Four Corners Book 2 Unit 2

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The text discusses different personality traits and how characters describe each other.

Traits like talkative, friendly, shy, creative, and hardworking are mentioned.

The characters describe each other using adjectives like nice, not very talkative, and think someone may be shy.

Hebtalkativeandfriendly.

1 Uocabulary Personality
adjectives
A - Matchthe wordsandthe pictures.
Thenlistenandcheckyouranswers.

i c. fr i en dly
i d. fun n y
I
e. ge n erous
I
i f. h a r d working
g ser lous
i
i h. shy
Ll Tlnative

you?Tellyourpartner.
B Pair work Whichwordsdescribe
"l'm herdworkingand creative.Sometimes
l'm shy."

2 Language in context Findan e-pall


A ReadNick'sanswers
to an onlineform.Thencomplete
the formwith your
own information.

Name Name
Nq!-Qgqe!-u:r
-
Hometown
-l r___l
Hometown
Texas_
IDallas, _ __]
ne"ll_a__
_ __ .l ne"L- ----l
Whatare your interests? Whatare youi interestsl
politics,
I Fashion,
literature, i
lryrr:gr :lgt' _ ____l
Whatare you like? Whatare you like?

B ls Nicka goode-palfor you/ Whyor why not?

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3 Grammar *i,
What are you like? What's she like? What arethey like?
l'mtalkativeandfriendly. She'sshy but friendly. They'rehardworking.
l'm a friendlyandtalkativeperson. She'sa shy but friendlygirl. They'rehardworking students.

A put the wordsin order.Thencompare with a partner.


sentences
teacher I a I Mrs.Jenkins
/ creative / is
Melissa / student/ seriousI a I is
funny/ BrunoI is I talkative I and
areI Rodrigo andMiguel/ confident / men
women/ Marina andElisa I are/ hardworking
is / and/ generous / Carrie/ friendly
Readthe answers.Writethe What . . IikeTquestions.
Thenpractice
with a partner.
What are you like? l'm seriousbut friendly.
Evais a veryfunnygirl.
Mattand I aretalkativepeople.
Mr.and Mrs.Parkaregenerous.
l'm veryseriousand hardworking.
HisbrotherSamis a creativeguy.

4 Speaking He'shardworking.
threepeoplefromyourfamily.Describe
A Pair work Choose themto your partner.
--
brother father grandfather husband
sister mother g rand mother wife

A: My brother'snameis Gi-woo.
B: What'she likeT
A: Well,he's very hardworking.He's26, and
he'san accountant.Heworks late everyday.

B Group work Arethe peopleyou know


similaror different?
Az My brotheris very hardworking.
B: ReallyT
My motheris hardworking,too.
She 'sa...

5 Keep talkingl
Goto pageL27 tor morepractice.

I canaskandtalk aboutpeopte's
persunatities.(t
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I
I lf I don'tthink so,
-
-

l lnteractions
A tookat the picture.
Wherearethe people?
B {l)) Listen DoWillandJoeknowMikewell?
to the conversation.
Thenpracticetheconversation.

Will:What'syournewroommate like? Will: Doeshe knowmanypeoplehere?


loe: Mike?0h,he'snice,buthe'snotvery foe: I don'tthinkso.
talkative. Will: Well,maybewe canall go out
Will:Really?ls heshy? togethersometime.
foe:I thinkso. foe: That'sa greatidea.

G (D Listen Thenpractice
to theexpressions. the conversation
againwiththe
newexpressions.

I thinkso. I d o n ' tt h in ks o .
I believeso. I don'tbelieve so.
I guessso. l'm not reallysure.

D Complete eachresponse from PartC.Thenpractice


with one of the expressions
with a partner.

1. A: ls Rafaelhardworking? B: Hestudiesa lot


2. A: ls Marilynmarried? B: Shedoesn'thavea ring.
3. A: ls Davidcreative? B: Hbpaintsa lot.
4. A: ls Mariainterested
in travel? B: Shedoesn'thavea passport.
5. A: ls Sun-heefriendly? B: People
likeher.

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2 Pronunciation Is he or Is she
A {:j; Listenand repeat.Noticethe pronunciation
of ls he and ls she.
Irzil IrJil
l s h e ha r dworking? ls she a go o d s t u d e n t ?

B {;1)Listenandwritehe or she.Thenpractice
with a partner.
1. ls person?
a creative 3. ls a serious
student?
2 . ls yournewroommate? 4. ls generousl

we know
3 Listening People
A {ll Listento two friendstalk aboutdifferentpeople.Whoaretheytalkingaboutl
Check(/) tne correctanswers.
1. D a teacher 2. E a classmate 3. ! bestfriends
E a student D a father I classmates
Eafr i end E aneighbor D teachers
B {,)) Listenagain.Circlethe wordsyou hear.
1, generous 2. talkative 3. serious
great hardworking confident
funny shy nice
creative friendly talkative

4 Speaking Is he friendly?
A Pair work Talkaboutthe peopleat the party.Usethe words
in the boxandyourown ideas.

friendly
talkative
shy
creative
serious
funny
single
ma rried
a student
a teenager
a parent

A: ls Jun friendly?
B: I believeso.
A: ls he married?
B: I don't think so.

B Pair work Youwantto meetone personat the party.Whodo you talk tol Why?

I cansayI thinksomething
is trueand nottrue.f|
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Whatdo theylooklike?
1 Uocabulary Appearance
A Complete
the descriptions
with the correct
words.Thenlistenandcheck
youranswers.

ba ld middle-aged mustache re d s h o rt t a ll

{+
- a\

young.Robis short
1. They're 2. They're 3. They'reelderly.They're
and overweight,
and Mayis LouandJillhavecurly mediumheight.Tonyis
andthin. hair.Jillhas and has
Robhasstraightbrownhair. shoulder-lengthhair.Louhas a shortwhitebeardand a
Mayhasblondhair.lt's littleroundglasses. . Angelahas
and wavy. longgrayhair.
B Pair work Describe peoplein yourfamilyusingthe wordsin PartA.
"My brotheris young.He'sten.My fatherhas a mustache.And my . ."

2 Gonuersation That'snot my husband!


A Listenand practice.
Waiter:Goodevening. CanI helpyou?
Mrs.Gray:Yes,thankyou.ls KenGrayhere/He'smy
husband.
Waiter:Mr.Gray/| don't know.Whatdoeshe looktikeT
Mrs.Gray:He'stall,thin,and hasblackhair.Andhe has
glasses.
Waiter:Doeshe havea mustachei
Mrs.Gray:Yes,he does.
Waiter:I think he'soverthere.
Mrs.Gray:N0,that'snot my husband! My husband has
shorthair.

B Listento the restof the conversation.


Whois Mr.C,raywith?

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u n it E
3 Gramnr?r*
What do you look like? What does he look like? What do they look like?
l'mshortandoverweight. He'stall and thin. They'remiddle-aged.
I haveglasses. He hasa mustache. They havecurly red hair.

Theorder of adjectivesis usuallysize,age,shape,and color.


Shehaslong gray hair.(size+ color) (size+ shape)
Hehaslittle roundglasses.
(age+ color)
Shehasnew greenglasses. Theyhavecurly red hair.(shape+ color)

A tookat the picture.Complete with two adjectives.


the sentences with
Thencompare
a partner.

Fa brown long round short thin wavy


f""tl
1. Heis a and ma n .
2. Heh a s hair.
3. Heh a sa beard.
4. Hehas glasses.

B Putthe wordsin order.Thenaskandanswerthe questions.


Answerwith yourown information.
1. like/ whatI doI look/ you
2. bestfriend/ look/ what/ doesI your/ like
3. what/ like/ look/ does/ favoritesingerI your

4 Speaking Who is it?


Pair work Describea personin oneof the pictures
below,but don'tsayhis or her
name!Yourpartnerguessesthe person.
Taketurns.

"Thispersonis tall and has short blackhair."

5 Keep talking!
StudentA go to page128 and StudentB go to page130 for morepractice.

andtalkaboutpeople's
I can ask appearance.O
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Peoples profiles
1 Reading,rr,)
A peadthe webpageprofiles.
Whatis eachpersonlike?

Name:Luc
e Home:Montreal, Canada
Appearance: I'm tall andhavelongbrownhair.I wearonlyblack.
Personality:I'm a verycreative person.I liketo makedifferentthingsfrom
paper.I do it justfor fun. I canmakeairplanes, birds,boats,andflowers.

Name: Bea
Home: London, U.K .
Appearance: I'm 60, with redhair.I alwaysweargreenglasses.
Personality:I thinkI'm a verygenerous person.
I havea lotof freetime,so I do
a lot of volunteerworkat localschools. Tome, it'sveryimportantto givebackto
mycommunity.
Name: S uchin
Home: Bangkok, Thailand
Appearance: I'm 30. I'm mediumheight,andI haveshorthair.
Personality:
I'm friendlyandhardworking.I workas a salesclerk
in a clothing
store.Wesellclothing fromnorthern
Thailand there.In myfreetime,I playthe
seung,a traditionalmusicalinstrument.
Name:Marco
Home:lquitos,Peru
Appearance:I'm tall andhandsome, with longblackhair.
Personality:
I'm talkativeandfriendly.I havea part-time job.lquitosis in the
Amazon,so piranha fishingis verypopular.I taketourists
fishing,butwe never
keepthefish.

B Readthe webpageagain.Luc,Bea,Suchin, and Marcolateruploaded thesephotos


to theirprofiles.
Writethe nameof the personunderthe correctphoto.

c Whowroteeachsentence?
Writethe names.
1. Butthere'sone problem- | can'tswim!
2. My neighbors complainaboutthe noise.
3. I especially
liketo workwith children.
4. I spenda lot of moneyon paper!

D Pair work Whichpersondo you thinkis interesting?


Why?Tellyour partner.
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2 Listening Startinga profile
A Listento Brianhelphis motherjoina socialnetworking
site.Check(/) the
picturethat Lindapostson the site.

\s7, 1i7
\gz'

B -
Lt
Listenagain.Check(/) the information in herprofile.
Brian'smotherincludes
! nge I nppearance E Favorite
actress D Favorite
singer E Personality

3 Writing and speaking Guesswhol


A rtrint< andyour personality.
aboutyourappearance Answerthe questions.
. Howold areyouI o Whatdo you looklike? . Whatareyou like?

B Writea descriptionof yourself,


but don'twriteyour n a me !Us et h e mo d e a
l n dy o u r
answersin PartA to helpyou.

Guess Who!
I'm 7 B yeare old. I'm thin and medium
height. I have short black hair and
glaaaea. I'm a friendly and talkative
pereon, but sometimes I'm shy. I'm
creative and very interested in art and
fashion.

G Group work Putyourpapersfacedown on the table.


Takeone paperand readthe description. group
Your guesses
who it is.Taketurns.
A: Thispersonis interestedin art and fashion.
B: I thinkI know.ls it MartaT
A: No,Marta has longhair.
Thispersonhas short hair.
B: 0h, 0K.
C : l si t...?

mypersonatity
I can describe andappearance.f
2g
Wrap-up
1 Ouick pair review
Lesson A Brainstorm! Makea listof personality Howmanydoyou
adjectives.
know?
Youhavetwo minutes.
Lesson B Test your partner! Askyourpartner thequestions.
Canyour
partner
givethecorrect
answers?Youhaveoneminute.
A: Whatarethreewaysto sayyouthinksomething
Student is true?
StudentB:Whatarethreewaysto sayyouthinksomething
isn'ttrue/
Lesson G Do you remember? Lookat the picture.
Youhaveone minute.
Circlethe correctwordfor eachsentence.
Heis young/ elderly.
1. Thisis Eduardo.
2. He hasshort/ long grayhair.
3. Hishairis straight/ curly.
4. He haslittle I big glasses.
5. Hehasa mustache / beard.
Lesson D Find out! Areany of yourand yourpartner's
friendssimilarlTaketurns.Youandyour partnerhavetwo minutes.
A: My friend is tall and has long blackhair. She'svery funny.
B: My friendis tall and has long blackhair.She'slunny,too!

2ln the real world


Whoareyou like?Goonlineandfind a musician, an actor,or an actress
who is similar
to you.Thenwritea description
of him or her.
. Whatdoeshe or shelooklike?
. Whatis he or shelike?

9carlett Johansson
)carlett Johanssonis similar
to me, the is mediumheight,
1he has lonq hair.. . ,

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