Saturday, February 22, 2025

Listening, speaking and vocabulary: First impressions

Vinsight Words often confused: personality adjectives
1Read the sentences. Tick the sentences that are correct. Replace three incorrect adjectives. 

  • 1I like the way your mum knows when to give advice and when to say nothing – she's very sensitive.

     

  • 2I don't think Karl is afraid of giving interviews, he's just very stubborn about his success.

     

  • 3David could do a lot better at school if he worked harder – he's very easy-going.

     

  • 4It's good to have strong opinions, but if you never change your mind, that's just being determined.

     

  • 5Stop telling me how to live my life! You're very arrogant if you think you have all the answers!

     

Vinsight Words often confused: personality adjectives
2Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 
    MOVE
  • easy-going
  • determined
  • assertive
  • emotional
  • shy

  • 1He cries a lot. He's very  .

  • 2Jen will say no when someone asks her to do things she doesn't want to do. She's  .

  • 3My dad is   and doesn't like to be the centre of attention.

  • 4My brother is very   and isn't difficult to please.

  • 5A   person, like Amy, will never stop trying, even when something seems impossible.

Speculating
3Play the recording and listen to the dialogue. Look at the pictures. Are the sentences True or False? Correct the false ones. 
You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

  • 1Sarah uses something to test some of the illusions.

     

  • 2Ethan hasn't seen the 'Penrose Stairs' illusion before.

     

  • 3Ethan can see the old lady and the young woman at the same time.

     

  • 4Sarah finds it difficult to look at the illusion with dots.

     

A

B

C

D

E

F 


Speculating
4Play the recording and complete the phrases. 
You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

  • 1They  straight.

  • 2They  they're going up and down.

  • 3You know it  an illusion, but …

  • 4It just  an old lady.

  • 5It  a young woman.

  • 6It  a black picture on a white background, or …

  • 7… it  a white picture on a black background.

  • 8It only  a black glass to me …

  • 9The dots between the squares  white at first, …

  • 10… it  quite a bit longer.











Speculating
5Choose the words to complete the dialogue. 

MarkHey look, I've found this old photo of our great-grandparents and their family!

VickyWow, that 

1

 

be about fifty years old!

MarkLook, that's our great-grandfather, Edward. He 

2

 

really nice and friendly.

VickyBut who's that woman? It 

3

 

be our great-grandmother, she 

4

 

too young.

MarkNo, that 

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be her. I think she was very young when they got married.

VickyAnd do you think that 

6

 

be our grandfather?

MarkYes, I've seen photos of him as a child, and that 

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him.

VickyThey 

8

 

they're on holiday in France. What are they eating?

MarkIt 

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be some kind of cake.


6  Imagine you and a friend have found this mysterious present on top of your parents' wardrobe. Write a dialogue and suggest what the object might be. Use lots of ways of speculating. 

  1.  Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).
  2.  Save the file to your computer.
  3.  Upload your file.
  4.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.
  5.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.


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