Tài liệu ngữ pháp tiếng anh physical appearance

Tài liệu ngữ pháp tiếng anh physical appearance

Let’s GUESS

- Take a piece of paper and describe a famous person that you like (don’t write the name)

1 Is her/ his hair short, long or medium?

2 Does he/ she have straight or curly hair?

3 Is she/ he thin or fat?

4 Is she/ he tall, short, or medium?

Useful languages for describing

thin, fat, overweight, 50 kilos…

young, old, middle-aged, 56, in his/her twenties, in her early/late fifties…

tall, short, medium height… slim, big, small, broad- shoulder, well-built, medium build, muscular good-looking, attractive, ugly,

beautiful, smart

Complete these sentences in a suitable way

(More than one answer may be possible)

1. She’s got blonde………

2. They’ve both got curly………

3. I would say he was medium………

4. Her brother has got very broad………

5. Both men were very good-………

6. All of them have got dark………

hair

hair

height / build

shoulder s

looking hair / skin / eyes

Choose one of the four people

in the picture and describe

him/her

Present Simple Versus Present Continuous - Forms

continuous

- S + V (s/es)

- S + is/am/are + O

(Q.W) + is/am/are + S + V- ing?

- (Q.W) + do/does + S + V( bare infinitive)?

-(Q.W) + is/am/are +

S + is/am/are + O?

Present Simple Versus Present continuous - Uses

 General truth or laws  What is happening at the moment

of speaking

(at the present/at the moment/now…)

They/swim/ at the moment The sun/ rise/the East

The sun rises in the East. They are swimming at the moment.

Present Simple Versus Present continuous - Uses

 repeated actions or daily routine.

(often/usually/sometimes/everyday…)  temporary actions

(today/this week/this month…)

She/work/9 am/ every Monday

She works every Monday She She/stay/home this Monday is staying at home this Monday

She/like/ go to the cinema

Lan

II.2 Present Simple Versus Present continuous - Uses

 Hobbies

(like/love/want…/)

 For actions happening round now, but

not at the actual moment of speaking.

(today/ these days/ this week…)

Lan likes going to the cinema. She is watching these days “Bong dung muon khoc”

Present Simple Versus Present continuous - Uses

 For actions happening

round now, but not at the actual moment of speaking.

Eg: She is watching

“Bong dung muon khoc” these days

 General truth or laws

Eg: The sun rises in

the East.

 What is happening at

the moment of speaking Eg:They are swimming at the moment.

2 Present Continuous Tense

Non continuous verbs

1 Verbs of perception

believe, know, notice, remember, forget, recognize , understand……

2 Verbs of senses

see, hear, feel, taste, look, smell, sound……

I think she is from France

Your perfume smells good

2 Present Continuous Tense

Non continuous verbs

1 Some others verbs

Be, contain , fit, include, belong to, own, matter, need, want…

This house belongs to my sister.

Practice : Pair works

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the present continuous

or the present simple:

1 A: Where’s James ?

B: He………(play) football in the garden right

now.

2 A: Bill……… (dance) very well.

B: Yes, he’s a good singer, too.

3 A: Lucy is very busy.

B: Yes She………(work) very hard these days.

4 A: What……….(you/do) on Saturdays ?.

B: I clean the house and go shopping.

5 A: Fred……….(not/know) how to swim.

B: That’s because he’s only three.

6 A: Max looks very fit.

B: Yes He………(take) a lot of exercises these days.

is playingdances

is working

do you dodoesn’t know

is taking

Making arrangementMake full sentences then rearrange them to have a conversation :

B: Yes, tell/ him/ Mr Minh/ insurance company/ call.

A: wait/ I/ come Hello/ who/ speak?

B: No, thanks/ just/ inform/ we/ have appointment/ 7pm tomorrow

B: Yes/ has Dr David/ go / out?

A: you/ want/ him/ call/ when/ he/ back?

B: I/ speak/ David?

A: OK/ i/ remember

B: It/ all right

A: Dr David John?/ hang on! A minute!

you/ there?

A: Sorry/ I not/ know/ that

A: Wait, I am coming Hello who’s speaking?

B: Can I speak to David?

A: Dr David John? hang on a minute!

Are you still there?

B: Yes, has Dr David gone out?

A: Sorry I do not know that.

B: it is all right.

A: Do you want him to call you when he comes back? B: No, thanks just inform him that we will have an appointment 7pm tomorrow.

A: OK i remember.

You call your manager to make an appointment, but he/ she

is out, you have to leave a message Make a phone call from

the cues:

Name: Peter John

Private phone number: 0905 325 146 Message: will have an appointment

with BBC news journalist at 7 the day after.

Following is a personal letter, read it carefully and answer the questions:

M 1014, Sector 17

MG Road, Mumbai October 10, 2009

Dear Alice Many thanks for your letter which arrived this morning We are thinking of visiting you one day By the way, how is Tom? You said nothing about him Isn’t he studying well?

Hope to see you soon

Yours sincerely, Ann

1 How many parts are there?

2 Is the language formal or informal?

What is a personal letter and how

to write a good personal letter?

- sent to friends and relatives

- usually written in an informal

language

- the tone and style of a personal

letter should be familiar and

intimate

- short and loosely connected

sentences

Write a personal letter to your close

friend, inviting him or her to your sister’s wedding party on the 18th,

June.

Practice

ARMPITEYEBROW

EYELASH

BEARDCHIN

EYELID

LEG

SKULL WAIST

NOSE

MOUTHLIPS

SHOULDER

THROATNECK