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VOCABULARY free time

1 Match phrases 1-10 with pictures A-J.
go shopping
2 go on holiday
3 spend time with your family
4 spend money
5 eat out
6 eat with friend s
7 have time off
8 have a barbecue
9 play volleyball
10 play the guitar

GRAMMAR question forms 3 Write questions for the answers. Use the question
words in the box.
2 Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
is / birthday / when / your? wReFe what why when who how often which
When is your birthday? how many what

2 English / time / lessons / your / start / what / do? Where are you from?
I'm from Poland.
3 friends / cook for / often / you / how / your / do? 2
I'm a student.
4 in / many / there / family / how / are / your / people?
3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ ____ with?
I live with my friend Olga.
5 come / does / mother / where / your / from?
4
Only two people live in the house, Olga and me.
6 meat / don't / eat / you / why? 5
In our free time we li ke to go to the cinema, or go out
7 glasses / in / of / many / day / w ater / you / how / with friends. We both love reading, too.
drink / a / do?
6
We go to the cinema about once a week.
8 is / where / the / classroom? 7
I'm studying English because I would like to work in this
9 your / best / see / did / friend / when / last / you? country.
8
o go / shopping / where / did / you? I'm in class 2A, Pre-intermediate.
9
I started learning English when I w as at school.

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 B Read the text again. Are the sentences
READING
true (T) or false (F)?
4A Read the text and match headings A-F with paragraphs 1-6. I Doing exercise makes you tired. _
A Call a fri end 2 Having frien ds is an im portant part of
B Just smile being happy. _
C Do something nice for someone 3 Doing a diffi cult job uses all your energy.
D Be active
4 Planning fun things to do can make you
E Do that difficult job
happy. _
F Plan for some future fun
5 If you do someth ing t o make someone
else feel good, you will feel good yourself.

Make Yourself Happy: 6 Smiling too much can make you feel bad .

SIX TIPS TO MAKE YOU HAPPIER C Read the text again and answer
IN THE NEXT HOUR questions 1-6 below.
I What should you do when you talk on the
You can make yourself happier starting now. In the next hour, phone?
do as many of these things as possible. Each thing you do will
help you to feel happier.
2 Why is it important to stay in touch with
1 _ _ : stand up and walk around while you talk on the friends?
phone. Or go for a quick ten -minute walk outside. Doing
exercise gives you energy and makes you feel better.
3 What kinds of jobs are on a 'things to do'
2 _ _ : arrange to meet someone for lunch or send an email list?
to a friend you haven't seen for a long time. Having good
relationships with other people is one of the things that
4 Why is it a good idea to organise
makes us happy, so stay in touch with your friends.
something fun to do in the future?
3 _ _ : answer a difficult email, or call to make that dentist's
appointment. Do it now, don't wait. Cross something off 5 How will you feel if you buy someone
your lis 0 'things to do' to give yourself energy. flowers or carry their bag?
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-- ..:::.s_or- ,. a - """ . . 0lJ I()() ~o . ard 6 What happens when you sm ile?
e, ',' rna e you feel

5 _ _ : buy someone flowers, o Complete the definitions with phrases

carry their bag, tell them they from the text.
look nice. Do good , feel good look to something:
- this really works. If you do be excited about something which will
something nice for someone, happen in the future
it makes you feel better. 2 have good with people:
be friendly with these people
6 _ _ : even when you don't
feel happy, always try to 3 th ings off a list:
mark items on a list w hen you do them
smile. Put a smile on
your face right now. 4 stay in with people:
It will make you feel contact people regularly (by phone. email.
better. etc.)
5 doing _ _ _ __
TIck things off the do some kind of activity like walking or
playing tennis
list when you do
them. Do you feel
happier yet?
 VOCABULARY relationships GRAMMAR past simple

1 Complete the story with the words and phrases in the 2A Mark the verbs in the box regular (R) or irregular (I).
box below.
fall I argue happen ask decide find get know
Aa,.'e a giFlfriend got on well met got divorced look meet say spend stay study think travel
fell in love got married argued acce pted
got back together again asked her to marry him
B Write the past simple form of the irregular verbs.
fall - fell
Whe n Harry met Sally ...
3 Complete the story with the past simple form of the
verbs in the box.

become decide meet send get ask have

not tell start arrive live talk

Ten years ago, before it was fashionable to date on the

internet, I I a Swed ish lady in a chat
room . W e 2 on well from the first
minute we 3 chatting, and she soon
4 my girlfriend . The only problem
Harry didn 't have a 2 He _ _ _ _ Sally in a was that I 5 in the UK, and she was in
girlfriend cafe. They _ _ __ Sweden. For a couple of years we 6
a long-distance relationship. We 7
o n the phone and 8 email; to
each other. We 9 our friends
how we met because we were embarrassed . After
a while, I 10 to leave England and
move to Sweden. When I II ,I
12 her to marry me . Now, we are
happily married and we have four children. I think online
dating is fan tastic. I met my wife because of it.

4 Complete the sentences with the past simpl e form of

3 They _ _ _ 4 He _ __ _ and she
the verb in brackets.
A: Where _ _ _ _ _ _ (stay)?
B: We _____________ (find) a hotel near the station .
2 We (eat) in the hotel restaurant and
the food was delicious.
3 Mara and Steve (not have) a barbecue
o n Sunday because it rained all day.
4 We (go) to the cinema, but I
_ _ _ _ _ _ (not like) the film . 1_ _ _ _ ___
(th in k) it was really boring.
5 I (spend) the weekend studying
because I've got an exam tomorrow.
5 They 6 They
6 He (be) really busy yesterday so he
_____________ (not have) time to call you.
7 She (write) a long letter explaining the
problem , but her boyfriend still (not
understand) .
8 They (give) her some beautiful flowers
for her birthday.
9 A: What time _____________ (get) back home last
night?
B: At about midnight.
Then they ________ 8 And finally, they 10 I (start) this job four years ago when I
_ _ _ _ _ _ (move) to Rome.

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SA Say the w o rds and circle t he verb end ing wh ich sounds different. B Listen again. Answer the questions.
I played stayed tried ended How old was Priscilla when she met Elvis?
2 asked kissed arrived talked
3 finished decided pretended wanted 2 Where were they?
4 studied happened invented stayed
5 walked helped stopped started 3 How did they keep in touch when he was
in the USA?
B .. 1.1 Listen and check.

4 When did she move to America?

LISTENING
5 Who did she live with?
6A .. 1.2 Listen to the story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. Number the
pictures in the correct order 1-6.
6 How did Priscilla meet Mike Stone?

7 Did Elvis and Priscilla get on well after

they got divorced?

C Read the aud io script on page 77 to

check your answers.

WRITING linking words

7 Correct the linking words in the
sentences.
because
I didn't like the film Jse it was scary.
2 We saw Pompeii but we thought it was

wonderful.

3 She didn 't like her job because she

decided to leave.

4 They couldn 't get married and her father

wouldn 't allow it.

5 He started taekwondo lessons but he

wanted to get fit.

6 They wanted to buy the house so the

bank didn 't give them the money.

7 I bought a new computer because I'm

having lots of problems with it.

8 I didn 't sleep very well but I'm very tired

today.