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1. SPEAKING LAB 11
Builders B2

2. Activity 1

3. Adjective order.

4. Fill in the adjectives in the correct order!
1. The main character in this _______(NEW / EXCITING) story is a ______
woman (FRENCH / SMALL / BEAUTIFUL) with ______ (BLONDE / SHINY/
LONG) hair.
2. She rides a ______ (BIG / BLUE / FANTASTIC) motorbike and wears a
________(RED / SMART / LEATHER) jacket.
3. She must find some _______(AMERICAN / UNFRIENDLY / OLD) scientists.
They have invented a _____(NEW / TINY) gadget that can control what
people say and do.
4. Can she find them and destroy their ____(DANGEROUS / LITTLE) device
before the reach the president ?

5. Fill in all the gaps, Adjectives - Synonyms
1. Mark was charmed by the girl’s ___ movements and her good manners
(ELEGANT).
2. This is nothing new. It's just a/an ___ transistor radio (USUAL)
3. Our academy admits only people with a/an ___ interest in art (REAL)
4. If you need some more ___ information ,ask someone who is in direct
control of our department.(PRECISE)
5. The ___ feeling of having been deserted by his closest friends made
John leave the city (PAINFUL)
bitter confused fatal genuine graceful honorable
innocent judicious ordinary specific terrible urgent

6. PART 2 - Fill in all the gaps, Adjectives - Synonyms
1. The ___ discovery of a skeleton has provoked endless discussions about the
murder (HORRIBLE)
2. The suspect claimed he was ___ and that the robbery was committed by
someone else (NOT GUILTY)
3. I was so ___ by the chairman's reply that i didn't know what to do. (PUZZLED)
4. Since her unexpected resignation , we have been in ___ need of a new
secretary (DESPARATE)
5. The poor mother went mad after she had learned about her son’s ___
accident (DEADLY)

7. Activity 2

8. Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in
brackets: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect
continuous.
We thought that we were on the right path when suddenly we 1 ___ (run into)
a very familiar rock and 2 ___ (realise) that we 3 ___ (walk) in circles for quite
a long time. We 4 ___ (be) totally lost, and the fact that we 5 ___ (already /
finish) our water provisions wasn't very promising.
We 6 ___ (decide) to go uphill because according to John, it would be easier
to spot a way out from an elevated point. He 7 ___ (learn) that from a
documentary he 8 ___ (see) about survival. But what the documentary 9 ___
(not teach) John was that maybe it’s not such a good idea to go up a
mountain when you are exhausted and waterless.

9. We 10 ___ (trek) one mile when we 11 ___ (start) to have a horrible feeling that
that might be our last trek. Of course, we 12 ___ (say) anything, but we could see
in each other’s eyes that at that precise moment we 13 ___ (think) precisely the
same. We couldn't walk any longer, so we 14 ___ (decide) to sit and rest, quietly,
because neither of us wanted to share any of our gloomy thoughts.
"Hello, can I help you?" we suddenly 15 ___ (hear). We 16 ___ (raise) our heads
and 17 ___ (see) a little man with slanted eyes and a childish grin. He 18 ___
(stand) right next to us. I wondered where he 19 ___ (come) from and how long he
20 ___ (stand) there. But it didn't matter really, because we were safe.
Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in
brackets: past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect
continuous.
PART 2.

10. Activity 3

11. EXAMPLE: We can’t make ourselves happy if we can’t make others happy.
1. It's much more difficult to judge ___ than to judge others.
2. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
moments that take ___ breath away.
3. Any person can change the way ___ understand the world.
4. You should learn how to love ___ before you can love others.
5. It is not wise to be too sure of ___ own wisdo m. Life is a long
lesson in humility.
Fill in each gap with one of the words from the list.
one - one’s - oneself- our - ourselves- their - they - us - we - you - yourself

12. 6. ____ are all human, and therefore prone to make mistakes.
7. Sometimes life takes ___ to where we never wish to be.
8. Sometimes ___ need to get lost in order to find yourself again.
9. ___ should become the master of one's mind rather than let
one's mind master them.
10. A good journalist should never reveal ___ sources.
Fill in each gap with one of the words from the list.
one - one’s - oneself- our - ourselves- their - they - us - we - you - yourself

13. HAVING A GOOD MENTAL
HEALTH
Talk to your teacher about mental
health, what is it? Early sings,
common disorders.
3 minutes and 15 seconds.
Use adjectives order and adverbs.
(Be very specific with the details and
give examples).

14. Do you have any
questions?

15. Thank you