END OF THE YEAR

PRACTICAL WORK
2ND - ADULTS

 READING

Interview with Paul Mason

Last week Paul Mason, author of the novels Silence, Who did it? and Go Away, agreed to be interviewed
by one of our journalists.
Lifestyle & Experience
I live in New York with my second wife and our three children. I wasn’t always a writer. When I left school I
got a job in a library. In my free time I read murder novels, but one day I decided to write one. I was lucky
because people liked it. I earned a lot of money so I left my job at the library and began to write all the time.
I get up at 6 a.m., go to the gym for an hour, then go to my office. I buy breakfast on the way and eat it
while I check my emails. After I’ve answered my emails I start writing. I can easily spend 9 or 10 hours
writing.
Tastes
After work I have dinner with my family. Sometimes we go out to parties or to the theatre, but most
evenings I prefer to relax at home and listen to jazz or read. My favourite author is Agatha Christie and at
the moment I’m reading a book she wrote about her life. My cat usually sits next to me while I read, and the
rest of the family like watching TV.
Places
One of my favourite places is Maine on the east coast. We have a small house near the beach. It isn’t very
far from Vermont, where we go skiing in the winter. In the summer, we usually go to Venice where my
wife’s family lives. It’s probably the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen. I stayed in Venice when I wrote my
third book and that’s where I learned to speak Italian and to play the guitar. I hope to buy a house there
one day. Then I’d like to retire and learn to paint.

Read the sentences and write true (T) or false (F)

0- Paul Mason is a journalist. F

1- Paul got divorced once. T

2- He wrote his first novel when he worked at the library. T
3- He doesn’t usually get up early. F
4- He checks his emails before he starts writing. F
5- He’s not reading at the moment because he prefers to relax listening to jazz music. F
6- When he retires, he would like to buy a house in Venice. T

 LISTENING

Listening Activity page 83 CB

  GRAMMAR

A. Present simple or continuous? Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

1. My cousin __SINGS_____ (sing) in an R&B band.

2. Where ___doing____ your brother ____working___ (work) at the moment?
3. I __don`t like_____ (not like) swimming in the sea.
4. How often _____do__ you ____visit___ (visit) your grandparents?
5. He always ___reads____ (read) the newspaper on Saturdays.
6. Why ____do___ you ___wear____ (wear) sunglasses? It isn’t sunny.
7. I _________doing_______(do) a test right now.

B. Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

1. How many bedrooms _____ in your flat?

A is there  B are there  C there are 

2. When I was young I _____ in the same bedroom as my brother.

A slept  B did slept  C sleep 

3. Where _____ for dinner last night?

A did you went  B you go  C did you go 

4. We _____ a great time at the beach yesterday.

A haved  B did had  C had 

5. They _____ the horror film last night.

A don’t see  B didn’t see  C didn’t saw 

6. A Did you meet your friends at the café?

B Yes, I _____.

A met  B did  C do 

7. Fernando _____ to school today.

A didn’t come  B didn’t came  C no came 

8. _____ any good programmes on TV yesterday?

A Was there  B Are there  C Were there 

9. She _____ to Warsaw last week.

A was  B go  C went 
 C. Countable and uncountable. Read and circle the correct option.

1) A
2) Some
3) Any
4) Some
5) Some
6) Some
7) Are
8) Some
9) Isn`t
10) any

D. Complete the sentences with the correct form of going to.

B.2) am going to have dinner

A.3) aren`t going to study

A.4) are going to live

A.5) am not going to go out

 Vocabulary
E. Online activities:
Object Pronouns https://wordwall.net/play/7544/771/618

Food Containers https://wordwall.net/play/7545/757/273

Vocabulary mix https://wordwall.net/play/7576/969/612 (NO ESVIAR RESPUESTAS HASTA QUE ESTE TODA RESUELTA)

 Writing

F. Choose a topic an write a short paragraph.

1) Imagine you had a great weekend. Tell me about it:

 Where did you go?
 Who did you go with?
 What did you do?
 Did you have a good time?

2) Thinks about your future summer holidays ¿What are your plans?

 Are you going to travel? Where to? How? Who with?

 Where are you going to stay? How many days?
 What are you going to do?

1) On Saturday I went to eat with my friends at a restaurant,after that we went to

a friend`s house to listened to music and drank.. I had a good time