Vocabulary and Listening

Parts of the body and face; describing hair

  1. Match the words in the box with parts of the body 1–5. Which word has an irregular plural?
  • arm
  • foot
  • hand
  • head
  • leg
  1. Look at the app and match pictures 1–10 with the words in the box.
  • beard
  • ear
  • eye
  • hair
  • moustache
  • mouth
  • nose
  • short
  • straight
  • teeth
  1. Look at the avatar in exercise 1 and choose the correct description.
    1. Alice has got a big nose and blue eyes. She’s got long, brown hair.
    2. Alice has got blue eyes. She’s got a small mouth and long, curly hair.
    3. Alice has got long, straight hair and big brown eyes.

A radio programme

  1. Write a short description of the two girls in the photo. Then compare your description with your partner’s.
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Subskill: Using what you know

Think about what you know about the subject before you listen. This will help you to understand.

  1. What do you know about twins? Are the sentences true or false?
    1. Twins are two children born at the same time.
    2. There are two types of twins: identical and non-identical.
    3. Twins are always the same sex: two boys or two girls.
    4. Twins always look the same.
  1. Listen to a radio programme and check your answers in exercise 5.

Atidaryti garso įrašo transkripciją

  1. Listen again. Who are the people? Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There is one extra word.

a doctor

a father

a mother

a twin (x2)

  1. Sally is (…) .
  2. Mr Aylmer is (…) .
  3. Maria is (…) .
  4. Lucy is (…) .
  1. Write the hair and eye colour of each person in the family.
    1. Lucy
    2. Maria
    3. Their father
    4. Their mother
  1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
    1. Do you know any twins?
    2. Are they the same or different? (body, face, personality)
    3. Say one advantage and one disadvantage of being a twin.