1. Fill in: imaginative famous brave artistic
determined work

1.Lisa is ………………………. She loves making interesting stories.

2.My friend is very……………………. . When he wants something he does everything to
achieve it.

3.Leonardo da Vinci was ………………………for his great paintings.

4.Be………………! We can help you to cope with your problem .
5.An actor must be………………………to play any roles in the theatre.
6.Nowadays all scientists………………on the problem of cancer.

2. Put the words in the correct order:

1.a, English, dictionary, great, new
2. an, girl, ingenious, young, British
3.a, fat, funny, puppy, German
4.a, football, tall, player, Brazilian, well-built
5 a, Russian, teacher, patient, good

3.Answer the questions about yourself:

1. What do you look like?
2. What are you like?
3. What do you usually wear to school?
4. What are you wearing today?
5. What do you do?

4.Read the story and mark the statements:

True (T), False (F), Not stated (NS)

The Person I admire

Sometimes people come into your life and you know they are to be there for some purpose, to teach you a lesson or to help you understand who you are. The people who you meet affect your life and your success and downfalls. They help to create who you become. On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and asked us to meet someone we didn’t know. I saw a wrinkled little old lady smiling at us. Her smile lit up her whole being. She said: “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose/ I’m 87. I’ve always dreamed of college education and now I’m getting it.” We became friends. Every day for the next several months we left the class together and talked nonstop. She shared her wisdom and experience with me. At the end of the year Rose gave her graduation speech. “we don’t stop playing because we are old. We grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets of staying young, being happy and successful. You are to laugh and find humour every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dream you die. There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anyone can grow older. That doesn’t take any ability or talent. The idea is to grow up by finding a chance in change. All the students liked Rose. She taught us by her example that is never too late to be all you can possibly be. We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

1. The people you meet sometimes influence your life.
2. Rose was the youngest student at the college.
3. Rose was working for her second college degree.
4. Rose went to college when she was 20 but she didn’t finish her education.
5. Rose easily made friends with younger students.
6. Rose explained that to be happy you must have a good sense of humour.
7. Old people are always happy.
8. Rose taught younger people to have and realise their dreams.
9. The students avoided Rose.
10. She got a diploma with honour.

5.Match the titles to the paragraphs of the text.

A. DIFFERENT TYPES
B. HAVE FUN
C. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
D. HOW THE WORD APPEARED
E. THE BEST LEISURE ACTIVITY

The history of the Word “Hobby”

1. The word owes its origin to a small horse called ‘hobby’/ It was a wooden toy which children rode like a real horse, hobby. From this came the expression “to ride one’s hobby-horse means activity for enjoyment.
2. There are hobbies for every personality, lifestyle and budget. Popular hobbies always involve collecting items like coins, stamps, cards etc.
3. Creating something useful or making things for decoration can be both practical and fun, Acting, poetry, playing an instrument, collecting CDs are good ways to spend a quality time.
4. Board and card games like chess, checkers are a great way to stimulate your mind and meet new people. Just remember that the most important thing is that you have fun with whatever hobby you choose.