4 Now read the text about the family’s weekdays and weekends. Is the writer a man or a woman?

On weekdays my wife comes home at 7. We have a drink and then I make dinner. We sit and have dinner in front of the television. On Tuesday evenings we go to the cinema with friends and then we have a drink in a bar in town. On Wednesday evenings my wife goes to language classes and then she goes to a friend’s house for dinner. I watch the sport on television when she isn’t there.

At the weekend we get up at midday. On Saturday afternoon we go to the supermarket for things for the week. After that I go running or I read. In the evening we go to a restaurant with friends or to a nightclub. On Sundays we go to my wife’s parents’ house in the country. In the evening I watch television and my wife works on her computer.

A Find four things the man does alone. Write sentences in the third person singular.

B Write down three things his wife does alone. Write sentences in the third person singular.

C Find the things they do together.

5 Read the text about Stewart Jones. For questions 1- 5, choose a, b or c.

Stewart Jones is thirty-nine years old. He is a policeman. He lives in Dover, in the south-east of England.

Stewart lives in a small, comfortable flat with his wife, Jessica and their son, Jason. Jessica is twenty-eight years old. She is a vet. Jason is seven years old. He goes to school every day from 9 am to 3:30 pm.

Stewart is good-looking. He is tall and well-built with short brown hair and brown eyes. Everybody likes him because he is a kind man and a very loving father.

In his free time Stewart likes playing basketball.

He doesn’t like watching TV. He thinks it is boring.

1 Stewart Jones is … .

A a vet B a sportsman C a policeman

2 Everybody likes Stewart because he is … .

A good-looking B well – built C a kind man

3 Stewart’s favourite free time activity is … .

A watching TV B playing basketball C going to Jason’s school

4 Stewart doesn’t like watching TV because

A he thinks it is boring. B he has no free time. C his wife hates TV programmes.

5 From 9 am to 3:30 pm Stewart‘s son usually

A watches TV. B plays football. C goes to school.

6 Complete the conversation. For questions 1-4, choose A-D. Then close your books and act it out with your partner.

- (1) - I’m reading the newspaper. - (2) - Why what? - (3) - Because I like reading newspapers. - (4) - Well, I’m reading the newspaper now.

A Why? B Why are you reading the newspaper? C What are you doing? D You don’t usually read newspapers.

7 Read the article about Sharon Stone. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space (1-10). For questions 1-10, choose A, B or C.

Sharon is (1) ___ in a lot of (2) ___ things. When she (3) ___ working in films she rides (4) ___ horse, Magic. She (5) ___ writes short stories. She is very interested in clothes and spends (6) ___ time shopping. She collects paintings and wooden snakes. She (7) ____sleeping 12 hours (8) ___ a night and cooking. She also enjoys talking to her friend, Mimi. She (9) ___ her or telephones her (10) ___ every day.

1 A interest B interesting C interested

2 A - B a C the

3 A doesn’t B not C isn’t

4 A his B her C him

5 A too B as well C also

6 A lots of B a lot C many

7 A loves B love C loving

8 A on B - C at

9 A meet B meeting C meets

10 A in B at C -

8 Read the advertisement. Are the sentences 1-8 ‘Right’(A) or ‘Wrong’(B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’(A) or ‘Wrong’(B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’(C). For questions 1- 8, choose A, B or C.

1 Mrs. Da Silva is busy because she walks her dog every day.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

2 Mrs. Da Silva has no children to walk the dog.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

3 Mrs. Da Silva’s friends call her Millie.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

4 Mrs. Da Silva has no time to walk her dog.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

5 She wants somebody to walk her dog every day.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

6 She wants to pay 4 dollars every day for walking her dog.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

7 It’s not very difficult to walk Millie.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

8 It takes 30 minutes to walk Mrs. Da Silva’s labrador.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say