W26 - Int 2

Week 26 – Intermediate 2 – Descriptions

 

 

I)            Listening :

1)   Listen to Rafi talking about an activity he used to do when he was a child.




2)   Underline the correct information.

a) What was the activity? Martial arts. / Art classes.

b) Why did you choose that activity? I liked kung fu movies. / My friends did it.

c) Was it your idea or your parents' idea? It was my parents' idea. / My idea.

d) Did you enjoy it? No, I hated it. / Yes, I was obsessed with it.

e) How often did you do it? Once a week. / Two or three times a week.

f) Where did you do it? At a gym in the city centre. / At school.

g) How did you get there and back? My parents drove me there. / I went by bicycle.

h) Do you still do it now? Yes, I do. / No, I gave it up.

i) Would you encourage your own children to do the same thing? No, absolutely not! /

Yes, definitely.

 

II)       Useful sentences: Describing Objects

1)   Listen to four people describing their favourite gadget.



1)   Match the people (1 – 4) and their favourite gadget (A – F)



2)   Complete with the sentences in the recording

1.   Purpose: what it’s for

a.   It's one of those things ______________________________________________

b.   It’s for ___________________________________________________________

c.    You use it to _______________________________________________________

2.   Appearance: what it looks like

d.   It looks like ______________________________________________________

e.   It’s _____________________________________________________________

3.   Material: what it's made of

f.     It’s made of ______________________________________________________

3)   Find three more ways to complete each of the useful phrases b, c, e and f in the exercise above with the following phrases:

cardboard       light the gas            long and thin       recharge your mobile phone      

removing stains         small and square           stainless steel           plastic          

storing things            straightening your hair               unblock toilets     rectangular

ex: it’s for removing stains

b - It’s for ______________________________

It’s for ______________________________

It’s for ______________________________

c - You use it to ______________________________

You use it to ______________________________

You use it to ______________________________

e – it’s ___________________________________

it’s ___________________________________

it’s ___________________________________

f - It’s made of _________________________________________________

It’s made of ______________________________________________________

It’s made of ______________________________________________________

 

4)   Which word in each list does not exist? Cross it out.

a) disqualify             misuse            overcooked               undernational

b) disused         misqualify               under-cooked           unemployment

c) inadvisable     overnationalistic            reusable            unqualified

5)   Match each prefix with its approximate meaning (a-f).

Dis               mis              over                   re                    un/in                   under

a) not = _______________ c) wrongly = _____________ e) again = ___________

b) too much = ___________ d) no longer = __________ f) not enough = ________

6)   Guess the meaning of the following words.

a) discontinue     b) misprint    c) oversleep    d) redo   e) unaware    f) underpay

 

IV)        Homework:

1)   Describe your own favourite gadget:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2)   Choose one word from the word family in brackets to complete the sentences

a) I'm not a very good (cook) ___________ . I don't even know how to boil an egg.

b) I hate the (national) ___________ feelings that events like the World Cup

encourage.

c) Everyone needs a financial (advise) _____________ . They can save you a lot

of money.

d) I think that experience is more important than a lot of (qualify) ____________ .

e) I try to (use) _________________ any water bottles that I buy instead of just

throwing them away.

f) I've never been (employ) _______________ . Since I started working, I haven't stopped.


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