Ефимова В.А. [email protected]
Английский язык. Упражнения по теме « Similes» с использованием аутентичного аудио материала
Lenka - “Everything at Once”
Составила Ефимова Валентина Анатольевна, учитель иностранных языков,
МОАУ «Лицей №6 города Благовещенска»
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE9tV1WGTgE
Pre- listening
Choose the correct option.
1 | As… as a lion | big | brave | angry |
2 | As… as an owl | silly | wild | wise |
3 | As slow as a … | snail | tortoise | snake |
4 | As busy as a … | bee | ant | fly |
5 | As … as a cucumber | tasty | cold | cool |
6 | As …as an elephant | grey | big | hungry |
7 | As black as … | coal | dirt | a cat |
8 | As green as … | tree | frog | grass |
9 | As … as a beetroot | purple | red | brown |
10 | As … as the sky | blue | green | black |
11 | As sick as a… | dog | cat | mouse |
12 | As free as a …. | wind | insect | bird |
13 | As ….as a peacock | proud | silly | beautiful |
14 | As …as a mule | stubborn | lazy | ugly |
15 | As dry as a … | desert | stone | bone |
16 | As poor as a … | church cat | church mouse | church rat |
17 | As …as the sea | dangerous | blue | deep |
18 | As …as gold | good | bright | precious |
19 | As old as the … | hills | world | earth |
20 | As flat as a … | plate | pancake | cake |
Keys: 1 - b; 2 - c; 3 – a; 4 – a; 5 – c; 6 – b; 7 – a; 8 – c; 9 – b; 10 – a;
11- a; 12- c; 13 – a; 14 – a; 15 – c; 16 – b; 17 – c; 18 – a; 19 – a; 20 – b.
Make your own sentences with the similes above.
Example:
- My granny knows a lot of thing, she always give good advice. She is as wise as an owl.
- My friend always wants to do things his own way. He never listens to other people’s opinion. He is as stubborn as a mule
Listnening
Fill in the gaps : hare, ox, bird, house, bear, fox, tiger, mouse, word. One word is extra.
As sly as________, as strong as _______
As fast as ________, as brave as _______
As free as________, as neat as ________
As quiet as_________, as big as _________
All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
Fill in the gaps : deep, long, right, ugly, mean, sweet, dark , sharp, short. One word is extra.
As _______as a wolf, as ______as a tooth
As _______ as a bite, as______ __as the night
As _______ as a song, as______ as a wrong
As________ as a road, as_______ as a toad
As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture
Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be
Bright as day, as light as play
As hard as nails, as grand as a whale
All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
Fill in the gaps: the sun, salt, ice, fun, sugar, fire, a tree. One is extra
As warm as_______, as silly as_____
As cool as _____, as scary as the sea
As hot as_____, cold as______
Sweet as _____and everything nice
Fill in the gaps: royal, straight, stubborn, stealth, buzzed, old, pure, smooth. One is extra
As ________as time, as _________as a line
As________ as a queen, as_______ as a bee
___________as a tiger, ____________as a glider
___________as a melody, pure as I wanna be
All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything at once
Listen and check the words.
Everything at Once – Lenka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE9tV1WGTgE
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