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My next-door neighbors are a middle-aged couple. Bert, the husband, is a man of forty. He is Australian and

works in the local bank. Doris, his wife, is about thirty. She is English and works as a cashier in the supermarket. They

live in a small house and have no children.Bert is a tall, athletic person with clear blue eyes, fair curly hair and a square face. He often dresses in black

trousers, blue shirts, red jackets brown ties and black shoes. He is a talkative person, especially with children. He enjoys

reading newspapers but hates watching television. He is tolerant and patient with people. He is not selfish. He is

ambitious.

Doris is a tall, good-looking person. She has green eyes, fair straight hair and a round face. She generally dressesin black skirts, red shirts, blue cardigans, black shoes. She is a smart woman. Unlike her husband, she enjoys watchingTV very much but not reading newspapers. She is generous, helpful and audacious. She has a great sense of humor

because she likes telling funny stories and diverting her friends.

Techni cum Si-Tarek Of Relizane

First Year Students

Technological Streams 2004/2005

Practice:Descri bing People

A - Get Ready:

1-Picture Study I :Look careful ly to the pictures, then answer these questions.

a) What do you see on the picture?

b) Are they the same?

c) In what way are they different? Choose: and

2-Picture Study II :Look careful ly to the pictur es and try to findwho is who.

Complete the sentences next to the pictu re

a-He's fat.

That's .

b-He's hansome.

That's .c-She's slim.

That's .

d-She's small.

That's .

e-He's thin.

That's .

f-She's a very beautiful girl.That's .

g-He's tall.

That's .

h-He's very small. That's .

i-She's a rounded woman. That's .

j-She's very tall. That's .

3-Vocabulary Check I :Match eachwordwith the appropr iatepicture.

1-Neighbours 2-Curly 3-Square 4-Straight -Round

a b c d e

4-Vocabulary Check I I :Match eachwordwith the appropriatedefinition.

Words Definitions


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Eg:a) Good looking 1-Who respects the opinions or practices of others.

b) Talkative 2-Who is between 45 and 65 years.

c) Middle-aged

a 3-Beautiful.

d) Patient 4-Who likes to speak to others friendly.

e) Tolerant 5-Who does not become angry after the others quickly.

B - Read and Understand:

Read the fol lowing text carefu ll y then do the exercises below.

My next-door neighbors are a middle-aged couple. Bert, the husband, is a man of forty. He is Australian and works in the

bank. Doris, his wife, is about thirty. She is English and works as a cashier in the supermarket. They live in a small house andno children.

Bert is a tall, athletic person with clear blue eyes, fair curly hair and a square face. He often dresses in black trousers,

shirts, red jackets brown ties and black shoes. He is a talkative person, especially with children. He enjoys reading newspape

hates watching television. He is tolerant and patient with people. He is not selfish. He is ambitious.Doris is a tall, good-looking person. She has green eyes, fair straight hair and a round face. She generally dresses in

skirts, red shirts, blue cardigans, black shoes. She is a smart woman. Unlike her husband, she enjoys watching TV very much breading newspapers. She is generous, helpful and audacious. She has a great sense of humor because she likes telling funny s

and diverting her friends.

Find in the text words or expressions that are opposite in meaning to the

following.

a) short=/= b) dark=/= c) stupid=/=

d) timid=/= e) unpleasant=/=

tanding:Read the text quickly then say if the fol lowing statements are

TRUE, FALSEorNOT MENTIONEDin the text.

a) Bert is the director of the local bank.b) Doris has long hair.

c) Bert does not like watching TV.

d) Bert does not like giving to the others.

e) Doris likes having good time.

erstanding :Now read the text careful ly then answer these questions.

a) What does Bert like? -He li kes and .

b) What does Doris do? -She .

c) What doesnt she like? -She .

d) How does Bert look like? -He's a .e) Does he have a job? -

.

f) Choose a title to the text. -

tanding:a) Here is some information about Ber t. Classif y them in the table

below.

Works in a local bank

Not selfi sh

Black trousers

Australian

Curly hair

Patient

C - Practice:1-Nationali ties I :Complete the table.


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Noun=Country Adjective=Nationality

England English

France

Algeria

Tunisian

Germany

TurkeyMoroccan

Spanish

2-Nationali ties I I :Complete the sentence.

a) John is from the USA. He is .

b) Romario is Brazilian. He is .

c) Paula is from Scotland. She is .

d) Ali is Belgian. He is .

e) Shen is from Japan. He .

f) Mao is Chinese. He .

3-Formation of adjectives:-1-Look careful ly at the foll owing examples.

Beauty + ful => beautiful Hand + y => handy

Noun Suffix Adjective Noun Suffix Adjective

- 2-Now do the same with the fol lowing. (wri te the adjective in the box)

fun cheer

greed use

dream wonder

help fear

Complete the fol lowing sentences with a word from the previous activi ty. (nounoradjective)

) She always helps the others because she is a person.

) He is a boy. He wants to be a president.

) What a person she is! She wants to eat all the cakes and chocolate on the table.

) Mr. Bean is a comedian.

) Mr. Beans films are very .

) Pictures are very to understand the lessons.

) They have a garden. There are a lot of flowers and trees.

4-Odd One Out:Tick theodd wordin each of the following li sts.

)

English Philippine French Tunisian Irish

) Enjoy like hate love prefer

) Tall small short slow slim

) Teacher electrician mechanic medicine cashier

) Sport television music studies reading

5-Who are you:

a) Complete the table with in formation about yourself .b) Write a paragraph describing yourself using the information f rom the table

Table:

Identity

Name:

Date of birth:

Place of birth:

Age:


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Nationality:

Occupation/Job:

Physical appearance

Face: Round - Square - Oval

Height: Tall - average height - small

Build: Slim - Fat - Rounded

Eyes: Fair - dark - color=.

Hair: Fair - dark - straight - curly - wavy - short -long

Complexion: Fair - dark - color=.

Personality

Helpful - cheerful - Generous - Audacious -Careful - Ambitious - Selfish - courageous -

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