၆ တန်ꩻအဉ်းဂလစ်/Unit 7
UNIT 7
-Lesson 1: What does he look like?
• Choosing the best words to describe a person
Vocabulary
1 Put the following words and phrases in correct column.
Attractive average height plump short medium height handsome
beautiful good-looking slim tall well-built overweight
| Height | Build | Looks |
|---|---|---|
| _______ | _______ | _______ |
| _______ | _______ | _______ |
| _______ | _______ | _______ |
| _______ | _______ | _______ |
2 Match the adjectives in Column A with the words in Column B.
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Column A
1. curly / long / short / wavy
2. dark / blue /brown
3. oval / round / square
4. dark / fair / brown
5. big / flat / long / small
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Column B
a. hair
b. face
c. complexion
d. nose
e. eyes
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3 Label the picture below using the words in the box.
cheek chin ear eye eyebrow eyelash forehead hair mouth nose
ထွားတွမ်းထာရုက် စေနေး
Listening
1. Listen to the descriptions of the five people in the pictures. Match the people with the descriptions. The first one is done for you.
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2. Listen again to complete the description of U Aung.
The first person I am going to describe is U Aung. He’s in his late ______. He’s got a fair ______. He’s ______ and ______. He’s got ______ eyebrows and ______ hair.
Speaking
1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures in Listening exercise 1 again. Choose a person and describe him / her.
Lesson 2: What’s she wearing?
[edit]• clothes and footwear
Vocabulary
1 Label the pictures using the words in the box.
blouse boots cap eingyi flip-flops htamein jeans pasoe
shoes skirt shirt slippers sport shirt taikpon trousers T-shirt
Reading
1 Read the texts on the next page and write the name of each person in the correct box.
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a) Hello, my name is Thida. I’m six years old. I wear my hair in bunches. I’m wearing a cap. I’m wearing a yellow T-shirt and a red skirt. My shoes are light yellow.
b) Hello! My name is Zaw Zaw. I’m Bo Bo’s cousin. I’m eight years old. I’ve got short hair. I’m wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and shoes.
c) Hello! My name’s is Bo Bo. I’m Zaw Zaw’s cousin. I’m nine years old. I’m rather plump. I’ve got curly hair. I’m wearing blue jeans, a green T-shirt and shoes.
d) Hello! My name is Tin Tin. I’m seven years old.I’ve got long straight hair. I’m wearing a blue skirt and a blue T-shirt. I’m wearing flip-flops.
2 Read the text. Choose the correct heading from the four given belowfor each paragraph.
(a) Hobbies (b) Siblings (c) Clothes (d) Appearance
(1) __________
Hi, I’m Su Su. I’am eleven years old. Let me introduce you to my sister and brother. Pu Pu is my twin sister. We are in Grade 6. Ko Ko is my brother. He is eighteen years old and he is studying Maths at Mandalay University.
(2) __________
My twin sister and I don’t look alike very much. She is much prettier than me. She’s five feet three inches tall and I’m only five feet. Moreover, she is slim and light but I’m quite heavy. She’s got an oval face with beautiful big eyes. She’s got beautiful white teeth and she looks really cute when she smiles. I’ve also got an oval face with big eyes but I wear glasses. Pu Pu has got long straight hair and she wears her hair in bunches. I’ve got bob hair. My brother, Ko Ko, is the tallest. He’s nearly six feet tall and well-built. He’s got a square face with short wavy hair.
(3) __________
Pu Pu and I go to school always in our school uniform – white eingyi and green htamein.
3a Complete the table using the information in the text.
| Sr No. | Name | Age | Height | Build | Face | Hair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ko Ko | 18 | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| 2 | Pu Pu | ______ | five feet three inches | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| 3 | Su Su | ______ | ______ | quite heavy | ______ | ______ |
3b Draw a sketch of any one described in the text. Show yoyr sketch to your friend and ask, "Who is he or she?"
Lesson 3: Who’s the tallest?
[edit]• comparative and superlatives
Grammar
1 Look at the picture and circle the answer.
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1. Su Su is shorter than Ko Toe. True False
2. Thura is the tallest of the three. True False
3. Ko Toe is fatter than Thura. True False
Adjectives can be used for comparison. Most adjectives have comparative and superlative forms. Some adjective have more and most before them when used for comparison.
Language point
• to compare two people or two things, the comparative adjective is used with than.
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• to compare some body / something with the whole group that he/she/it belongs, to the superlative form is used. Use the before the superlative adjective.
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2 Answer the following question. The first one is done for you.
1. A : Who is taller, you or your friend?
B : I am taller than my friend.
2. A : Who is the tallest in your class?
B : __________________________.
3. A : Who is more careful, you or your sister?
B : __________________________.
4. A : Who is the cleverest student in your class?
B : _________________________________.
5. A : Who is quieter, you or your brother?
B : _____________________________.
3 Complete the table with the comparative and superlative form of the adjectives.
| one-syllable adjectives | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| big | bigger | biggest |
| small | _______ | _______ |
| smart | _______ | _______ |
| thin | _______ | _______ |
| young | _______ | _______ |
| two-syllable adjectives | _______ | _______ |
| clever | _______ | _______ |
| quiet | _______ | _______ |
| adjectives of three or more syllables | _______ | _______ |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| difficult | _______ | _______ |
| important | _______ | _______ |
| intelligent | _______ | _______ |
| talkactive | _______ | _______ |
| adjectives ending in 'y' | _______ | _______ |
| easy | easier | easiest |
| heavy | _______ | _______ |
| pretty | _______ | _______ |
| irregular adjectives | _______ | _______ |
| bad | _______ | _______ |
| far | _______ | _______ |
| good | _______ | _______ |
4 Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with the comparative of the superlative form of the adjectives. Use the or than where necessary.
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1. Ko Toe is (old) _______________.
2. Thura is (young) _______________.
3. Thura is (thin) ____________ Ko Toe.
4. Thura is (short) _____________ Thuzar.
5. Thuzar is (tall) _________________.
6. Su Su is (old) _____________ Thura.
5 Complete the text with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives given in brackets.
I’ve got two grandsons – Ko Ko is sixteen and Nyi Nyi is nine. Ko Ko is (b>quiet) than his brother. Nyi Nyi is (difficult) to live with than Ko Ko, so I think teenagers are (easy) to live with than young children. Nyi Nyi is (talkactive) and (noisy) than his brother. I think that’s just because he’s the (young) at home. They are both doing well at school but Nyi Nyi is (bright) than Ko Ko. Nyi Nyi’s grades are always (good) than Ko Ko’s.
Lesson 4: Find someone who …
[edit]• describing people
Writing
Look at the following pictures.
1 Guess who is famous for what.
a. the telephone b. the electric light bulb c. the law of universal gravitation
2 Look at the picture and find the significant features of each person. Complete the text with the features in the box.
beard broad fair grey long oval pointed short thick wavy
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. He is known for his invention of the telephone. He died when he was 75 years old. He has got a (1) ______ complexion. He has got a broad forehead and (2)______ eyebrows. He has got a moustache and a (3)______. He has got big ears and (4)______ grey hair.
Thomas Alva Edison, the great American inventor, was born in 1847. One of his great inventions was the electric bulb. He died in 1931. He is good-looking with an (5)______ face, a (6)______ forehead, thick eyebrows, and thin lips. He has got short(7)______ hair.
Sir Isaac Newton, an English physicist and mathematician, was born in 1643. He is famous for his formulation of the law of universal gravitation. He died in 1727. He has got a fair complexion, a square face and a (8)______ chin. His eyebrows are thick and his lips are thin. His nose is (9)______ and pointed. He has got shoulder length (10)______ hair.
3 Complete each of the following sentences with is or has got.
1. My friend _______ tall.
2. His brother’s hair ______ short.
3. My sister _______ a small nose.
4. My teacher _______ a dimple.
5. My mother _______ slim.
4Write a description of each of the two people below (age, build, features, etc.).
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He is ________________________________________. He has got ________________________________
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She is _________________________________________________________________. She has got __________________________________________________________
5a Write a description of a student in your class. Don’t write his / her name.
He / She is _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you know who he / she is?
5b Read out your description to the class.
မီးနဉ်းဖုံႏ
[edit]| ဝေါးဟာရ | ဝါစင်္ဂ | ဟဲ့ꩻပအိုဝ်ႏ |
|---|---|---|
| look like | ဗွိုန်ပီ | |
| describe | v | အွောန်ႏနယ် |
| vocabulary | n | ဝေါးဟာရ |
| phrase | n | ငေါဝ်းဗူႏ |
| correct | adj | ကမဲန်ႏဒါႏ |
| column | n | ကီလ |
| attractive | adj | ကဆျူႏဒါႏ၊ ကမဲ့ဗွို့ꩻဒါႏ |
| average | adj | ခိန်ꩻခွေါန်ꩻ |
| height | n | အထို |
| plump | adj | အတပန်း |
| short | adj | အပေါက်ꩻ၊ အဒွေါင်ႏ |
| medium | adj | ထဝဒါႏ၊ ထိုတောဝ်း ဒွေါင်ႏတောဝ်းဒါႏ |
| handsome | adj | ယောင်ꩻကရေꩻဒါႏ |
| beautiful | adj | ကတရေꩻဒါႏ၊ လွိုးကယမ်ဒါႏ |
| good-looking | ထွားကဟောဝ်ဒါႏ | |
| slim | adj | ကယွောင်ဗွိုဒါႏ |
| tall | adj | ကထိုဆွာꩻဒါႏ |
| well-built | adj | နမ်းဒေါင်ကဟောဝ်ဒါုံ |
| overweight | adj | နမ်းကထွူႏလွောန်ꩻဒါႏ |
| match | v | အွောန်ႏပဲန်ဝင်ꩻ၊ တဲက်ဝင်ꩻ |
| adjective | နာမဝိသေသ | |
| curly | adj | ကပတွပ်ဒါႏ |
| wavy | adj | ကကုံႏကဲင်ႏဒါႏ |
| dark | adj | ကခေ့ꩻကရစ်ဒါႏ |
| blue | adj | ကတသောမ်ႏဒါႏ |
| brown | adj | ကတညိုႏဒါႏ |
| flat | adj | ကတပျာႏဒါႏ |
| complexion | n | နမ်းပွိုင် |
| nose | n | နေ့ဖူကောင်ꩻ |
| label | v | ဒꩻအမဉ်ꩻ၊ လေဘယ် |
| cheek | n | ဗုဲင်ႏ |
| chin | n | ကာႏ |
| eyebrow | n | မဲ့သဲန် |
| eyelash | n | မဲ့ဆွောန်ႏ |
| forehead | n | ကတောင် |
| listening | n | နာႏ၊ အောဝ်ႏနာႏ၊ အနာႏ |
| description | n | ထာꩻအွောန်ႏနယ် |
| complete | v | တဲမ်းဖေႏသွော့ |
| speaking | n | အဒေါ့ꩻ၊ အဒေါ့ꩻအဖြောဝ်ႏ |
| pair | n | တစုံႏ၊ တခိုႏ |
| choose | v | လွိုက်ꩻ |
| cloth | n | ခွမ်ꩻလာꩻ |
| footwear | n | ခင်ႏလောမ် |
| blouse | n | ဆဲင်ꩻ လိုꩻမူႏက၊ ဆဲင်ꩻဘလောဝ့်သ် |
| boots | n | ခင်ႏဖာႏဆုပ် |
| cap | n | ကုံႏ |
| flip-flops | n | ခင်ႏဖာႏဘဲတ်၊ ခင်ႏဖာႏကေပ် |
| jeans | n | ခုမ်ꩻလာꩻ စဉ်း |
| shoes | n | ခင်ႏဖာႏဆုပ်ꩻ ဆျူး |
| skirt | n | သကတ်၊ ပနီႏဟုင်း |
| shirt | n | ဆဲင်ꩻဆျတ် |
| slippers | n | ခင်ႏဖာႏ |
| sport shirt | adj + n | ဆဲင်ꩻဆျတ် အုံလွူꩻအီ အာႏရဲင်ꩻ |
| trousers | n | ကွောန်ထို |
| T-shirt | n | ဆဲင်ꩻတီဆျတ် |
| reading | n | အဖတ်ꩻ၊ အထွား |
| text | n | လိတ်ဖြုံႏ |
| next | ယင်းတထွောင်း၊ ယင်းတဗာႏ | |
| bunches | n | အဖူႏဖုံႏ၊ အရွိုꩻ |
| light yellow | adj + n | တသီး တမို့မို့ |
| cousin | n | ရော့ꩻတဖူးဝေး |
| get, got, gotten | v | လꩻ |
| rather | adv | ခြာထဲင်းက |
| straight | adj | စွောန်ႏတရွောန်း |