Complete the words.
1 My uncle is average h______. He isn't very t____.
2 My hair wasn't straight and dark when I was young. It was c_____ and b______.
3 Our grandmother had g_____ eyes and l____ brown hair.
4 'What colour is your dad's hair?' 'He hasn't got any hair now – he's b____. But his hair was bl____ before.'
5 Tony does a lot of exercise. He isn't o__________ – he's s____.
6 My mum's face is quite r_____. She's got some new g______ for reading.
- Average height — средний рост; не очень thin (худой).
- Волосы не прямые и тёмные, а curly (кудрявые) и blonde (светлые).
- Green eyes (зелёные глаза) и long brown hair (длинные каштановые волосы).
- Сейчас у отца нет волос — bald (лысый), раньше волосы были black (чёрные).
- Тони занимается спортом, значит он не overweight (с лишним весом), а slim (стройный).
- Лицо quite round (круглое), а для чтения нужны glasses (очки).
Complete the sentences using the past simple form of the verbs.
change collect have give grow make take
1 When the girl was young she ______ big brown eyes and dark hair.
2 Her father ______ a photo of her every day.
3 Every year, the girl ______ bigger and she ______ a little.
4 He ______ all the photos and he ______ an enormous picture from them.
5 He ______ the big picture to his daughter.
Все глаголы ставим в Past Simple:
- have → had
- take → took
- grow → grew, change → changed
- collect → collected, make → made
- give → gave
Правильные глаголы в Past Simple получают окончание -ed (change → changed, collect → collected). Неправильные глаголы нужно запомнить: have — had, take — took, grow — grew, make — made, give — gave.
Write affirmative and negative sentences using the past simple.
1 I / see / a nice photo of you
2 we / not enjoy / that boring film
3 she / teach / her grandmother about computers
4 you / eat / a big pizza last night
5 he / not read / that old book
- Утверждение: see → saw.
- Отрицание: did not (didn't) + enjoy.
- Утверждение: teach → taught.
- Утверждение: eat → ate.
- Отрицание: did not (didn't) + read.
В отрицании Past Simple используется didn't + глагол в начальной форме. В утверждении неправильные глаголы стоят во второй форме: see — saw, teach — taught, eat — ate.
Listen and choose the correct answers.
1 Where was Jeanne Calment born? She was born in the ______ of France.
a north b south c east
2 Why was she an amazing person? She was special because she was the ______ person who ever lived.
a tallest b richest c oldest
3 What type of food did she eat a lot of? She ate a lot of ______.
a pasta b crisps c chocolate
4 What did she appear in? She appeared in a film about ______.
a a singer b an artist c a teacher
5 When did she die? In ______.
a 1995 b 1996 c 1997
Аудиозапись недоступна, поэтому ответы даны по известным фактам о Жанне Кальман:
- Она родилась в Арле, на юге Франции — south.
- Она прожила
года и стала самым старым человеком в мире — oldest. - Она очень любила шоколад — chocolate.
- Она снялась в фильме о Винсенте Ван Гоге — about an artist.
- Она умерла в
году — .
