Vocabulary and Questions for discussion at the Winter Term Credit and Spring Term Exam (2nd-year students).
Module 1and 2 (Card 1 and 2).
People around you.
Who: family members, friends, acquaintance, business associate, classmate / group-mate, fellow student, flat mate, ex-boy-friend, neighbour, colleague, partner; to get on with
Family life: marriage, divorce; to be / get married / divorced; to marry smb; to bring up / raise children; to start a family, one-parent family, nuclear, average family; twins, a half-brother
Appearance: good-looking, natural-looking, attractive, gorgeous, ordinary
Height: tall, short, average height
Build: slim, fat, athletic, average built, a bit overweight, to be fit
Age: young, old, middle-aged, he’s in his (early, mid, late) teens/ twenties
Hair: straight, long, short, wavy, shiny, going grey
Skin: dark, pale, tanned, smooth
Clothes: casual, old-fashioned, fashionable, smart, designer clothes; to be well-dressed
Character/qualities, personality: patient, sympathetic, careful, honest, well-mannered, well-qualified, good with (people, money, etc.), cheerful, enthusiastic, good-hearted, self-confident, a good talker, ambitious, career-minded, malicious person, computer nerd, vegetarian
Describing a person: to look like, to look alike, to be different from / similar to, similarity, to have smth in common; career, education, marital status, likes / dislikes; he is the sort of person who.., she is someone who…
Questions for discussion:
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What kind of people do we usually deal with?
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Who are your nearest and dearest? What kind of relationship do you have with them?
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In what way is your family different from others?
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What are your relatives like? (What are their positive and negative qualities?)
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Why are people’s personalities sometimes very similar?
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What are your friends like?
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What do they do?
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What do they like doing? What kind of hobby do they have? How do they spend time?
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What kind of clothes do they usually wear?
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Are you similar to any of them? Why?
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Who do you like best? Why?
How you spend your time.
To study hard, to attend / skip lectures and seminars, to do a course, to do homework / to do housework, to work long hours, to stay in / to go out, to eat out, to entertain friends / to visit friends, to spend time doing smth, to have free time / time off, to have a good time, to have fun, to relax, to do smth for relaxation, to play / watch sports, leisure activities, to share national passion, to have enough time for socializing (social life), to keep busy, to do well
To enjoy / like /dislike / hate doing, to be good at, to be into, to be interested in, to waste time doing smth, a waste of time
Adverbs of frequency: often, frequently, occasionally, from time to time, at weekends, once/ three times a week
Questions for discussion:
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What do you usually do on weekdays and at weekends?
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How do you spend time at university? What do you need to do well at university?
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What do you do for relaxation?
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What do you absolutely love doing? What do you really enjoy doing?
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What are you interested in? What are you good at?
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What do you hate doing because it’s a waste of time?
Module 3 (Card 3).
Cities and Countries