Decide which is the odd word in each group.

a) mineral water, juice, tea, liqueur.

b) pancake, beef, pork, chicken.

c) football, basketball, boxing, rugby.

d) red, ashy, pink, coral.

e) cauliflower, carnation, daffodil, camomile.

f) polite, hard-working, attentive, arrogant.

Complete the story using the active vocabulary. Make sure you can speak about yourself using the clues.

Let me introduce myself. My surname is ….., my first name is …. and my patronymic is ….. . I was born on the …. of …. in …. . My sign of zodiac is … . I’m …… by nationality. I’ve just left school. At the moment I’m a first-year student at ……. university, …… faculty.

I speak some languages. My native language is ….. . My knowledge of …… is excellent and …… is good (fair).

I like cooking very much. I’m crazy about ice-cream and ….. . As for drinks I prefer ……

I’ve got a lot of interests: sport, books, films, music, TV, I’m quite good at sports particularly ……. .

When I have free time I enjoy doing a lot of things. I’m fond of reading …... books and watching TV. My favourite TV programmes are ………. .

I like music and prefer listening to ….…. . I’m interested in ….…. .

My favourite colours are ..…. . I adore such flowers as ..…. .

I have some likes and dislikes. I enjoy ……. and can’t stand ..….. . I’m quite easy-going and like to make new friends. People who are ……. appeal to me. At the same time I disgust ……. people.

Match a line in A with a line in B.

A	B
1. marital 2. telephone 3. full 4. zodiac 5. foreign 6. strong 7. talk 8. soap 9. folk 10. free	a. name b. language c. music d. number e. show f. opera g. time h. drinks i. status j. sign

Choose an adjective from the box. Write it next to its opposites.

a) good-natured b) polite c) hard-working d) communicative e) shy f) beautiful g) tidy h) modern i) quiet j) interesting

Put one of the words in the box into each gap.

1. My elder sister isn’t married yet. She is ….. .

2. Are they of the same ….. ? No, Ann is 2 years younger than Jim.

3. I’m Ukrainian by ….. .

4. What is your cousin’s ….. ? He is a sociologist.

5. I was born in December, so my ….. is Sagittarius.

6. I prefer ….. to strong ones. Most of all I like juices and stewed fruit.

7. Agatha Christie is considered to be the queen of …… stories.

8. I live with my mother. You see, my parents ….. .

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