Personal change

1 Vocabulary Persopal goals

A '4 Match the words and the pictures. Then hsten and check your answe
a. get a credit card d; lose weight g. save money
b. join a gym i. make more friends tf. start a new hobby
e-. learn an instrument /. pass a test i. work / study harder

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B Pai r work Whtch things in Pan A are easy to do? Which are more difficult? Why?
Tell your partner.
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t "lt's difficult to learn an instrument. lt takes a long time!"

2 Language in context I'm making 1t happen!

A Listen to three people talk about char'lges Who's learning h" .,
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My fr1ends and I are starting our

own band next year. 1 can stng,
but I can 't play an mstrument,
so l'm taking a class to learn the
gu itar
- Leonardo
1 101ned a gym last month to
lose we,ght. 1 only want to
couple of kilos, but l'm
,t d1ff1cult But I m
new friends, so

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1rn taking a class to learn the guitar.
(= because I want to learn the guitar)
11oined a gym last month to lose we1ght.
(= because I want to lose we1ght)
She'd hke to save money to buy a b1ke.
(= because she wants to buy a b1ke)
we re starting a book club in July to make more friends. (= beca use we want to make more f n !ld

A Match the sentence parts. Then compare with a partner.

1. 1JOined a gym last wee~ ,to b
2. 1·m saving my money-~ \ to
3 l'd tike to go to the u.~ i to r
4 1~tudied hardef.. - ~o
s. 1listen to music t

B Rewrite these c;emences. Use an infm1tive of pur e.

Then compare w1th a partner.
l l'd like to go to a hatr salon because I want to g t a
new hairc;tvle
la like.. to_gg to a hair ~a Ion to get a new ha1r5tyl!b....
2 1 sten to songs in Engl1sh because I want to irnprove
m\ Isten1ng.
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3 saved rny rnoney because I wanted to buy a new computer.

4 studying on weekends because I want to get a better job.

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C Pair work Which sentences from Part B are true for you? r
re I your partner.
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4 Speaking Three changes . '
A Complete the chart w1t· h t hree changes you would like to make. Then think about
the reasons why you would like to make each change.
Reasons

B Group work D1scuss your changes · Are any of your changes or reasons the samel
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" 1 hope to be an English teacher sameday."

S keep talking!
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