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Vocabulary & Speaking

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DESCRIBING A PERSON
• What does he look like?
(describing a person’s appearance)
He is short.
• What is he like?
(describing a person’s character)
He is unsociable.

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Age
young
in his early twenties
in her late forties
younger than she looks
older than he looks
middle-aged

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Looks
good-looking
pretty
beautiful
handsome
rather ugly
not exactly beautiful

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Height
• rather short
• quite tall
• of average height

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Weight /build
• a bit thin
• rather plump
• overweight
• skinny
• thin
• slim
---------• strong
• muscular
• of medium built

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fair/ dark
blond(e)
ginger/ red
going grey
almost bald
white
curly/ wavy
straight
shoulder-length
long/ short
Hair

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Eyes
almond-shaped
dark
small
green
blue

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Personality
1. funny
2. hard-working
3. talkative
4. friendly
5. dull/ boring
6. energetic
7. sporty
8. moody
9. creative
10.shy
11.bossy
12.sensible
13.impatient
14.humorous
15.stubborn
16.selfish
17.generous…

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Interests
photography
drawing
sports
making model
cars
• painting
• reading
• travelling
• cinema
• theatre
• music…

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Jennifer Lawrence

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David Beckham
He is a sports star in his
thirties. He’s tall with a
strong muscular build. He
has blond very short hair.
He has almond-shaped
green eyes. He is humorous
and has an unusual style.
He is quite good-looking
and his fans love him. He is
the best football
player in the world. Who is
he?

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Comparatives & Superlatives

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Comparatives & Superlatives
1) Short adjectives/ adverbs = adjectives
• shy – shier – the shiest
• hot – hotter – the hottest
• fast – faster – the fastest
• early – earlier – the earliest*
2) Long adjectives/ adverbs (-ly)
• sociable – more sociable – the most sociable
• quickly – more quickly – most quickly
• careful – less careful – the least careful
3) Irregular adjectives/ adverbs
• little – less - the least
• bad – worse – the worst
• good – better – the best
• far – farther/ further – the farthest/ furthest

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A: Sue is slimmer than Sarah.
B: Yes, but Sally is the slimmest. Maybe she
exercises a lot in the gym. Who do you think
is the oldest?
A: Probably Sarah is the oldest and Sue is
the youngest, she looks really very young
with her short hair. She is a teenager, I
think, and she wears very short skirts.

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as funny
the earliest
the most popular
more
angrier
as good-looking
the least
sooner
better

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1. most beautiful
2. coldest
3. colder
4. fastest
5. worse, mine
6. better, hers
7. cheaper
8. tall, taller
9. better, better
10.beautiful, more
beautiful

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My aunt is younger and slimmer than my mother. But she is shorter and her eyes are
smaller. But the more you look at them the more you believe that they are sisters.

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4 Bill
2 Roger
3 Mrs Jones
1 Laura Smith

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classmates
acquaintance
colleagues
aunt
neighbours
stepmother
nephew
знакомый
acquaintance
племянник
nephew
племянница
niece
мачеха
stepmother
classmates
одноклассники
niece
соседи
neighbours
тетя
aunt
коллеги
collegues

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• TO MAKE ADJECTIVES AND OTHER ADVERBS STRONGER:
extremely, very, really, remarkably
The castle is really/remarkably popular.
It’s a very/an extremely popular attraction.
• TO MAKE ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS WEAKER:
a) rather, fairly, pretty (possitive and negative adjectives)
The city Wall is rather/fairly/pretty long.
My town is rather/fairy/pretty small.
b) rather a/a rather/a fairly/ a pretty
It’s rather a/a rather/a fairly/ a pretty small town (fairly a/pretty )

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c) a bit, a little (negative adjectives only)
London is a bit /a little expensive
London is a bit of an expensive city (before a noun phrase)
d) quite
The palace is quite interesting
It’s quite an interesting palace (a quite interesting palace)

31. TO EMPHASISE UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES absolutely

• The temperaturas were absolutely freezing (very freezing,
a bit freezing)
• There is an absolutely gorgeous view from the top (very
gorgeous)

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extremely
talkative
hardworking
friendly
patient
brave
creative
shy
generous
jealous
confident
very
pretty
quite
fairly
a bit

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toto
make
people
have
not met
not
to
say
to
to
annoy/
things
be
that
not
make
to
say
sbwho
things
extremely
that
before feel more relaxed
upset
annoying/irritating
people
irritate
upset
annoyed
people
with
each
other

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to speak one’s mind
действовать на нервы
to be a pain in the neck
держать язык за зубами
to get on someone’s nerves
нарушить молчание
to drive someone crazy
быть головной болью
to hold one’s tongue
выражать свое мнение
to break the ice
довести до белого каления

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hold
tongue
speak
mind
driving
neck
pain
gets
nerves
break the ice
crazy

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to speak one’s mind
довести до белого каления
to be a pain in the neck
быть головной болью
to get on someone’s nerves
действовать на нервы
to drive someone crazy
выражать свое мнение
to hold one’s tongue
держать язык за зубами
to break the ice
нарушить молчание