1. Chapter 14: Какие мы?

2. In this chapter you will learn: - personality traits - what kind of people you like - pronouncing ы at the end of words - discussing people - expressing agreement and disagreement - adverbs derived from adjectives - impersonal constructions - expressing possibility, prohibition, and necessity

3. Новые слова весёлые - (-ая,-ое, -ые) cheerful, good, natured умный - (-ая, -ые) smart, clever характер - personality

4. Practice cheerful; good-natured smart, clever personality

5. Интервью Listen to the interviews and summarize them in English Exercise 14-1, Interview 1 Exercise 14-1, Interview 2

6. Произношение Pronouncing ы at the end of words. Exercise 14-2

7. Лексика и грамматика! Прилагательные. Adjectives. Exercise14-3. активный - activeскучный - boring весёлый - cheerfulсмелый - daring внимательный – attentiveспокойный - calm добрый - kindталантливый - talented интересный - interestingумный - smart серьёзный - seriousчестный - honest сильный - strong

8. Повторение - мать учения! active daring, willing to take risks good-natured, cheerful interesting attentive calm strong serious boring kind

9. Какой он/она человек? Exercise 14-4 Listen, read, and give English equivalents. Exercise 14-5 Choose the statements that apply to you.

10. Adjectives. Прилагательные. Question word: Какой? (Какая? Какое? Какие?) хороший (-ая, -ее, -ие) плохой (-ая, -ое, -ие) нормальный (-ая, -ое, -ые) интересный (-ая, -ое, -ые)

11. Grammar comment 14-1 Adjectives are used to describe nouns. Они хорошие студенты. They are good students. The word good is an adjective and it answers the question “What kind of?” (Какой, Какая, Какое, Какие? in Russian). *Adjectives ALWAYS agree in gender, number, and case with the noun they describe

12. Adverbs. Наречия. Question word: Kaк? хорошо плохо нормально интересно

13. Grammar Comment 14-1 Adverbs are used to describe verbs. Я хорошо говорю по-русски. I speak Russian well The word well is an adverb and it answers the question How? (Как? in Russian)

14. Прилагательные Наречия Прилагательные Какой? хороший плохой нормальный интересный Наречия Как? хорошо плохо нормально интересно

15. You can form adverbs from many adjectives by dropping the adjectival ending (-ый, -ое, -ая, -ые) and replacing it with -o. xорош|ий------хорош------хорошо плох|ой--------плох---------плохо Grammar comment 14-1

16. . When the subject of the sentence is это, always use the adverb in -o as a predicate. Это трудно. That’s hard./That’s difficult. Всё было легко. Everything was easy.

17. Наречия. Adverbs. Exercise 14-6. Form adverbs form the adjectives. Then say them aloud and give English equivalents. Exercise 14-7. Read the sentences and circle the correct word. Explain whether the question is Как? or Какой? (Какая, Какое, Какие?).

18. Review active daring, willing to take risks good-natured, cheerful interesting attentive calm strong serious boring kind

19. Review Make the following adjectives into adverbs: хорошийчестный плохойинтересный трудныйактивный лёгкийсерьёзный весёлый спокойный