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    The document provides instruction and vocabulary for describing people's appearance, character, and style. It includes terms for physical attributes like height, build, hair, eyes, as well as positive and negative character traits. Examples are given for how to combine these descriptions when talking about a person's similarities, contrasts, and tendencies.

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    The document provides instruction and vocabulary for describing people's appearance, character, and style. It includes terms for physical attributes like height, build, hair, eyes, as well as positive and negative character traits. Examples are given for how to combine these descriptions when talking about a person's similarities, contrasts, and tendencies.

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    REVISION

    1. I’m interested in ……………….(play) football.


    2. I enjoy……………..(cook) soups.
    3. He ………………(like) going to the cinema.
    4. …………she………….(go) to the school every day ?
    5. They……………(not buy) milk on Sundays.
    6. Who…………….(go) to the church on Saturdays?
    7. Przetłumacz:

    Always-
    Seldom-
    Usually
    Married-
    Nationality-

    THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

    Subject + am/is/are + verb + ing

    We……………..(learn) now.
    She………………(bite) her fingernails.

    General Questions: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb + ing

    …………..she……………..(bite) her fingernails?

    Answers:

    Yes,
    No,

    Detailed questions: Question Word + am/is/are + subject + verb + ing

    What …………you…………...(do) here?


    Why………….you…………..(sit) here?

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    Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not + verb + ing
    We…………………(not rest) now.

    Who questions (3rd person): Who + is + verb + ing


    Who…………………….(sit) here now?

    Time expressions:
     Now
     At present
     Nowadays
     Just now – w tym momencie
     Today
     Tomorrow
     Next week
     Right now

    USE:
     To talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking or around the moment of
    speaking
    I…………………..(write) now.
    We………………………(have) great time here.

     To express our future plans/ near future


    We………………….(rest) at weekend.

     Fixed arrangements – ustalone plany


    I……………………(fly) to Spain on 6th of September. I’ve already bought a ticket.

     Temporary situations- tymczasowe syuacje


    She………………….(live) in a school dormitory.

     To express criticism (with always) bad habits


    She………….always…………..(bite) her fingernails. I can’t stand it.

    2
     To talk about changes
    The prices of il……………………(rise) very fast nowadays.
    I usually…………………(go) to school on foot, but today I………………(go) by bus.

    WAYS OF DESCRIBING PEOPLE

    I APPEARANCE
    Never trust appearance

    a) General appearance
     Attractive
     Good looking
     Handsome
     Pretty
     Gorgeous – zachwycający, cudowny
     Plain – pospolity

    b) Detailed description
    - Height :
     Tall
     Short
     Of medium height

    - Build:
     Well- built
     Slim = Slender
     Fat
     Plump
     Thin
     Skinny

    3
    - Age:
     Somebody is 15
    Ona ma 20 lat.-
     Somebody is in sb’s early teens
    mid teens/twenties/thirties
    late forties/ fifties
    Example: ……………………………………….
     She is a sixteen – year old girl.
    Her mum is a fifty year old woman.
    Example:…………………………………………

    - Hair:
     Size: Long, short, shoulder – length
     Shape: Wavy, curly, straight
     Colour: Fair, Dark, Red
    She has got long hair.
    She is long-haired.
    She is a long-haired girl.
    She i salso dark-haired.

    Example:…………………………………………………..
    ………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………

    - Eyes:
    She has got hazel eyes. (piwne oczy)
    She is hazel – eyed.
    She is a hazel – eyed girl.

    Example:…………………………………………………….
    …………………………………………………….
    ……………………………………………………..

    4
    - Nose:
     Hooked – haczykowaty
     Upturned – zadarty
     Crooked – zakrzywiony

    II CHARACTER
    SIMILAR QUALITIES

     As well – również (na końcu zdania, w odniesieniu do tej samej osoby)

    She is caring. She is reliable.


    …………………………………………………..as well.

     As well as – jak również

    She is caring. She is reliable


    ……………………………as well as…………………....

     And also – i również

    She is caring. She is reliable.


    ……………………………..and also…………………………

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    CONTRASTING IDEAS

     However

    She is caring. She isn’t reliable.


    She……………………… However,………………………………….

     On the other hand – Z drugiej strony

    She is caring. She isn’t reliable.


    She……………………………..On the other hand……………………………

     Nonetheless = However = Nevertheless

    She is caring. She isn’t reliable.


    She……………………………Nonetheless…………………………………

    NEGATIVE QUALITIES

     Somebody can be + przymiotnik at times ( czasami )


    She is sometimes unreliable.
    She can…………………………………..at Times.

     Somebody tends to be + przymiotnik


    She is responsible. She is bossy.
    She is responsible. However, she…………………………bossy

    She is responsible but she…………………………………at Times

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    STYL
    Casual
    Elegant / Smart
    Fashionable
    Style

    Homework: Describe at least 2 members of your family.


    (apparance + character)

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