6. Fill in the correct prepositions:

1) I am fond … reading books.

2) I was born … May 5, 1982 … the village … Bakino, Slutsk district, Minsk region.

3) She has much work to do … the house.

4) Lucy is … the fifth form and Boris is a pupil … the ninth form.

5) Two years ago our family moved … Minsk where I live now together with my parents.

6) I also took an active part … social life, attended sport sections and subject circles.

7) Our University trains specialists … many fields.

8) As a result … thorough theoretical, practical as well as professional training the students get diplomas.

9) I'm fond … reading books … history and I'm keen … sports.

7. Express the idea in one word.

E.g. A person with broad shoulders – a broad-shouldered person.

1) A person with blue eyes

2) A man with short hair

3) A lady who is dressed well

4) A child with fair hair

5) A girl with short sight

6) A boy who writes with his left hand

8. In this exercise you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Indicate the letter a, b, c or d against the number of each item 1-10 for the word or phrase you choose.

Here is the 1) _____ of Mrs. Smith. She is fairly slim and about average 2) _____. She has got jet-black curly hair. Her hazel eyes are wide-set under arched 3) _____. Her triangular face is slightly wrinkled. Her 4) _____ are pearly. She has got a small pert nose and scarlet full lips. I like the way she wears her hair. It is parted in the middle and done in a knot. Sometimes she 5) _____ her hair in a plait or wears it 6) _____. She is delicately built with shapely slender arms and legs. Her 7) _____ is tanned. There are beautiful dimples on her cheeks. She has got a bronze mole on the right temple. Her 8) _____ is steady but graceful. Her bearing is perfectly straight. In general she looks quite attractive and bears her age well.

1.a) personality	b) character	c) face	d) description
2. a) height	b) length	c) tall	d) long
3. a) forehead	b) eyelashes	c) eyebrows	d) eyelid
4. a) teeth	b) tooth	c) mouth	d) tongue
5. a) makes	b) does	c) carries	d) brings
6. a) loose	b) lose	c) lost	d) loosen
7. a) complexion	b) figure	c) complexity	d) complexation
8. a) gaiter	b) gate	c) bearing	d) gait

9. What single word explains the central idea of each passage? Study each paragraph again. Find the topic sentence, and then list the details that support it.

IV. Speaking Practice.

1. Give details to expand an idea into a paragraph.

1) I was born in Novopolotsk.

2) My family is very friendly.

3) I did well at school.

4) I don’t have a family of my own.

5) It is difficult to choose a name for a child.

2. Make a close-to-the-text retelling of the contents.

3. Read, role-play and make dialogues by analogy.

− What’s your name?

− My name is Isabel Ferrante.

− How do you spell it?

− I-S-A-B-E-L F-E-R-R-A-N-T-E

3.1. Read, translate and role-play the dialogue

At the "Find your Partner” Agency

Agent: Good morning, good morning. Come in, please.

Sue: Thank you. Good morning.

Agent: Sit down, please. Now what's your name?

Sue: Sue Spring.

Agent: Well, Sue, tell me about your ideal man. Do you like tall men, old men, young men? We have got all of them, you know.

Sue: I'm short myself, so my ideal is a man of average height, well-built, the one who has a decent wage and a kind disposition.

Agent: Does his age matter?

Sue: Yes, not more than 40, I think.

Agent: OK.., average height, decent wage, middle aged... Let me see. What about Jim Sprot?

Sue: What's he doing? What does he look like?

Agent: Jim is in his early forties. He runs a book store in Hope Street. Jim has dark hair with a little grey at the temples. He is a very reliable person in all ways.

Sue: Oh, sounds kind of nice.

Agent: Yes, I think he would like a young woman like you, with blue eyes an blond hair. We'll arrange your meeting.

Sue: Well, is he a formal kind of guy, or does he dress casually?

Agent: Oh, he rarely dresses casually. He always wears three-piece suits and ties. He dresses very much in style.

Sue: Oh, I see. I'd better dress up then... Wish me luck.

Agent: Oh, for sure. You can tell me what happens.

Sue: I will. Thanks.

Agent: Bye-bye.