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park documentary listen exercise your answers.
together colleague

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a. I go at the weekend. d. Well, I like cycling
1. I go running in the in the
b. No, it isn’t. very much.
afternoon. e. Oh, no. Not again.
c. I think it’s boring.
2. Let’s go to the cinema . f. No, I don’t play at all.

3. My is good at his job.

4. I to music in my spare
1. A: Do you like football?
time.
B: No, I don’t.
5. The is good. Let’s watch it.
A: I really like football. I watch the cup final every
6. I don’t go to the gym, but I
year.
at home with my sister.
B: Do you play football a lot?

A: I just watch it on TV.

B. Circle the correct words.
B: I see.
1. Tom and Cameron do / play basketball on Tuesdays.

2. Let’s go / go to cycling.
2. A: Do you like sports, Fred?
3. I hate bowling. I think it’s fun / boring.
B:
4. What’s on TV? Where’s the TV guide / channel?
A: Really? I like cycling, too. Let’s go cycling together.
5. I stay / find at home and watch TV on Mondays.
I go every evening after work.
6. George has / sends a shower before school.
B: I don’t. I haven’t got time.

A: Oh, I see.
C. Match.
1. I don’t like running at all.
3. A: Let’s play table tennis today.
2. Do you like playing tennis?
B:
3. Does Tina go bowling?
A: Come on. It’s fun!
4. Let’s go for coffee after work.
B: I hate it. Let’s watch tennis on TV today.
5. I love sitcoms.
A: It’s boring!

a. No, I don’t. B: Yeah, you’re right.

b. That’s a good idea. A: I’ve got an idea! Let’s go to the park and play tennis.
c. Yes, she does.
B: OK. It’s a change from table tennis.
At the weekend.
d. Me too.
e. Actually, I hate
it, too.
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 Grammar Listening
A. Complete with the Present Simple of the verbs in Listen to a man answering questions for a survey and
brackets. Give short answers where possible. write T for True or F for False.
1. A: Peter and Brian
1. The man has got a lot of spare time.
(study) on Fridays?
2. He reads magazines a lot.
B: Yes, .
3. He likes the gym very much.
2. A: Alex 4. His friends don’t like the gym.
(play) video games with his friends after work?

B: No, . He


(go) to the gym. He
video games.
(not like)
Reading
A. Read the text and complete the sentences.

Pastry
3. A: you
(like) game shows?

B: No, .I
(not watch) TV at all.

4. A:

Irene
(do) gymnastics at the weekend?

B: Yes, . She also

Patty
(hang out) with her friends.

Patricia Petit is a university student in

B. Complete the questions for the answers below.
1. A: your class finish?
B: At 10 o’clock.
2. A: play football?
B: They play at the weekend.
3. A: watch soap
operas?
B: No, I don’t. I hate soap operas.
Paris, but she also works at a pastry
shop. Every day she gets up early,
at 5:15 in the morning. She has a
shower and goes to work. She starts
at 6 a.m. and finishes at 9 a.m.
She makes lots of different croissants,
but her favourite is the chocolate croissant.
Patricia doesn’t have breakfast at home or at the shop.
She only has coffee. Then she goes to her lectures. She
has lunch at university at about one and then goes to
the library to study. After that, she goes to the pastry
shop with her friends and they all have croissants!

4. A: go after work?
1. The pastry shop is in .
B: He goes to the café.
2. Patricia works from to
5. A: read books? .
B: Yes, she does. Linda likes books very much. 3. Patricia has , but she doesn’t
have breakfast.

C. Complete with in, on or at. 4. After lunch, Patricia goes to the .

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1. Jake plays tennis Thursdays. 5. Patricia has croissants with her

2. My husband goes to bed midnight. after the library.

3. I watch the news the evening.

4. I have a class 11:30.

B. Discuss.
5. My brother and I go running Saturday morning.
How are Patty’s daily activities
6. The boys play football weekdays. different from your daily activities?

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1. The clock is on / behind the wall. 4. James lives on the third / three floor.

5. The new rubbish bin / lamp is on the desk

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2. Our kitchen is large and has a modern / cosy
dishwasher. in my bedroom.

3. Let me clean / help you with the housework. 6. Let’s buy / rent a new sofa for our living room.

B. Complete with the words in the box.

wardrobe fantastic want large window sit

1. The in the kitchen is dirty. Let’s 4. The view from our room is .
wash it. 5. Billy doesn’t to go to work today.
2. Tommy’s running shoes are in the . 6. Our house is and there’s a lot of
3. Natalie, down, please. furniture in it.

C. Choose a or b. D. Complete the dialogue with the phrases a-f.

There is one extra phrase that you do not need
1. A: to use. Then listen and check your answers.

B: Two.
a. I don’t know. d. Is that a problem?
a. What floor do you live on? b. Let’s rent it. e. Me too.
b. How many bedrooms are there in your house? c. What about the f. Don’t mention it.
balcony?
2. A: Do you want the blue rug or the yellow rug?

B: Both are nice. A: So, what do you think, Ryan?

a. Perhaps. B: 1 I like both flats.

b. I don’t mind.
A: Me too. There is only one

3. A: bedroom in this flat. 2

B: Oh, no! The coffee is all over the floor! B: No. It’s a large bedroom, and

a. Check it out! the living room is really big,

b. Watch out! too.

A: 3 The other flat

4. A: Do you like the green coffee table?
has got two.
B:
B: Yes, but they’re small. This
a. Not really.
flat has got a really big
b. That sounds nice.
balcony.
5. A: Where’s my ball?
A: You’re right, but there’s a
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B: small kitchen.
a. Maybe it’s in the garage.
B: We don’t cook a lot, anyway.
b. Where exactly?
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A: OK, then. Great! I love big

balconies.

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A. Rewrite the sentences using the adverbs of frequency in brackets.

1. My father washes the car on Saturday. (always)

2. Your car is dirty. (usually)

3. My friend Valerie doesn’t mow the lawn. (often)

4. Patrick and I go to the cinema at weekends. (sometimes)

5. Anna does the shopping. (never)

B. Complete with the correct form of there is/are.

A: We need to rent a house. Let’s talk about these two.

B: OK. 1 a balcony in the first one?

A: No, 2 . The second house has got

a balcony.

B: Great! 3 two bedrooms in it?

A: Yes, 4 . It’s also furnished.

5 a lot of things in it.
6 a sofa, a coffee table, a
bookcase. 7 any rugs in the
house, but that’s OK. We’ve got two rugs.

B: 8 a garage?

A: No. 9 a garage, but we haven’t

got a car.

B: You’re right. Let’s go and see it!

A: OK!

C. Complete with a(n) or the. D. Complete the sentences with prepositions.

1. I have oven and fridge in my 1. I live Oxford. My flat is

kitchen. oven is black and fridge 17 Appleton Road.
is white. 2. A: Excuse me, do you live the 9th floor?
2. A: There’s umbrella in living room.
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B: No, sorry. I’m the 10th floor.

B: Is umbrella red? 3. A: Are you Canadian?
A: No, it isn’t. umbrella is yellow. B: No, I’m France, but I live here
3. My new flat is very cosy. It has got small Toronto.
kitchen, bedroom and living room. A: Really? Where exactly?
bedroom is big and there’s nice
B: Front Street.
mirror on wall.

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Listening
Listen to the dialogue and complete the blanks below.

1. Fiona doesn’t live alone. She is

.

2. Fiona does the washing-up.

3. Mark doesn’t like .

4. Mark usually washes the car on .

5. Fiona’s favourite job is .

Reading
A. Read the text and write T for True or F for False.

My guide
to simple housework by Natalie Powers

Who likes housework?

Not me, but I like my house to be nice and clean.
So, here are some tips:
Floors
I usually hoover every Friday and it’s really easy. It takes
about 15 minutes because I haven’t got a lot of furniture.
I also want to buy a Hoovering Robot. My sister has got one.
She turns it on in the morning before work and her floors are
always clean.

Kitchen
I can’t stand a dirty and messy kitchen. So, I never leave dirty
pots and pans for later. I clean as I cook, and I always tell my
family to fill the dishwasher when they finish lunch. It helps.

Garden
We’ve got a big garden, but I haven’t got time for it. I don’t often
mow the lawn. It’s a job my kids usually do, and they like it. One
of our neighbours has got a Robot Mower. It’s pretty cool, so
check it out!

1. Natalie likes housework. 4. Natalie doesn’t mind a messy kitchen.

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2. Natalie thinks hoovering is hard. 5. Natalie’s kids mow the lawn.

3. Her sister has a Vacuuming Robot. 6. Natalie has a Robot Mower.

B. Discuss.
What kind of housework do you do? What do you like and what do you hate doing?

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