Personal Descriptions, strokes, Income Inequality and future tenses

1. CFE 18-19
FIRST TERM

3. Reading score

4. Use of English score

5. Writing score

6. Listening score

7. DESCRIBING PEOPLE

8. • How would you describe yourself?
• In which ways are you similar to your Friends?
• Are you similar or different to your parents / sisters / brothers?

9. Look like
Be like
like
What is the difference?

10. What does this person look like?
Hooked
nose
Pale complexion /
pale-skinned
Snub / turned up
nose
Bushy /Thick
eyebrows (pobladas)
Hazel eyes

11. Claudia’s picture

12. Who in this class is…. Has…
Think of one person in the class. Do not tell us who you are talking about. See if we can find out ourselves!

15. Expressions related to appearance
• to look young for your age
• to lose one’s figure
• complexion
• make up
• middle-aged
• to never have a hair out of
• place
• to be overweight
• pointed face
• shoulder-length hair
• slender figure
• slim figure
• thick hair
• to be well-built
• to be well-turned out
• youthful appearance
• Cosmetics for the face
• When someone does not look his age
• Skin tone
• To gain weight
• Have a very neat appearance
• fat
• Between 45 and 65
• A heart-shaped face with a pointy chin (i.e Scarlett Johansson)
• Your hair is long enough to touch your shoulder
• You have a nice figure
• Physically strong or attractive
• Someone who wears nice, good quality clothes
• You have a nice figure
• Someoune who looks younger than his age
• A lot of it

16. Physical Description: Match the two halves
• to bear a striking resemblance to
• cropped hair
• disheveled hair
• to dress up to the nines
• to be fair-skinned
• to get done up
• to be getting on a bit
• to grow old gracefully
• to be hard of hearing
• in his/her 30s/40s
• scruffy
• to go grey
• Getting old
• Short hair
• In lose disorder
• Be very, very similar
• To make yourself look glamorous
• Your hair shows you are getting old
• Aging healthily
• To be half deaf
• To be dressed for a very special occasion
• To have a complexion that is not dark
• Untidy and wearing old clothes
• Eso

17. What does she look like?

18. What are they like?
Argumentative
Bossy
Arrogant
(Dis)honest
Grumpy

19. What are you like ? Learning to describe
yourself
• Examiner: How would you describe yourself?
Paula: Everyone tells me I take after my mum as I’m quite laid-back … I
think I’m good company but you should ask my friends if they agree …
• Examiner: In which ways are you similar to your friends?
Manuel: I seem to be attracted to introverts … not people who
are painfully shy but most of my friends are a little reserved … and I think
that’s what I’m like …
• Examiner: Are you similar or different to your brother(s)/sister(s)?
Mira: I think my brother and I are very similar … I’d say we’re fun-
loving and tend to be a bit extroverted … my brother is certainly the life
and soul of the party … I’m not sure that applies to me …

20. Corrections for matching exercise 1
• good sense of humour: the ability to understand what is funny
• introvert: someone who is shy
• laid-back: see ‘easy-going’
• easy-going: relaxed and not easily worried about anything
• to lose one’s temper: to suddenly become angry
• narrow minded: opposite of ‘broad-minded’ (see above)
• painfully shy: very shy
• to put others first: to think of others before yourself
• quick-tempered: to become angry quickly
• reserved: shy
• self-assured: confident

21. Corrections for Matching exercise 2
• to be the life and soul of the party: a fun person, someone who is the
centre of activity
• to bend over backwards: to try very hard to help someone
• broad-minded: prepared to accept other views or behaviours
• extrovert: an energetic person who likes the company of others
• fair-minded: to treat people equally
• fun-loving: to enjoy having fun
• to hide one’s light under a bushel: to hide one’s talents and skills
• good company: enjoyable to socialise with

22. Corrections for Matching exercise 3
• self-centred: thinks only of oneself
• self-confident: believes in one’s own ability or knowledge
• self-effacing: to not try to get the attention of others (especially in
terms of hiding one’s skills or abilities)
• to take after: to be like (often another member of the family)
• thick-skinned: not easily affected by criticism
• trustworthy: can be trusted
• two-faced: not honest or sincere. Will say one thing to someone to
their face and another when they are not present.

23. • Carolina: I’d like to describe my English teacher from school … Miss
Thomas … this was a few years ago now and she was my teacher at a
time when I was getting a little bored with being at school … unlike
some of the other teachers Miss Thomas never lost her temper … she
was very calm and easy-going … she was also very broad-minded … we
were able to ask her questions about lots of subjects that some other
teachers would refuse to discuss which made us respect her even more
… she had a great sense of humour too … she’d laugh at our jokes as
well as making us laugh … and she would also bend over backwards to
help us with our work … she always put us first and often stayed around
at the end of class to talk with anyone who needed help … apparently
she was highly respected within her field but you would never know as
she was the type that hid her light under a bushel … she was very
modest and self-effacing … so yes … Miss Thomas was a teacher I have
fond memories of …

24. What are they like? Choose only one

25. Reading Comprehension 1

26. Vocabulary revision
A fingernail bitter
Can you tell them apart?
A sensitive boy (sensible)
A spooky baby
(espeluznante)
At random / al azar Janitor

27. Useful expressions
• Take something for g_
• Occur at r_______
• T___ date
• Those twins are e_______
similar
• This job is open to all, r________
_ of previous experience.
• Many people have a
hard time telling
less expensive perfumes a_____.
• Take something for granted
• Occur at random
• To date
• Those twins are eerily similar
• This job is open to all, regardless
of previous experience.
• Many people have a
hard time telling
less expensive perfumes apart.

28. Reading comprehension 2

29. Describing Alex’s outfit
Flat black
boots
A fawn shawl
Denim
trousers
Long-sleeved
white T-shirt

30. Alex North’s reading comprehension
A crew-cut
young
AmericanShe looked
visibly
withered
A frail old
man
He suffered a stroke

31. •Young journalist
•Old journalist
•Bernie’s wife
•was in hospital
•Went to Prague
•Editor
•Bernie’s friend
•Was about to retire
•Had suffered a stroke
•Was thrilled to go to
Prague
Alex Bernie Gerome Laura

32. Alex North and Bernie
• Bernie was k______to go over
his notes
• She embarrassed herself by
f_____ out an arm in her sleep
and hitting a c___-cut American
• She expected to enjoy a
Saturday l____-in
• His doctors diagnosed a s____
• His talent for journalism had
r______ off.
• Bernie was keen to go over his
notes
• She embarrassed herself by
flinging out an arm in her sleep
and hitting a crew-cut American
• She expected to enjoy a
Saturday lie-in
• His doctors diagnosed a stroke
• His talent for journalism had
rubbed off.

33. Describing place

34. Where did you meet this person?
Shore / beach / coast
Dune Lagoon
Bush
Hedge
Forest / woods (smaller)

35. FUTURE TENSES

36. USES OF THE FUTURE
• Future events that are
dependent on other events
• Arrangements
• Completed actions in the future
• Schedules
• Decisions on the spot
• Something in progress in the
future
• Will
• Present continuous
• Present simple
• Future perfect
• Will
• Future continuous
How many tenses does English have?

37. Future tenses
• Bye. ___________________ at the same time on Friday
• I’ll see you
• I’m going to see you
• I’m seeing you
When you give information about
the future in cases where there is
no reason to use the present
progressive or going to.
It will be spring soon
All the family will be at the wedding
She’s be here in a couple of
minutes.

38. Reading comprehension 3

39. Stroke
Stretcher
Dizzy like I have a hangover
Eyes wide open
A sip of coffee
Emergency room
Hail a taxi
A newsroomAt full speed
In a loop
Their faces were
misshapen

40. Reading comprehension 4

41. Income inequality
Be on the mend
Elevated school drop-out rate
People at risk of poverty
Be evenly distributed
To raise concerns in
terms of fairness
Revenues