Look at these pictures. Do you do any of these activities?

Moonwalking tap dancing jazz

Ballet travelling diving

1. Read the text and guess the mysterious character. Choose one of the photos.

She lives in New York and she is a citizen of the United States and Israel. She is the only child in a family. Her father is a doctor from Israel and her mother is an artist from the USA. She is a vegetarian. She can speak two languages, Hebrew and English (her native languages), fluently. She knows some conversational French, German, and Japanese and Spanish. She has a passion for travel. She still takes ballet, jazz, and tap dancing classes and plays the piano. She is fond of diving. She has many awards. She is very beautiful and has naturally curly, dark brown hair. She works for Dior as a model.

Complete the sentences about Justin Bieber and the mysterious character.

Which of the following is the characteristic of her/him …

1. _______ plays several musical instruments?

2. _______ speaks several languages?

3. _______ likes video games?

4. _______ likes diving?

5. _______ dances ballet?

6. _______ moonwalks?

7. _______ does tap dancing?

8. _______ loves travelling?

9. _______ plays basketball and hockey?

10. ______ has brown hair?

11. ______ has a famous haircut?

 

1. Answer the following questions about Justin Bieber and the mysterious character.

Does he/she live in the USA?

Does he/she have any sisters/brothers?

Does he/she play musical instruments?

Does he/she love travelling?

Does he/she like video games?

Does he/she dance?

Does he/she speak several languages?

 

1. Write similar questions and interview a partner.

Example: Do you have any sisters and/or brothers?

(see Reference page __, Present simple tense)

Example: Yes, I do. I have a brother.

Compare yourself with your partner.

Example: I like travelling; Saule likes ballet.

I don’t play musical instruments; Nurlan plays the piano.

Grammar: the present simple tense

Read the following rules about the use of the present simple. Then match points 1-6 with one of the sentences below.

The present simple is used to express:

1. regular, repeated actions

2. time clauses after when, as soon as, if, until, etc.

3. permanent situations

4. planned future (time-tables)

5. scientific or natural laws

6. with “state” verbs, which we do not usually use in continuous form, e.g. be, believe, feel, hate, hear, know, like, look, love, prefer, realize, remember, see, seem, smell, taste, want.

a) Water freezes at 0 C.

b) We dine out three evenings a week.

c) I’ll ask her when I see her.

d) I live in Almaty.

e) It’s the colleagues I like most about my job.

f) The train arrives in London at 5.00 p.m.

 

Complete the following sentences with the present simple form of the verbs in brackets.

a) Every Sunday I (to go) to the cinema with friends.

b) My penfriend (to live) in Paris.

c) It (to snow) a lot in winter.

d) Our classes (to start) at 8 o’clock.

e) As soon as he (to come), I will let you know.