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4 LIFE
UNIT 4

Overview
Watch the video podcast. Do you like to do the activities the people talk about?

1 Read Natalie’s text. Then watch the video podcast from 0:11 to 0:24 Natalie
and underline the words you hear.
When I 1go / go out with my friend Jill, we 2go /don’t go to the cinema because
she loves 3plays / films. When I 4go out with / meet my university friends, we
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go for /have a coffee, or a pizza. What about you? What 6you /do you like to
do with your friends?

2 What do you like to do with your friends? Read the answers in the box and check new words in your
dictionary. Match verbs 1–8 to words a)–h). Then watch the video podcast from 0:24 to 1:20 and check
your answers.
1 do a) meals
2 have b) dinner
3 watch c) lots of things
4 go to d) on holiday, cycling, shopping
5 go e) films/movies
6 play f ) online
7 go out for g) restaurants, the cinema, concerts
8 talk h) football, sports

  Glossary:  movies = films; gym = gymnasium

3 What do you do on your own? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the
video podcast from 1:22 to 2:02 and circle the correct answer, a) or b).

1  I watch ______ and I listen to 2  I play _______. 3  Sometimes I go to ______.

music. 2  a) computer games 3  a) the gym b) the cinema
1  a) films  b) television 2  b) the piano

4  I paint and I play _______. 5  I go for ______ and I cook. 6  I ______ a lot. Watch TV. And
4  a) football  b) computer games 5  a) walks  b) a coffee 6  just relax.
6  a) sing  b) read

  Glossary:  TV = television

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4 Do they go to concerts, plays or films in London? Look at the people below and read their answers.
Check new words in your dictionary. Then watch the video podcast again from 2:03 to 2:57 and match
the people to the correct answers.
A  Cath

1  He goes to concerts and plays in

London. ____

B  Emily

2  He likes to go to Shakespeare plays. ____

C  Ben

3  She goes to the theatre a lot. A____

D Will
4  He goes to concerts and films but
he doesn’t go to plays. ____

E Tony

5  He goes to concerts and opera. ____

F  Michael
6  She goes to watch dance
performances. ____

  Glossary:  Shakespeare = famous English writer

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The way we speak

5 The people in the pictures talk about things they like to do. Complete the sentences with the words in
the box.
often     quite     of     a     but     lot

often .
1  I go to plays quite ______ 2  I go to the theatre a ______ . 3  I go to ______ lot of concerts,
3  like mainly rock music.

4  I go to a lot ______ concerts. 5  We go to ______ a lot of 6  I go to concerts and films in

5  concerts and opera. London ______ I don’t go to
plays.

B Watch the video podcast from 2:03 to 2:57 and check your answers.

Personalisation
6 Write your answers to Natalie’s questions.
1  What do you like to do with your friends?
______________________________________________________________________________________

2  What do you do on your own?

______________________________________________________________________________________

3  Do you go to concerts, plays or films in London?

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