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> A. Discuss the following questions with your partner.

1. Can you name all the colours in a rainbow? 4. Do any other colours have a special significance in
2. What colours do you tend to wear? Why? What your country?
colours would you never wear? Why not? 5. What do the colours of your national flag represent?
3. What significance do the following colours have 6. In your opinion, what are the most (and least)
in your country? Do they have the same appealing colours for the following things? Why?
significance in other countries? eyes classroom walls fizzy drinks taxis
black white green blue pink red clothes for work roses plates
> B. Match the following phrases with the definitions (a – j) below.
a white lie black and blue colour blind once in a blue moon out of the blue to be in the red
to catch someone red-handed to feel blue to feel off colour to see red
a) A statement which is polite but not true f) To feel a little unwell
b) Occasionally, very infrequently g) To feel sad or melancholy
c) Suffering from a lot of bruises on the skin h) To lose your temper
d) To be in debt i) Unexpectedly, without warning
e) To discover someone in the process of j) Unable to distinguish between certain colours,
committing a crime especially red and green
> C. Fill the gaps below with the phrases from > B in the correct form.
1. “Are you OK?” “Not really. I don’t feel 100%. I ......................................................................... today.”
2. Grey, wet weather always makes me ............................................................................................... .
3. “How often do you revise English vocabulary?” “Hardly ever! ............................................, that’s all.”
4. I know he took her money because I ................................................... . I saw him holding her purse!
5. I spend too much money so my bank account is often ..................................................................... .
6. I told my friend she looked lovely in her new orange dress but she doesn’t. It was ......................... .
7. I’m sorry I shouted at you. I’m afraid I just ............................... when you told me about the mistake.
8. He was kicked so many times during the football match that by the end his legs were .................... .
9. Man: “You look wonderful in that red dress, darling.”
Woman: “It’s not red, it’s green! Are you ...........................................................................................?”
10. “Who are those roses from?” “I don’t know! They came .................................................................. .”
> D. Discuss the following questions with your partner.
6. What do you do when you’re feeling off colour?
1. Have you ever been in the red? What would
7. Can you think of a song, film or situation that
you do if you found out that you were?
always makes you feel blue? Why does it have
2. Have you ever caught a thief red-handed?
this effect on you?
What would you do if you did?
8. Can you think of three things people do that make
3. Have you ever received something out of the
you see red? Why do they affect you this way?
blue? What was it? What did you do?
9. Do you know anyone who is colour blind? What
4. When was the last time you told a white lie?
difficulties do you think they have and how do you
Who did you lie to and why?
think they overcome them?
5. Can you think of 2 things you do once in a
10. How important is colour in your life (e.g. when you
blue moon that you should do more often?
buy new clothes or a new car)?
> E. Match the following definitions with the underlined words in the questions below.
combination of colours dull, unexciting natural colours of the body, especially the head
offensive, rude with a lot of bright colours
4. Do you know anyone with strong, unusual or
1. Do you like wearing colourful clothes or sober colours?
beautiful colouring? What is special about
2. In which situations might you use colourful language?
the colours of his/her skin, hair and eyes?
When was the last time you said a bad word?
5. Do you know anyone who is a bit
3. What do you think of the colour scheme in your
colourless? In what ways does s/he lack
classroom? How could it be improved?
character?
> F. Ask your partner the questions in > E.

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