ANSWER KEY
GROUP I – COMPREHENSION
1.1. a2 b3 c1 d4 e5
1.2. dress – wear adore – worship denuded – bared
fits – suits symbols – icons
1.3. a) famous people b) celebs c) Britney Spears
d) Paris Hilton e) pop icons (Avril Lavigne/Shakira)
f) the reader g) expensive clothes
1.4. a) Teens are usually influenced by celebs in many aspects of their lives: their lifestyle, their clothes, their look, their professions, their general appearance, their personalities, their popularity, etc.
b) Teens like imitating famous people because they believe that they will also become famous and successful, if they imitate their look, dressing and behaving like them.
c) They became famous because they were talented, not because they showed their bellies or copied the style and the look of somewhere else.
d) Yes. As a matter of fact, money can be a problem, as some of those cool clothes are usually very expensive, too.
1.5. a) Teens think that being like their famous stars… THEY WILL BE RICH, FAMOUS AND SUCCESSFUL LIKE THEM IN THE FUTURE.
b) If teens wnnt to feel good and successful, they… MUST BE THEMSELVES, ACCEPT THE WAY THEY ARE AND LOOK AND INVEST IN THEIR CAPACITIES.
c) Cool clothes can be… VERY EXPENSIVE
GROUP II – GRAMMAR (LANGUAGE USAGE)
1. a) frequency b) manner c) place
d) manner e) time f) frequency
1.1. a) She usually goes shopping every month for clothes.
She usually goes shopping for clothes every month
b) They want to sit peacefully in the café.
c) Have you ever met him well?
d) We must always finish the shopping quickly
We always must finish the shopping quickly.
2. a) better than
b) the most beautiful
c) prettier than
d) nicer
e) the worst
f) the cheapest
3. a) advertising/advertisement b) unemployment
c) elegance d) designer
e) promotion, promoter f) marketing, marketer
g) disagreement h) irresponsibility
GROUP III – PRODUCTION
(The students should build the same composition, as homework, bearing in mind some of the corrections suggested by the teacher)
