El GRAMMAR FOCUS Affirmative statements with gerunds Other verbs or phrases Agree Disagree followed by gerunds eve playing video games. Sodol don't like hate working on weekends. Sodol. Really? ilikeit, | enjoy I'm good at solving problems. Soam|. Ob, im not. be interested in Negative statements with gerunds don't mind working evenings: Neitherdol. Ido. Ym not good at selling, Neither am |. Well, 'am. ean't stand commuting. Neither can I. Ob, I don't mind it. uu A PAIR WORK Match the phrases in columns A and B to make statements about yoursel. Then take tums reading your sentences and giving short responses. A B 4, can't stand a. working the night shift. 2. |'m not very good at b. solving other people's problems, 3. I'm good at . working alone. 4, I don't like d. sitting in long meetings. 5. Ihate @. working on weekends. 6. I'm interested in speaking in public. 7. | don't mind + managing my time. 8. enjoy h. learning foreign languages. A: | can’t stand siting in long meetings. B: Neither can | B GROUP WORK Complete the phrases in column A with your own information. Then take turns reading your ‘statements. Ask questions to get more information. Ba PRONUNCIATION Unreleased and released /t/ and /d/ © A Listen and practice. Notice that when the sound /t/ or /4/ at the end of a word is followed by a consonant, it's unreleased. When its followed by a vowel sound, it’s released. Unreleased Released She's not good at dealing with stress. He's not a good artist. hate working on Sundays. They really hate it! You need to manage money wel Ineed a cup of coffee B PAIR WORK Write three sentences starting with I'm not very good at and { don’t mind, Then practice the sentences. Pay attention to the unreleased and released sounds // and /e Like working with people, a