- •Unit 3. Lifestyle: Leisure for pleasure
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Look at the following list of hobbies and leisure activities. Arrange them in order of their popularity with your classmates. Work in small groups.
- •3. Give personal information.
- •4. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions below.
- •5. Express your agreement or disagreement with the following quotes.
- •6. Read and choose the correct alternatives in the sentences below.
- •7. Add the adjectives in task 6 to the table below. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •8. Work with a partner. Choose the correct form.
- •9. Match a question in column a with an answer in column b.
- •10. Match a line in a with a line in b.
- •11. Use the words in the list below to express your preferences.
- •12. Give reasons why you enjoy doing something.
- •Vocabulary
- •13. Translate the derivatives; say to what part of speech they belong.
- •14. Choose the corresponding English word.
- •15. Match the parts of speech (a–d) with the lists of typical suffixes (1–4).
- •16. Match the words/phrases of similar meaning.
- •17. Match the words to their opposites.
- •18. Express the following in one word.
- •19. Find the odd word out.
- •20. Translate the sentences paying attention to the words in bold.
- •21. Read and translate the sentences.
- •22. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.
- •23. Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box.
- •24. Match the sentence beginnings (a-g) with their endings (1-7).
- •25. Complete the paragraph with the prepositions from the box.
- •26. Work with a partner. Discuss the following question:
- •Fill Your Free Time with fulfilling activities
- •27. Are these statements true or false?
- •28. Complete the paragraph using the words from the box.
- •29. Read the article and do the task after it. How to Start the Active Leisure Habit
- •31. Complete the following table.
- •Positive form — Irregular verbs
- •37. Find the word that doesn’t belong to each list. Give the Present Tense form of the verbs.
- •38. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in the Past Simple Tense.
- •Negative form
- •39. Make the following sentences negative.
- •40. Complete the sentences. Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.
- •41. Rewrite each sentence as positive, negative or a general question, according to the instructions.
- •42. Ask questions about the information in italics.
- •48. Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss the questions.
- •50. Explain the meaning of the following words and collocations.
- •51. Express the following in one word.
- •52. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.
- •53. Study the following dialogues. The first one is between Mrs Smith and her younger son John. The second is between Mrs Smith and a shop assistant.
- •54. Express your agreement or disagreement with the following quotes.
- •55. Discuss the following in small groups.
- •Self-study materials
- •Verb to be (the Present Simple Tense) Positive and Negative Forms
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Subject Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- •Telling time
- •The clock
- •Adverbs of frequency
- •To have got
- •Illness
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •There is/are Positive sentence
- •Negative sentence
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •The Past Simple Tense Positive form — Regular verbs
- •The -ed ending has three pronunciations:
- •Positive form — Irregular verbs
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Special questions
- •The Future Simple Tense
- •In (the near) future
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •General questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •There is/are in the Future Simple Tense
Alternative questions
Is there a newspaper or a magazine on the table? — A magazine.
Are there good films on TV tonight or tomorrow? — Tonight.
Exercise 30. Ask alternative questions with the following words. Give answers.
Example: A film / a concert / at the club tonight? — Is there a film or a concert at the club tonight? — There’s a concert at the club tonight.
Tea / coffee / in the pot?
Any interesting sights / in the city centre / on the outskirts?
Chairs / armchairs / in the sitting room?
Photos / posters / on the walls in her room?
A football match / a hockey match / on TV this weekend?
Books / on the shelves / on the table?
Special questions
What |
is |
there |
in your bag? — Two books and a pencil. |
How many girls |
are |
in your group? — Only three. | |
How much furniture |
is |
in your flat? — Not much. | |
What kind of (books) |
are |
in the library? — On different subjects. |
NOTE: You can’t ask Where is/are there...?
There’s always a lot of traffic in the centre.
Where is always much traffic? — In the centre.
Exercise 31. Complete the sentences.
Example: How much money is there on you? — Only 10$.
How many people are there at your party? — Twelve.
What is there on the chair? — My clothes.
___ ___ dollars ___ ___ in your wallet? — 25$.
___ ___ ___ on the floor? — My shoe.
___ ___ furniture ___ ___ in your flat? — Not much.
___ ___ ___ in your pencil case? — Some colour pencils and a pen.
___ ___ apple trees ___ ___ in your garden?
___ ___ money ___ ___ in his bank account? — Quite a lot, I think.
Exercise 32. Ask general questions and “How much / many ...” questions. Give short negative answers.
Example: books on the shelf? — Are there any books on the shelf?
— How many books are there on the shelf? — There aren’t any.
letters for me?
money on you?
restaurants in the park?
clothes in the wardrobe?
people in the street?
butter in the fridge?
furniture in the room?
supermarkets on the outskirts?
Exercise 33. Ask questions about the information in italics.
Example: There are some good hotels in London. — What kind of hotels are there in London?
There are two armchairs in the room. Where are the armchairs?
Yes, there are some very cheap restaurants in Soho in London.
There’s a telephone near here.
There are a lot of beautiful parks in Moscow.
There’s a bottle of sparkling water in the fridge.
No, there aren’t many high buildings in my home town.
There’s a man at the door.
There are only four major TV channels in Britain.
Exercise 34. Put in there or it.
Remember: There’s a train at 9.30. It’s a fast train. (It = the 9.30 train)
There’s a lot of sugar in this cake. It’s too sweet. (It = this cake)
1. — ___ (a) is a good programme on TV tonight. ___ (b) is about computers.
— I’m not interested in computers. Is ___ (c) a long programme?
— No, only half an hour. Why?
— Because ___ (b) is another programme I want to watch at 10.30.
2. — Excuse me, is ___ (a) a bank near here?
— Yes, ___ (b) is one on the corner of Broad Street.
— Is ___ (c) open at lunchtime?
— Yes, I think so.
3. — This is a new Chinese restaurant.
— Is ___ (a) expensive?
— I don’t think so. Look, ___ (b) is an empty table. Let’s go in.