9th form

Test nº4 – contents and structure

Text topic – Beauty and body image in the media

(The lexis concerning the topic includes: top models; diets; beauty industry; cosmetics; the promotion of thinness; weight loss; today’s beauty ideal. eating disorders; the promotion of the skinny in women’s magazines, at the cinema and on TV.

A. Comprehension: Equivalents – vocabulary exercise; True/False; Questions on the text.

B. Structure: concessive (despite, in spite of; although / though / even though; If-clauses 2nd type; word formation- formation of adjectives, nouns, verbs. adverbs of manner. (Some suffixes – noun suffixes – ity, ness, ion, ship; adjective suffixes – ful, less; verb suffixes – ize, ate, fy; adverb suffix – ly. Some prefixes: un- dis- im- mis-)

C. Composition. The composition will be based on the students’ personal experience in the topic selected.