1. Write
out the NUMBERS (see book p.158).
example: 16th century
(the sixteenth century)
20th Century Fox (the
Twentieth Century Fox)
Henry VIII (Henry the eighth)
Louis XIV (Louis the fourteenth)
Elisabeth II (Elisabeth the second)
James I (James the first)
(Focus on SPECIAL DATES, book p.22-23)
Halloween is on the
thirty-first of October.
Saint Valentine’s Day is on
the fourteenth of February.
Guy Fawkes Day is on the
fifth of November.
Independence Day is on the
fourth of July.
Red Nose Day is in March.
Thanksgiving is on the
fourth Thursday of November.
Christmas is on the
twenty-fifth of December.
Bastille Day in on the
fourteenth of July.
New Year’s Eve is on the
thirty-first of December.
My birthday is on the...
.
2. Complete the sentences with ADJECTIVES (see book p.17).
1. Come on! Say hello to everybody!
Don’t be so shy!
2. Anne is constantly on the phone.
She is so talkative!
3. My teachers never get angry.
They’re very patient!
4. Still in bed at lunch-time! Come
on! Get up! You lazy boy!
5. Of course you’re my best friend.
You know it! You needn’t be so jealous!
6. And don’t forget to take your
passport, darling! You’re so absent-minded!
7. My wife? She’s very hardworking.
She gets up at 6 every day and never stops before dinner-time.
8. Say “Thank you!” Don’t be rude!
9. My brother never wants to share
anything with me: he’s so selfish!
10. Look at your room! Books and
clothes all over the place! How can you be so messy!
(exercise 2, book p.24; see workbook
p.10-11)
1. Don’t ask your teacher embarrassing
questions!
2. Are you interested
in fashion?
3. I am not satisfied
with my drawing.
4. I am not fond of science-fiction,
I think it’s boring.
5. Cycling is tiring.
6. Before the match everybody was excited.
3. Make complete sentences using very,
quite, rather, not at all (see book p.17).
examples: I understand English songs rather well.
I
do not play tennis well at all.
I
learn my Biology lessons very regularly.
My
parents speak English quite well.
I
get on with my neighbours rather well.