Table of contents

People

1.Social contacts

1.1. Names and introduction

1.2. Age indication

1.3. Family relations

1.4. Emotions

2. Work and Professions

3. Hobbies and favorite things to do

3.1. Likes and dislikes expressions

3.2. Types of hobbies

4. Pets and domestic animals

5. Transport

5.1. Kinds of transport

5.2. Public transport

6. Travelling. Signs and indicators

6.1. Types of travelling

6.2. Signs and indicators

ВСТУП

Методичні рекомендації до практичних занять з навчальної дисципліни «Розмовний практикум (англійська мова)» включає практичні завдання (вправи, тести, навчальні відео), направлені на розвиток навичок говоріння іноземною (англійською) мовою. Електронне видання призначене як для аудиторної, так і для самостійної роботи студентів усіх спеціальностей та освітніх програм. Навчальний посібник створено задля розвитку навичок підготовленого та непідготовленого мовлення студентами 2 курсу усіх спеціальностей та освітніх програм, поглиблення вже набутих знань з лексики англійської мови. Посібник містить 6 підтем у рамках ширшої тематики “Люди (People)”, засвоєння яких розраховане на один семестр. Кожна підтема включає посилання на автентичний додатковий лексичний матеріал, навчальні відео та посилання на вправи для закріплення  вивченого матеріалу й розрахована на 80 хвилин аудиторної або самостійної роботи студентів.

Методичні рекомендації призначені для студентів вищих навчальних закладів, що вивчають іноземну мову (англійську), хочуть поглибити знання тематичної лексики та попрактикувати її вживання у різних силуаціях, фахівців, які прагнуть вдосконалити англомовні навички говоріння, а також для всіх тих, хто бажає підвищити і поглибити власний рівень володіння іноземною мовою.

1.Social contacts

1.1. Names and introduction

NAME:     Full Name

Family name, surname, last name

first name, given name

forename

christian name

second name

patronymic

middle name

middle initials

Family name + given name + patronymic = full name

My first name is ___

My patronymic is ___

My family name is ___

So, my full name is ____

nickname (common nicknames in English)

pat name

pen name

exercises

How to introduce yourself in English

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

exercise 4

1.2. Age indication

How to talk about age

Stages of life

An infant = a new-born, a baby

A toddler

A child = a kid

A preschooler

A pre-teen

A teenager

An adolescent

A youth

An adult = a grown up

Elderly

Middle-aged

To be in one’s teens

To be under age

To become of age

At the age of

Aged of

To be the same age with

To be under

          about     30

          over

to be in one’s early

                        mid   30s

                        late

to be long past 50

to turn 50

to live to be 60

to be twice as old/young as

to be 5 years younger  than    smb

                      older

The most common ways of asking someone’s age is English is:

How old are you?

Or How old is your brother/sister?

• I am 25 years old.
• I am 25.
• I am 25 years of age (this is a very formal way of expressing age)
• I am 25 years. (this is incorrect. Use the expression ‘years old’ or ‘years of age’)
• My fried has two sons aged 8 and 10. (with ‘has’ in the sentence, do not use ‘years’. ‘Aged’ is an adjective in the sentence)
• My friend has a daughter aged 5. (not 5 years old)
• My neighbor has a four-month-old baby. ( do not say four months old baby)
• My uncle has a twenty-year-old daughter. (not ‘a twenty years old daughter’)

Age of things: we can express the age of things in the following ways.

• My house is 40 years old. (not ‘my house is 40’)
• My twenty-year-old car still runs smoothly. (not twenty years old car)

At times, you may not want to reveal your real age. So, you may use certain words that would state an approximate age.

• He is in his early/mid/late twenties.
• She is in her teens. (anywhere between thirteen to nineteen)
• Most students in my class are above/below the age of twenty.
• Maria is nearly/almost 40. (not far from being 40 years old)
• John is about 50. (around 50 years of age)
• He must be under 18.

Talking about age in English

5 Common Ways to Say Your Age

exercises about an age

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

1.3.Family relations

Parents

Parent

Father

dad, daddy, papa

Mother

Mamma, mammy, mummy

Child

Children

Kid

Kiddies

Twins

Son

Daughter

Grandparents

Grandparent

Grandfather

Grandpa, grandpapa

Grandmother

Granny, grannie

Grandchildren

Grandson

Granddaughter

Great-grandparents

Great-grandfather

Great-grandmother

Great-grandchildren

Great-grandson

Great-granddaughter

Brother

Sister

Cousine

Second-cousine

Orphan

Step-parents

Step-mother

Step-father

Stepson

Stepdaughter

Widower

Widow

Unkle

Aunt, auntie

Nephew

Niece

God-mother

God-father

Sister-in-law

Brother-in-law

Mother-in-law

Father-in-law

Son-in-law

Daughter-in-law

Husband

Wife

Bridegroom, fiance

Bride, fiancee

Bachelor

Spinster

Relatives

Close

Distant

Blood

In-laws

1.4.Emotions

List of Emotions and Feelings: Useful Feeling Words and Emotion Words in English

Guess the emotion

States and Emotions

exercises

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

exercise 4

exercise 5

exercise 6

someone is ___________ when____________

when a person is ____________ he/she________

a person can be _________ when

2. Work and Professions

List of professions1

list of professions 2

list of professions 3

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

useful phrases for talking about jobs

Work, Job, Occupation, Career, Profession

to deal with

to be connected with

to be responsible for

to be associated with

3. Hobbies and favorite things to do

3.1. Likes and dislikes expressions

what do you like to do?

what do you like doing?

I like to do….

I like doing ……

Expressing likes and dislikes

To talk about your likes and dislikes, you can use these expressions.

Expressing likes:

• I like… мені подобається
• I love…мені подобається                           I like smth/ I like doing smth
• I adore…я обожнюю
• I prefer..я надаю перевагу
• I am crazy about… я шаленію від
• I am mad about…я шаленію від
• I enjoy… мені подобається
• I am into..
• I am fond of..
• I am keen on…       я захоплююся
• I am a big fan of…
• I am fascinated by…

1. I adore
   Example: I adore Madonna’s music.
   2. I like
   Example: I like chicken kebabs
   3. I love
   Example: I love your drawing.
   4. I am keen on
   Example: I am keen on martial arts.
   5. I am crazy/mad about
   Example: I am crazy about you.
   6. I prefer
   Example: I prefer romantic movies.

Expressing dislikes:

• I don’t like… мені не подобається
• I dislike…
• I hate… я ненавиджу
• I abhor…
• I can’t bear…я не можу терпіти
• I can’t stand…я не виношу
• I detest…я не переношу, мені не подобається
• I loathe…я не переношу, мені не подобається

1. I dislike
   Example: I dislike rock music.
   2. I don’t like
   Example: I don’t like curries.
   3. I can’t stand
   Example: I can’t stand air fresheners.
   4. I abhor
   Example: I abhor drugs.
   5. I detest
   Example: I detest terrorists.
   
   6. I loathe
   Example: I loathe onions.
   7. I hate
   Example: I hate bikes.

Expressing dislikes:

You can use negative forms of the like expressions to show your dislikes.

For instance, 

I am not into… 

I am not a big fan of….

The following expressions are also great ways to express dislikes.

Example: I am not into hanging out with friends at weekends.

 Combination of likes and dislikes:

1. Mad about but can’t bear
Example: I am mad about football, but I can’t bear cricket.
I’m mad about basketball, but I can’t bear ice hockey.

2. Adore but loathe doing
Example: I adore reading novels, but I loathe doing the homework.
I adore reading poetry, but I loathe doing the housework.

If you neither like nor dislike something – Neither like nor dislike
1. Don’t mind

Example: I don’t mind driving you to the airport.

 I don’t mind doing the housework.”

Things to remember about likes and dislikes:

1. When these expressions are followed by a verb, the latter is put in the -ing form.
   Examples:

“I like listening to music.”
“I hate wearing sunglasses.”

I hate…

I can’t stand/bear…

I am tired of…

Example: I can’t stand reading textbooks.

2. Note that” very much”& ” a lot” always come after the things you like.
   Examples:

 “I like basketball very much/a lot. NOT” I like very much/a lot basketball.”

3. Be careful when you use “I don’t mind…”
   Examples:

“Do you mind playing football?”
“No, I don’t mind.”(Although it’s in a negative form, it means that it’s ok for me. I neither love it nor hate it.)

Dialogue:

Steve is at home. His girlfriend comes in…

Notice how they express their likes and dislikes

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

exercise 4

exercise 5

exercise 6

Hobbies

3.2. Types of hobbies

types of hobbies

enumerate hobbies in each group

doing things

making things

collecting something

learning things

4.Pets and domestic animals

animals

exercise 1

exercise 2

5. Transport

5.1. Kinds of transport

vehicles

different kinds of transport

means of transport vocabulary

Transportation and Vehicles Vocabulary Words in English

passive/active types of transport

30 Unique Types Of Transport Around The World

Get on, get off, get into, get out of

exercises

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

exercise 4

exercise 5

exercise 6

modes of transport

How to Talk About Transport and Driving in English – Spoken English Lesson

5.2. Public transport

Wordlist: Public transport

Vocabulary Lessons “PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION”

Public Transportation: Advanced Vocabulary

exercises

exercise 1

exercise 2

6.Travelling. Signs and indicators

6.1. Types of travelling

holidays and their types

travel vocabulary

6.2. Signs and indicators

directions

Giving Directions in English

Giving directions

Useful English Phrases for Giving Directions

Useful Expressions for Asking and Giving Directions in English

exercise

signs

vehicle and traffic signs

traffic signs

Type and Meaning of Traffic Signs