Pages 14 and 15

 

Exercise 1 and 2

1. Go to the shopping centre.
2. Watch TV series
3. Play tennis
4. Read fantasy books
5. Listen to rock music
6. Have breakfast

 

Exercise 3, 4 and 5

	Mike	Tina	You
Go for a walk	x
Go out with friends	x
Go to the park / cinema / gym	x
Have a picnic	x
Have fun / a good time	x	x	x
Listen to music	x	x	x
Play computer games	x	x
Play guitar		x
Read books/ magazines		x	x
Spend time at home		x	x
Talk about things		x	x
Visit friends		x
Watch DVDs	x	x
Write a blog		x

They both: have fun/a good time, listen to music, play computer games, and watch DVDs.
I’m more similar to Tina

 

Exercise 6

Go:      out
             to the cinema
             to the park
             to the gym/Youth club
             to a concert
             to a party
             to bed
             shopping

Have:  fun
             a good time
             a shower
             a bath
             breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper
             a picnic

Play:    the guitar/the piano/the drums
             computer games
             chess
             snooker

 

Exercise 7

1. I can’t play the guitar.
2. I play chess with my friends.
3. I go shopping with my friends.
4. I go to the cinema with my parents.
5. I have fun at the weekend
6. I go out with my family on Sundays.

 

Exercise 8

1. Read books/magazines
2. Spend time
3. Visit friends
4. Watch a film/ a DVD/the TV/the telly
5. Write a blog

 

Exercise 9

My name is Kitso. I’m from a small town in Botswana, in Africa. In my free time, I never spend time alone; I go out with friends. We usually go to the youth club. At the club we play the drums. Sometimes we go to the river for a swim and we have a picnic. I haven’t got a computer, but I have lots of apps on my mobile phone and I can play games or go on the Internet. I have fun in my free time.

 

Exercise 10

1. Go for a walk.
2. Go out with friends.
3. Listen to music.
4. Spend time with my friends/grandparents.
5. Spend time at home/school/my grandparents’ house.
6. Spend time in my room/bedroom.
7. Stay at home.
8. Talk about books.

 

Exercise 11

1. I stay at a home in the evening.
2. I listen to music a lot.
3. I go out with my friends every weekend.
4. My friends and I talk about films.
5. I spend time with my parents at the weekend.

 

Exercise 12

I spend a lot of time in my room. In my free time I read books or blogs, but I haven’t much free time because I always do my homework. Sometimes I listen to music and at the weekend I go out with my friends or with my family.

 

 

Pages 16

 

Exercise 1

I more like Ella, but I don’t play a musical instrument.

 

Exercise 3

Grammar focus I

Present simple
+	I/You/We/They	play computer games. have a dog. go to the park.
	He/She	plays the piano. has a cat. goes shopping.
-	I/You/We/They	don’t play a musical instrument.
	He/She	doesn’t like dogs.
	don’t = do not; doesn’t =does not

 

Exercise 3

1.     I don’t drink coffee.
2.     My sister has a dance class every Monday.
3. x  My best friend doesn’t play the guitar.
4. x  My brother and I watch DVDs together.
5. x  My mother doesn’t go shopping on Saturdays .
6.     My uncle lives in England.
7. x  I don’t speak Spanish.

 

Exercise 4 and 5

likes	plays	watches
helps	goes	relaxes
drinks	reads	dances
	loves
	studies

 

 

Exercise 6

1. go out on weekdays                                          never
2. have fun at the weekend                                 always
3. go rollerblading on Saturday afternoon        usually
4. go dancing on Saturday                                    often
5. watch music video on Sundays                        sometimes
6. go to the cinema on Sundays                           sometimes

 

Exercise 7

Grammar Focus II

Adverbs of frequency

I always get early in the morning. I am never late for school.
The adverb (always, often, never, etc) normally comes before the verb. But it comes after the verb to be.

 

Exercise 8

1. I usually get up early in the morning.
2. My grandmother never looks for information on the internet.
3. I am never late for school.
4. My best friend never plays computer games before school in the morning.
5. My brother rarely watches sport on TV.
6. My parents usually  go shopping on Sundays.
7. My cousin often goes to parties at weekend.
8. My best friend is always hungry.

 

 

Page 17

 

Exercise 1

1. I usually very busy in the weekend, but, when I have any program,  I prefer to relax.
2. I love to spend time at home, but sometime is ok to go out.
3. No, I haven’t. I like to relax in the weekend.

 

Exercise 2

1. C.  He coaches  a football match.
2. A.  He works in a restaurant.
3. B.  She takes photos.

 

Exercise 3

1.  1
2.  2
3.  3

 

Exercise 4

1. When does Simon play football? (B)
2. What does Lena do with her photographs? (C)
3. What does Mesut do at the restaurant? (A)

 

Exercise 5

I think Lena has the best weekend because, in my opinion, taking photos is very funny.

 

Exercise 7

Describe	city	children
Typical	place	watch
Picture	exercise	kitchen
club	face book	coach

 

Exercise 9

In:     the afternoon
          the evening

On:   Saturdays/Sundays
          Friday/Saturday
          Friday afternoon
          Sunday morning
          a typical weekend

At:    night
          the weekend
          noon
          midnight

In:     TV
          the Internet
          YouTube

 

Exercise 10

Well, on Saturday morning I always go to school.  In the afternoon I often go out with my friend: we usually go to a café and eat an ice cream. Sometimes I go out in the evening, too. Sunday I always do my homework: it is so boring! So in the afternoon I usually do a break and I read a book.

 

 

Pages 18 and 19

 

Exercise 1

My mother cleans the house, washes the dishes and does the shopping.
My father looks after the children, washes the car and works in the garden.

 

Exercise 2

What do you think the article is about?
c. I think the article is about a father who looks after this children.

 

Exercise 3

1. Tom is                       b.   Carol’s husband
2. Billy and Eve are     d.   Carol and tom’s kids.
3. Sharon is                  a.    Billy’s teacher.
4. Tom works               e.    As a programmer
5. Carol works              c.    For a construction company.

 

Exercise 4

1. A.  Billy and his dad _ play together.
2. C.  Tom _ does a little work every day.
3. C.  The playgroup teacher thinks _ there are different families.
4. B.  When Carol comes home from work, _ Tom goes out to play tennis.
5. C.  In the evening, Carol and Tom _ spend time together.

 

Exercise 5

1. playgroup            noun
2. programmer       noun
3. normal                 adjective
4. look after            verb
5. earn                      verb
6. advice                  noun
7. grow                     verb
8. miss                      verb

 

Exercise 6

1. She has a good job and earns a lot of money.
2. I can’t go out tonight because I have to look after my baby brother.
3. Children grow very fast in the first years.
4. Can you give me advice about what to see in London?
5. It’s the last episode of Sherlock Holmes tonight and I don’t want to miss it!
6. My mum is a programmer in a international company.
7. In my family, a normal weekday start at 7 a.m.
8. My older sister loves small children and she works as a playgroup teacher.

 

Exercise 7

I think it’s right because also men can look after the children like women.

 

Exercise 8

1. Get up in the morning
2. Look after my baby sister
3. Work for a construction company
4. Go at home
5. Take a person to the park/school/the doctor
6. Come home from work/school
7. Go to bed/the shops

 

Exercise 9

1. I get up at nine a.m. in the morning.
2. I come home from school at 2 p.m.
3. My father goes to the shops at 11a.m.
4. I always go to bed at 10p.m. at school nights.
5. My mother goes at home at 4p.m.