- •Other Forms of Address
- •Less Common Forms of Address
- •Informal Address
- •Forms of Address within the Family
- •Making and Responding to Introductions
- •Third-Party Introductions
- •Self-Introductions
- •Responding to Introductions
- •Your relationship to the two people, and something they may have In common, according to the clues provided. You don't have to use all the
- •Information given; just use what you think would be appropriate.
- •B. Age and Ageing.
- •Do any of the words refer only to males (m) or only females (f)?
- •Skill Ex. 7 In the following dialogue, agree with the first speaker. Developing Use words from exercises 4 and 5 that mean roughly the same as the words in italics.
- •C. People's Occupation. Focus Vocabulary
- •Countries. Languages. Nationalities.
- •It's Been Long
- •The Way to Ask People about Their
- •Less Optimistic Replies
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Insert prepositions if necessary.
- •II. Rewrite and correct the sentences in which there are errors.
- •III. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Unit 2 Family Relationships Focus Vocabulary
- •1) Which two of these words can be used as a verb?
- •3) Which of the following:
- •4) Which of the word-parts in the box can be used with each of the relations below?
- •Interview with 16-year-old daughter Helen
- •Interview with 17-year-old son David
- •Interview with mother
- •Development answering the questions below. Try to use the multi-word verbs and expressions in the box in your answer as well as the verbs above.
- •When you are old
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •II. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
- •III. Change the words underlined to give the sentences the opposite meaning.
- •IV. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Complimenting People
- •"It's been long", "How are you", "Complimenting".
- •1. When we describe somebody, we tend to follow this order in our description: height, build, age, hair, eyes, face, complexion, extra features, dress. Study this example.
- •2. Eyes
- •With the definitions in b.
- •A Detective Inquiry
- •Role-Play
- •Test Yourself
- •Unit 4 Character and Personality a. Focus vocabulary
- •Word Meaning Ex. 1 Match the words on the left with the closest meaning on the right.
- •We Are Not Alike a. Intellectual ability
- •Attitudes towards life
- •Attitudes towards other people
- •One person's meat is another person's poison
- •It Takes All Sorts
- •Idiomatic expressions
- •Your Stars
- •In the examples below?
- •We don't get on well
- •Likes and Dislikes
- •Test: How brave are you?
- •The Main Attraction
- •Persоnal
- •Interview the husband and the wife of the year.
- •Proposal
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Put the following adjectives in the correct order.
- •II. Use the prompts below to build up a description of a student. Before you begin think about the tenses you will use.
- •III. Cross out the incorrect word in each of the following sentences.
- •IV. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus Vocabulary
- •It would be very interesting to find out the opinion of girls and boys. Do they differ in any way?
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •Unit 2 Furnishing and Decorating Focus Vocabulary
- •Furniture in your home to your partner. Use the prepositions and adverbs to help you.
- •Flat for sale
- •Word Use Ex. 14 Complete the following sentences with a suitable idiomatic expression.
- •Estate agent
- •It needs doing, to have smth done, to do smth.
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •Something suitable.
- •Houses and Flats to Let
- •Houses and Flat for Sale
- •Sharing a Flat
- •The Noisy Neighbours
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. A. Renting a flat
- •Buying a house
- •III. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
- •Unit 4 Housework. Household Chores. Focus Vocabulary
- •Ex. 4 Make and do
- •Now collect any new expressions you can find using "make" or "do" from the dialogue below. Put them on your "make and do" list.
- •What's your attitude to untidy people?
- •Unit 5 Pets Focus Vocabulary
- •Don't Get a Dog or Puppy Until You've Checked These Points:
- •If you cannot answer 'yes' to all these questions, please think very carefully before you get a dog or a puppy. Perhaps another kind of animal would make a better pet for you.
- •Are They Not Sweet?
- •2. Are they better companions than some people may be?
- •3. Speak about your pets if any or pets you'd like to keep.
- •Vocabulary
It Takes All Sorts
Ex. 18 Work in pairs. Discuss the questions below.
- What do you understand by the expressions It takes all sorts to make a world!
- Describe someone you consider to be strange or eccentric.
Ex. 19 Listen to descriptions of three people. Make notes on who
about them. Then compare your notes with your partner
1.
2.
3.
Word Meaning
Ex. 20 Match the multi-word verb in A with the definitions in B.
A 1. to be getting on for something 2. to take to doing something 3. to liven (something) up 4. to go on about someone/ 5. to pick on someone 6. to stand up to someone 7. to show off 8. to stand out 9. to drop out (of something) |
B. a. to begin to do something as a regular habit b. to be noticeable, conspicuous c. to defend oneself against the attacks or demands of someone more powerful d. to try to impress people by making one's abilities very obvious, usually from pride or vanity e. to select someone repeatedly for criticism, punishment or blame f. to be nearly a certain age or time, to be growing old g. to make something more interesting, exciting and lively h. to stop participating in a course of study, a competition or society i. to keep talking about the same thing, usually to an annoying extent something |
Word Ex. 21 Listen to the sentences on the tape. Use the prompts you hear Use to make sentences with the same meaning.
Example: He didn't complete medical school, (drop out) He dropped out of medical school.
Ex. 22 Complete the sentences, using multi-words verbs from this unit.
1. The party was very dull so we tried to______by getting everyone to dance.
2. He started a three-year drama course, but he_____ after two months and found a
job in a hotel.
3. I don't like him because he is so vain. He's always_____in front of other people.
4. He decided to______his boss and refuse to accept his demands.
5. Although my grandmother___every morning before breakfast.
eighty, she still goes for a three mile walk
6. She believed the boss was_____her because he never criticised anyone else in the office
7. Her way of dressing made her______in a crowd.
8. He never used to"touch alcohol, but recently he has___ drinking in the pub
all night.
9. She kept_______her operation. It was very boring because we had heard it all
before.
Ex. 23 One of the sentences below is correct. All the others have one mistake in them. Change the sentences so that they are all correct.
1. She tried to live up the discussion by saying something controversial.
2. If he's always picking on you, you should stand up for him.
3. She gets on for ninety.
4. He makes himself stand up in a crowd by showing off.
5. He shouldn't have made the mistake of dropping out of college.
6. They're always going about the state of the economy.
7. She's taken to play golf at the weekends.
Skill Ex. 24 Work in pairs. Discuss the statements and questions below.
Developing Use the multi-word verbs from this unit.
1. How old is your oldest relative?
2. What would you do if someone was always selecting you for сгiticism punishment?
3. How would you make a party more interesting and lively?
4. Have you ever felt you didn't want to complete a particular course? If so, why?
What happened?
5. Think of someone who is always trying to draw attention to themselves in an obvious way. What do you think of this person?
6. Think of someone who is always talking about something in an annoying way.
7. Have you adopted any new habits recently? If yes, what are they?