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Try to guess \which answer your partner invented The next time a friend or colleague tells you about thei: fantastic weekend, wait a moment before you | start feeling jealous — maybe they are inventing it all LAST WEEKEND Fay + Did you go anywhere extn on Friday right? Saturday + Did you do arte in the house faring et. }on ‘Saturday morning? + Did you worker siya at '* What did you do on Saturday night” sunday + Did yeu go anyaere nie an Sunday? + What ci you have for lnc? «+ Diya anything ean inthe aternoon? 6 VOCABULARY adjectives ending -ed and -ing a Look at these two adjectives inthe text: tired in line 13 and ting inline 19. Which one describes how you feel? Which one describes things and situations? bb (37) Ce che right adjective n questions 1-10, Listen and check. How do you say the adjectives? Do you think Sundaysare usually bored boring? Are you hore ring with yourjob Whar kind of weathor makes you fel deprsied | 1 survey f 5,000 adults inthe UK has shown that one 2 person in four invents details about their weekend 3 because they want to impess then. When they depressing? ‘are asked, ‘Did you have a good weekend?” they dont ike to Sete ioe Litreldlciiiendenteedl pes ie iyo hs a ee do youthink the news is often depres ‘sounds boring, So they invent the details. The mast common depressing? Iettat poole tld wos went out on Saturday right when |=. Whatactivty doyou find most relaxed relaxing? realy they didn't go anywhere. Other common lies were ‘I had 6 Do you usually feel relaxed {relaxing atthe end of the ‘romantic meal, I wert to @ party’, and ‘I went away for the. weekend? Why (not)? pp weekend’ 7 What is the most interested [teresting book you've Infect, inthe survey, 30% of people who answered the ‘ead rebeniy? ‘questions seid that they spent their weekend sleeping or 8 Wharsporesare you interested intersting in? resting because they were so tied atthe end of the week. 9 Areyou excited | exciting about your next holiday? ee arasu vat tence vente 10 Whar the most excita exeitingsportsmtch you've +5 the weekend. Psychologist Corinne Sweet say that people seer waictiete, offen don’ tel the truth about their weekend “because we ¢ Ask and answer the questions with a partner. Give ont want to feel that everyone ele i having a better time than us, fwe have had a boring weekend doing housework, paperwork, or ust resting after a tcing week at work’. She also more information if you can. Delve ewig tes soc Facebook and Twit es ‘may be encouraging us to invent details about our social Eves. 7 238) SONG | Peale can creat an son two he watts be ad the IF YouLove Somebody Set Them Free A ‘He they want to live,’ says Corinne, ‘and of course they want ttle to sem excing”4C COMMUNICATIVE The same or different? © Complete the sentences with something, anywhere, nobody, etc. 1 lalwayshave______ to eat for breakfast. 2 When I watch films in English, | don't usually understand 3. Inever have problems sleeping on buses or planes. | can sleep 4 Idor't usually do_interesting at weekends. 5 I don't usually watch on TV in the evenings 6 Inmy family, ____ speaks any English except me! 7 \went_____ really exciting last weekend, 8 Inever read __in English apart from my coursebook. 9 There's. __| really want to buy at the moment, but | don’t have any money. 10 love doing _____ on Sunday mornings, just staying in bed late. 11 _|hate smoking, and luckily _in my family smokes. 12 | want togo relax this weekend. 13 Idon'tknow ____in this class very well 14 Thereisn't really want to go on holiday. | think Ill stay at home. 15 Inmyarea, there's_____for young people to go at night. It's really boring. 16 never say_____in English in this class. !m too shy. 17 I'mnot going _____ this weekend. I need to study. 18 Idreally ike ___ to eat right now. tm really hungry! 19 Imet ___ very interesting last weekend. 20 always go_______quiet when | have to study. © Talk toa partner. Tell him / her ifthe sentences are true or not true for you, and why.