- •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.
- •36. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in the Past Simple Tense.
- •37. Make the following sentences negative.
- •38. Complete the sentences. Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.
- •39. Rewrite each sentence as positive, negative or a general question, according to the instructions.
- •40. Ask questions about the information in italics.
- •46. Write negative sentences with the verb in the correct form.
- •47. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb given in the box.
- •48. Make these sentences into general questions. Give short answers.
- •49. Complete the sentences.
- •50. Ask questions about the information in italics.
- •51. Work with a partner. Act out the following dialogue.
- •52. Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss the questions.
- •54. Explain the meaning of the following words and collocations.
- •55. Express the following in one word.
- •56. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.
- •57. Take roles and act out 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.
- •58. Express your agreement or disagreement with the following quotes.
- •59. Discuss the following in small groups.
52. Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss the questions.
When was the last time you went shopping? Where? Who with?
What sort of things did you buy?
53. Some people like shopping, others don’t but they all have to go shopping at least once a week because they need food and other things for their life. However, there are people who are addicted to shopping. They are crazy about looking around and choosing things. For them shopping is a hobby. What about you?
Do you enjoy shopping? Why or why not?
What do you like to shop for?
What kind of shops do you like most of all? Why?
Is it better to go shopping on your own or with friends/family? Why?
How much do you spend each month?
Do you usually shop around before buying clothes?
When you go to a shop or supermarket, do you ever buy items that you hadn’t planned to buy before you entered the shop?
What sort of things do you buy like this and why do you buy them?
54. Explain the meaning of the following words and collocations.
to do the shopping |
to go to shops in order to buy the things that you need regularly such as food |
to go shopping |
to go to shops to look at and buy things, often for enjoyment |
to shop around |
to go to several different shops comparing goods and their prices before deciding which ones to buy |
to get |
to get something by buying it, especially ordinary things such as food, clothes, or things for your house |
shopping centre / mall |
a specially-built large covered area where there are a lot of shops |
department store |
a large shop which is divided into several parts, each of which sells one type of thing, for example men’s clothes, children’s toys, or kitchen equipment |
supermarket; grocery store |
a large shop that sells food and other things that people regularly need |
goods |
movable articles (e.g. clothes, food, etc.) which can be owned, bought, or sold |
customer |
someone who buys goods or services |
purchase |
1) buying; 2) an act of buying; 3) an article that has just been bought |
bargain |
something bought or offered cheaply |
refund |
repayment |
55. Express the following in one word.
stall, shop / store, chemist’s / drugstore, market, kiosk, greengrocer’s, baker’s, butcher’s |
a building where goods are sold to the public
a place outside where you can go to buy things
a table, especially outdoors, where goods are sold
a small hut on a street that sells things such as newspapers, cigarettes, and drinks
a shop selling vegetables and fruit
a shop where medical goods are sold
a shop where meat is sold
a shop where bread is sold
56. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.
stall, buying, shopping, goods, shopping mall, shelves, markets |
Renaissance Centre is a huge steel and glass ... in downtown Detroit.
This shop sells a variety of ... .
On Saturdays we usually do the ... and clean the car.
I really like that tie – I was thinking of ... it for my husband for his birthday.
The ... tend to be cheaper, especially for fruit and vegetables.
Janet has a fruit and veg ... on the market.
There’s an ever greater variety of goods to be found on supermarket ... .
I’m just going ... . Do you want anything?
I did all my ... yesterday.
You’ve been ... a lot of clothes recently. Have you decided to change your image?