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

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.

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.

 

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

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

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.

Read and imitate.

bank manager : Good morning, Mr. Harris.

customer : Good morning,

bank manager : Please sit down.

customer: Thank you.

bank manager : Now, one or two questions...

customer : Yes, of course.

bank manager : How old are you, Mr. Harris?

customer : Thirty-two.

bank manager : And you're Canadian, aren't you?

customer: Yes, that's right.

bank manager : Are you married?

customer: Yes, I am.

bank manager : What is your wife's name?

customer: Monica.

bank manager : And your wife's age, Mr. Harris?

customer:  Pardon?

bank manager : How old is Mrs. Harris?

customer: Oh, she's thirty.

bank manager : Thirty. I see. And is she Canadian, too?

customer : No, she's British,

bank manager : British, yes. Have you got any children?

customer: Yes, three. Two boys and a girl.

(phone rings)

bank manager : Excuse me a moment. Hello, Ann. Yes, all right. Thank you. Goodbye. I'm sorry, Mr. Harris. Now, two girls and a boy, you said?

customer: No, two boys and a girl.

bank manager : Oh, yes, I'm sorry. And what are their names?

customer: Alan, Jane and Max.

bank manager : And their ages?

customer: Twelve, ten and six.

bank manager : I see. Now one more question, Mr. Harris. What is you job?

customer: I'm a university teacher.

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