- •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
Part 1
IT TAKES ALL SORTS
Unit 1. Getting to Know People.
Unit 2. Family Relationships.
Unit 3. Going by Appearances.
Unit 4. Character and Personality.
Unit 1
A. Name. Getting to Know People. Forms of Address.
Introductions.
Focus Vocabulary
name
first name/Christian name/given name
last name/surname/family name full name
middle name
maiden name patronymic
Word Formation
Ex. 1 Give the full names of the following short ones. The first one is done for you.
Alec - Alexander Richie - Pat- Lizzy - Betty - Sue. Susie - Jozy - Lew, Lewie - Andy -
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Juby- Sam- Bob(y), Robbie - Nick- Jim(my) – Leff- Ellen- Becky
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Word Use
Ex. 2 Answer the questions making various substitutions.
- What's your first name?
- My name is Catherine but Mum calls me Cathy.
- What's your friend's (brother's, sister's, mother's, cousin's) first name?
- What's your friend's (cousin's, fellow student's) family name?
Forms of Address
It is common to address people we know well by their first name.
Mr (BrE)/Mr. (AmE) is
1) a title used before a man's family name when we are speaking to him or writing to him;
2) a title used when addressing a man in an official position, for example,
Mr Chairman, Mr President.
Mrs (BrE)/Mrs. (AmE) is a title used before a married woman's family nanw when you are speaking or writing to her.
Miss is used in front of the family name of a woman who is not married.
Ms (BrE)/Ms. (AmE) is a title used before a woman's family name because il is not important to say whether she is married or not, or when you do not know whether she is married or not.
Note: 1. Usually Mr, Mrs, Miss is not used with names of people who at famous, for example, the defeat of Adolf Hilter, Clinton's health air policy,
2. Mister, Misses and Miss alone (without surname) are sometimes met I but are not polite, although Miss is generally accepted as a form address to a woman-teacher by primary-school children in Britain.
Other Forms of Address
Sir - used to a man who is clearly older and/or more senior than oneself.
Sir - is also used:
> by shop assistants, waiters, etc t their male customers;
> by schoolchildren to men-teachers;
> as a polite form of address to a stranger, even if not older. However, this is not common nowadays in Britain, where the usual way to address a stranger (either a man or a woman) is Excuse me, please.
In America sir is common in this situation;
> in the armed forces, to an (superior) officer;
> as a title (for knights and baronets), followed by the first name, for Sir William.
Madam is used by shop assistants, waiters, etc. to their female except for this type of situation, however, madam is less widely used than sir. It is not used when addressing women-teachers (here Mrs/Miss with the name when addressing an older or more senior woman.)
It is only rarely used to a stranger - 'Excuse me. please' being the usual form.
Doctor is used alone only to medical practitioners. When addressing a person with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy or Doctor of Science the surname is always included, for example, Dr. Brown.
Professor is used either with or without surname, depending on how formal or informal one wishes to be. (Simply Professor is more formal).
General/Colonel/Captain, etc is also used either with or without the surname.
Ladies and Gentlemen/Friends to an audience.
Mr/Madam Chairman - to the chairman of a meeting.
Waiter/Waitress/Porter/Nurse, etc - to people in certain occupations.
However, this usage is now becoming rare, at least as regards Waiter/Waitress and Porter. Instead people simply try to catch the waiter's eye, for example, or say
Excuse me, (please).
Officer - to a policeman. If one knows his rank, one may also address him as, for example, Constable or Inspector. In practice, however, most people approaching a policeman for information or help use Excuse me, (please), without any form of address.
Note: Commercial and administrative titles such as director and manager are never used as forms of address.
Less Common Forms of Address
Your Majesty - to a king or queen
Your Highness - to a prince or duke
Your Lordship - to a lord (peer) or a High Court judge
Your Honour - to a magistrate (Justice of the Peace)
Informal Address
Baby/Babe (AmE) - a way of speaking to someone that you love.
Buddy/Luv (AmE) - used to speak to a man you do not know.
- used to address someone you love
- used when you are talking to someone you love; Hurry up, Love!; Come on, Luv, don't cry. or to someone who you do not know, esp. to a woman; Are you OK, Love?
Mate (BrE/AustrE) - to a man: What's the time, mate?
Old man/old boy (BrE) old-fashioned - used to address a male friend: Could I have a word with you, old man?
Pal - used to address a man in an unfriendly way. Listen, pal, I don't want you hanging around my sister any more.