About myself

You will study the vocabulary that helps to tell about yourself and your family and the grammar topics (Present and Past Simple, personal and possesive pronouns) at a more advanced level. We suggest your doing the excersices and some speaking and writing activities.

Уровень B

Test

Проверьте себя. Выберите из предложенных вариантов ответа один правильный:

1) Mag and her sister … live in Rome.

a. aren’t

b. doesn’t

c. don’t

2) Pat’s mother … a teacher.

a. isn’t

b. doesn’t

c. don’t

3) It was a boring weekend. … anything.

a. I didn’t

b. I don’t do

c. I didn’t do

4) Everybody in our family (help) Mummy about the house. Dad (walk) the dog, I (water) the flowers and my brothers (clean) the rooms.

a. help, walks, water, clean

b. helps, walks, water, clean

c. help, walks, water, cleans

5) Mary usually (phone) me on Fridays but she (not/phone) last Friday.

a. phone, doesn’t phone

b. phoned, didn’t phone

c. phone, phoned

d. phones, didn’t phone

6) tell/didn’t/me/you/the truth/why?

a. Why you didn’t tell me the truth?

b. Why didn’t you tell me the truth?

c. Why didn’t you tell the truth me?

7) Do you study at the medical academy? — Yes, …

a. I am

b. I did

c. I do

8) — Where … she … (live)?

a. does, live

b. do, live

c. lives

a. This is John Adams. b. What do you do? c. Have a nice weekend d. Goodbye

1. I’m an architect 2. Cheers. See you! 3. Pleased to meet you. 4. Thanks, you too.

9) Match the expressions of everyday English in the first column with the responses in the second column:

10)

10) She is mad about … car.

a. him

b. hers

c. her

11) I know these students well. They are friends of …

a. my

b. mine

c. our

12) This textbook is … — she bought it last year.

a. His

b. her

c. hers

13) Wake …! You are late for your classes!

a. on

b. up

c. in

14) Who is the … of the telephone?

a. invent

b. invention

c. inventor

d. inventing

15) I enjoy listening …….music.

a) for

b) to

c) ---

16) She is good ……Biology.

a) at

b) with

c) to

17) He is interested ……..medicine.

a) ----

b) in

c) for

2. Learn the following words and word combinations:

1) have a try [trai] — пробовать

2) to show off — рисоваться, пускать пыль в глаза, похваляться

3) to take after smb. — походить на кого-то, пойти в кого-то, перенять черты

4) as far as something is concerned [kən'sɜ:nd] — в том, что касается…

5) to get on well — хорошо ладить

6) take part in something — принимать в чем-либо участие

7) to run out off smth — исчерпать запас чего-то, заканчиваться (о чем-то)

8) to keep up with — успевать, не отставать

9) to feel like doing sth — хотеть что-либо делать

10) can’t stand — терпеть не могу, не выношу

3. Read and translate the text:

It is not easy to speak about oneself but I’ll have a try. My name is Anna. I am seventeen years old. I am a blond girl with long wavy hair and green eyes. I'm rather tall and slim. As for my character, I'm kind-hearted, modest and very sociable but I never show off.

My friends say I have a good sense of humour. I think I take after my father as far as my personal traits are concerned.

I was born on the 26th of May. I live with my parents and my elder sister. My family is very closely-knit. We get on well and always spend weekends together — we watch TV or go to the countryside. I am very fond of animals — I’ve got a cat and a dog.

Now I am a first-year student of the Izhevsk State Medical Academy. I have a lot of new friends here. We take part in various activities. That’s great, but at the end of the week I get tired because I have to wake up very early.

Good food is a high priority with me, because I need a lot of energy. I really enjoy Chinese food but it’s not cheap in our town and it’s easy to run out of money if you eat out very often. I am trying to save up — I want to buy a new camera.

I have a superb collection of various music styles on CDs and on my computer because I just adore listening to music. In my spare time I enjoy watching movies — I prefer Hollywood comedies. I spend a lot of time reading too, but now it is mostly textbooks — I have a tight schedule at the academy and need to keep up with my studies. I go to the gym too. Sometimes at weekend I feel like going clubbing. I adore going out with my friends and doing some people-watching. If the weather is bad I surf the Net at home, turn on the TV or clean my room. On the whole, my life is pretty busy but I feel great — I can’t stand monotony.

4. Find the English equivalents of the following Russian phrases in the text:

дружная семья

для меня очень важно…

напряженный график

успевать по учебе

пойти в своего отца

гулять с друзьями

черты (характера)

свободное время

что касается…

сидеть в Интернете

ходить в клубы

«глазеть» на людей

5. Answer the questions:

· How old is Anna?

· What does she look like? (Как она выглядит? — внешность)

· What is she like? (Какая она? – характер)

· Who does she take after?

· What kind of family are they?

· What kind of food does she like?

· What does she like doing?

· How does she spend her spare time?

6. Tell what you found out about Ann using the following plan:

1) appearance

2) personal traits

3) family

4) hobbies

7. Which personal traits are positive and which are negative? Does anybody among your friends, relatives (or even yourself) have these traits? Make up 3-4 sentences using these words.

Ex.: My sister is talented and generous but a little stubborn.

talented

stupid

jealous — завистливый

tight-fisted — прижимистый, скупой

curious

stubborn

gifted — одаренный

hard-working

nosy/nosey — не в меру любопытный, лезущий не в свое дело

quarrelsome — вздорный, любящий поспорить

down-to-earth — практичный, приземленный

bossy — любящий командовать

sharp-tongued — острый на язык

thick-skinned — «толстокожий»

creative

generous — щедрый

8. Read the text about Anna’s family and answer the questions:

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