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.
Column A
1. curly / long / short / wavy
2. dark / blue /brown
3. oval / round / square
4. dark / fair / brown
5. big / flat / long / small
Column B
a. hair
b. face
c. complexion
d. nose
e. eyes

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. (image here)

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?

• 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.
(image here)

 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?

• comparative and superlatives

Grammar
1 Look at the picture and circle the answer.
(image here)
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 …

• describing people

Writing
Look at the following pictures.

တေားမတ်သ် အဲဒ္ဒီသန်

အုဲန်သဲက် နယူတန်

အလဲက်သန္ဒား ဂရေဟမ် ဘဲးလ် (၁၈၄၇-၁၉၂၂)

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

ဝေါးဟာရ အဓိပ္ပယ်ႏ

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