- •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
Unit 2 Furnishing and Decorating Focus Vocabulary
bathroom/ washroom (AmE) |
bureau |
bedroom |
cabinet |
bedsitter (BrE) |
display cabinet |
hall |
liquor cabinet |
study |
carpet/fitted carpet |
living room |
chandelier |
lounge |
coffee table |
nursery |
cot (BrE)/crib (AmE |
sitting room |
couch/ sofa/ sofa bed/ settee |
utility room |
cupboard |
toilet/loo |
curtain |
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cushion |
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desk |
ai r conditioner |
desk lamp |
cassette recorder |
dining table |
CD player (compact disc player} |
drawer |
Cassette recorder |
dressing table |
computer |
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freezer |
dishwasher |
iron |
electric/ gas сooker |
plug |
mirror/hall mirror |
record player |
microwave (oven) |
refrigerator (fridge)/icebox (AmE) |
parquet floor |
stereo system |
plant pot |
socket |
puff |
nimble drier |
rocking chair |
vacuum cleaner (hoover) |
rug |
video cassette recorder/ VCR |
sink |
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standard lamp |
armchair |
suit (kitchen suit) |
article/item of furniture |
tap (BrE)/ faucet (AmE) |
ashtray |
wall unit |
built-in furniture |
wardrobe/ clothes closet (AmE) |
bookshelf |
washbasin |
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writing table |
in decorate to install |
switch off/ on |
to fix to paint |
to turn off/on |
to refurnish to repair |
to have smth installed/repaired/painted. |
to whitewash |
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Word Meaning
Ex. 1 Warm-up
Think of a noun that has something to do with the house, either an item of furniture, a room or a piece of domestic equipment, for example: chair, and write the word on a piece of paper.
Pass your piece of paper to another student, who should write down three adjectives which often go with the noun, for example: wooden, hard, comfortable,
Pass your piece of paper to another student, who should write down three verbs which often go with the noun, for example: sit in. stand, relax in. Students may need to use their dictionaries in order to ensure their collocations are suitable.
Ш Ex. 2 Using a dictionary if necessary, explain the differences between the following items.
a standard lamp, a lamp and a chandelier
a pillow and a cushion
a stool, a chair and an armchair
a desk, a dining table, a bedside table and a coffee table
a sink and a washbasin
a washing machine and a dishwasher
a bedspread, a sheet, a blanket and a quilt
a sideboard, a wardrobe and a cupboard
an alarm-clock, a clock, a grandfather clock and a watch
Ex. 3 Complete the following with appropriate words and phrases.
a. Mary hung_________in the wardrobe.
b. On her bedside table, there were_____
с After the party, the sink was full of___
d. Before the meal George took_______
out of the sideboard.
e. Although the sofa was quite hard, it was comfortable because there were some soft_________on it.
f. Mary sat at her dressing table in order to______.
g. David went into the bathroom and washed his hands in the_________.
Ex. 4
a) Draw plan of a flat. With a partner, decide what furniture
you would need to make it comfortable. List the items in the table below.
b) Describe any of the rooms in the flat.
Sitting room |
Bedroom |
kitchen |
Bathroom |
Entrance hall |
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Skill Ex. 5 Draw a floor plan of your own home.
Developing Now work in pairs and describe the rooms and