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Unit 1
G10
First Impressions
1. Look at the following pictures. What adjectives would you use to describe
the people?
. Unusual/ Different
Professional / Clever
Friendly / Silly
Lazy / Tired
Here are some adjectives to help you. If you don’t understand the adjectives
look them up in a dictionary or use the following website:
http://dictionary.reference.com/
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2. Speaking Activity
Do you agree with the following statement?
First Impressions are important
Why? Why not? Express your opinion.
Here are some expressions you can use to express your opinion:
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I believe that...
From my point of view....
In my opinion...
I suppose that....
I think….
As I see it,………
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Listen to an answer to the statement. You may get some ideas!
3. Pre-listening Task
A. What do you notice most about a person when you meet them for the
first time?
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B. Put the following things in order. 1 is the most important and 10 is the
least important:
1 Personality. 2. Posture
3. Way of talking 4. Face
5. Smile 6. Voice
7 Body 8. Clothes
9 Hair 10. Eyes
C. Why do you focus on these things?
Because it help us To make the first impression.
4. While-listening
You are going to listen to four different people describing people they met at
a conference yesterday.
A. Listen. What parts of the body do the speakers talk about?
E.g. voice, smile, personality etc.
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B. Listen again and fill in the gaps.
1. Speaker 1
I met a man yesterday who was about 1. Thirty Years old. He had fairly
long black hair and he had a rather nice 2. Smile We talked for about twenty
minutes. Very interesting man. Very 3. Friendly
2. Speaker 2
I talked for about ten minutes to this really strange woman. She was
wearing these absolutely 4. Awful clothes. She had a yellow pair of
trousers and a pink top. She was extremely 5. Weird We were at a work
conference and all she talked about was her boyfriend!
3. Speaker 3
This woman I was talking to at the conference had rather pretty 6. Eyes
They were blue and quite 7. Bright We talked for a while about work and
the company she works for. Her voice was a little 8. deep for a woman, I
think she smokes a lot!
4. Speaker 4
I chatted to this man who works in the London office. He had a 9 fantastic
personality. We laughed a lot. But when I talked to him I didn’t know where
to look as he was quite 10. Large
Check your answers!
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5. Post-listening
A. Focus on Grammar: Adverbs of degree
When you listened to the speakers describe the people they were talking to,
they used different adverbs of degree. Look at the following examples:
• She was wearing these absolutely awful clothes.
• Her voice was a little deep for a woman.
• She was quite large
Adverbs of degree make the meaning of the adjective stronger or weaker.
1. Look at the table and include the adverbs in the correct column.
Weak Adverbs
A little
Medium Adverbs
Quite
Strong Adverbs
Really
Slightly
Fairly
Extremely
Rather
Absolutely
Completely
B. Position of Adverbs of Degree
Adverbs of degree go before an adjective or adverb.
For example:
• She’s very pretty (Adverb + Adjective)
• I don’t know him very well (Adverb + Adverb)
2. Put the adverbs in the correct place.
My brother can be (quiet) funny.
It’s (very) cold today
She’s (absolutely) sure she doesn’t want the job.
I know him extremely well.
Her voice rather is high pitched .
We get on fairly well ).
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3. Look at the pictures again. Complete the sentences about each person
using one of the following adverbs of degree + an adjective.
Slightly / A little / Fairly / Rather / Quite
Really / Extremely / Absolutely / Completely
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Her hair is ________________.
Her smile is ______________.
His face is ________________.
His clothes are _____________.
4. Search the net to find out 10 adverbs of degree. Write them down in the
space below. You may use the following link to help you:
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/adverbs-degree.htm
For more practice, take these online Quizzes and grade yourself:
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/361.html
http://www.quia.com/cz/436852.html
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6. Speaking Activity
We have talked about first impressions. We have also looked at adverbs of
degree. We are now going to use what we have learned in context.
The situation: You have just met David Copper at a party.
Tell your friend all about the experience, your first
impression, etc.
Talk about him: face, hair, voice and personality. Don’t
forget to use adverbs of degree!
You could start by saying:
I was at a party the other day and I met David Copper. He is really
handsome......
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We have talked about first impressions. We have also looked at adverbs of
degree. We are now going to use what we have learned in context.
The situation: You have just met Miley Cyrus at a party.
You tell your friend all about the experience, your first
impression, etc.
Talk about her: face, hair, voice and personality. Don’t
forget to use adverbs of degree!
You could start by saying:
I was at a party the other day and I met Miley Cyrus. She is really
pretty......
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