9 The body and movement

A Parts of the body

The outer part of the body is covered in skin. Too much sun is bad for your skin.

forehead
cheek
chin
lips neck shoulder

chest
elbow breast

waist

bottom hip wrist

thumb
knee

ankle
heel toe

B Movements with your mouth, face and head

People breathe through their nose or mouth. You breathe in and out about 12–15 times a
minute.
People smile when they’re happy, and sometimes smile at people to be polite.
People laugh at things which are funny.
People sometimes cry if they’re very unhappy, or receive bad news.
People in some countries nod their head [move it up and down] to mean ‘yes’, and shake their
head [move it from side to side] for ‘no’.
People often yawn when they’re tired, and sometimes when they’re bored.

C Common expressions

shake hands comb your blow your

with someone hair nose

fold your wave to

arms somebody

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 Exercises
9.1 Find ten more words for parts of the body, either across or down.

T H U K C A P
O N H N H N I toe
E C H E E K O
H I P E S L C
E A N K T E H
E L B O W E I
L I P S K I N

9.2 Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
1 shake e a your hair
2 wave b your nose
3 comb c to somebody
4 fold d your head
5 blow e hands
6 nod f your arms
9.3 Label the picture.

1 forehead
6
2
7
3
4
8

9.4 What do these actions often mean? (There may be several possible answers.)
1 People often smile when they’re happy.
2 They often breathe quickly after
3 They laugh
4 They may wave to somebody
5 They blow their nose
6 They shake their head
7 And nod their head
8 They cry
9 They yawn

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10 Describing appearance
A Describing beauty
Your appearance is the way you look, and we sometimes use different words to talk about beauty in
men and women.
WOMEN can be attractive or good-looking [nice to look at], and we often use pretty [attractive] to
describe a girl. We use beautiful or gorgeous for women who are very attractive.
MEN can be attractive and good-looking, but also handsome. If men are very attractive, we can say
they are gorgeous or very good-looking, but not usually beautiful.
Liam has become quite handsome. Bella looks gorgeous in that dress.
Olivia was very pretty when she was younger. They’re a very good-looking couple.
Language help
The opposite of beautiful is ugly, but it is not very polite to describe someone as ugly; ordinary
[not special or different] is more polite. It also isn’t polite to say that someone is fat; overweight is
more polite.

B Size
We can talk about a person’s height [how tall or short they are] and their weight [how heavy they
are], e.g. I’m roughly [about; syn approximately] one metre eighty (tall), and I weigh just under eighty
kilograms. If someone is not tall or short, you can describe them as medium height. If a person is
very similar to most other people in height and weight, you can say they are average.
A: How tall is Hannah? A: Is Marco quite big?
B: Medium height, I’d say. B: No, about average.

C Hair

blonde fair brown dark black

(or blond)
Common mistakes
Remember that ‘hair’ is uncountable,
e.g. She’s got straight hair. (NOT She’s got
straight hairs.)
Also: She’s got long black hair. (NOT She’s
straight wavy curly got a long black hair.)

D Talking about someone’s appearance

A: What does Sophia’s boyfriend look like? [Can you describe his appearance?]
B: He’s blond, and quite good-looking.
A: Is he tall?
B: Er, tallish [quite tall], but he’s got broad shoulders [wide; opp narrow]. He looks very
athletic [strong, healthy and often good at sports]. I think he does a lot of sport.
A: Is he quite smart [clean, tidy and stylish]?
B: Yeah, he dresses quite well [the clothes he wears are quite nice].

Language help
We can use the suffix -ish at the end of some adjectives to mean ‘quite’, e.g. She’s got longish hair,
and at the end of some numbers to mean ‘more or less’, e.g. He’s twentyish.

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 Exercises

10.1 Complete the sentences.

1 She’s got straight hair .
.2 Isabella is very good- .
3 Beata’s got blonde .
4 Her brother’s got very broad .
5 That’s a nice suit: Jack’s very today.
6 I would say he was medium .
7 Charlotte’s hair is fair but her brother’s is quite .
10.2 Find six more pairs of words in the box. Why are they pairs?

attractive height average good-looking weight narrow roughly

tall curly approximately medium wavy broad weigh
Attractive and good- looking are similar in meaning.

10.3 Complete the dialogues using words that are similar to the underlined words.
1 A: She’s good-looking.
B: Yes, very attractive .
2 A: María José looked beautiful last night.
B: Yes, absolutely .
3 A: Her boyfriend’s quite good-looking.
B: Yes, he is rather .
4 A: Andreas looks very strong and healthy.
B: Yes, I think he’s very .
5 A: That little girl is attractive, isn’t she?
B: Yes, she’s very .
6 A: Ethan’s getting fat.
B: Yes, he is a bit .
7 A: Did you think he was a bit ugly?
B: Yes, he was quite .
8 A: Is she about 25?
B: Yes, .
9 A: He’s just above average height.
B: Yes, he is , isn’t he?

10.4 Over to you

Answer the questions.
1 How tall are you?
2 What’s your hair like?
3 Think about one of your best friends. What does he/she look like?

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11 Describing character
A What are you like?

1
Describe your character
Choose the number that describes you. For example, in the first line
1 = very positive, 3 = not very positive or negative, 5 = very negative.
1 2 3 4 5
I think I’m very positive2. I’m quite a negative person.
I’m usually reliable3. I’m quite unreliable.
I’m quite confident4. I’m quite shy5.
I’m hard-working6. I’m quite lazy.
I have a good sense of humour7. I’m usually quite serious8.
I’m usually quite patient9. I’m quite impatient.
1 2 3 4 5

1
what you are like as a person
2 believe that good things will happen Common mistakes
3 can be trusted to do what people expect you to do
4
A: What’s he like? (NOT How
feeling sure about yourself and your abilities is he like?)
5
not confident, especially about meeting or talking to new people B: He’s very nice. (NOT He’s
6
putting a lot of effort into your work and spending a lot of time on it like very nice.)
7
the ability to laugh and understand when something is funny
8
a serious person is quiet and doesn’t laugh very much
9
able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when things take a lot of time

B Opposites
positive negative
generous [happy to give more money or help than is usual] mean
honest [an honest person tells the truth] dishonest
clever, intelligent [able to learn and understand things quickly] stupid
calm [relaxed and not worried or frightened] nervous, anxious

Language help
We use kind to describe someone who wants to help people a lot, and nice, friendly
or pleasant for someone who is happy to talk to people. The opposites are unkind,
unfriendly and unpleasant.

C Describing a friend
The first thing I would say about my best friend is that she’s very sensible1. I’ve never
known Emilia to do anything silly2, and I know I can always trust3 her. She’s also very
creative4; shemakesthings,andshe’savery talented5 artist. I wish6 I had her talent.
1 5
practical; doesn’t do stupid things has a natural ability
2 6
not sensible, a bit stupid I would like to have her
3
be sure that she is honest talent but I haven’t got it.
4
good at thinking of new ideas
and using her imagination
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 Exercises

11.1 Find five pairs of opposites and put them into the correct columns.

nice mean sensible lazy calm generous

unpleasant hard-working silly nervous

positive negative
nice

11.2 Write the opposites using the correct prefix.

1 un kind 3 pleasant 5 honest
2 friendly 4 patient 6 reliable
11.3 Describe the person in the sentences, in one word.
1 My brother is in the office from 8 am to 6 pm every day. hard-working
2 He has never bought me a drink in ten years.
3 She often promises to do things but sometimes she forgets.
4 My teacher explains things again and never gets angry.
5 Emma finds it difficult to meet people and talk to strangers.
6 Noah is practical and doesn’t do anything stupid.
7 Our teacher is nice, but he’s quiet and he doesn’t laugh a lot.
8 Danya is very relaxed and doesn’t seem to worry about things.
9 My boss is really good at using his imagination to think of new ideas.
10 Ava can play several musical instruments.
11.4 Complete the sentences.
1 My sister can’t wait for anything; she’s so impatient .
2 I get very before exams; I need to try and relax a bit more.
3 I I could paint as well as your brother; he’s so creative.
4 Adeline hasn’t done a thing since she’s been here. Honestly, she’s so .
5 I always have a laugh with my cousin – he’s got a great sense of .
6 My younger sister is able to understand new ideas so quickly; she’s very .
7 If Sarah says she’ll do it, then she’ll do it. I her completely.
8 He’d like to be relaxed and confident, but it’s just not part of his .
9 He failed his exams, but he isn’t . He just didn’t do any work.
10 Aurora helped me bake some cakes last week; she’s very .

11.5 Over to you

Complete the quiz on the opposite page for yourself. From all the words on the opposite
page, which one would you most like to be, and which is the one you would hate to be?
If possible, compare your answers with someone else.

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12 Feelings
A How do you feel?
Language help
We use emotion and feeling(s) for something which someone feels strongly about, e.g. love,
hate or anger. Emotions are part of our character, e.g. Timo is a very emotional person.
[shows his feelings easily] Feeling is often plural, e.g. She doesn’t like talking about her feelings.

I’m very proud1 of my son’s success, but The politicians seem confused3 about what
I’m a bit disappointed2 that the local paper to do, so I’m not hopeful4 that things will
hasn’t shown more interest in the story. improve.
1 feeling good because you (or someone you 3
not able to think clearly or understand something
4
know) has done something well feeling positive about a future situation
2
unhappy because someone or something was
not as good as you hoped. I think Harry ended the relationship
because his girlfriend was getting
We were curious5 to see what all the noise was jealous8, but now he’s quite upset9.
about, but I felt anxious6 when I saw how angry
8
the men were, and really scared7 when they unhappy and angry because someone
started coming towards us. you love seems too interested in another
person
9
5 wanting to know or learn unhappy because something unpleasant
about something has happened
6 Language help
worried
7
afraid; syn frightened
adjective noun adjective noun
proud pride disappointed disappointment
jealous jealousy confused confusion
curious curiosity anxious anxiety

B The effect of the weather on our feelings

Why do people say they feel more cheerful [happy] when the sun shines, and miserable
[unhappy] when it’s raining? Why do some people suffer from SAD (seasonal affective
disorder), which makes them feel depressed [unhappy, often for a long time, and without
hope for the future] during long dark winters? Can the weather really affect our mood
[the way we feel at a particular time], or is it just in our imaginations?

C The effect of colour on our emotions

COLOUR
can have an effect on our mood, but how
do specific colours relate to our emotions?

RED can make us feel energetic1, GREEN is associated with nature and is
but it can also indicate anger2. good for people suffering from stress4.
PINK though, is softer and more about BLUE is relaxing and helps us to be creative5,
maternal love and caring for3 people. but too much dark blue can make us depressed.

1 4
wanting to be busy and doing a lot of things feelings of worry caused by difficult situations
2
being angry such as problems at work
3 5
looking after someone, especially someone young or old good at thinking of new ideas or using our
imagination

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 Exercises

12.1 Cover the opposite page. Complete the tables.

adjective noun adjective noun

angry anger disappointed

jealous curiosity

confused anxious

pride emotion

12.2 Find the best sentence ending on the right for each of the sentence beginnings on the left.
1 He was very anxious when c a he heard his aunt had died.
2 He was very jealous when b his father appeared on TV with the Prime Minister.
3 He was very scared when c his 14-year-old daughter didn’t get home until 2 am.
4 He was very proud when d he saw the man coming towards him with a knife.
5 He was very upset when e he was ill.
6 He was very miserable when f his best friend went out with the girl he really liked.
12.3 Match the words and faces.
anxious 1 scared cheerful upset confused depressed

1 2 3 4 5 6

12.4 Complete the sentences.

1 My aunt had to care for her elderly mother for years.
2 I can’t tell whether Mia is happy or not; she never shows her .
3 I’m much more in the mornings. By the afternoon I feel tired.
4 Weather has a big on the way I feel.
5 He’s been under a lot of recently because of the amount of work he has to do.
6 Oliver’s cheerful one minute and miserable the next; his changes all the time.
7 It’s been a depressing month, but I’m things will get better next month.
8 I don’t like walking home in the dark. I get very .

12.5 Over to you

Answer the questions. If possible, compare your answers with someone else.
1 Does colour or the weather have an effect on your emotions? How?
2 Do you ever suffer from stress? Why?
3 Does your mood change a lot from day to day? Why?
4 Do you feel more energetic at certain times of the day? Why?

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