Unit 3 Hobbies, Leisure and Entertainment: A. Grammar & Vocabulary Exercise 1: Match The Activities With The Pictures

   

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Unit 3 HOBBIES, LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT A. Gram Gramma marr & Vocabu Vocabula lary ry Exercise 1: Match the activities with the pictures.

 badminton gymnastics taekwondo

cycling

skiing

football golf

hockey

fishing athletics karate

 

1 tennis

5 badminton

5 sailing

2 volleyball

6 swimming

volleyball

swimming canoeing

tennis horse riding

boxing chess

hiking judo

table tennis

sailing

3 basketball

7 skiing

4 football

8 cycling

6 hiking

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golf

finish

horse riding cycling

badminton

hockey judo

football

table tennis boxing

taekwondo

tennis

skiing

canoing karate

volleyball

sailling

gymnastics

athetics

hiking swimming

chess

Play

Do

Go

tennis

karate

horse riding

chess

judo

swimming

voleyball

boxing

skiing

football

gymnastics

cycling

 badminton

taekwondo

sailing

hockey

atheletics

hiking

table tennis

canoeing

golf

finish

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the box.

Beats

catch

hit

kicking

lose

play

scores

throwing

win

1. I’m playing in a tennis tournament tomorrow. I hope I win some of my matches. 2. Our school football team is not doing well this term. Every team we play against beats us. 3. I really want to learn how to play baseball but it’s not a popular sport in Britain. 4. It is quite difficult to learn how to hit the ball with the racket when you start playing tennis. 5. When next time.you lose a sports match, it’s important to learn from your mistakes and do better 6. In rugby, players usually pass the ball to each other by throwing it. 7. In football, players cannot hold the ball – they must move it by kicking it with their feet. 8. In baseball, players wear a special glove on their hand to help them catch the ball. 9. In football and handball, the team that scores the most goals is the winner.

Exercise 4: Read the sentences and choose the correct answers.

a favorite/ good/ popular    sport in several countries around the world, including 1. Cricket is a favorite India and Britain.

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cricket group/ set/ team . 2. There are 11 people in a cricket group/ 3. You play the sport by hitting   / kicking/ kicking / throwing thro wing a hard red ball with a bat.

cricket goal/ match / poi p oint nt.. 4. It can take five days to complete a cricket goal/ 5. People often put/ often put/ use/ wear    white clothes to play cricket. Exercise 5: Find and highlight the odd word out in each group. 1. sailing swimming tennis windsurfing 2. football rugby cricket athletics 3. catching hit kick racket 4. matching judo tournament game 5. boxing snowboarding skiing ice satking 6. ball winner bat racket   Exercise 6: Complete the table with the third person present simple and -ing  forms  forms of the verbs. Verb

Third person spresent simple

-ing form

snow

snows

snowing

fix

fixes

fixing

get

gets

getting

stop

stops

stopping

wash

washes

Washing

make

makes

making

 buy

buys

buying

copy

copies

copying

travel

travels

travelling

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Exercise 7: Match the sentence halves .

1. My mun’s working

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at the weekend?

2. I often go to the cinema

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a volcano with my uncle.

4. What does your brother 

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in Italy at the moment.

5. In this photo, I’m climbing

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like doing in his free time?

6. What do you usually do

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 because I’m watching TV.

7. Why isn’t Sam

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on a Saturday evening.

3. I can’t speak to you right now

eating his sandwich?

Exercise 8: Read the sentences and choose the correct answers.

 how to play tennis, but I’d like to learn. 1. 1. I  I don’t know know / I’m not knowing  how remember   / I’m not remembering  your  your name. 2. I’m very sorry, I can’t remember  3. Can you help me with my homework? I don’t understand  understand   / I’m not understanding  this  this  problem.  a great time on holiday. Look at these pictures on his blog! 4. John has/ is having  a 5. I’m afraid you can’t borrow that book. It belongs/ It is belonging to my sister and she reads/ is reading  it  it at the moment.  I don’t want to / I’m not wanting to go out tonight. I’m too tired! 6. 6. I 7. My brother has / is having so many hobbies! At the moment, he takes/ is taking  photos  photos in the garden.  / isn’t hearing  you  you at the moment. She has/ is having  a  a shower.  8. Sue can’t hear  Exercise 9: Complete the email with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

Hi William, I am having (have) a great time here in Leeds. The city is really big and has (have) so many interesting places to visit. I am enjoying (enjoy) my course so far and I really like (like) my classmates. I am staying (stay) in one of halls of residence this year, but next year I may move into an apartment with some friends. I have got (have got) a job in a local restaurant so I can earn some extra money. I work (work) there three evenings a week from 7:00 p p.m. .m. until midnight. It’s fine, but at the moment I am looking (look) for another job. I want (want)one that finishes (finish) a bit earlier because I need more sleep ! SELF STUDY

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Write soon with your news, Katy Exercise 10: Match the questions with the short answers.

1. Is that your brother playing tennis over there?

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Yes, he is.

2. Do you always get up early?

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Yes, I do.

3. Are your parents staying in a hotel?

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Yes, it is.

4. Are you making chocolate cake?

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 No, I’m not.

5. Is your brother having a good time in Iceland?

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 No, we don’t.

6. Do you and your parents always eat together? 7. Am I wearing your gold necklace? 8. Do any your school friends do Taekwondo?

 No, they don’t.

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Yes, you are. Yes, they are.

B. Lang Languag uagee Build Builder er Exercise 1: Match the words with the pictures. Use the words in the box.

 bag

1. bottle

bottle

bowl

2. cup

can

cup

3. glass

glass

plate

4. can

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5. bowl

6. plate

7. bag

Exercise 2: Label the pictures. Choose the correct labels .

1. chips/ pasta/ rice rice  

 /lemon/orange   2. apple /lemon/orange

4. fish / meat/ sausage  sausage  5. butter/ cheese/ egg  

7. burger/ chicken / steak   8. butter   / cream/ milk  

sauce  10. ice / ice cream / sauce 

3. biscuit/ bread/ cake

6. garlic/ onion / pepper 

9. pepper/ salt/ sugar 

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Exercise 3: Match the words with the definitions. 1. breakfast 2. omelet 3. picnic 4. cereal 5. sandwich 6. dinner  7. hungry

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People eat this meal outside in good weather. How you feel when you want to eat. This is the first meal of the day. This is the last meal of the day. This is two pieces of bread with something in the middle. People eat this with milk or yoghurt in the morning People make this meal with eggs.

Exercise 4: Match the questions with the answers. 1. How can I help you?

I I’d like a cup of coffee, please.

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2. Have you got any biscuits?

g lass of milk? 3. Would you like a glass 4. Could I have bowl of soup? 5. Can I also have a sweet? 6. How much is that, please? 7. Can I pay by card? 

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Yes, certainly. Onion or Tomato? Yes, please. That’s twenty pounds. Yes, we have ice cream or cake.  No, sorry, we haven’t.  No, sorry. Our machine is broken.

Exercise 5: Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences. 1. Bottle  

please

of

water,

can

a

have

?

Can I have a bottle of water, please?

2. You

 

I

got

have

any

sandwiches

?

 Have you got any sandwiches?

3. Cola,

please

have

I

a

could

glass

of

?

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Could I have a glass of cola, please? 4. With

milk

of

cup

you

a

5. Omelet like and onion with  I’d like an omelette with cheese and onion. 6. Of

a

bowl

I also

can

I’d

have

an

cheese

.

with yoghurt

cereal

?

chips

is

steak

much

the

how

?

 How much is the steak and chips?

8. Chocolate  

?

Can I also have a bowl of cereal with yoghurt.

7. And  

coffee

Would you like a cup of coffee with milk?

 

 

like

ice

any

got

cream

have

you

?

 Have you got any chocolate ice cream?

Exercise 6: Choose the correct answers to the questions. Sometimes both answers are correct. 1. A: Would you like milk and sugar? B:

●Yes, please.

● No, Thank you.

2. A: Can I have a slice of lemon cake? B:

○Yes, we have.

●Yes, of course.

3. A: Have you got any chips? B:

○ No, you haven’t.

●Yes, we have.

4. A: What would you like for dessert? B:

●A bowl of ice cream.

●Some chocolate cake.

5. A: Could I have a cola, please? B:

●In a can?  ○In a bowl?

6. A: Can I pay by card? B:

●Yes, no problem. ● No, we only take cash. SELF STUDY

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C. Reading & Writing Exercise 1: Match the words with the pictures. Use the words in the box.

cook okin ing g 1. co

2. cycling 

4. playing football 

5. taking photographs

7. reading books 

8. swimming

3. playing computer games

 6. watching films

Exercise 2: Read the information about college clubs. Then complete the exercise. A Computer game club

Do you love playing computer games? The computer club meets every Monday and Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in the small hall. Bring your laptop and games and come and join other computer game fans. We play a lot of different games, but sports and driving games are very popular with

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our members. Once a year, we have a 24-hour games meeting, for the biggest fans of computer games. B Book club

If you love reading books, come to our book club. We meet on the last Thursday of every month  between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the college café to have coffee and cakes and talk about the  book that our members chose to read in the last meeting. We read many different types of book, from books on history to ghost stories, and we are always happy to try reading something new. We have many new members this year, so it is a good chance to make new friends who also enjoy reading. C Photography club

Come to our photography club to find out everything you need to know about taking fantastic  photographs. In the photography club, you will learn how to use your camera in different ways to take amazing pictures. We meet every week at 3:00 p.m. in the college library, but we often go out to different parts of the city to take photos. We hold a popular photography competition every year and put up the best pictures in the library. D Cooking club

The cooking club is always popular with students at the college. We meet once a month in the college kitchen near the big hall and cook dishes from different countries in every meeting. In the last meeting we cooked an Italian pasta dish, and next we will cook a traditional Indian curry. Afterwards, we sit down and enjoy the food together. Please see the cooking club poster to find out what food to bring. Match the information with the clubs. Read about the college clubs on the first screen again to help you.

1. This club meets once in a week. 2. This club meets in a café 3. People need to bring food to this club.

A

B

C

D

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Exercise 3: Read the letter from Rachel to her penfriend Susie. Then complete the exercise. the letter. Write one word only in each gap.

Dear Susie, Thank you for your letter. I’m writing to tell you about the sports I enjoy doing. I like playing tennis and swimming, but my favorite sport is cycling. I got my first bike when I was 8, and I started cycling to school with my sister, Helen, when I was 12. Now my sister goes to a different school, so I ride ride to school with my fr friend iend Laura. At the weekend, I often go cycling in the countryside with my parents and Helen. We cycle all day and take a picnic for lunch. We go cycling in winter and summer, but I prefer cycling in winter because the countryside looks pretty. I like taking photos on my phone of the trees and animals. I also go on cycling holidays with my family. We usually go to the north of England, but last summer, we went to the mountains in the south of Spain. We all enjoyed cycling in the day and going to restaurants in the evenings. It was sometimes difficult to cycle in Spain. It was not difficult to cycle in the mountains because we had mountain bikes, but the weather was very hot, so we got quite tired. I would like to go cycling in Spain again next summer, but my  parents want to go cycling in Scotland. I also cycle for my school team. My friend Laura joined the team two years ago, and I joined last year. We race against cyclists from other schools. Last year, I won second prize in the 10 km race. I was really happy, but next year I will try to win first prize. In your next letter, please tell me about the sports you like. What is your favorite sport? Are you in a team? Hope to hear from you soon. Best wishes, Rachel Complete the sentences with words from 1.

Rachel favorite sport is cycling.

2.

She got her first bike when she was 8.

3.

She often goes cycling with her parents at the weekend.

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5.

It was sometimes difficult to cycle in Spain because it was hot.

6.

She is on the cycling team at school.

7.

Rachel would like to know about the sport Susie likes.

8.

She would also like to know if Susie is in a team.

Exercise 4: Read the letter from Rachel to Susie again. Then Choose the correct answers. whe n she was 8/ 12 . 1. Rachel started riding her bike to school when 2.  Now Rachel cycles to school with Helen/ with Helen/ Laura .

in summer/ winter   . 3. Rachel prefers cycling in summer/ 4. Last year Rachel and her family went to England/ to England/ Spain  to go cycling.

  to restaurants in the evenings in Spain. 5. Rachel and her family enjoyed cycling/ going  6.  Next year, Rachel’s parents want to go to Spain/ Scotland to go cycling. 7. Rachel joined the school cycling team one year ago / two tw o years ye ars ago a go..

won first prize/ sec second ond prize pr ize in the 10 km race. 8. Rachel won first Exercise 5: Read an article about a teenager’s hobby. Then choose the correct answer, True or False.

Adam Jones has an unusual hobby for a 15-year-old boy. Most of his friends like to spend their time playing sports like football and basketball or playing computer games, but Adam  prefers to cook. Adam first became interested in food from watching cookery programs on television, but he learned how to cook from his father who was a chef in a local Italian restaurant resta urant.. His father says that Adam is now the best cook in the family. In the past, Adam’ Adam’ss father did all the cooking for the family, but now Adam cooks most of the family meals. His  parents love Adam’s cooking, and even his younger sister Sarah eats most of the food he cooks. Adam likes cooking food from all over the world, but especially Italian, Indian and Thai food. Last year, he went on holiday to India and Thailand with his family, and he enjoyed trying all of the different dishes. Next year, he is going to travel to China and learn how to cook Chinese food. Adam also likes computers and has his own website called ‘Cook with Adam’. He first made the website as part of a school project, but now he uses it to tell people about his cooking and to teach young people how to cook. It has easy food recipes, photos of his food and videos to show people how to cook his favorite meals. The website is very popular with young people, and Adam hopes that it will make them more interested in learning to cook. His father now has his own restaurant, and Adam has a part-time job as a chef there. When people go to the restaurant, they are often surprised that the chef is so young. Adam’s father is happy for him to work there, but only at the weekends because he doesn’t want him to be too tired for  school. Adam recently won the first prize in a cooking competition for young people in the UK. He made a chicken curry with rice and vegetables and a chocolate and raspberry dessert. He was very surprised to be in the final part of the competition, and he couldn’t believe it when he SELF STUDY

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won first prize. He won £500 and a cooking lesson with a famous TV chef. Adam’s whole fami family ly were were very very happy happy that that he won the the compe competi titi tion, on, es espe peci cial ally ly hi hiss fa fath ther er.. Afte Afterr th thee competition, he appeared on a television news show and a cookery show. In the future, Adam wants to move to London and work as a chef at a top restaurant. He would also like to have his own cookery show on TV and to travel around the world and learn how to cook food from many different countries.

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6. Adam made his website for school project. 7. Adam’s father allow him to work at the restaurant on any a ny night of the week  8. Adam now has his own cookery show on television. Exercise 6: Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. I really enjoy doing/ making/ taking    photos with my new camera.

  football when I was 8 years old. 2. I started doing/ taking/ playing  p layy swimming once a week. 3. I do/ go / pla 4. My older brother does/ takes/ plays  a lot of computer games. 5. Every weekend I play/ I play/ take/ watch  TV with my family. 6. My sister makes/ takes/ reads  a lot of books. 7. I often go/ often go/ ride / pla playy my bike to college.

pl ays// takes tak es really good Italian food. 8. My father likes cooking and makes / plays Exercise 7: Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences from a letter.

1. You  Thank

2. Sport

your

for

letter

thank

.

you for your letter. about

favorite

you

tell

my

I’m

writing

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to  I’m

. writing to tell you about my favorite sport.

3. Sport  My  My

is

swimming

my

favorite

.

favorite sport is swimming. swimming.

4. Was

8

I first

started

swimming

when

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 I first started swimming swimming when I was 8.  5. Swimming

go

weekend

at

I often

the

.

at

on

the

 I often go swimming at the weekend. 6. I

school

my

am

writing

team

.  I am on the swimming team at my school. 7. Competition

last

in

a

prize

second

won

year, I

.  Last year, I won a second prize in a competition. 8. To

soon

hope

hear

you

from

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 Hope to hear from you soon. Exercise 8: Complete Susie’s reply to Rachel’s letter. Use the adjectives from the box.

 big

difficult

exciting

fun

happy

healthy

tired

Dear Rachel, Thank you for your letter. I also enjoy sports. I like playing basketball and swimming, but my favorite sport is football. I like football, because it is an exciting game, and it is a good g ood way to stay healthy. I started playing football when I was 9. In the summer, I often go to a football summer camp. The summer camp is in the countryside, about two hours from my city, Los Angeles. It is near a big forest. We do football training in the mornings and play matches in the evenings. In the afternoons, we do other sports like swimming, walking and cycling. We work hard, but we have a lot of fun too. I also play for a football team. I joined the school team when I was 1 12. 2. We do football training SELF STUDY

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twice a week, and we usually play a match on Saturdays with other school teams. I always feel tired after matches, so I go to bed early! Sometimes we play on the football field at our school, and sometimes we travel to other schools by bus and play there. Every year, our school enters a football competition with schools all over California. Last year, our team won the competition, so we were all really happy, and we had a special dinner at a restaurant to celebrate. Next year, I want to join another girl’s football team in Los Angeles. It is a strong team with lots of good players, so it’s difficult to get onto the team. I need to do a lot of training this summer! Hope to hear from you soon! Best whishes, Susie

Exercise 9: Read part of the letter. Then match the information with paragraph A or B.

A Thank you for your you r letter. I also enjoy sports. I like playing basketball and swimming, but my favorite sport is football. I like football, because it is an exciting game, and it is a good way to stay healthy. I started playing football when I was 9. In the summer, I often go to a football summer camp. The summer camp is in the countryside, about two hours from my city, Los Angeles. It is near a big forest. We do football training in the mornings and play matches in the evenings. In the afternoons, we do other sports like swimming, walking and cycling. We work hard, but we have a lot of fun too. B I also play for a football team. I joined the school team when I was 12. We do football training twice a week, and we usually play a match on Saturdays with other school teams. I always feel tired after matches, so I go to bed early! Sometimes we play on the football field at our school, and sometimes we travel to other schools by bus and play there. Every year, our school enters a football competition with schools all over California. Last year, our team won the competition, so we were all really happy, and we had a special dinner at a restaurant to celebrate. Next year, I want to join another girl’s football team in Los Angeles. It is a strong team with lots of good players, so it’s difficult to get onto on to the team. I need to do a lot of training this summer!

1. When Susie started playing football 2. When Susie joined the school football team

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3. Information about a football summer camp 4. How Susie usually feel after playing football matches 5. Information about a football competition

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6. How often Susie plays football 7. Why Susie like football 8. What Susie wants to do next year D.

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Listening & Speaking

Exercise 1: Match the statements with the pictures. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

They’re playing basketball in the park. They’re cycling in the country. We’re doing karate. We’re shopping in the supermarket. We’re canoeing on the river. They’re sailing on the sea.  He’s skiing in the mountain. She’s cooking in the kitchen. They’re hiking in the mountains.

1. We’re shopping in the supermarket.

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2. They’r They’ree cycli cycling ng in the co count untry ry..

3. They’re hiking in the mountain.

  4. They’re playing basketball in the park .

  5. They’re sailing on the sea .

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6.  She’s cooking cooking in the kitchen.

  7. We’re We’re cano canoei eing ng on on the the rive river  r .

  8. He’s He’s sskii kiing ng in in the the mounta mountain in.

  9. We’re doing karate. Exercise 2: Listen to a phone call between Peter and his sister Susan. Choose the correct answers. (   Track 3.1)  SELF STUDY

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1.

Peter and his friend are staying at

4. Peter says he’s tired because

●a guest house.

○he’s doing too many activities.

○a hotel. 

● he’s not really fit.

○the activity center.

○ he’s not sleeping enough.

2.

Peter says the food’s

5. The activity center is close to

○ great.

○a big river.

● not very good.

●a lake.

○very good.

○ the sea.

3.

At the moment Peter is

 ○cooking. 

6. Peter and his friend are not going cycling

 because

○hiking.

●They can do it at home.

● resting.

○They don’t have mountain bikes. ○They don’t like it.

Exercise 3: Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. The guest house is  / is being fantastic.

2. I have/  hav ing a wonderful time this afternoon.  ’m having 3. This week, we get up/ ‘re getting getti ng up early every day. 4. At the moment she rest/ ‘s rest r esting ing . 5. John and Steven swim/ Steven swim/ are swimm sw imming ing this morning. 6. What do you do/ are you doin d oing g this week? 7. I study /’m studying stud ying every evening.

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 bowling

judo skiing

karate basketball

fishing tennis

canoeing football

chess

athletics

gymnastics

play

do

go

tennis

gymnastics

canoeing

chess

judo

skiing

 basketball

athletics

bowling

football

karate

fishing

Exercise 5. Listen and complete the conversations. 1. (   Track 3.2) A: Can I have a cup of tea, please? B: With milk and sugar? A: Yes, please. 2. (   Track 3.3) A: Can I help you? B: Yes. Can I have a glass of cola, please? A: Yes, with ice ? B: No, thanks. 3. (   Track 3.4) A: Could I have a bowl of rice with egg, please? B: Yes, certainly. Would you like a drink with that? A: Yes, a bottle of lemonade, please. 4. 4. (   (   Track 3.5) A: How can I help you? B: I’d like a sandwich, please. A: With cheese, egg or meet ? B: With cheese, please. Exercise 5. Listen to someone ordering food in a cafeteria. Choose the correct answers. (   Track 3.6) SELF STUDY

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m ilk/ sugar sug ar.. 1. The customer would like to drink tea with lemon / milk/ 2. The customer chooses carrot   / chocola c hocolate/ te/ lemon le mon cake.

 . 3. The customer’s son would like to drink a bottle of cola/ glass of fruit juice/  glass of water  water  of  fish/ onion / toma to mato to soup. 4. The customer’s son would like to start his meal with a bowl of fish/ 5. The customer’s son would also like to eat burger   / chili c hili// fi fish sh and chips 6. The two orders cost £18.15 / £18.5 £1 8.50/ 0/ £20 £ 20 Exercise 6: Choose two of the pictures A–D to describe. Say how you feel about the activities in the pictures. Spend a few minutes thinking about what to say. Useful language:  In picture A (B, C, D) …  I can see …  I think … There is / are … The activity looks … Picture A

Picture B

Picture C

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LISTENING SCRIPT Exercise 2 Susan: Hi Peter! Peter: Hi Susan! How are you? Susan: I’m fine, thanks. And how are you? How’s your holiday? Peter: It’s fantastic. I’m having a wonderful time! I’m staying with my friends at a guest house – it’s

close to the activity center and it’s cheaper than a hotel. It’s comfortable, but the food’s not very good! But the staff are very friendly! Susan: And what about the activities? Peter: Every morning, we get up early and we usually go to the center. John and Steven are there now.

They’re swimming. And Martin’s in the kitchen, having fun, cooking with the chef, they’re preparing a  picnic because we’re going going hiking later. At the the moment I’m resting because I’m ex exhausted. hausted. Susan: Why are you so tired? Peter: There are so many activities and I’m doing lots of them, I’m sleeping ten hours a night but the

activities are hard work and I’m not really fit! I’m sailing, I’m canoeing … Susan: So the center is close to the sea? Peter: It’s not close to the sea, but there’s a lake nearby, where we go sailing and canoeing, and there’s a

 big river about twenty twenty kilometers away where where we go white water rafting rafting.. Susan: White water rafting! Are you going white water rafting? Peter: Well, we’ve been once. It’s scary, but we enjoyed it. We’re going again tomorrow. Susan: And what other things are there? Peter: There’s cycling too, but we’re not going cycling; we like it, but we can do it at home. But there’s

mountain climbing and we definitely want to do that. Susan: Isn’t that dangerous? Peter: Yes, but the guides look after us really well. And what are you doing, Susan? Susan: I’m studying as usual, and this afternoon I’m going shopping with Mary and Patricia.

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 PRE IELTS Peter: Shopping!?! That’s so boring … Susan: Maybe for you, but I love it …

Exercise 5 Assistant: Good morning. How can I help you? Customer: I’d like a cup of tea, please. Assistant: Would you like it with milk and sugar? Customer: No, thanks, with a slice slice of lemon, please. And I’d als also o like something sw sweet eet to eat. Have you

got any nice biscuits? Assistant: Yes, we’ve got chocolate biscuits and a really nice carrot cake. Customer: Mmm. A slice of the carrot cake then, please. It looks really good. And as always, my son is

very hungry. Son: And thirsty! Assistant: Would you like a bottle of cola or glass of fruit juice?

have a big glass of water, please? please? Son: No, thanks. Can I just have Assistant: Yes, of course. And what would like to eat? Son: Could I have a bowl of soup with bread to start with? Assistant: Sure. What soup would you like? We’ve got onion, fish or tomato. Son: Can I have onion soup and then burger and chips, please? A large portion of chips! And have you

got any chilli sauce? Assistant: All the sauces are on the table. Son: Can I also have a dessert, Dad? Customer: Let’s see if you eat your soup and burger first. Son: OK. Customer: How much is that, please? Assistant: One moment, please. That’s £18.15. Customer: Can I pay by card? Assistant: No, I’m sorry, our machine isn’t working working today. Customer: No problem. Here’s £20. Assistant: And here’s your change. Enjoy your meal. Customer: Thanks.

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