Somebody with blue eyes

 

1 Study the examples, and then decide where to put both in each sentence.

2 Do you remember how to write plurals? Wri$e the plurals of these words.

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ONE-PART VERBS

We both speak Chinese.

My sister and I both like music.

 

TWO-PART VERBS

We were both born in September. They have both studied in the USA. Anne and Peter can both sing very well.

boy)

wa ch

lady box

gun day potato

way

lorry

reason body valley switch

coach

difference party tomato

economy church

 

ARE/WERE

We are both fair-haired.

The two children were both very hungry.

 

1. My parents work in the same bank.

2. When I arrived, they were cooking.

3. You look like your mother.

4. Our children are tall and slim.

5. We have been in hospital recently.

6. The cars cost a fortune.

7. Alice and Judy can play chess.

8. I think those trees are going to die.

 

3 Where are they made? Example:

W.i..e...i.s... P.Ae.....i.(l......fr.O!..n.e.•...:;?.p..1..,...6& tr...A...,.·..:..:..

Do you remember the plurals of these words?

child person woman wife knife foot

Look them up in your dictionary if you are not sure.

 

 

 

perfume

 

cars cameras

 

calculators

wine

shoes

 

 

4 Spelling: double letters and single letters. Put another letter in where necessary. Examples:

 

thjnr.\ing loole:".ing

slim...er at...ractive wor...ied ner...vous

 

short...er

fair-hair...ed

depres...ed dif...er...ent

 

prof...es...ion ed...ucation hap:..en...ed wal...et

 

qual...if...ications program...e show...ed

sit...ing

 

 

 

5 Copy the text, choosing the correct verb forms. Yesterday the doorbell (was ringing I rang) while I (was having I had) breakfast. As I (was going I went)

to answer it, I (was falling I fell) over a pile of books

in the hall. By the time I (was getting I got) to the door, there was no one there- but the postman (was getting I got) back into his van a few houses away. I (was running I ran) after him, but he (wasn't hearing I didn't hear) me and (was driving I drove) off. So I

(was going I went) back home. When I (was getting I got) there, the door was shut, and I (was realising I realised) that I didn't have my key. My son was in

the house, and so I (was ringing I rang) the bell, but

 

he (wasn't answering I didn't answer): he (was listening I listened) to music and (wasn't hearing I didn't hear) the bell. I (was remembering I remembered) that the kitchen window was open, so

I (was going I went) round to the back to try and get in that way. While I (was climbing I climbed) in the

window, the electricity man (was arriving I arrived) to read the meter, and I had to explain the situation to him. I still don't know if he (was believing I believed) me. Anyway, I (was getting I got) in, only

to find that the cats (were eating I ate) my breakfast.

Then the doorbell (was ringing I rang).

 

6 Read the description of the first woman. Write a description from the notes about the second woman. Describe the third woman.

 

 

 

Carolyn Ruth Deborah

 

 

"My God! I've got last year's body!";

 

CAROLYN

Carolyn is a tall dark-haired

woman in her late thirties. She

is very pretty, with an oval face, beautiful fair skin and very light blue eyes. Her hair is straight and

quite short. She is rather plump, but she dresses very attractively. She usually looks quite cheerful in a quiet way. She looks like a person who is easy to talk to.

 

RUTH

short, black, early twenties

quite plain, but very interesting face

hair: short, curly, black eyes: big, brown

nose: small

face: round skin: very dark

slim, athletic-looking dresses casually

looks friendly and enthusiastic

 

 

"Got any S shirts?";

Things

 

1 Singular countable noun, plural countable noun or uncountable noun? Complete the lists.

 

 

3 Can you see something made of wood; something made of plastic; something made of metal; something

 

shirt wool snow

 

eye hair ear-nngs ears Jeans glasses water watch apple beer foot bank money feet pounds

made of rubber; something made of paper; something made of stone; something made of glass? Find the names of the things in a dictionary if necessary and

write them down. Example:

SINGULAR COUNTABLE

hi.d.:..... UNCOUNTABLE iN.Q.:\:.ec...

PLURAL COUNTABLE

 

Made of wood: a door; the floor.

 

4 Where are the stresses? Example:

plastic

wvv

2 Answer some of these questions using too.

Use a dictionary if necessary. Example:

 

Why can't you pick up a car? Because a car's too heavy.

 

1. Why can't a knife cut a stone?

2. Why can't you jump over a house?

3. Why can't you throw a fridge?

4. Why can't you sunbathe at the North Pole?

5. Why can't you put a horse in your bath?

6. Why can't you hear your heart beating?

7. Why can't you drink boiling water?

8. Why can't you read in the middle of a wood at midnight?

9. Why can't you jump across the Mississippi?

business cotton dictionary direct discover education information invent liquid metal narrow necessary photograph photographer profession programme qualification something surprised synthetic useful wonderful

 

 

5 Choose three of the things in the box and write five sentences to describe each one. Example:

 

A TYPEWRITER

A typewriter is a thing that you write with. It is made of metal and plastic. It is bigger than a watch but not as big as a car. It is quite heavy. Some typewriters are electric.

10. Why can't you eat rice before it's cooked?

11. Why can't you stand up in a car?

Now answer some of the questions using enough.

Example:

 

Why can't you pick up a car? Because I'm not strong enough.

a fridge a bath a car a wine bottle a piano

a radio a house

a computer

a telephone a yacht

6 This is part of a real conversation between people who were playing 'Twenty questions'. Read the conversation and decide what the first speaker was thinking of- a flower, a glass,

a typewriter, a guitar, a car key, a cat, a tin-opener, a stamp or an electric coffee-grinder.

 

'I'll start if you like.' 'OK.' 'You've got to tell us whether it's animal, vegetable or mineral.'	'Is it something to do with the hospital?' 'No, not necessarily.' 'Does it have moving parts?'	'More than one?' 'More than one.' 'More than ten?' 'More than ten.'
'I have to tell you?'	'Not usually. No, it doesn't.'	'Does it always come in
'Yes.'	'Is it useful?'	a group - '
'You don't have to ask me?'	'Yes.'	'No.'
'No, you have to tell us that and	'In the home?'	'Anything to do with electrics?'
then we have to ask the rest.' 'Yes.' 'No.'
'OK. It's mineral.'	'Can you eat it?'	'Are there any on this table?'
'Is it manufactured?'	'No.'	'Yes.'
'Yes.'	'Is it a kitchen utensil?'	'Is it a..................?'
'Is it smaller than a loaf of bread?'	'I wouldn't call it a utensil.'	'Yes.'
'Yes.'	'Have you got one in your house?'	'I knew it was a.................. from
'Can you burn it?'	'Yes.'	the very beginning.'
'It wouldn't burn well, no.'

 

 

30 Self and others

 

1 Six people from different countries are in the same compartment on a long train journey. They would like to talk to each other.

The table shows the languages that they speak. Write sentences to show how different people can talk to each other. Examples:

Alicia and Shu Fang can talk to each other in Spanish.

Alicia and Yasuko can talk to each other if Shu Fang interprets for them.

 

	English	French	Chinese	Japanese	Spanish	German	Swahili	Arabic	Russian
Alicia		v			v
Shu Fang			/		v
John	v						v	v
Yasuko	v		v	v
Mohammed Ali						v		v
Erika	v'	v'				v'			v-

 

2 Do you do these things yourself, or does somebody else do them for you? Examples:

 

I repair my car myself.

Somebody else washes my clothes.

3 Invent ends for these sentences.

 

1. Parents should...

2. Children should...

3. Teachers should...

1. repair your car/motorbike/

bicycle

2. wash your clothes

3. clean your house/flat/room

4. answer your letters

5. make your bed

6. iron your clothes

7. buy your food

8. cook your food

9. buy your clothes

4. Politicians should...

5. Everybody should...

6. I should...

 

 

«It's not the fighting I hate, it's the washing-up!" "I'm sure you and mother will like each other.";

4 Write out the letter, putting punctuation and capital letters where they belong.

 

14 september 1990

5 Write an answer to the letter in Exercise 4. Or write a letter giving advice to somebody you know (a real person).

dear kevin

 

im writing to ask you for some advice barbara and i are getting very worried about richard he has been staying out very late at night and is always too tired

to do well in school last week he was out till one

in the morning on tuesday and wednesday he wont listen to anything we say we have tried not giving him pocket money but it doesnt do any good i am afraid that now he is sure that we are just trying to

make him do what we want to show him whos boss

but the truth is we are worried about his future

 

i know you and simon had a rough patch when he was sixteen or so what did you do about it how did you handle it any advice you could give us would be very welcome we have run out of ideas ourselves

 

sorry to write such a short letter but i want to get this in the post today give my love to angela and the kids

yours tony

 

6 Read this with a dictionary.

 

WHAT A BLESSING YOUNGER BROTHERS ARE When my sister says to me,

'Go and put the kettle on,'

I say to my younger brother,

'Go and put the kettle on,'

So my brother goes and puts the kettle on. When my younger brother says to me,

'Bring a tin of fruit up,'

I say to my elder sister,

'Bring a tin of fruit up,'

But she says,

'Go yourself you lazy thing,'

So I say to my younger brother,

'Go yourself you lazy thing!'

So he goes and brings the tin of fruit up.

 

(Catherine Frankland, aged 13)

 

 

'Newsance': nuisance - something irritating

 

 

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'mot-her c_oo\-,) ht'rn 11r') fUvo ie roe<.S r Q. v r-y V!iJ t-

(Theresa, aged 8)

 

 

(Lynn, aged 7)

 

M '1 b v-- 1) ok.e sne. \t.

 

b Q.C. \Q.

k,· \n 'h·m lf

 

(Tim, aged 6)

 

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