Communicative English 1 & 2

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Warm Up

Some of these family relationships are in the book, some are not.  However, you will be expected to know all of these relationships for the test.

Test questions will be something like this: "Who is my uncle's son?  He is my cousin."

Basic family relationships Grandparents, grandchildren and cousins Extended families
 

Listening and Conversation

The vocabulary and questions here are important and will be on the test.

Homework: Write the Korean word beside each of the vocabulary words. This should be written in your book.  You will have to show your teacher.

Question Answer Notes
What does your father look like? My father is (height, build, age).

My father has (a small oval face, large brown eyes, and short, curly, black hair.

 

Descriptions are not just one word answers.  Give at least 2 or 3 characteristics.

Listen to the question carefully (...look like) and make sure you answer it correctly.

What is your mother like? My mother is (personality).

 

Give at least 2 characteristics.

Listen for the is.  This question is very similar to the question about activities (see below).

What are you wearing? I'm wearing (color, pattern/material, and clothing)  Know the basic clothing, shirt, pants, etc and the basic colors and patterns.  Be careful of Konglish, "one piece" - dress, "short pants" - shorts.
What does your sister like? She likes going shopping. This question is not from this page, but is almost the same as the question about personality.

Listen for the does.  The answer should be about activities.  See Chapter 3 for more details.

Conversation

Practice the conversation in the book, then ask your partner these questions:
  • Have you ever had a blind date?
  • What was it like?
  • What did your date look like?
  • What was your date like?
  • Did you meet your date again?  Why, or why not?
Ask these questions to your partner:
  • What does your father look like?
  • What is your mother like?
  • What are you wearing?

Pronunciation

Carefully pronounce the "V" sound...it should not sound like a "B".

Say one of the two words to your partner.  Can your partner correctly choose what word you said?

vote vend van verb calves vent V gave
boat bend ban verve cabs bent B Gabe

Grammar

Read the expressions to help you describe people.

Listen to your teacher describe the movie stars.
(Kevin Spacey, Anthony Hopkins, Lucy Liu, Will Smith, Liv Taylor, Jennifer Lopez, Orlando Bloom)

Write a short description of someone famous.  Can your partner guess who you wrote about?

Conversation Practice

Exercise 1 - Fill in the blanks.

Exercise 2 - Write a description of one of your family.  This may be given as homework (check with your teacher), if it is homework, write descriptions of all of your family members.  You will have to give this homework to your teacher.

Vocabulary

Blind date - 소개팅, 미팅

Test Information

Know these questions and how to answer them:

  • What does your _____ look like?
  • What is your _____ like?
  • What are you wearing?
  • What does your _____ like?