VIDEO WORKSHEETS | EXTRA VIDEO 1 A2+

STREET INTERVIEWS
What’s your favourite place to spend time?
SPEAKING | talking about a favourite place WRITING | a description of an ideal place

PREVIEW
1 A Look at the places in the box. How much time each
week do you spend in each place?

at home at work, school or college in a big city

in cafés or restaurants in the countryside
Georgie Sue
a less than 2 hours
b 5–10 hours
c 1–5 days
d most of your time

B Compare with a partner. Are you similar or different?

Max Alistair
VIEW
2 Watch the interviews. Which of the places in Ex 1A
do the speakers mention?
3 Watch the interviews again. Complete the
sentences with the missing information.
1 Georgie likes going to restaurants and in
London.
Honor Gal
2 Sue says the weather is always and warm and
sunny in Taormina in Sicily.
3 Max likes spending time with at his boarding
school.
4 Alistair enjoys spending time with his children. SPEAKING
5 Honor says there are always
house.
at her grandma’s 5 A Prepare to talk about your favourite place to spend
time. Think about these questions.
6 Gal feels very when she is at the beach. • Where is it?
• What do you do there?
LANGUAGE • Why do you like it?
• How do you feel when you are there?
4 A Read the sentences the speakers use to talk about
places. What are prepositions describing? B Tell a partner about your favourite place. Remember
I love spending time in London, especially by Tower to use the prepositions in, at and by.
Bridge.
My favourite place to spend time is at home with my WRITING
children.
6 A Write a description of an ideal place where you would
B Complete the ideas the speakers mention in the like to spend time. Include the answers to these
interviews with in, at or by. questions.
1 My favourite place would be Taormina, • Where is it?
Sicily.
• What does it look like?
2 It’s probably the country, walking.
• Why do you want to spend time there?
3 I like going to look at scenery, the seaside.
• How would you feel if you were there?
4 My favourite place to spend time is probably
school right now. B Work in groups. Read your classmates’ descriptions.
5 I spend a lot of time my apartment. Which place do you all like?

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