UNIT 1. LEISURE TIME A. Pronunciation: /u:/ and /ʊ/ I. Put the words with the underlined part into the correct column. good school book wood moon food foot tool cook took cartoon spoon fool broom look too shook zoo /u:/ /ʊ/ II. Underline the /ʊ/ sound, and double underline the /u:/ sound. Then practise reading these sentences. 1. The book about cooking is very good. 2. The boy ate the food with a spoon. 3. They were walking in the woods and enjoying the moon. 4. Students are using the brooms to clean the schoolyard. 5. Children looked at the cartoon book when they sat on the stool in the zoo. B. Vocabulary • Leisure activities I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases matching with the verbs. Maybe some verbs can be used more than once. knitting cycling sport in the park with friends messages basketball cooking emails puzzles shopping time on your own DIY fishing computer skills building dollhouses free time with other people making paper flowers something about the world 1. spend _______________________________________________________________________ 2. hang out _______________________________________________________________________
3. love _______________________________________________________________________ 4. go _______________________________________________________________________ 5. play _______________________________________________________________________ 6. send _______________________________________________________________________ 7. do _______________________________________________________________________ 8. learn _______________________________________________________________________ II. Complete the sentences with the words given below. knitting DIY relaxation message surfing paper flowers creativity hanging out dollhouse puzzles 1. He spent a lot of time listening to records and just _________________ with friends. 2. Jack does the newspaper crossword _________________ every Sunday morning. 3. She is busy _________________ baby clothes. 4. A _________________ is a toy house with small furniture and sometimes dolls in it for children to play with. 5. On the table was a vase of colorful _________________. 6. My brother is a real _________________ enthusiast; he repairs things around the house every weekend. 7. You can _________________ several people at once - it’s very convenient. 8. Many young people spend hours _________________ the Internet. 9. I go fishing for _________________. 10. _________________ and originality are more important than technical skills. III. Complete the text with the words below. go swimming go go for go to beach
picnic the guitar play shopping parties My Free Time by Lisa I go 1 _________________ on Saturday afternoons with my friends. It’s my favourite free time activity. And I love having 2 _________________, but my parents aren’t very keen on them. I don’t 3 _________________ the gym, but I 4 _________________ a walk every day. I don’t 5 _________________ football or basketball, but I sometimes 6 _________________ bowling on Friday evenings with my family. In the summer holidays, I enjoy going to the 7 _________________ and I 8 _________________ in the sea. It’s great. I enjoy having a 9 _________________ in the park with my friends when the weather is hot too. My ambition is to learn to play 10 _________________ like Eric Clapton. IV. Complete the sentences with the activities below. Use the correct form of the verbs. design websites do athletics go horse riding go sailing take photos meet friends play in a band do dance lessons 1. Nick and Jack _________________. They’re guitarists and they’re really good. 2. My sister _________________ in town on Saturday afternoons. They go to the cinema or they go shopping. 3. I’ve got my own computer and I like _________________ and writing a blog. 4. I _________________ every Saturday morning. I’m learning ballet. It’s difficult but great fun. 5. My brother _________________ at the sports stadium on Sunday mornings. 6. My cousin _________________ at the weekends. She’s got her own horse called Charlie. 7. In my free time, I love going out with my camera and _________________ of people, animals and buildings. 8. Let’s _________________ at summer camp this year. It looks fun and there’s a beautiful lake there. V. Complete the sentences with the activities below. speaking English listening to music reading acting cooking swimming 1. She likes _________________ and goes to the pool in the sports centre every day. 2. Phong is in the drama club. He likes _________________ and wants to become an actor one day. 3. Mai loves languages. She likes _________________ when she can, so she goes to classes twice a week. 4. My brother doesn’t like _________________ books, but he likes comics and magazines. 5. My best friend likes _________________ in her bedroom every evening. Her favourite
band is The Sheep. 6. Do you like _________________? I love making new things in the kitchen. VI. Complete the leaflet with the words below. There is one word that you do not need. novel video games support watch hang check bake jewelry social networking After School is Cool Do you sit at home and 1 _________________ DVDs every afternoon? Are you fed up with playing adventure 2 _________________ all weekend? Do you want to make new friends? At the After School centre, we have courses and activities for everyone. New members are always welcome. Cookery course Learn to make soup, cook spaghetti, 3 _________________ cakes and much more. Starts at 4 pm on Monday. Book club Read a 4 _________________ and discuss it with your friends. We choose a different book every week. See you at the school library at 2 pm on Tuesday. Arts and crafts weekend Learn to make 5 _________________ -earrings, necklaces and bracelets, Sat-Sun, 10 am. K-festival Come and 6 _________________ out the new bands from the area, listen to cool music and 7 _________________ out with friends in the sun. Dorney Park, 15 Oct. Help a silver surfer Volunteers wanted! Can you teach an old person how to use 8 _________________ sites and send emails? If you have some free time on Thursday afternoon, we’d like to hear from you. Contact
[email protected] for more information. VII. Complete each gap in the dialogue with ONE appropriate word. Phong: What do you often do 1 _________________ the weekend, Jack? Jack: I often go to the movies 2 _________________ my friends. Phong: How 3 _________________ do you do that? Jack: About once a week. I also go swimming on Sunday morning. Phong: Do you like music? Do you often 4 _________________ to music? Jack: Yes, I often do that 5 _________________ the evening. Phong: How about weekdays? Jack: I’m always busy 6 _________________ the week.
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