What hobbies can people have? Work in groups and list your ideas. Use the table below.

 

Hobbies for

children boys girls women men                                        

 

What hobbies do your classmates have? Make a small research. First fill in the table about yourself. Go around the class and interview some of your mates. Fill in the table and then report on the results. Let other students fill in the missing information.

Name/ aspect	Hobby	How often?	How many?	How long?

 

Translate the words below and group them.

 

Intelligent –

Bright –

Clever –

Smart –

Gifted –

Talented –

Brainy –

Cunning –

Crafty –

Optimistic –

Pessimistic –

Extrovert –

Introvert –

Relaxed –

Sensible –

Down-to-earth –

Sensitive –

Sociable –

Quarrelsome –

Cruel –

Easy-going –

Impolite –

Ill-mannered –

Honest –

Trustworthy –

Reliable –

Sincere –

Envious -

 

Ability	Attitudes towards life	Attitudes towards other people

 

5. Complete the sentences and use who + definition.

• A burglar is someone _____________________________________________________.
• An atheist is someone _____________________________________________________.
• An architect is someone ___________________________________________________.
• A teacher is someone _____________________________________________________.
• A student is someone _____________________________________________________.

 

Translate the sentences into English using relative pronouns and adverbs.

• Я знаю, почему он такой сердитый.
• _______________________________________________________________________
• Где сыр, который был в холодильнике?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• Словарь – это книга, в которой ты можешь найти значения слов.
• _______________________________________________________________________
• Это мальчик, папа которого врач.
• _______________________________________________________________________
• Это день, когда мне надо сдать экзамен.
• _______________________________________________________________________

Put the words in the correct order.

• What/Akiane/is/of/fond?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• What/she/attention/pay/does/to?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• Why/company/they/set up/a/did/“Math Works, LLC!”/called?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• What/have to do/December/Raynece Leader-Thomson/in/did/2001?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• did/How/begin/Esteban/designing?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• in charge of/is/he/What?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• people/many/Why/can/envy/Chase Austin?
• _______________________________________________________________________
• won/has/he/so/Why/awards/many?
• _______________________________________________________________________

 

8. Find answers to the questions in the article “American teens!” SB, p. 27.

 

B. Who’s who?

 

Translate into Russian and group the words.

Pretty –

Thin –

Spiky –

Scar –

Plump –

Middle-aged –

Round –

Beard –

Skinny –

Curly –

Of medium height –

Round –

Fat –

Baby –

Straight –

Freckles –

 

Build	Hair	Age	Face	Height	Special features

 

 

Do the language puzzle. Find ten words about appearance and copy them out.

 

s	l	i	m	c	h	i	l	d
f	o	r	k	u	t	b	o	a
a	l	e	a	t	v	e	b	t
i	d	r	i	e	u	g	a	a
r	u	s	p	i	k	y	l	l
w	a	v	y	w	q	i	d	l
e	f	b	h	j	k	o	p	a
m	o	u	s	t	a	c	h	e

 

1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________
5. _________________
6. _________________
7. _________________
8. _________________
9. _________________
10. _________________

 

Look at the pictures. Describe one of the characters and read the description out to your deskmate. Let him/her guess who it is.

 

 

Translate the following words and words combinations.

Exciting
	Спасибо за приглашение.
I want you to introduce me to him.
	Все усердно трудились для постановки «Алисы в стране чудес».
I can’t tell who is who.
	Хорошо, давай я тебе помогу.

 

The sentences below are not correct. Put the adjectives in the correct order.

• She has got a big beautiful Italian fast car.
• _______________________________________________________________________
• I wanted to buy denim dark blue nice trousers.
• _______________________________________________________________________
• My mum is a middle-aged wonderful Russian woman.
• _______________________________________________________________________
• Do you know that young Italian beautiful girl?
• _______________________________________________________________________

 

 

Play a game. Let one of the groupmates (Student A) go out of the classroom for a minute. Other students choose a person. Student A comes back and asks questions about appearance and character and the others must guess who it is.

Make a poster of your favourite sportsman/singer/band/actor/actress, etc. Write a short description of the appearance and character. Present it to your classmates and let them ask several questions about the person you like.

 

C. Against all odds