitable way.( More than one answer may be possible.)
- •VI. Think of a famous person who is:
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- •V. Choose the right variant:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •IV. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
- •V. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
- •VI. Combine the adjectives in a with nouns in b:
- •VIII. Answer the questions:
- •IX. Choose the closest description from the list for each person. Make each description more accurate.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •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.
- •VIII. Describe each of your groupmates using one sentence .
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
- •V. Use these word-combinations in the sentences below:
- •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.
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- •Transcribe and translate the following words:
- •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:
- •VIII. A) Make adjectives from these nouns:
- •IX. Change each sentence to include a compound adjective ending in - eyed, - faced, - haired, - nosed, - legged.
- •X. From these jumbled words, find combinations for describing people, as in the example. Use a dictionary if necessary. Example: good-looking
- •XI. Complete the gaps in these police posters.
- •XII. Think of a famous person who…
- •XIII. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •V. Complete the following dialogues with these words:
- •VI. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •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.
- •XII. Arrange all the adjectives from both personality word lists in three groups: a) adjectives describing positive qualities; b) adjectives describing negative ones; c) adjectives describing both.
- •XIII. A) Do the personality quiz to discover what type of person you are. Write Yes, No, or Sometimes.
- •XIV. 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?
- •Say what you and your partner agree/ disagree about. Follow the scheme:
- •XV. Describe someone in the group, but don’t say their name. Can your group-mates guess who it is?
- •XVI. Translate these sentences into English:
- •XVII. Revision translation.
V. Use these word-combinations in the sentences below:
long nails bad skin
big feet thin legs
lovely complexion long legs
1. Are these your shoes? You’ve got really ________, haven’t you? 2. You’ve got such _______.Would you like to move the seat back a bit? 3. I’ve never seen you in shorts before. You’ve got such _______. You should go running and try to build them up a bit! 4. You’ve got such lovely ______. Are they real? 5. Keith’s new girlfriend must spend a fortune on face cream to have such a _______. 6. Poor Tim. He’s had really _______ ever since he was 13.
VI. Complete the sentences in a suitable way. (More than one answer may be possible.)
1. She’s got blonde______ . 2. He’s got very pale______ . 3. They’ve both got curly ______ .
4. I’m medium ______ . 5. Her brother has got very broad ______ . 6. He’s got a ruddy _____ . 7. She’s very good- _______ . 8. All of them have got dark ______ . 9. She had an oriental ______ . 10. His wife is a lovely woman in her ______ . 11. She is olive- _______ .
VII. Match the sentences on the right with those on the left.
1. She is not so slender a) Her cheeks are ruddy and fair
as she used to be. in colour.
2. His hair is not so thick as b) She looked pale and thin.
it was in his youth.
3. My mother doesn’t look c) She put it in a bun.
her age.
4. She is not so beautiful as d) His hair is thinning.
she was as a young girl.
5. There is little hair left on e) She has put on weight.
his head.
6. She looks the very picture f) She looks much younger.
of health.
7. I could hardly recognise g) He is getting bald.
Jane when I ran into her
in the street.
8 She didn’t wear her hair h) She looks quite plain now.
loose any more.
EYES
big/large/small
kind/warm
blue/grey/green
brown/hazel
close-set/deep-set
bulging/almond/oriental
cross-eyed
long/ thick/curving eyelashes
thin/thick/bushy/arched eyebrows
Vocabulary notes
warm adj kind and friendly in a way that makes other people feel comfortable, e.g. warm eyes/ a warm voice/ a warm smile. Ant. cold
hazel adj greenish-brown in colour
close-set adj near to each other, e.g. close-set eyes/ close-set teeth
deep-set eyes seem to be a long way back into your face
bulging adj sticking out in a round shape, e.g. His eyes were bulging wide with fear.
almond eyes are brown in colour and shaped like almonds (= flat pale nuts with brown skin that taste sweet)
oriental eyes are the kind of eyes that people from the eastern part of the world have, especially people from China or Japan
cross-eyed adj ( used of a person) having eyes that look towards each other
eyelash n [ C usually plural] one of the hairs along the upper and lower edges of your eyes, e.g. She was wearing false eyelashes.
curving adj bending like part of a circle, e.g. She had beautiful long curving eyelashes. Ant.straight
eyebrow n [C] the line of hairs above your eye, e.g. She raised her eyebrows in surprise.
bushy adj bushy hair or fur grows thickly, e.g. bushy eyebrows/ a bushy beard/ a bushy tail
arched adj forming a curved shape, e.g. an arched window/ arched eyebrows
TEETH
large/small
even/uneven
close-set/sparse
false