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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