- •I. Make friends with your new groupmates. Discuss the following questions.
- •II. Read the e-mails. Which person would you like to make friends with? Why? b)Write an e-mail about yourself.
- •III. Read the text and fill in the headings. Memorize the words in bold.
- •Vocabulary
- •IV. Read and memorize the words.
- •‘Family’ Vocabulary
- •V. Complete the gaps.
- •VI. Make up dialogues and act them out.
- •1) Greeting a friend
- •6) Conversational openings
- •VII. Discuss the following questions. Use the leisure activities below.
- •IV. Read the text. Memorize the words in bold. A Day in the Life
- •Vocabulary
- •V. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •VI. Answer the questions.
- •VII. Read the text. Memorize the words in bold. Get Fit at Home.
- •Vocabulary
- •VIII. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •IX. Answer the questions.
- •X. A) Make up sentences and phrases using the table below.
- •XI. Look at Mike’s daily routine. Say when you do these things.
- •XII. Match the sentence beginnings in a with the endings in b, then put the sentences in the most logical order.
- •XIII. Fill in the gaps with the words in the box. Use the correct verb form.
- •XIV. Write a paragraph about your ordinary day.
- •XV. A) Make up sentences using the table below.
- •XVI. Match the synonyms.
- •XVII. Match the opposites.
- •XIII. Match the two columns to form collocations.
- •XIV. Match the verbs and nouns.
- •XV. Match the words and expressions on the left with the definitions on the right.
- •XVI. Complete the text with the expressions from Exercise XV. Remember to write the verbs in the past tense. Having a bad day
- •I. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •II. Look at the age groups. At what age do you think you move from one to another?
- •III. Read the text. The Life of a Princess
- •Vocabulary
- •IV. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •V. Answer the questions.
- •VI. Memorize the following collocations.
- •VII. Match the antonyms.
- •VIII. What stage of life are these people at?
- •IX. Match the sentence beginnings from a with the endings from b and construct Rebecca’s life.
- •X. Birth, death and marriage.
- •1. Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.
- •3. Put one of the followings words into each gap. Sometimes more than one is possible.
- •XI. What do you think is the happiest time of a person’s life – when they are young or when they are old? Why? Write 10-15 sentences using the vocabulary words from this unit.
- •I. Discuss the following questions.
- •II. A) Put the sentences in the most likely order. Work in pairs. Explain and memorize the words in bold. Love story
- •III. Read the text. The Cliche Expert Testifies on Love (by Frank Sullivan)
- •Vocabulary
- •IV. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •V. Explain what the following clichés mean.
- •VI. Read the text and fill in the headings.
- •Dating and Marriage Customs in Britain.
- •Vocabulary
- •VII. Read and memorize the definitions.
- •IX. Complete the following text with the words and phrases below.
- •In love
- •X. A) Match the beginnings and endings of the expressions below. Use one of the endings twice.
- •XI. Read the following sentences and put the words and phrases in bold into the correct column below.
- •XII. Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences below.
- •XIII. Use the correct form of these words and expressions:
- •XIV. Julie and Dave are getting married next month. Match the beginnings of the phrases with their endings. Pay attention to the active vocabulary.
- •XV. Use these words to fill the gaps.
- •XVI. Here are the marriage vows that a man says in Britain. Complete them using these words.
- •XVII. Use these expressions in the situations below:
- •XVIII. Complete the response in four different ways.
- •I. Read the text and answer the questions below. Agatha Christie
- •II. Read the text. Changing Values and Norms of the British Family
- •III. Read the text. Explain and memorize the words in bold. The American Family
- •IV. Read the text
- •V. Read the text. Explain and memorize the words in bold. Domestic Chores
- •VI. Read the text.
IX. Match the sentence beginnings from a with the endings from b and construct Rebecca’s life.
A 1. Rebecca was born 2. She grew up 3. Her first boyfriend 4. She went out with him 5. She went to university 6. She fell in love 7. They got married 8. She had a baby 9. Her father retired |
B a. was a boy at her secondary school. b. in her early thirties. c. on a farm with lots of animals. d. when she was in her late twenties. e. in a small local hospital in 1972. f. for six months. g. just after the baby was born. h. with another student doing medicine. i. when she left school. |
X. Birth, death and marriage.
1. Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.
birth birthday born |
Where were you ………………..?
When is your ………………..?
I was ………………..in Africa.
She gave ……………….. to a beautiful healthy boy.
What are you doing for your ……………….. this year?
2. Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.
dead died death die |
Shakespeare ……………….. in 1616.
Her father’s ……………….. came as a great surprise. He was only 45.
Those flowers have ………………... Throw them away.
Every winter thousands of birds ……………….. in the cold weather.
He was stabbed to ……………….. by a maniac in a dark alley.
My father ……………….. three years ago. My mother has been ……………….. for ages.
3. Put one of the followings words into each gap. Sometimes more than one is possible.
get married marry got married married |
“Are you ………………..?”
“No, I’m single. But I’d like to ………………..some day.”
Darling, I love you. Will you ………………..me?
We had a lovely wedding. We ……………….. in a small country church, then had the reception in the local hotel.
Did you hear? James and Henrietta ……………….. last week.
We’re engaged, and we’re going to ……………….. next autumn.
XI. What do you think is the happiest time of a person’s life – when they are young or when they are old? Why? Write 10-15 sentences using the vocabulary words from this unit.
LOVE AND ROMANCE. MARRIGE
PRE-READING ACTIVITIES
I. Discuss the following questions.
What is love?
Have you ever fallen in love? Who with?
At what age do boys and girls start dating?
Why do people get married?
II. A) Put the sentences in the most likely order. Work in pairs. Explain and memorize the words in bold. Love story
They off to the Carribean for their honeymoon.
She takes him home to meet her parents, and he does the same.
They get married, and invite all their friends and relatives to the wedding.
John and Mary meet at a party. A friend introduces them.
They start going out together regularly.
They decide to get engaged, and he buys her a diamond ring.
They move into a small flat together.
They have a baby daughter, and they call her Anna, after Mary’s mother.
He invites her out to see a film, and afterwards they have dinner together.
b) Do you like the story as it is? Make up your own version.
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