Unit 6 Expressing opinion Speaking Interaction

Good Idea!

A. Talk about these questions with a partner.

1. What are your favourite activities to do:
a) outdoors?
b) indoors?
2. Do you prefer individual activities or group activities?
3. Do you think you need money to have a good time?

B. It’s summer … but the weather isn’t good . Choose two of these indoor activities to do with
a friend.
• play video games
• play cards
• make a cake
• watch a movie
• surf the net
• take photos
• clean the house
• listen to music

C. Match the beginnings and ends of these suggestions and questions. Draw lines.
Then choose and write an answer for each one. Use the answers from the box.

I agree. No way! I’m not sure…

Yes, why not? I don’t agree. Good idea!

What about 1. • • a) tidy my bedroom! _____________________

We should 2. • • b) video games! _____________________
Let’s play 3. • • c) sending text messages? _____________________

D. Work with a partner. Look at the list of activities you can do in summer and suggest some of these
to your partner. Make a dialogue using these words and the expressions from exercise C.
• play video games • go sightseeing • do sports
• surf the net • go to the cinema • go to the beach

Decide: Is it easier to have fun indoors or outdoors?

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 Speaking Interaction Agreeing and disagreeing Unit 6

Good ideia!
A. Talk about these questions with a partner.
1. What are the best things for tourists to do in or near your town?
2. What do you like doing in or near your town at the weekend?
3. What things can you do that you don’t need money for?

B. Imagine you are going to have fun with your friends in the next days.
Choose () two or three things to do at the beach or in the area near the beach.

• snorkelling • having a picnic

• canoeing • playing volleyball

• going to a restaurant • visiting monuments

• going to a museum • walking on the beach

• swimming • going to a shopping centre

C. Complete these suggestions and answers with the letters a, e, i, o or u.

1. __t’s gr__ __t t__ h__v__ __ p__cn__c __n th__ b__ __ch! Th__t s__ __nds g__ __d.

2. W__ sh__ __ld try c__n__ __ __ng __n th__ s__ __. __’m n__t s__r__ __b__ __t th__t…

3. Wh__t __b__ __t g__ __ng t__ __ m__s__ __m? N__ w__y! __t’s __ l__ng w__y t__ g__.

4. Pl__y__ng v__ll__yb__ll __s g__ __d f__n. __ __gr__ __. L__t’s d__ th__t!

D. Work with a partner. One of you lives in the area and the other is a visitor.
Suggest your ideas and give your opinions about them. Use the activities in exercise B and the phrases
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in exercise C. Then change roles.

Decide: Is it easier to have fun in the city or at the beach?

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