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EXPERIENCIAS DE APRENDIZAJE

BASIC 2
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 Content
Chapter 1 Topic Page

Lesson 1 I watch tv on Saturdays

Lesson 2 My favorite activities
Lesson 3 I like to…
Lesson 4 In my free time
Lesson 5 There is a cinema
Lesson 6 Neighborhoods
Lesson 7 A good place for living
Lesson 8 Me too…

Chapter 2

Lesson 1 Shopping time!

Lesson 2 Let’s buy clothes!
Lesson 3 Going shopping
Lesson 4 My favorites
Lesson 5 This is my body
Lesson 6 I have a headache
Lesson 7 Improving my health
Lesson 8 Let’s see…

Chapter 3

Lesson 1 I am learning English

Lesson 2 How is your week going?
Lesson 3 What is my family doing?
Lesson 4 What are these people doing?
Lesson 5 I like swimming in the summer
Lesson 6 I prefer traveling by plane
Lesson 7 I have friends everywhere
Lesson 8 I love, I enjoy, I hate

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 Chapter 1 - Lesson 1
I watch TV on Saturdays
1. Listen to your teacher and repeat the vocabulary

2. Answer the following questions and practice with a partner

Do you go out a lot? _______________________________________________________

Where do you go? ________________________________________________________
What do you do? __________________________________________________________

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Grammar Point

Simple present questions: Time expressions

“How often?”
What do you do in your free time? Everyday
Who do you go to the movies with? On Saturdays
Where does she go on weekends? once a week
When does she go shopping? three times a week
How often do you read a book? Twice a year

3. Complete the sentences with the correct verb forms.

1. Where __________ you __________(go) to school?

2. What __________ you __________(do) on Sundays?
3. Where __________ John __________(come) from?
4. How often __________ she __________(go) to the cinema?
5. How many brother __________ you have?
6. How often __________ you __________(study) English?
7. What time __________ the film start?
8. Where __________ you __________(play) tennis?
9. How often __________ you __________(come) here?
10. Why __________ you __________ (eat) a lot of popcorns?

4. Answer the following questions with your own information. Give long answers.

1. Do you watch tv? __________________________________________________________

2. How often do you go out? __________________________________________________
3. What do you do in your free time? ___________________________________________
4. What do you do after classes? _______________________________________________
5. When does your family have dinner together? _________________________________
6. How often do you go to the beach ___________________________________________
7. Where do you go to on vacations? ___________________________________________
8. Do you play any instrument? ________________________________________________
9. Do you play any sport? ______________________________________________________
10. How often do you spend time with your family? ________________________________

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 Lesson 2
My favorite activities

Grammar Point

Frequency adverbs Do you watch tv?

Always I always watch tv
Usually
Often Does she plays basketball?
Sometimes She never plays basketball
Hardly ever
Never Do you study?
Sometimes I study English

1. Add frequency adverbs to the following sentences. Make true sentences.

1. I play soccer
2. I watch tv with my family
3. I go shopping
4. I play an instrument
5. I spend time with my family
6. I watch tv shows in English
7. My family has dinner together on Christmas
8. I rent movies on weekends
9. I surf the internet on weekends
10. I go out with my friends
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2. Talk about your favorite activities. How often do you do them? Use the time expressions and
frequency adverbs

3. Listen to the activities that people do in their free time. Answer the following questions.
a. My name’s Maria. What do I do in my free time? I go
swimming and play tennis. I don’t play a musical 1. What does Maria do in her free time?
instrument, but I listen to music. I like jazz.
2. What does Anna read?
b. My name’s Dev. Free time? Let me see. I do karate three 3. Where does Caspar go?
times a week and I play the piano. And I play computer
games, too. 4. Where does Caspar go with?

c. My name’s Anna. In my free time, I read books – novels 5. How often does Dev do karate?
mostly. I don’t play any sports, but I do yoga. And I go
jogging. 6. What music does Maria like?

d. My name’s Caspar. I don’t play any sports. In my free

time, I go to the cinema or watch TV. I go to restaurants
with my friends, too. I love food.
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 Lesson 3
In my free time
1. Read the article about Megan and her unusual hobby. Then answer the questions.

An unusual hobby

2. Answer the following questions.

1. What does Megan like to do in her free time? ___________________________________

2. The young chef of Britain competition is for people _____________________________
3. How much money can the chefs spend on food? ________________________________
4. The winner will ______________________________________________________________
5. What is Megan doing now? __________________________________________________

3. Write true or false. Correct the false sentences.

a. The Young Chef of Britain is only for Britain people ________

b. Megan usually does her homework in the evening ________
c. The competitors have to cook a meal for a family ________
d. Each competitor can spend $15 or more ________
e. The prize is to learn more about Italian cooking in Britain ________
f. Right now, Megan is cooking paella and carrot cake with ice cream ________

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 Lesson 4
In my free time
1. Read the clues and fill in the missing words

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 2. Now, it’s your turn. What do you usually do on the week? Write about your daily routine. Use
your hobbies. How often do you do them?

Speaking strategies

You can use That’s …. to react to news.

For good expressions you can use:
That’s good / great / nice / wonderful / excellent / interesting

For bad news you can use:

That’s too bad / terrible / bad

1. Choose an expression to answer the following sentences.

a. I am taking and English class. We have an excellent teacher. _______________________

b. My sister spend a lot of time playing video games and not studying. ________________
c. Esmeralda is a professional athlete. _____________________________________________
d. Our basketball team isn’t playing well this season ________________________________
e. I am reading a book about the Roman Empire ___________________________________

2. Let’s play a board game! Choose a partner and talk about your activities. How often do you
play video games? Use frequency adverbs.

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 Lesson 5
There is a cinema

1. Listen and practice

2. What’s in your neighborhood? Read Vania and Peter’s descriptions about their
neighborhood.

Well, In my neighborhood.
There’s a big supermarket
and many restaurants. I can
go out with my friends to
have dinner without going
too far but there’s no mall.

My neighborhood is boring!
There’s no place to go. I
mean, there’s no mall! There
are not fast-food restaurants.
There is only one small park

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 Lesson 6
Neighborhoods
Grammar Point

There is a library.
There’s no mall.
There are a lot of restaurants
There are some train stations
There are a couple of movie theaters
There are no clubs
We use there is for singular and there are for
plural
Adjective before nouns
There is a small supermarket
There is a new restaurant
There are some beautiful parks

1. What is in your neighborhood? Create true sentences about your neighborhood use the
vocabulary above. Then tell the class and compare.

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
2. Tell the class where you go to do the following activities.

a. It´s the place where you buy medicine. ______________________________________________

b. It´s the place where you buy food, vegetables, and groceries. __________________________

c. It´s the place where you buy read books. ____________________________________________

d. It´s the place where you watch movies. ________________________________________________

e. It´s the place where you take the bus. _________________________________________________

f. It´s the place where you go shopping. ________________________________________________

g. It´s the place where you buy books. __________________________________________________

h. It´s the place where you work out. ____________________________________________________

3. Complete the sentences using (there isn´t) and (there aren´t).

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 a. In my neighborhood there is a chapel, but _______________ a church.

b. In my neighborhood there is a pharmacy, but _______________ a hospital.

c. In my neighborhood there are many streets, but _______________ freeways.

d. In my neighborhood there are a lot of fast-food stalls, but _______________ fancy restaurants.

e. In my neighborhood there is a playground, but _______________ an amusement park.

f. In my neighborhood there are used car dealers, but _______________ car rental agencies.

g. In my neighborhood there are some gyms, but _______________ expensive fitness clubs.

h. In my neighborhood there is a place to go walking, but _______________ an athletics track.

i. In my neighborhood there is a grocery store, but _______________ a shopping center.

j. In my neighborhood there are clothing stores, but _______________ outlet stores.

4. Change the following sentences to the interrogative form.

1. There is an art museum near my house.

__________________________________________________________________________
2. There are many flower shops downtown.
__________________________________________________________________________
3. There is a pet shop next to the veterinary clinic.
__________________________________________________________________________
4. There are two elementary schools in this area.
__________________________________________________________________________
5. There is a beautiful lake at the end of the road.
__________________________________________________________________________
6. There are lots of trees on Main street.
__________________________________________________________________________
7. There is a beautiful landscape on the outskirts of the city
_________________________________________________________________________
8. There are three bowling alleys in the sports center.
__________________________________________________________________________
9. There is an Italian restaurant next to the shopping mall.
__________________________________________________________________________
10. There are two dental clinics the health center.
__________________________________________________________________________

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 Lesson 7
A place for a living

THERE IS / ARE with PREPOSITIONS. look at the picture and decide if each statement is correct
true or false.

1. There are seven people in the picture. TRUE / FALSE

2. There is a cat on a chair. TRUE / FALSE

3. There is a woman standing behind a sofa. TRUE / FALSE

4. There aren’t any cups on the table. TRUE / FALSE

5. There are some books under the coffee table. TRUE / FALSE

6. There is a small chair in front of the coffee table. TRUE / FALSE

7. There aren’t any children in the living room. TRUE / FALSE

8. There are some flowers in front of a man. TRUE / FALSE

9. There is a fan in the picture. TRUE / FALSE

10. There is a small dog next to a chair. TRUE / FALSE

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 Lesson 8
Me too, me neither
1. Listen to the sentences and decide if the sentences are true or false

2. Look at how we use me too and me neither. Then practice.

‘Me too’ agrees with a positive statement.

‘Me neither’ agrees with a negative statement.

If someone says something affirmative and the same is true for you, then you can say, ‘me too’.

FOR EXAMPLE

Friend: I like pizza.

You (who likes pizza): Me too!

If someone says something in the negative and the same is true for you, then you can say, ‘me
neither’.

FOR EXAMPLE:

Friend: I don’t like pizza

You (who hates pizza): Me neither!

3. Now its your turn talk about your favorites in clothes.

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 Chapter 2 - Lesson 1
Shopping Time!
1. Listen and say the words

2. Work in pairs and ask to your classmates the following questions.

What colors do you like to wear? ________________________________________________________

What clothes do you usually wear in December? ___________________________________________
What do you usually wear in March? _____________________________________________________
What do you usually wear in June? _______________________________________________________
What are your favorite clothes? _________________________________________________________

GRAMMAR POINT

Do you want to go shopping? Do you have to wear a suit every day?

Yes, I want to go shopping. Yes, I have to wear a suit every day
No, I don't want to go shopping. 14 No, I don't have to wear a suit every day
1. Write 5 questions with want to and 5 questions with have to. Then ask to a partner your questions.

_______________________________ _________________________________

_______________________________ _________________________________

_______________________________ _________________________________

_______________________________ _________________________________

_______________________________ _________________________________

2. Complete the following questions with your own information. Use want to, have to, like to, don’t
have to.

1. I ________________________ buy shoes this weekend.

2. Do you ________________________ go to the mall with me?
3. My grandparents ________________________ use glasses.
4. I ________________________ wear a suit on weekdays.
5. Everybody ________________________ use a swimsuit inside a pool.
6. My mom ________________________ buy some new clothes for the winter.
7. You ________________________ use sun protector when you go to the beach.
8. Do you ________________________ spend a lot of money in clothing?
9. You ________________________ play with me if you don’t want to.
10. Do you ________________________ your burger with cheese?
11. I ________________________ wear jeans all the time.
12. My sister ________________________ buy a new raincoat.
13. I ________________________ go to school on weekends.
14. I _____________________ work if I _____________________ go to the beach next vacations.
15. My parents ________________________ wake up early.

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 Lesson 2
Let’s buy Clothes!

GRAMMAR POINT

How much is it? $3.99 = three dollars and 99 cents

It is $3.99 5.79 = five dollars and seventy-nine cents
How much are they? $139 = A hundred and thirty-nine dollars
It is 5.79

1. Write questions asking for the prices of the following clothes. Don’t forget to use How much is it?
or How much are they?

1. Now, practice with a partner asking the questions. 4

Example: How much is that dress? it is $99

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 Lesson 3
Going shopping!

1. Read and answer the following questions.

GOING SHOPPING
Mrs. Smith is going shopping with her son. They are looking for a present for Mr. Smith’s
birthday. Mrs. Smith wants to buy him a new camera and Tom wants to buy him a jumper.
They drive to the department store on the high street. Mrs. Smith uses the escalator to go
to the Electrical Department on the third floor and Tom takes the stairs up to the Men’s
Clothing Department on the first floor.
When she gets to the Electrical Department, she find that cameras are sold in the
Photography Department on the ground floor. She takes the elevator down and asks the
sales assistant there for some help. She doesn’t know much about cameras and needs some
advice. He recommends and automatic camera by Olympus, but it is too expensive. She
asks him if he has anything a little cheaper and he tells her about a special offer on the
Pentax range. It still seems expensive, so she thanks the assistant and decides to shop
around first.
Meanwhile, Tom is looking at the jumper. He only has $10 to spend so he can’t afford most
of them. He sees his mother and they decide to go to the smaller shops round the corner.

a. How does Mrs. Smith get around the store?

________________________________________________________________________
b. Where do Mrs Smith and Tom go after the department store?
________________________________________________________________________
c. Can Mrs Smith afford the Olympus camera?
________________________________________________________________________
d. What department does Tom go to?
________________________________________________________________________
e. How much does Tom have to spend?
________________________________________________________________________
f. What department does Mrs Smith go to first?
________________________________________________________________________
g. Where are the cameras sold?
________________________________________________________________________

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2. Answer the following questions with your own information

1. Do you have to go shopping this weekend?

2. Do you have to buy new clothes?

3. Do you want to go to a designer store?

4. Which stores do you want to go?

5. How much do you want to spend on a dress/suit?

6. Do you like to go shopping? why or why not?

7. Do you usually pay cash or credit card?

8. Do you compare prices before you buy something?

9. Do you ever buy thing you don’t need?

10. Do you like to buy things on sale? Why or why not?

3. Write a paragraph about your favorite store. You can use the following ideas.

________________________________________
My favorite store is… ________________________________________
I usually go there ________________________________________
because… ________________________________________

I like to buy … ________________________________________

________________________________________
They sell …
________________________________________
They also have …
________________________________________
________________________________________
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 Lesson 4
My Favorites!

Grammar Point

Uh – huh Uh , Well…
means “yes” “that’s right” we use this expression when
we use it to express that we need time to think
we listened the other person

1. Check the following conversation.

A: Hello, Can I help you?

B: Uh, yes. I want to buy a dress for a special ceremony
A: All right. Is it at night?
A: Uh – huh, It’s a wedding. It starts at 5:00pm
B: Ok. How much do you want to spend?
A: Well, about $100, I guess.
B: uh-huh. Well…. we have this purple night dress here
A: Oh, nice. Um… How much is it?
B: Um, It’s $135
A: oh, That’s a lot of money. Let me think… Ok. I guess I’ll take it.

2. Now, work in pairs. One student is a salesperson on a shopping mall. other student is a
customer. Choose one item from the clothes vocabulary and have a conversation.

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 Lesson 5
This is my body

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Grammar Point

Can and Can’t

I can / can’t jump
you can / can’t see a show
he can / can’t buy an umbrella
she can / can’t clean her house
it can / can’t run very fast
we can / can’t read a book in one week
they can / can’t dance

1. What can your body do? Complete the sentences. Say what your body can do with the
following parts of your body.

Eyes:
Ears:
Hands:
Nose:
Arms:
Feet:

2. Fill in the part of the body you use to do the following actions.

To hug someone
to chew the food
to kiss someone
to watch the tv
to walk around the neighborhood
to smell the flowers in my garden
to type on my computer keyboard
to listen to my favorite music

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1. Listen the following healthy problems and repeat

2. Answer the following questions. Then compare with your classmates

What do you do when you have a headache?

What do you do when you get a cold?
What do you do when you have a toothache?
What can you advise to someone who suffer a sunburn
How do you cure a cut?
What can be a good advice if you have a stomachache?

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 Lesson 6
I have a headache
1. Listen to the conversation and practice

2. Take turns acting a health problem. Your partner guesses the problem and gives sympathy
or some advice.

Example

A: What’s the matter? Are you ok?

B: No, I am not. I ate too much
A: Do you have a stomachache?
B: Yes, I feel terrible
A: Oh! that’s too bad

3. Listen to people talk about healthy problems Where do they have problems? Write down
the part of the body. Then ask and answer questions What’s wrong?

Ben __________ Jeffrey __________ Martha __________ Sarah __________

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4. Listen to the conversation and practice

5. Answer the following questions

1. Do you ever use these medications?

2. What do you use them for?
3. How often do you use them?

6. Create a situation in which you use the following advice. Use healthy problems vocabulary
above (page 21)

Go to bed and Don’t go to Don’t eat heavy Go home and Drink some
sleep school food today relax drink

Get some Go to a store Don’t go Take two Close your eyes

exercise and buy some outside aspirin for ten minutes
food

Example: I have a stomachache, so I don’t eat heavy food today

1. _______________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________________________

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 Lesson 7
Improving my health

1. What can you do to improve your health? Read the following article.

2. With the information of the reading above. Complete the sentence with some advice.

1. To get exercise, __________________________________________________________

2. To help your bones, ______________________________________________________
3. To help your muscles, ____________________________________________________
4. To keep your gums healthy, _______________________________________________
5. To have enough energy for the morning, ____________________________________
6. To challenge your brain, __________________________________________________

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 Lesson
Let’s see…

Speaking Strategy

You can use Let’s see when you need time to think.
A: I feel terrible today. I have a headache
B: Let’s see… You can go home and rest

1. Listen do Dr. Young talk to four patients. What does she give them? Check the correct
medication

2. Pretend you have a health problem. What can the doctor recommend you?
One student will be the patient and one student will be the doctor

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 Chapter 3 / Lesson
I am learning English

1. Listen and practice

2. Tell the class. What are you doing right now? Are you doing any of this activities?

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 Lesson 2
How is your week going?
Grammar Point

I am playing with a ball For negative statements: (am / is / are) + “not”

you are having breakfast
she is studying English
he is taking a shower
it is raining in the park
we are cooking dinner
they are feeding the dog
Example: I am not playing with the ball
She is not studying English
For question structure: Am / is / are + pronoun
Example: Is he taking a shower?
Are they feeding the dog?

1. Use present continuous to complete the sentences.

a. I _________________ (play) football.

b. He ________________ (work) in the office.
c. They ________________ (dance) on the dancefloor.
d. You ________________ (visit) your grandmother.
e. They __________________ (buy) some new shoes.
f. He __________________(work) as hard as he can.
g. The policemen __________________ (do) a good job.
h. Jack and Dennis _____ always ________ (tell) lies.
i. My son __________________ (play) the drum loudly.
j. It __________________ (bark) to the birds.
k. Your mom __________________ (shop) at the supermarket.
l. I __________________ (drive)right not, so I can’t talk on the phone.

2. Name the daily activities that you see in the following pictures.

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 Lesson 2
Let’s buy Clothes!

1. Use the correct Wh- question to complete the questions

What, who, when, where, why, how

a. ______ are you going to do on the weekend? (action)

b. ______ is going to the party? (person)
c. ______ are we going? (place)
d. ______ are they doing? (manner)
e. ______ are we going to get married? (time)
f. ______ is the boy eating? (object)
g. ______ is Tom playing soccer with? (person)
h. ______ is the driver doing? (object)
i. ______ is Patrick screaming? (reason)
j. ______ am I going to live? (place)
k. ______ are the Johnsons traveling to? (place)
l. ______ are they coming back? (time)

Reading: What is my family doing?

I am sitting on the sand eating an ice cream and looking at the sea. My family and I are visiting
the beach. We are spending a few days in a hotel and we are having a lot of fun. My brother is
playing beach volleyball. My sister is swimming in the pool. My mother and father are relaxing
on the pool chairs. And my grandma is walking by the shore. We are having a fantastic time at
the beach. We like it so much that we are always coming to this place every summer.

Later today, we are going to fish our dinner. My father says that it is a great experience for the
family. I am feeling hungry, so I am hoping we catch a big fish. I don’t want this vacation to end.

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 Comprehension questions

1. What are the sister and the brother doing?

2. What season is it?

3. According to the father, what is a good activity for the family?

4. What is the narrator doing?

5. Where is the grandmother?

6. Where did the family go on vacation?

Discussion questions

1. Where do you go on vacation? Why?

2. What do you do?

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING?

Choose one of the pictures and make a conversation related to what’s happening.
For example:

Mom: We are going to visit your grandma, she is a little sick and needs a little company.
Boy: Ok mom, can we take something to eat?
Mom: Yes, we can take some bread. She is going to be very happy to see you
Boy: I like visiting my grandma

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 Lesson 5
I like swimming in the summer!
Grammar Point

To follow a verb with another action, you must use a gerund, for example:

We like talking on the phone For negative sentences:

I love exercising in the morning I don’t like working on Sundays
He hates doing homework She doesn’t like listening to loud music

1. Answer according to your preferences

a. ______________ (ride) the bike on weekends.

b. ______________ (study) English online in the morning.
c. ______________ (drive) on the highway.
d. ______________ (play) the violin.
e. ______________ (read) mystery books on rainy days.
f. ______________ (smoke) because ____________
g. ______________ (shop) at the mall.
h. ______________ (swim) in the pool in the summer.
i. ______________ (exercise) at the gym.
j. ______________ (bake) cookies for my family in fall.
k. ______________ (garden)
l. ______________ (listen) to country music.

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 Lesson 6
I prefer traveling by plane
GRAMMAR POINT

When we talk about preferences we can use this structure:

I prefer walking rather than traveling by car.

Game What do you prefer… Choose which option is better for you and try to explain why.

1. What do you prefer: traveling to the past to meet your ancestors or to the future to meet your
great-grandchildren?

2. What do you prefer: listening to 70’s music or today’s music?

3. What do you prefer: reading an excellent book or watching an excellent movie?

4. What do you prefer: being the most popular person or the smartest?

5. What do you prefer: stopping war or world hunger?

6. What do you prefer: winning the lottery or living twice as long?

7. What do you prefer: to stop seeing or hearing?

8. What do you prefer: being too hot or too cold?

9. What do you prefer: being too busy or too bored?

10. What do you prefer: spending the day with your favorite star or athlete?

11. What do you prefer: Singing like an opera singer or cooking like gourmet chef?

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 Lesson 7
I have friends everywhere

I like traveling a lot. I’ve traveled to many countries in Europe,

America, and Asia. When I am traveling, I like meeting a lot of
people so they can show me the place. I’m always starting new
conversations and asking about what the local culture is. After I
learn more about the locals, I try doing some of their favorite
activities or avoid doing the offensive ones. For example, I learned
that the French like putting locks on a fence to symbolize a
couple’s love. However, this is causing problems and the city is
trying to ban it. The Chinese don’t like poking their food or playing
the air drums with the chopsticks. They say it is disrespectful, so I
avoid doing it.

I love doing crazy things and my Russian friend likes swimming in

the cold Russian ocean so we take a swim everytime I go to Russia.
There are 1,500 different beers and 1000 different sausages in
Germany. I really like trying new flavors when I visit my German
friend. My Peruvian friend is an archeologist, he is always talking
about the ruins of Machu Picchu and how interesting they are. I
love visiting my friends and doing the things they like. I hope to
meet more interesting friends.

Can you find all the examples of “like + verb-ing”

What do Mexicans like to do?

What do Mexicans hate to do?

What places do you like visiting and why?

What country are you going to visit next?

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 Lesson 8
I hate. I love.

Ask a classmate one question and try to continue a

conversation by asking follow up questions. Remember to
use the structure: I enjoy + verb-ing

1. What is your favorite activity in the summer?

2. What is your favorite place to visit during vacations?
3. What is your least favorite activity during the day?
4. What do you enjoy doing on the weekend?
5. What is your favorite restaurant?
6. Which sport do you enjoy watching?
7. What is your favorite dish to cook?
8. What is your favorite family activity?
9. What is your favorite TV show? What’s your least favorite?
10. What is your favorite music? What’s your least favorite?

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