- •Unit 1 what do you look like?
- •In this unit we are going to learn how to give a physical description of a person.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •II. Match the expressions on the left with those on the right:
- •IV. Use these words to complete the expressions with ‘ age’ below:
- •V. Write one or more sentences with a similar meaning. Use the words given in brackets.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Match the pairs of sentences with the pictures on the right:
- •II. Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Express the height of these people in metres and centimetres:
- •III. Combine the words in a with the right words in b:
- •IV. Choose the right word:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •IV. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Match the words below to the parts of the head and face in the pictures:
- •III. Combine the nouns in a with the adjectives in b. With some adjectives more than one combination is possible.
- •IV. Give antonyms of the following word-combinations:
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •VI. Complete the sentences in a suitable way. (More than one answer may be possible.)
- •VII. Match the sentences on the right with those on the left.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Give the opposite of the following word-combinations:
- •IV. Combine the adjectives in a with the nouns in b. Give as many combinations as it is possible.
- •V. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:
- •VI. Use these words to complete the sentences below:
- •VII. Match each of the following lines of adjectives with one of the following words:
- •XII. Think of a famous person who…
- •XIII. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •VI. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Part III Listening I
- •In pairs, ask and answer questions about each other’s friends and family.
- •Listening II
- •2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the chart below.
- •3.Make up a conversation with your group mate who wants to know about the members of your family and the family likeness.
- •Unit II what are you like ?
- •In this unit we are going to learn how to describe a person’s character.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Give English equivalents for the following:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Match the opposites:
- •VI. Match the words with their definitions:
- •VII. Arrange these words in pairs of opposites:
- •VIII. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from exercises VI and VII.
- •IX. What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words?
- •X. What nouns can be formed from these adjectives? Use a dictionary to help you.
- •XIV. A) Do the personality quiz to discover what type of person you are. Write Yes, No, or Sometimes.
- •XV. A) Work with a partner. Ask your partner to do the quiz about you. Compare your ideas and your partner’s ideas about you. Are they the same or different?
- •XVI. Describe someone in the group, but don’t say their name. Can your group mates guess who it is?
- •XVII. Translate these sentences into English:
- •XVIII. Revision translation.
- •Verbs and Phrases
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1.Transcribe and translate the given words:
- •2. Give the English equivalents for the following Russian words:
- •11. Grammar structures.
- •Verbs and Phrases
- •Listening I
I.Transcribe and translate the words:
Pale, fair, sunburned, suntanned, fair-skinned, olive, oriental, healthy, ruddy, sallow.
II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
цвет лица; бледная/ светлая/ темная кожа; загорелая/ коричневая/ смуглая/ желтая кожа; румяная/ здоровая/ нездоровая/ с желтоватым оттенком кожа
III. Match the synonyms:
1. brown a) negro
2. ruddy b) unhealthy
3. sallow c) tanned
4. pale d) healthy
5. black e) fair
IV. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
1. If you sunbathe a lot, your skin becomes black. 2. People from China are usually olive-skinned. 3. If you are pale, you may be unwell. 4. Fair skin is very pale and burns easily in the sun. 5. You can have a ruddy complexion when you are excited. 6. People from Africa are dark-skinned. 7. Russian people are mostly fair-skinned. 8. A sallow complexion is a sign of good health.
V. Use these word-combinations in the sentences below:
long nails bad skin
big feet thin legs
lovely complexion long legs
1. Are these your shoes? You’ve got really ________, haven’t you? 2. You’ve got such _______.Would you like to move the seat back a bit? 3. I’ve never seen you in shorts before. You’ve got such _______. You should go running and try to build them up a bit! 4. You’ve got such lovely ______. Are they real? 5. Keith’s new girlfriend must spend a fortune on face cream to have such a _______. 6. Poor Tim. He’s had really _______ ever since he was 13.
VI. Complete the sentences in a suitable way. (More than one answer may be possible.)
1. She’s got blonde______ . 2. He’s got very pale______ . 3. They’ve both got curly ______ .
4. I’m medium ______ . 5. Her brother has got very broad ______ . 6. He’s got a ruddy _____ . 7. She’s very good- _______ . 8. All of them have got dark ______ . 9. She had an oriental ______ . 10. His wife is a lovely woman in her ______ . 11. She is olive- _______ .
VII. Match the sentences on the right with those on the left.
1. She is not so slender a) Her cheeks are ruddy and fair
as she used to be. in colour.
2. His hair is not so thick as b) She looked pale and thin.
it was in his youth.
3. My mother doesn’t look c) She put it in a bun.
her age.
4. She is not so beautiful as d) His hair is thinning.
she was as a young girl.
5. There is little hair left on e) She has put on weight.
his head.
6. She looks the very picture f) She looks much younger.
of health.
7. I could hardly recognise g) He is getting bald.
Jane when I ran into her
in the street.
8 She didn’t wear her hair h) She looks quite plain now.
loose any more
EYES
big/large/small
kind/warm
round/oval
blue/grey/green
brown/hazel
close-set/wide-set
deep-set/bulging
almond/oriental/slanted
cross-eyed/slant-eyed
long/ thick/curving eyelashes
thin/thick/bushy/arched eyebrows