UNIT 1 APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY

A) VOCABULARY PART

generous honest short long curly -fat Old-young-fat-calm-

helpful- punctual
outgoing thoughtful
stubborn selfish
clumsy forgetful
rude -lazy crazy
wavy straight fair red
- black brown ginger
hazel slim overweight-
beautiful well-built
energetic-outgoing-
good-bad-hardworking-
thin-polite-bookworm-
moustache thin

B) GRAMMAR PART

ASKING ABOUT SOMEONES PHYSICAL APPEARANCE ;

Q: What do you look like ? (Grnmn / eklin nasldr ? )

A: I am tall , thin with short black hair and black eyes .

Q: Who do you look like ? (Kime benziyorsun ? )

A: I look like my father / my mother .

Age Height Weight Skin Build General Hair Eyes

young Short Thin/slim Fair Strong Handsome Short Blue
teen Tall Plump Dark Well-built Beautiful Long Green
middle- Blond(e) skinny Pretty Straight Hazel
aged
in his 30s Chubby Brunette weak Ugly Curly Black
in his 50s Fat Negro Cute Wavy Brown
old overweight Spiky
retired bald gorgeous
Glasses Blond(e)
Beard Grey/black
moustache

ASKING ABOUT SOMEONES PERSONALITY (CHARACTER) ;

Q : What are you like ? What is s/he like ) ? (Sen / O nasl biridir ? )
A: I am honest . / S/he is hardworking . (Ben drstm / O alkandr .)

Q: Who are you like ? Who is s/he like ? (Kime benzer(sin) ? )

A: I am like my father ./ She is like her mother . ( Babama benzerim.)

POSITIVE NEGATIVE
generous honest helpful sincere stubborn selfish clumsy forgetful
punctual outgoing thoughtful rude untidy messy lazy crazy

REMINDER

Do not confuse the question What does s/he like?- S/he likes apples.

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 COMPARATIVE FORM OF ADJECTIVES ;

Adjective Comparative form

One syllable old older
adjectives safe safer
big bigger
Adjectives heavy heavier
ending in -y noisy noisier
Adjectives with boring more boring
Two or more syllable beautiful more beautiful
good better
Irregular bad worse
adjectives far farther
much/many more
little less

Sfata "daha" nitelii kazandran "-er" ve "more" eklenmesi ile oluan yaplardr.
Trkede mukayese sfatlar olarak ifade edilirler.

Cmle yaps: sfat + -er / more + sfat + than
- She is more intelligent than she looks. (O grndnden daha zekidir).
Bu yap Trkeye "... -den daha + sfat" eklinde aktarlr.
ngilizcede niteleme sfatlar dzenli ve dzensiz olarak, yani kurall veya kuralsz olarak iki
ekilde derecelendirilebilir.

Tek heceli sfatlara -er taks eklenir.

- My car is faster than yours. (Benim arabam seninkinden daha hzldr.)
- Girls are shorter than boys. (Kzlar erkeklerden daha ksa olurlar.)

ki yada ikiden fazla heceli sfatlarda more kelimesi sfatlardan nce getirilir.
- Her new dress is more beautiful than her old one. (Yeni elbisesi eskisinden daha gzel.)
- Cities are more attractive than villages. (ehirler kylerden daha ekicidir.)

Sonunda -y harfi bulunan sfatlar -er taks alr -y -ieye dnr.

- English is easier than Turkish. (ngilizce Trkeden daha kolaydr.)
- A car is heavier than a bike . (Araba bisikletten daha ardr.)

Birok iki heceli sfattan nce more kelimesi getirilir.

- Some films are more boring than others. (Baz filmler dierlerinden daha skcdr.)

Baz sfatlar ise yukarda belirtilen kurallarn dnda dzensiz deiirler. Belirli bir
kural olmad iin ezberlenmeleri gerekir. Aada bu sfatlar verilmitir.

EXCEPTION REMINDER
good (iyi) - better (daha iyi)
bad (kt) - worse (daha kt) Adjectives with two forms
much (fazla) - more (daha fazla) clever-gentle-narrow-quiet
many (fazla) - more (daha fazla) polite-simple-stupid-
little (az) - less (daha az) common-humble
Ex: cleverer / more clever

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 EXERCISES
1.1) WRITE THE CORRECT ADJECTIVE TO THE DEFINITION !

(Tanma uygun doru sfat karsna yaznz ! )

punctual- selfish forgetful overweight honest

1) Harry always forgets things .

2) Katy usually thinks of herself .
3) Fred comes on time to school .
4) My deskmate is too fat .
5) Sarah never tells a lie . ...

1.2) WRITE THE CORRECT WORD IN THE RIGHT COLUMN !

(Uygun kelimeyi doru gruba yaznz !)

blonde- short curly black wavy long fair straight brown

Hair style Hair length Hair colour

1.3) PUT THE VERBS IN THE COMPARATIVE FORM !

(Verilen sfatlar stnlk derecesine gre eklerini getiriniz !)

cold colder nice nicer heavy heavier
short wide happy
young large funny
tall late lazy
fast safe friendly

hot hotter good better beautiful more beautiful

fat bad energetic
big far outgoing
thin much famous
wet little difficult

REMINDER

Do not forget to use than after the adjectives !

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 1.4) FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE ADJECTIVES IN BRACKETS

(Parantez iindeki sfatlarn doru biimleri ile doldurun !)

Example : Facebook is more interesting (interesting) than Twitter.

1. Summers are ......................... (hot) now than they were 50

years ago
2. Australia is .............................. (sunny) than the UK.
3. I am .............................. (bad) than my sister at Maths.
4. Our house is ................... (modern) than our neighbours house
5. Tokyo is .............................. (expensive) than stanbul .
6. Emma is .. (fat) than Sally .
7. Cities are .. (big) than villages .
8. My father is . (old) than my mother .
9. Anns schoolbag is . (heavy) than mine .
10. Turkish is (difficult) than English .

1.5) COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE ADJECTIVES GIVEN !

(Boluklara uygun sfatlar yerletiriniz !)

sunny good difficult big bad (+ than)

1. A football is ................................... a tennis ball.

2. Betty is ....................... Luke at Maths because she studies hard.
3. I think German grammar is ............................... English grammar.
4. Im ................................... Danny at History because Im lazy.
5. Today is ................................... yesterday.

1.6) BUILD UP COMPARATIVE SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS !

(Verilen kelimelerle kyaslama cmleleri oluturun !)

Example : (Horse donkey fast) A horse is faster than a donkey .

1. (Konya large Mersin)

2. (short February May) .
3. (July hot March )
4. (good Sue John ) .
5. (Koala- lazy ant ) ..
6. (difficult-Art Music) ..
7. (Justin-famous-Brad) ..
8. (Emily-beautiful-Jane) .
9. (Athens-interesting-Paris) .
10. (safe-schools-markets) .

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 1.7) CORRECT THE MISTAKES IN THE SENTENCES !

(Cmlede verilen hatay dzeltip yanna yaznz !)

1. A train is fastter than a bus . .

2. Whats he like ? He is tall . .
3. My mum is older then my dad. .
4. What does he like ? Hes fat . .
5. Students is younger than teachers. .

1.8) PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER !

(Kelimeleri doru sraya koyarak cmle oluturunuz !)

1. more crowded / Cities / than / are / villages .

2. short / Timmy / straight / has got / hair . / black

3. punctual / Kim / because / on time. / he / comes / is /usually
..
4. taller / Who / is / you or Tim ?
..
5. look like ? / best friend / does / your / What
..
6. Snails / than / turtles . / slower / are

7. boys / Are / girls ? / than / cleverer
.
8. Mark / than / not / me. / taller / is
.

1.9) MATCH THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS !

(Soru ve cevaplar eletiriniz !)

1. What does Suzy like ? a. I look like my mum .

2. Which is bigger , a cat or a dog
3. Who do you look like ?
4. What does Brad look like ?
5. What is your uncle like ?
6. Who is older ,your mum or dad
7. Who are you like ?
8. What is the opposite of lazy?
b. He is clumsy and forgetful .
c. My dad is older .
d. Its hardworking .
e. I am like my father .
f. Hes well-built and tall .
g. She likes eating ice-cream .
h. Of course , a dog .

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