- •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
Interview the husband and the wife of the year.
Class Improvisation
Proposal
his mother
Daisy
Mike's fellow-worker Jim
his father
her mother
Mrs Nosy
his sister
her friend
Sue
Mrs Gossip
Note: a) Other roles may be introduced.
b) The students can choose different names.
Mike
You've made a proposal to your girlfriend and now you break the news to your parents.
Mike's mother
Your son has made a proposal to his girlfriend. You don't like the girl. Besides
you think your son is too young to marry. He hasn't settled yet, his job doesn't pay much, etc.
Mike's father
Your son has offered marriage to his girlfriend. You are not acquainted with her. You want to know smth about her age, appearance, family, etc. Although your wife is against the marriage you leave it to your son to decide.
Mike's sister
You want to know what your brother's girlfriend looks like (eyes, hair, face, etc), her clothes.
Daisy
You tell your mother about your boy-friend's proposal which you have accepted.
Daisy's mother
Your daughter has accepted the proposal of the young man without asking your advice. Although your feelings are hurt favour daughter’s happiness that matters more. You ask your daughter about her fiance's family, job, etc.
Mike's fellow-worker Jim
You hear that Mike is getting married. You want to know the girlfriend’s (appearance, character, interests).
Mike
You come to your office, your fellow-worker Jim shows up and asks you questions.
Mrs Nosy
You hear that your neighbour's son Mike is going to marry a girl.
Mrs Gossip knows Daisy. Call her and ask her about the girt. Your daughter Pat would make a better wife for Mike.
Mrs Gossip
Mrs Nosy calls you and asks about Daisy. Tell her what you think about the girl (dates a different boy every week-end, lazy, untidy ...)
Daisy
You come to a cafe. Here you see Sue whom you haven't seen for a long time. Tell her you are getting married soon.
Daisy's friend Sue
You come to a cafe. Here you see Daisy. It's been long since you saw her last time. Have a chat with her. Ask her about her boy-friend.
Revision and Consolidation
I. Put the following adjectives in the correct order.
1. Tom was a /little/rather aggressive/fat/child.
2. She had/blue/enormous/ bright/eyes.
3. Her hair was a mass of/red/long/curls.
4. He was wearing a /leather/black/very pricy/jacket.
5. On her head she had a (an) /black/little/feather/amazing/ Kat
6. He was an /English/attractive/young/man.
7. She is a/Colombian/hard-working/quiet/student.
8. She was dressed in a /full-length/beautiful/evening/ dress.
9. She's got /brown/beautiful/big/eyes.
10. He was wearing /tight/velvet/trendy/trousers.
II. Use the prompts below to build up a description of a student. Before you begin think about the tenses you will use.
Last month/I/join/evening class/because/want/learn/English.
First day/I/be/curious/see/what/other students/like.
When/I/enter/classroom/I/notice/one/student/particular.
We/now/good friends/and/we/often/meet/evenings.
My neighbour's name/Manuela. She/tall/slim/Italian girl/early twenties.
She/big/brown/eyes/and/friendly/smile.
She/usually/wear/blue jeans/but/today/dressed/skirt/blouse.
Althoughyshe/serious/student/she/lively/imaginative/and/have/gotxi/sense of humour.
She/like/sport/and/be excellent/dancer.
I/hope/we/not lose touch/each other/when/course/finish.