Life skills 2

Vocabulary

1. Choose the correct option.

1) I think Mark is very nice person.

He is _____ and _____. a) slim/ugly b) polite/helpful c) tall/kind 2) Anna is my best friend. She is ____ and ____. a) smart/beautiful b) lazy/hard-working c) happy/wavy 3) A _______ helps to look after people in hospital. a) pilot b) nurse c) mechanic

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2. Read the text.

4) A person who makes and designs clothes is ____ a) a designer b) a post officer c) a chef 5) My mother’s brother is my ____. a) grandfather b) nephew c) uncle 6) My brother’s daughter is my ______. a) sister b) niece c) aunt

Hello, my name is Tim. I am eleven years old. I am from the wonderful city of London. I live in a house. My father’s name is David. He is fortyone years old and he works in a hospital. He is thin and strong. He has got brown hair, blue eyes and a beard. My mother is Kate. She’s forty years old and she works as a schoolteacher. She is pretty and slim. She has got long blond hair, green eyes and glasses. I am an only child in my family. I’m tall and good-looking. My hair is brown and curly. I’ve got a beautiful smile and freckles. I don’t like Maths. My favourite school subjects are English and Art. My dad says I’ve got a creative soul. My family is fantastic. Bye!

3. Choose true or false.

1) His name is Tim. 2) He is from Spain. 3) He is 11-year-old. 4) He lives in a flat. 5) His dad works in a hospital. 6) David has got dark hair, brown eyes and a beard. 7) His mum works in a school. 8) Kate is plump and has got short blond hair. 9) Tim has got freckles. 10) Tim likes Maths and English.

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4. Put the phrases of the dialogue in the correct order. Listen and check.

– She is great. – She is my best friend. – What does she look like? – Who’s Anna? – She’s thin and tall. She has got long fair hair and green eyes. – What is she like?

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5. Who is your best friend? What is your friend like? How is you friend similar or different from you? Use the words in the box and vocabulary of the unit.

funny / lazy / happy / friendly / helpful / positive / kind / negative /crazy / easy-going / emotional I My friend Both

Writing

6. Complete the paragraph using the information below.

Name: Mia Age: 10 Height: tall

Weight: thin Hair: curly brown Eyes: brown Special thing: storyteller Personality: friendly and smart Likes: reading the books and dancing Dislikes: wash up and tidy the room

MY FRIEND

This is my best friend ___. She is ___ years old. She is from Spain. Mia has got a small family. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a teacher. Her parents are very kind and gentle. Mia is ___ and ___. She has got ___ hair. She has got big ___ eyes and nice smile. She can dance and swim, but she can’t play table tennis. She likes ___ very much. She studies English and French and reads books in the original. She is a perfect ___. Her favourite colour is pink. She is strict, but she’s also ___ and ___. Mia is helpful and has a big heart. She has no bad habits. She respects her parents, her teachers and others. She always helps her parents about the house, but she doesn’t like to ___ and ___. We are really happy to be friends.

7. Fill in the fact file with information about yourself and write a paragraph. Feel free to add any information you want.

Name: Age: Height: Weight: Hair: Eyes: Special thing: Personality: Likes: Dislikes:

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8. Read the text and fill in the missing words.

This is my family photo. This is my sister Monika. My little 1)______ likes to make funny faces. We live in a big house with our 2)______in Toronto. We like doing many activities at the weekends. I enjoy riding my bike in the park. My 3)______ is very beautiful and she has got short dark hair. She likes working in the garden in her free time. She likes flowers very much. My 4)______ has got short brown hair and he likes swimming. My 5)______ are our neighbours. We spend a lot of time together. We play chess or draw the mother’s flowers. Also we have got our family tradition to eat all together every Sunday. My mother has got a sister. She is my 6)______. She is very friendly and kind. She always sends us many presents from Italy. She and her 7)______ live in Rome. They have got two children, Veronika and Marcel. They are my 8)______. We like playing computer games all together. They are very funny and smart. My family is great.

A B C D

1 sister brother mother father 2 parents grandparents friends cousins 3 sister brother father mother 4 brother father mother sister 5 parents aunt grandparents uncle 6 aunt uncle brother sister 7 grandmother brother grandfather husband 8 brothers parents cousins sisters