- •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.
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- •V. Choose the right word:
- •VI. Complete the sentences:
- •VII. Try to think of a famous person who is:
- •VIII. Describe your friend’s and your own build.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •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:
- •III. Replace the underlined word in each sentence with a word which is either more suitable or more polite.
- •IV. Combine the adjectives in a with the nouns in b:
- •V. Complete these sentences in a suitable way.( More than one answer may be possible.)
- •VI. Think of a famous person who is:
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- •V. Choose the right variant:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •IV. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
- •V. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
- •VI. Combine the adjectives in a with nouns in b:
- •VIII. Answer the questions:
- •IX. Choose the closest description from the list for each person. Make each description more accurate.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •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.
- •VIII. Describe each of your groupmates using one sentence .
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
- •V. Use these word-combinations in the sentences below:
- •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.
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- •Transcribe and translate the following words:
- •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:
- •VIII. A) Make adjectives from these nouns:
- •IX. Change each sentence to include a compound adjective ending in - eyed, - faced, - haired, - nosed, - legged.
- •X. From these jumbled words, find combinations for describing people, as in the example. Use a dictionary if necessary. Example: good-looking
- •XI. Complete the gaps in these police posters.
- •XII. Think of a famous person who…
- •XIII. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •V. Complete the following dialogues with these words:
- •VI. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •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.
- •XII. Arrange all the adjectives from both personality word lists in three groups: a) adjectives describing positive qualities; b) adjectives describing negative ones; c) adjectives describing both.
- •XIII. A) Do the personality quiz to discover what type of person you are. Write Yes, No, or Sometimes.
- •XIV. 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?
- •Say what you and your partner agree/ disagree about. Follow the scheme:
- •XV. Describe someone in the group, but don’t say their name. Can your group-mates guess who it is?
- •XVI. Translate these sentences into English:
- •XVII. Revision translation.
Vocabulary notes
shoulder-length adj shoulder- length hair reaches down to your shoulders, e.g. She had shoulder-length brown hair.
thick adj if someone’s hair is thick, they have a lot of hair, e.g. She ran her fingers through her thick brown hair. Ant. thin, e.g. Your hair is getting very thin.
thin v [I] if someone’s hair is thinning, they have less hair than they used to, e.g. a tall man with thinning hair
sleek adj straight, shiny and healthy-looking, e.g. a young man with sleek dark hair
spiky adj hair that is spiky is stiff and stands up on top of your head, e.g. short black spiky hair
neat adj carefully arranged and looking nice; Syn. tidy; Ant. untidy, e.g. His hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail.
loose adj hanging freely rather than being tied back, e.g. Her hair fell loose around her shoulders.
fringe n [C] short hair that hangs down over your forehead, e.g. a tall girl with straight brown hair and a fringe / The girl wore her hair in a fringe.
parting n [C] BrE the line on your head made by dividing your hair with a comb, e.g. a centre parting / a side parting
bun n [C] a hairstyle in which a woman’s hair is tied in a tight round ball at the back of or on top of her head
dreadlocks n [pl] a way of arranging your hair in which it hangs in thick pieces that look like rope
shave v [I,T] your hair is shaved if it is cut off very close to the skin
balding adj (used of a man) beginning to lose the hair on the top of their head, e.g. a balding man in his mid-thirties
bald adj (used of a man or his head) someone who is bald or whose head is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head, e.g. a bald man / You are going bald. He has a large bald patch.
recede v [I] (used of a man or his hair) if your hair recedes, you gradually lose the hair at the front of your head, e.g. He was in his mid-forties, with a receding hairline. He’s receding a bit. His hair is receding at the temples.
EXERCISES
I.Transcribe and translate the words:
Hairstyle, medium length, shoulder-length, straight, wavy, curly, sleek, spiky, neat, tidy, untidy, loose, fringe, plait, ponytail, bun, dreadlocks, bald, receding,
II. (Vocabulary Organizer: Unit 19 Ex.1)
III. (Vocabulary Organizer: Unit19 Ex.2)
IV. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
лысый, лысеющий, с залысинами на висках, с хвостом, с пучком, с косами, с челкой, с пробором, волосы до плеч, распущенные (волосы), зачесанные назад, прямые, волнистые, кудрявые, лоснящиеся, густые, редкие, редеющие, чистые, грязные.
V. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
1. If your hair is sleek, it looks good. 2. Spiky hair doesn’t look neat. 3. Young girls like to put their hair in a bun. 4. Elderly ladies prefer to wear their hair in dreadlocks. 5. Nowadays women are not allowed to wear their hair loose in public places. 6. If your hair is receding, you are losing the hair on the top of your head. 7. Men don’t usually wear their hair tied back.
8. A person’s hair thins with age.