- •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 5 Pets Focus Vocabulary
beast to bark
budgie to be easy to keep
cute to bite
goldfish to hurt
noisy to need space
parrot to purr
pedigree to scratch
quiet
savage
traditional
usual
Skill Ex. 1 Look at the chart and make comparisons between the animals.
Developing
|
Dog |
Cat |
Rabbit |
Bird |
Fish |
Most popular pet |
70% |
75% |
20% |
40% |
30% |
Average price |
50 pounds |
10 pounds |
5pounds |
5pounds |
2 pounds |
Hint needed daily |
2hrs |
1/2 hr |
1/2 hr |
1/4 hr |
1/4 hr |
A verage lifespan (years) |
9 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Needs attention |
yes |
maybe |
yes |
no |
no |
Ex. 2 What do you think about pets? Add more points to each list
Advantages of a Pet Disadvantages of a Pet
it keeps you company - it is difficult to look after
it loves you - it might frighten people
What kinds of pets are popular in your location? How do you feel about pets and their owners?
Ex. 3 Put a suitable word into each space in the text.
Don't Get a Dog or Puppy Until You've Checked These Points:
- Dogs need companionship. Will there be someone at home for most of the day, every day?
- Daily (a)____ is a 'must'. Have you got the time to take your dog for regular
walks?
- Dogs can be expensive to keep. It can cost anything from 25 p a day to
(b) ____ a small dog and from £ 1.20 a day to ( c) ____ a very large dog.
Will you be able to afford to (d)____your dog properly for the rest of its life?
- (e)____is important. Have you an escape-proof garden where your dog can play?
- Dogs need (f) _____ grooming all take (g)_________. House training, simple obedience training, exercise and______. Can you really spare it?
- Will you be able to (h)____for vaccinations and other veterinary bills? Might
you consider taking out pet insurance?
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.
Skill Ex. 4 You come to a pet shop to choose a pet as a present for your
Developing son/ daughter/ friend/ husband. The shop assistant helps you
to choose a pet. You can make use of the dialogue below.
Shop Assistant Good afternoon, madam. Can I help you?
Customer Yes. I'm looking for a pet for my son. Can you suggest anything?
Assistant What kind of pet does he want? A traditional pet... a cat... or a dog?|
Or something unusual?
Customer Well, he'd like a snake or a crocodile, but he isn't going to get one. Assistant We've got a nice Alsatian dog at the moment.
Customer An Alsatian? Did you say an Alsatian? Oh, no, I've read about
them in the paper. They're very big and savage.
Assistant Oh, no, madam. They aren't as savage as some dogs.
Customer Really?
Assistant Oh, yes. Last week we had a small dog. It was only as big as your
handbag, but it was as savage as a tiger ... it bit me three times!
Customer Perhaps not a dog, then.
Assistant How about a, cat?
Customer A cat? Hmm... they aren't as friendly as dogs, are they?
Assistant No, but they don't eat as much as dogs either. And they're very
Customer Hmm
Assistant Or how about a bird? A parrot or a budgie? We've got both.
Customer Which do you recommend?
Assistant Well, budgies aren't as easy to train and they never speak as well as parrots.
Customer Yes, but budgies don't need as much space as parrots, do they?
Assistant That's true. Budgies are very popular because they're so easy to keep.
Customer Yes ... but they're a bit noisy, aren't they? I want a quiet pet.
Assistant A quiet pet? Well, how about a goldfish? There's nothing as quiet as a goldfish.