- •Illnesses
- •Possessive Pronouns
- •Articles
- •Like/alike
- •Word Order: Adjectives
- •Reading
- •Vocabulary
- •I. Are the following statements true or false? If false, say why.
- •III. Find in the text English equivalents for these sentences.
- •Speaking
- •Appearance
- •Character
- •Questions
- •Social english Time Expressions
Speaking
Useful Words and Expressions
Family relations
parents: |
a mother/father |
grandparents: |
a grandmother, a grandfather |
children: |
a daughter, a son |
grandchildren: |
a granddaughter, a grandson |
other relatives: |
a sister/a brother, an aunt/an uncle, a niece/a nephew, a cousin |
in-laws: |
a mother/a father - in-law, a daughter/son-in- law, a sister/brother-in-law |
steprelatives: |
a stepchild/mother/father/daughter/son/brother/sister |
Appearance
face: |
thin/long/round/oval/square; |
hair: |
black/brown/red(ish)/fair/blond/grey/white/dark/sandy/mousey; long(ish)/short(ish)/straight/wavy/curly/neat/untidy/well-kept; |
eyebrows: |
thin/bushy; |
eyes: |
blue/grey/brown/green; |
eyelashes: |
long/bushy/thick; |
nose: |
long(ish)/straight/large/turned-up; |
lips: |
thin/full; |
cheeks: |
rosy/hollow |
chin: |
pointed/double a beard /a moustache |
complexion: |
pale/good/dark/sunburnt(tanned)/olive/fair/ oriental/brown; |
build: |
fat/thin/slim/plump/stout/well-built(M)/ broad-shouldered (M); |
height: |
1.70 m./medium/average/below average/tall(ish)/short(ish); |
Character
”good“ |
”bad” |
generous |
greedy/stingy |
good-hearted/kind |
strict |
cheerful/ lively/easy-going |
gloomy |
good-tempered |
bad-tempered |
imaginative |
dull/boring |
patient/tolerant |
impatient |
reliable |
unreliable |
sympathetic |
indifferent |
thoughtful/considerate |
selfish |
polite |
impolite/rude |
balanced |
moody |
broad-minded |
narrow-minded |
sensible |
unpractical/light-minded |
sensitive |
thick-skinned |
sociable |
reserved/shy/bashful |
Questions
Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.
1. Have you got a big family?
2. How many people are there in your family?
3. Have you got any brothers or sisters?
4. Who is the youngest person in your family?
5. Who is the oldest person in your family?
6. What are your relatives like?
7. Who is the smartest, the kindest, the friendliest or the most stupid in the family?
8. Who is the most beautiful?
9. What are their interests?
10. When are their birthdays?
11. When is your birthday?
12. Have you got many friends?
13. What are their names?
14. Who is your best friend?
15. What sort of person is he/she?
16. Are your hobbies the same or different? What are they?
17. Who is better at English: you or your friend?
Exercise 2. Compare yourself with a relative or a friend. Use three as ... as sentences and three not as ... as sentences. Use the adjectives.
1) funny |
7)young |
13) blond |
19) stupid |
2) lazy |
8)good |
14) dark |
20) long |
3) old |
9) beautiful |
15) bad |
21) friendly |
4) easy-going |
10) tall |
16) short |
22) big |
5) patient |
11) intelligent |
17) fat |
23) talented |
6) shy |
12) thin |
18) smart |
24) ugly |