Look for left-handed pairs : hard-working ; beautiful ; incovenient ; generous ; ugly; lazy ; convenient ; narrow ; selfish ; large
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VOCABULARY Work in pairs. Look at the list of personality adjectives below. Then underline four more in the dialogue in exercise 2. How many other personality adjectives do you know?
Adjectives describing personality:
flexible | hard – working | honest | kind |
loyal | organised | outgoing | patient |
reliable | sensitive | shy |
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- Four personality adjectives in the dialogue
(4 tính từ mô tả tính cách trong bài)
friendly (thân thiện)
punctual (đúng giờ)
confident (tự tin)
brave (dũng cảm)
Ruby: So, this is your first school show, Mason. Are you excited about it?
Mason: Yes, I am. But I'm anxious too. There's going to be a big audience!
Ruby: Don't worry. They’re friendly!
Mason: I hope so. Where’s Alex? He isn't here yet.
Ruby: That's strange. He's usually very punctual.
Mason: Maybe he's too frightened to come.
Ruby: Alex? No, it can't be that. He's a really confident person.
Miss Hart: Hello, Mason. I had a message from Alex. He’s ill and can't perform tonight. He's very upset about it. Can you sing this song in the second half?
Mason: I know the song well, so maybe…
Miss Hart: Thanks, Mason. That's brave of you. Don't worry, you’ll be great.
Ruby: You've got your own song now. How exciting!
Mason: I know. But I'm terrified!
- I know 6 more personality adjectives: sociable, timid, clever, bossy, introvert, extrovert.
(Tôi biết thêm 6 tính từ tính cách: hòa đồng, rụt rè, khéo léo, hách dịch, hướng nội, hướng ngoại.)
COLLECTING EGGCUPS
Ten per cent of the population is left-handed. There is a lot of social
(1)......................... against left-handed people. How difficult is it for DISCRIMINATE
them to live in a right-handed world?
A number of (2) ......................... items such as scissors have been PRACTICE
designed for right-handed people. It can be very (3) ......................... CONVENIENT
for lefties” to be sitting next to “righties” during dinner.
(4) ......................... used computer keys are on the right of the keyboard. COMMON
Lefties have to use their own sports (5) ......................... . EQUIP
Less (6) ........................... used car controls such as headlight switches FREQUENT
are on the right.
Forcing children to use their right hand can cause (7) ........................ HATE
Of school, which can then impact their academic (8) ........................ DEVELOP
It can also result in disastrous learning (9) .........................like dyslexia. ABILITY
Trying to make “lefties” use their right hand can explain their often
rebellious (10) ......................... at school, their clumsiness and BEHAVE
frustration.
Task 6. Look at the pictures. Read and write one word for each gap. There is one example.
Example An Tiem was hard-working. | |
1. The __________ was wise. | |
2. The __________ was stupid. | |
3. The elder _________ was greedy. |
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4. The __________ was beautiful and kind. | |
5. The __________ was slow, but hard-working. |
Complete the sentences with the following verbs in the correct form:
get having look lose make start stay try work
1. 'You're working hard today'. 'Yes,I have a lot to do.'
2. I ..... for Christine. Do you know where she is?
3. It ..... dark. Shall I turn on the light?
4. They don't have anywhere to live at the moment. They ..... with friends until they find somewhere.
5. Things are not so good at work. The company ..... moneys.
6. Have you got an umbrella? It ..... to rain.
7. You ..... a lot of noise. Can you be quieter? I ..... to concentrate.
8. Why are all these people here? What .....?
1. 'You're working hard today'. 'Yes,I have a lot to do.'
2. I am looking for Christine. Do you know where she is?
3. It is getting dark. Shall I turn on the light?
4. They don't have anywhere to live at the moment. They are staying with friends until they find somewhere.
5. Things are not so good at work. The company is having moneys.
6. Have you got an umbrella? It is starting to rain.
7. You are making a lot of noise. Can you be quieter? I am trying to concentrate.
8. Why are all these people here? What is losing?
Complete the sentences with the following verbs in the correct form:
get having look lose make start stay try work
1. 'You're working hard today'. 'Yes,I have a lot to do.'
2. I 'm looking..... for Christine. Do you know where she is?
3. It's getting..... dark. Shall I turn on the light?
4. They don't have anywhere to live at the moment. They are playing ..... with friends until they find somewhere.
5. Things are not so good at work. The company .. is losing... moneys.
6. Have you got an umbrella? It ..is starting... to rain.
7. You . are making.... a lot of noise. Can you be quieter? I ..am trying... to concentrate.
8. Why are all these people here? What .. is happening...?
You look as though you have been working hard all day.
You seem ___________________________________________
1. A. to B. about C. for D. of
2. A. hard B. complete C. completely D. most
3. A. left B. got C. became D. caused
4. A. destroy B. destroyed C. destruction D. destroying
5. A. of B. by C. because D. to
6. A. donated B. helped C. passed D. handed
7. A. to affect B. affect C. affecting D. affected
8. A. Although B. However C. Because D. Despite
9. A. call B. to call C. called D. calling
10. A. creating B. getting C. having D. making
1/That girl was very hard-working. She got lots of good marks.
-___That girl was so hard-working that she got lots of good marks__________________________________
-___That was such a hard-working girl that she got lots of good marks __________________________________
2/The room is very small. We cant live in it.
-____The room is so small that we can't live in it_________________________________
-____It's such a small room that we can't live in it_________________________________
3/The coffee was so strong. Hoa couldnt go to sleep.
-__The coffee was so strong that Hoa couldn't go to sleep_________________________________
-___It was such strong coffee that Hoa couldn't go to sleep________________________________
4/That bag was very heavy. None of us could carry it.
-___That bag was so heavy that none of us could carry it_______________________________________
-__That was such a heavy bag that none of us could carry it_____________________________________
5/The stadium is very large. It can hold 60,000 people.
-__The stadium is so large that it can hold 60000 people_______________________________________
-____It's such a large stadium that it can hold 60000 people____________________________________
6/Those lessons are very difficult. He cant understand them.
-_____Those lessons are so difficult that he can't understand them________________________________________
-___Those are such difficult lessons that he can't understand them________________________________________
7/She was very busy. She couldnt do the housework.
-___She was so busy that she couldn't do the housework______________________________________
-________She was such a busy girl that she couldn't do the housework________________________________
8/The clmate was very bad. All the plants couldnt grow well.
-______The climate was so bad that all the plants couldn't grow well_______________________________
-__It was such bad climate that all the plants couldn't grow well___________________________________
9/Im very tired. I couldnt keep my eyes open.
-__I'm so tired that I couldn't keep my eyes open_________________________________
-___Such was my tiredness that I couldn't keep my eyes open________________________________
10/That boy is very lazy. He never does his homework.
-___That boy is so lazy that he never does his homework_______________________________
-______That is such a lazy boy that he never does his homework____________________________
Combine each pairs of sentences into one by using the word given in brackets.
31. I love music. I can’t play any music instrumcnts. (although)
->
32. Minh is hard-working. He is very intelligent. (and)
->
although I love music I can’t play any music instruments
minh is hard-working and very intelligent
31. Although I love music. I can't play any musical instruments.
32. Minh is hard-working and he is brilliant.
10.I hope you are now working......... for your examination a.very hard c. very hardly b.extreme hard d.exetremely hardly