Questionnaire

Module A

Unit I. Questionnaire.

I. Pre-reading activities.

1. Read the following words. Find their meanings in the dictionary:

Questionnaire, christian, patronymic, marital, status, sign, occupation, favourite, language, dislike, personality, surname.

[,kwest∫ә′nɛә], [′krist∫әn], [,pætrә′nimik], [′mæritl], [′steitәs], [siŋ],

[,ɔkjә′pei∫n], [′feivәrit], [læŋɡwidʒ], [di′slaik], [,pә:sә′nælәti], [′s3:neim]

2. Match the following words with their definitions:

II. Reading activities.

Fill in the questionnaire giving some brief details about your background and interests.

Questionnaire

1. Surname (family name) ………………………….…..

2. Name (Christian name, given name, first name) …….

3. Patronymic ……………………………….………......

4. Address ………………………………….……….…..

5. Telephone number ……………………………….…..

6. Age ……………………………………………….......

7. Marital status (single, married, divorced) ………..…..

8. Nationality ……………………………………….…..

9. Sign of zodiac …………………………………..……

a. 21 January-19 February- Aquarius- the Water Carrier

b. 20 February-20 March- Pisces- the Fishes

c. 21 March-20 April- Aries- the Ram

d. 21 April-20 May- Taurus- the Bull

e. 21 May- 20 June- Gemini- the Twins

f. 21 June-20 July- Cancer- the Crab

g. 21 July-19/22 August- Leo- the Lion

h. 20/23 August-22 September- Virgo- the Virgin

i. 23 September-21 October- Libra- the Scales

j. 23 October-21 November- Scorpio- the Scorpion

k. 22 November-20 December- Sagittarius- the Archer

l. 21 December-20 January- Capricorn- the Goat

10. Occupation (place of study, work)……………….…

11. Languages spoken (native, foreign)…………….…..

12. Favourite drinks:

a. Softdrinks: mineral water; coffee; Coca-Cola; juice; stewed fruit; Pepsi-Cola.

b. Strong drinks: wine; whiskey; vodka; cognac; liqueur; beer; champagne

13. Favourite food:

a. Fried beef, pork, chicken;

b. Sausage; cutlet; aspic; stuffed cabbage rolls;

c. Fish; vegetables, pizza, chips; pancakes; meat;

d. Dumplings; biscuit; pie;

e. Chocolate; sweets; cake.

14. Favourite:

a. sport: football; basketball, tennis, wrestling, swimming; skiing, skating, boxing, ice-hockey, fencing, track and field athletics, figure-skating.

b. books: detective, love stories, fantastic, adventure, history.

c. music: classic, jazz, pop, folk, country.

d. films: detective, western, comedy, musical, thriller, horror, cartoon.

e. TV programme: news, talk-show, quiz-show, sport, musical, soap opera.

f. flowers: carnation, jasmine, lily of the valley, rose, daffodil, peony, lilac, violet, camomile, tulip, chrysanthemum,.

g. colour: white, black, grey, green, red, yellow, pink, coral, apricot, blue, khaki, ashy, claret, marine blue.

15. Likes: to watch TV (videos), to listen to music, to play musical instruments, to go in for sports, to play computer games, to go shopping, to read books, to go to the disco.

16. Dislikes: to do homework, to wash up, to do the room (ironing, sweeping the floor), to work in the garden.

17. Personality: