FAST TRACK 7

UNIT 1 – WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

INTRODUCTION

Write 3 questions and practise with your partner. Add follow-up questions to continue
the conversations.

Example:

1) What do you like doing in your free time? (Present Simple)

When? Why? Who with?

2) What did you do last weekend? (Past Simple)

How often? Did you…?

3) Have you ever been to a foreign country? (Present Perfect)

Where? Why? Who with?

QUESTIONS – page 9

1
Suggested answers:
• infancy • adulthood
• childhood • middle aged
• adolescence • old age
• being a teenager • retirement

2
Suggested answers:
Past experiences can affect the way some people are. They can affect someone’s
personality and/or behaviour. To stop the past having a negative effect on their present,
people should focus on the present and the future and work hard to accomplish their dreams.
Sometimes, it is not easy to overcome your problems, but with determination, effort, and
dedication, you will be able to achieve your goals in your life.
GRAMMAR – page 10
Information questions
2
Note

When you give personal information about yourself, you may include things such as where
you were born, where you live, what your job is, your family, things that you like doing and
your interests.

ALL ABOUT YOU – page 10

Describing people
Vocabulary and pronunciation
• easy-going /ˌiːzi ˈɡəʊɪŋ/ adjective – relaxed and happy to accept things without
worrying or getting angry.
• She is the image of her dad: She looks exactly like her dad.
• greenish /ˈɡriːnɪʃ/ adjective – more or less green
• smart-casual /ˌsmɑːt ˈkæʒuəl/ adjective – a style of dressing in which people wear
clothes that are neat but not formal.
• stylish /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/ adjective – fashionable and attractive. SYNONYM classy
• moody /ˈmuːdi/ adjective – having moods that change quickly and often.

Adjectives ending in -ish

✓ We can add the suffix -ish to some adjectives in informal contexts to form adjectives
meaning fairly or approximately. They indicate that someone or something has a
quality to a small extent. We commonly use the suffix -ish when we refer to numbers,
times and quantities:

• Ok, I’ll come and collect you from your house at sevenish.
• He is fortyish, possibly older.
• She is tallish, brown-haired, and clear-skinned.
• With her was a youngish man in a dinner jacket.
• ...a tank of greenish water…
• … a bluish/reddish tint…