Unit 1 People and Relationships Year 10
Task 1. Match the adjectives with their definitions:
1.Loyal * people show that they like others very much;
2.Envious * when a person is angry, because wants something
3.Mean that other people have;
* capable of being trusted or depended on;
4.Imaginative * hates spending money;
5.Sociable * never betrays friends and relatives;
6.Reliable * is able to think of new ideas;
7.Affectionate * likes talking to everybody;
Task 2. Complete the text with the following words and phrases:
got on well keep in touch have a lot in common argue
close friend lost touch met known colleague
I have a _______________Jane. I’ve ___________her for 10 years now. We ____________at work. She was my ______________at the company where I used to work. We used to have our coffee breaks at the same time. We _____________. Although we don’t ___________ (we have quite different interests). We don’t work together any more, and when I changed job we ____________ for a couple of years. But now we ___________ regularly. We phone each other once a week, and we see each other about twice a month. We don’t often __________, only sometimes about films as we have completely different tastes.
Task 3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of “used to” and the verb in brackets.
Looking through the pages of old magazines one can notice things that refer to the fashion of those days. Women’s skirts ______________(be) long and formal. All men _____________ (have) long hair. Children _____________(dress) like adults. Men and women ________________(dance) at formal balls. Women ______________(wear) many petticoats under their skirts. Men ____________(carry) walking sticks. People _________________(not wear) the clothes that we wear these days. _____ your grandma _______ (wear) like this in the past?
Task 4. Fill in the text about a friend with your own words:
I have a __________ friend. His /Her name is ___________. We have a lot in______________.
We both __________ on well with each other. We have the same hobby, it’s ______________. My friend is tall, slim and his/her hair is _____________ and ____________. He/She likes team sports and always wants to win, that’s why he/she is ________________. We go to the same _______________. His/her favourite lesson is ______________. In the future we want to enter the same _______________ and get a degree on science. We also hope to get married and have a few ______________ as well as get a good ___________.