Worksheet 3: Fit like a glove (unit 5) practice

1. Exercise 1 page 66 – textbook. Listen and read. (dacă ai CD-ul manualului ascultă acolo, dacă nu te duci pe
manuale.edu.ro, cauți clasa a V-a, cauți manualul tău, te duci pe pag. 66 ex 1).

Useful vocabulary for understanding the text (vocabular util înțelegerii textului)

to seem = a părea advice= sfat (no plural form) to feed = a hrăni

absent-minded = distrat, neatent it’s raining cat and dogs = plouă cu usual = obișnuit
(mind = minte) găleata (expresie învechită)
to leaf through = a frunzări chilly = răcoros ripped = rupt
high-heeled = cu toc înalt What a pity! = ce păcat! bow tie - papion
How about a long dress = ce zici silk = mătase uncomfortable - incomfortabil
de o rochie lungă
earrings = cercei tasty = gustos The wind is blowing. = Bate vântul.
handbag = geantă, poșetă bench = bancă (parc) It’s foggy / cloudy.= Este ceață /
înnorat.

2. Answer the following questions (work with the text).

a) Why is Miranda absent – minded?
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b) Where is Patrick?
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c) What’s the weather like in Paris today?
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d) What’s Susan doing at the moment?
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e) What’s Paul wearing today?
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3. Match the word to their definitions.

1. absent-minded a) to rain heavily

2. leafing through b) to give food to
3. high-heeled c) a small bag
4. handbag d) soft shiny material
5. to rain cats and dogs e) delicious
6. silk f) not paying attention
7. tasty g) with high heels
8. to feed h) not feeling comfortable
9. uncomfortable i) to quickly turn the pages of a book or a
magazine, reading only a little of it
10. ripped jeans j) jeans with rips
!!! magazine = revistă

ADJECTIVES in English are used before the nouns they refer to (adjectivele se așează în fața
substantivului în ordine: opinion adjective - fact adjective - noun
beautiful young girl
expensive red car

OPINION ADJECTIVES FACT ADJECTIVES

beautiful, funny, nervous (=emoționat), long, old, young, round, short,
happy, interesting, boring, expensive, hot
 cheap (=ieftin)

4. Delete the incorrect answer.

a) a nice big box OR a big nice box
b) a heavy interesting book OR an interesting heavy book
c) a happy fair-haired girl OR a fair-haired happy girl
d) small cute kittens OR cute small kittens
e) a tall strong man OR a strong tall man
f) a cheap round table OR a round cheap table
g) fluffy adorable puppies OR adorable fluffy puppies
h) a yellow expensive bike OR an expensive yellow bike
i) a mysterious old forest OR an old mysterious forest
j) a two-storey luxurios house OR an luxurious two-storey house

fair-haired = cu păr blond two-storey house = casă cu două etaje

5. Arrange the prompts in the correct order to make sentences. Pay attention to the punctuation marks.

a) elephants / drinking / are / the / water / now ?

b) running / savannah / the / are / not / in / the / now / giraffes.

c) swimming / the / river / hippos / are / in / the .

d) five / are / in / a / singing / tree / my / birds.

e) water / is / lioness / the / sleeping / near / the .

f) wolves / the / forest / the / hunting / are / in ?

Words/ expressions from the first video – Talking about clothes

 What size do you need? = Ce mărime doriți?
I need small / medium/ large/ extra-large size, please.
 Does it fit? = Vi se potrivește?
 I’ll bring you another size. = Vă aduc altă mărime.
 Would you like to try something else? = Doriți să încercați și altceva?
 What are you wearing? = Ce porți?
 less elegant = mai puțin elegant
 old-fashioned = demodat
 collar = guler
 outfit = vestimentație
 bright colours = culori aprinse