- •Тема 1. General appearance and personality
- •I. Answer the following questions.
- •II. Match the questions with the answers. Which of the questions is about physical appearance? Personality?
- •III. Read the text. Memorize the words in bold. What do we look like?
- •Vocabulary
- •IV. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •V. Answer the questions.
- •VI. Describe the author / her grandfather / her father / her mother / her sister.
- •VII. Read the text. Memorize the words in bold. What Does Your Face Say About You?
- •Vocabulary
- •VIII. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •IX. Answer the questions.
- •XV. Complete these sentences in a suitable way. (More than one answer may be possible.)
- •XVI. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Choose a person in your group and answer the questions about him/her. Let you partner guess the person you are thinking of.
- •XVII. Classify the words into the following groups.
- •XVIII. Describe someone famous/som ebody from your group and let the other students guess who this person is. Use the vocabulary words from this unit. Write 5-10 sentences.
- •XIX. How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions?
- •XX. Match the sentences with the words in the box.
- •XXI. Form adjectives/participles to complete the table.
- •XXII. Write at least three qualities which are important for a good
- •I. Answer the following questions.
- •II. Imagine that you are going away and packing things. What clothes are you going to take? Match the trips with the words in the box.
- •III. Read the text. What to Wear in Canada?
- •Vocabulary
- •IV. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •V. Answer the questions.
- •VI. Classify the words into the groups.
- •VII. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. More than one answer may be possible in some cases.
- •VIII. Write down:
- •IX. Combine the words from the three columns to make items that go well with the numbered items below. Explain your choice.
- •X. What kind of clothes do you like wearing? Why? Write 10 sentences about your favorite clothes.
XVII. Classify the words into the following groups.
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Friendly smile, young, beard, brown, bold, fat, handsome, short, middle-aged, plump, blue, grey, of medium height, wrinkles, old, good-looking, fair, moustache, pretty, in his/her early/mid-/late thirties, long, wavy, big, attractive, glasses, dark/light complexion well-built, slim, beautiful, tall, plain, thin, small, ugly, short, of medium built, curly, broad shoulders, full lips, straight, green, freckles.
XVIII. Describe someone famous/som ebody from your group and let the other students guess who this person is. Use the vocabulary words from this unit. Write 5-10 sentences.
XIX. How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions?
She is always here on time. ………………..
He never bought me a drink in ten years. ………………..
I don’t think he is doing any work here. ..........................
She finds it difficult to meet people and talk to strangers. .....................
I know Mike wants to be head of the department. ...........................
XX. Match the sentences with the words in the box.
shy selfish |
modest mean |
honest lazy |
generous friendly |
self-confident bad-tempered |
easy-going hard-working |
........... always smiles and says hello when we meet.
........... doesn’t like giving away money.
........... gets angry quite a lot.
........... is afraid to speak to strangers.
........... usually stays late at the office.
........... always tells the truth.
........... doesn’t get upset if things go wrong.
........... doesn’t work very hard.
........... always brings you a little present.
........... doesn’t boast.
........... is only interested in himself/herself.
XXI. Form adjectives/participles to complete the table.
verb |
noun |
adjective/participle |
- - - imagine motivate organize work hard |
discipline experience honesty - - - - |
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XXII. Write at least three qualities which are important for a good
friend
son/daughter
parent
student
teacher
doctor
lawyer
XXIII. Choose three personality traits from this unit to describe your character. Is there one quality you do not have but would like to have? What, in your opinion, is the worst quality described in this unit?
DESCRIBING CLOTHES
PRE-READING ACTIVITIES
I. Answer the following questions.
What kinds of clothes do you know?
What do you usually wear in winter?
What do you usually wear in summer?
Do you like casual clothes?
Do you often wear formal clothes?
Do you often wear jeans?
Who is wearing jeans in your class?
What are you wearing?
What kind of clothes do you wear at work?
What colours do you wear to go out?
Do you wear make-up?