VIIth Form, English A2.3, Unit III, Lesson 1, Best friends Forever
Grammar: Reported Speech
Vocabulary: Adjectives to describe personality
Speaking: Talking about friends and friendship
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson students will be able:
- to paraphrase various statements using Reported Speech;
- to describe people's personality and appearance;
- to form opposite adjectives using prefixes;
- to talk about friends and friendship using topic-related vocabulary;
Speaking and Reading
Ex.1 p.42
In pairs, find seven words in the wordsearch below.
Ex. 2 p.42
Read the text about four friends and say what makes their friendship so special.
Challenge yourself! After reading the text at page 41, watch the video and fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.
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Vocabulary: Describing personality
Ex.3 p.42
Find in the text the adjectives that describe the children’s personality.
Ex.4 p.42
How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions? Read the descriptions and match them with the personality traits.
Ex.5 p.42
Add a prefix to form the opposite of these adjectives and insert them in the correct column.
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Grammar: Reported Speech
Ex.8 p.42
Choose what Cristi, Vera and Daniel say about their friendship. Be attentive! The phrases are in Reported Speech.
Pronunciation: Silent L
Ex.9 p.43
Listen, repeat, transcribe and translate the following words. Mind your pronunciation!
Read the words and match them to their correct pronunciation.
Listening and Speaking
Ex. 10 p.43
Listen to Bill describing his desk mate and tick her picture.
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* What two questions does Bob ask Bill?
* How does Bill answer them?
Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
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Ex. 11 p. 43
Consult the Vocabulary Building section, p.109
Read the words/ words combinations and decide whether they are used to describe a person's hair, eyes, height, weight or beauty. Drag the words to the appropriate column.
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Consult the Vocabulary Building section, p.110
Match these features of character in pairs of antonyms.
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Watch the video, listen to the text and choose the correct options.
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Writing
Ex.13 p.43
Group these traits in two columns. In the first mention the traits a good friend should have, in the second those they shouldn’t have.
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Write a paragraph describing what a good friend should be like.