Practise appearance and personality vocabulary

 

1.Write ajectives that go along with the nouns:
hair styles

forehead

male face

smile

Figure

hands

nose

height

eyes

female face

chin

cheeks

hair

2. Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following:

mischievous almond hazel eyes

turned up nose

pointed chin

short, dark, curly hair

wavy shoulder-length hair

good-humored round face

darken eyelashes with mascara

slanting eyes

skinny figure

deep scar

short curly fringe

hair fastened with barrettes

a man with a long moustache

charming smile

wrinkled face

expressive features

silvery hair

wear a wig

fashionable stubble

3.Expand the following statements giving the description of an imaginary person.

He looks like a bear.

She looks like a wild flower.

She is as ugly as a sin.

Sue is as pretty as a picture.

                                                                                        3.READING

Jack is popular with his fellow-students and most of his teachers. He works hard in his classroom, but sometimes he can be noisy. He is not deliberately disruptive, but he does find it difficult to sit still for long periods. He is full of energy. He is late for his classes more often than most students but he is always willing to help teachers and students.

Jack is generally good-tempered, but he has been in two fights since he left school. He is quite happy at school and doesn't seem to have any strong opinions about how things could be changed. He gets on well with his parents although he frequently quarrels with his younger sisters.

Jane plays netball for the school team for her year, she is very popular with her fellow students. She takes the lead in arranging extra netball practices and group parties. She has a lively personality and a sense of humour. Her teachers like her but they complain about her unpunctuality and sometimes lateness of her homework.

There is one particular teacher she does not like; she has been accused of being insolent to this teacher, but Jane denied it strongly.

She has strong opinions about how the university should be run. Out of school she is dressed in very up-to-date clothes and collects all the latest records. She is a keen sportsman.

Len is a very intelligent boy. He is not very good at games, in fact he shows little interest in sport in general. He is no weakling however. He reads book after book, plays chess well and is very good at Physics. He is a friendly person but perhaps does not make friends as easily as some of the other students.

Whatever he gives his mind on, he does with great determination. His parents are very proud of him. He lives in a flat on a housing estate near the University. He is not very talkative, but when he does speak, the other students tend to listen to him.

Maggie  thinks there are many things wrong with the University. She has ideas about changing the rules; for instance, she rebels against doing homework and believes that being punished by detention is wrong.

Some of her teachers think she is a troublemaker. Some of her groupmates think she is loud and bossy; others think she is a very lively person. Maggie's mother is a councilor so she is accustomed to hearing her parents talk about important matters. She is intelligent, full of energy and seems to have opinions about everything.

 

TASKS TO THE TEXT

1. Decide a) who of these students you would like to make friends with

b) who might be the best group representative. Give your arguments. What do you like/dislike about these people?

2. Find the English equivalents for the following from the text.

Коритсуватися популярністю серед одногрупників

Порушувати дисципліну

Запізнюватись на заняття

Бути в злагоді з іншими

Скаржитися на непунктуальність

Звинувачувати в зухвалості

Захоплюватись спортом  

4.Personality : What are some characteristics of your personality?

• What makes you happy?

• What are some things that make you angry?

• Are you happy with your personality?

• Would you like to be different?

• Are you a determined person? Are you a stubborn person?

• Are you shy ? In which occasions are you shy?

• Do you consider yourself selfish ? Why?

• Is your personality suited to your future job?

• In what way has your personality changed since childhood? Why has it changed??

• Are you more introverted (focused on your inner world) or more extraverted (focused on other people and the outer world)?

• Do you think you can change a major characteristic of your personality if you try?

• Do you think you have an unusual personality? Why?

• If you could change any aspect of your personality, what would it be?

• What personality traits do you consider important in a good friend / a boss / a partner?

• Do you consider yourself to be even-tempered?

• What is one thing that many people don't know about you?