1. Unit 1 Star signs
Reading

2. Revision: How many star signs are there?
What are the names of the star signs?

3. Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces

4. Read fast and answer "T" or "F"
Kitty was born on 26th March. She should be kind and wise.
Suzy’s birthday is on 28th April. She should be energetic and active
Simon’s star sign is Leo. This means he is strong and confident.
Sandy’s star sign is Virgo. This means she is probably a careless person.
Daniel was born on 7th October. He should be polite.
Amy’s birthday is on 2nd November. She should be a patient person. F
energetic and active F
hardworking but stubborn at times T F
modest T F
powerful

5. Tasks for the second reading:
Read the passages carefully and say something about star signs.

6. Aries
energetic
active
impatient
selfish
21st Mar-20th Apr

7. Taurus stubborn hard-working patient not give up easily
21st Apr-21st May

8. Gemini curious and clever outgoing feelings change easily love to talk
22nd May-21st Jun

9. Cancer kind love home and family take care of others
save money and cook
22nd Jun-22nd Jul

10. Leo
strong
confident
generous
23rd Jul-22nd Aug

11. Virgo modest worry too much practical pay attention to details
23rd Aug-22nd Sept

12. Libra
Polite and fair
elegant
peaceful
23rd Sept-22nd Oct

13. Scorpio
powerful
energetic
silly
23rd Oct-21st Nov

14. Sagittarius
humorous
enjoy life
lucky
love traveling
22nd Nov-20th Dec

15. Capricorn work hard successful good at making and planning things
patient
21st Dec-20th Jan

16. Aquarius
kind and wise
have many friends
strange
21st Jan-19th Feb

17. Pisces generous kind gentle easy-going creative imaginative
20th Feb-20th Mar

18. Tasks for the third reading:
Find out the meanings of the following adjectives.

19. Match the first parts of the sentences on
the left with the second parts on the right e
1 An energetic person __ a does not easily get angry.
2 An outgoing person b cares only about himself/ herself.
3 A confident person c is friendly and love to meet people.
4 A selfish person ___ d can wait without angry.
5 An easy-going person ___ e has lots of energy.
6 A fair person ___ f wants to know about everything.
7 A patient person ___ g treats everyone equally.
8 A curious person h has a good sense of humorous
9 A humorous person ____ I feels sure about his/ her own ability. c i b a g d f h

20. Tasks for the fourth reading:
Complete Part C2

21. Classmate Birthday Characteristics
Samuel th Apr Some people say Samuel is selfish and (1)_________
at times, but I do not think he is. I think he is kind,
(2)__________ and (3) ________.
Peter th Feb Peter loves dreaming about everything.He is very
(4)________ and (5) ____________. We love being
friends with him,because he is generous, kind, gentle
and (6) ____________.
Katie nd Dec Katie likes telling jokes. She is (7)___________. She
enjoys life and loves (8)__________. She always seems
to be very lucky.
impatient
energetic
active
imaginative
creative
easy-going
humorous
travelling

22. Classmate Birthday Characteristics
Lisa th Jun Lisa likes to (9)_____________ others.
She is kind to everyone. She loves
cooking and sharing food with others.
She also loves (10) _____________.
Suzy th Apr Suzy is a (11)_____________girl and
always does well in exams. She never
(12)__________ easily, but she can be
(13)____________ at times.
Paul th Jan Paul is good at planning things. He works
hard and is often (14)__________. He is also
very (15) ____________.
take care of
saving money
hard-working
gives up
stubborn
successful
patient

23. Describe your own star sign and characteristics

24. My characteristics eg:
energetic easy-going curious outgoing businesslike successful patient active powerful wise modest clever practical gentle generous fair polite elegant confident…
eg:
I am a Libra. I am patient and helpful. I am elegant and fair to everyone…

25. Writing …
…..

26. My characteristics
energetic easy-going curious outgoing businesslike successful patient active powerful wise modest clever practical gentle generous fair polite elegant confident
eg:
I am good at sports. I like playing football very much. I always plan things carefully. My classmates often say I am very patient.Sometimes, I am patient enough to wait for a long time without getting angry.
My star sign is Capricorn. I think my characteristics match what my star signs says about me.

27. Homework
Write a description of your family member’s characteristics.