1A TATA ) FEELING GOOD? FREE TIME 1A Think about three things that make you happy (eg. my family, walking on the beach, eating good food). Work in pairs and compare your ideas. B Complete phrases 1-5 with the verbs in the box. ge eat have play spend 1 £0 _ shopping/on holiday/for a walk 2 ‘ime with family/money/time alone 3 ‘out/withfriends/good food 4 ‘ime off/a barbecue/a party 5 @) sport/a musical instrument/games Work i pairs. Do any of the activities in Exercise 18 make you happy? Add some more activities to the lit. the even. ecrets of Happiness Everyone has a different idea of what happiness is, but most of us want to be happier. So, what can we learn from looking at the habits of happy people? Here are seven things to make you happy. I Sleep More Most people don't sleep enough. If you ‘want to feel good about life, then try o sleep for at least seven hours a night 2 Do Some Exercise You don't need to run for 20k or go to the gym every night, but a small amount of exercise will help you feel happy: Go for a short {10-15 minute) walk somewhere beautiful, It wakes up your beain. 5 Give to Others Research shows that giving money or time fo help others makes you fee! happier. Buying someone ‘an unexpected present or spending some time doing voluntary work will give you a feeling of joy: 4 Be Interested Love what you do and try to learn something new. Deople who are curious and learn new things experience feelings of satisfaction and happiness co ete (omens toe READING 2 A ead the magazine article. Which ofthese things dlo you d already? Which could you do more of? B Workin paits. Which of the seven ideas do you think are the most/least important for you? Do you have any ether ideas to include? 5 Spend Time with Family and Friends ‘his is probably the most important thing you can do, People who have a stcong network of al relationships ace not just happier; they live longer, too! 6 Focus on the Moment ‘ry to find opportunities each day’ to enjoy the small things in life. Spend a little time on your ‘own, and just enjoy the moment 7 Smile! Smile more (even when you're feeling sad). Smiling ean actually make you feel bertet. People who post big smiley photos of themselves on Facebook actually fee] happier because they see the photo every day ‘and it ceminds them of happy times,QUESTION FORMS BA Read the questions. Think about your answers, 1 How many hours do you usualy sleep? 2 Ate you good at sport? 3 How much time do you spend doing exercise? Where do you go? 4 What do you do that really interests you? 5 When did you last learn something new? Where were you? 6 What smell things in fe do you enjoy? 1B Workin groups. Ask and answer the questions. 4A Complete the questions in the tables. Questions with auxiliaries question [auxiliary | subject infinitive ‘word A Work in pairs. You are going to interview other students. Look atthe prompts and make questions about ‘each topic Choose a third topic to talk about — Csi — (eee) Wee |" 20? * id You | fast learn something new? Questions with be uestion [be subject | adjective/noun/verb = word wing, ete. > you ood at sport? ‘ were you? B Circle the correct word in bold to complete the rules. 2 _ Lin questions with auxiliaries, put do/des/did before/after Bp tenet 2 In questions with be, put am/are/is/was/were before/after || the subject. D> page 128 LANGUAGEBANK 5 A Putthe words in the correct order and add an auxiliary or be to make questions. 1 many / your / how / in / people / Family? 2 see /often / you / porents/how / your? 3 family / with / you / spencing / your / time / enjoy? 4& last /your / when / celebration / family? 5 you/ with / lve / who? 6 you/ often / eat /friends / how /out / with? 7 friend / your / lve / where / best? 8 Listen and check, (C STRESSED WORDS Look at audio script 1.1 on page 168. Underline the stressed words Listen again and repeat. ‘How many people are in your family? 1D Workin pairs, Ask and answer the questions. B Workin groups. Ask and answer ‘the questions. E Tellthe class. Who do you think: 1 has the best holidays? 2 has very busy weekends? 3 enjoys staying at home? 4% does the most exercise? 5 sleeps the most? 6 ‘really knows how to enjoy themselves?as RZSISETIUGNM free time 11 Patch phrases 1-10 with pictures A~J. go shopping, — 2. geen halday 3 spend time with your family —__ 4 spend money = 5 eateut 6 eat with frends 7 have tive off 8 haveatartecs 2 play volleyball 10. play the gui FETETEGY question forms 2 Putthe words the correct order to make questions | in birthday / when / your? Englh / tine / lessen / your start / what. / do? 2 lends / cook or / often / you / how / your / do? 4 n/ many/ there /famly / how / are / your / pesple? come / does / rather / where / your / from? fase // of / any day water / you / how / Genk (a / do! 8k / where / the / easiroom? 9 your / best / see ded / fend / when / lst / you 0/ shopping / where / ad / you? 3 Waite questions forthe answers. Use the question words inthe box where what why when wha how often which how many what Tim from Plana ek, eee Im a student Hive with my fend Og. ‘Onty two people ve inthe howe, Giga an me. incur free tine we le wo goto the ana, or gs cut with riens, We bath love reading, too. Yim studying Engen because | would Me ta work ints ies + i. ampere : Tim css 2A Pre-intermediae, | sar earring Engleh when | was at sehAR. Read the text and match headings AF with paragraphs 1-6. A Cala frond B Just smile Do something nice fr someone D Beactive E Do that diffi job F Pan for some future fun Make Yourself Happy: SIX TIPS TO MAKE YOU HAPPIER IN THE NEXT HOUR You can make yourself happier starting now. In the next hour, ‘do as many of these things as possible. Each thing you do will help you to feel happier. 1 ‘stand up and walk around while you tak on the phone. Or go for a quick ten-minute walk outside. Doing ‘exercise gives you energy and makes you feel better. arrange to mest someone for lunch or send an ermal {0 friend you haven't seen for a long time. Having good relationships with other people s one of the things that ‘makes us happy, so stay in touch with your friends. ‘3 ___:answer a difficult emeil, oF call to meke thet dentist's ‘appointment, Do it now, don’t wait. Cross something off {your ist of ‘things to do! to give yourself energy. 4 “order a book you want to read, plana trip toa fuse oF a rit Ou wa er. you ook forward in the future, it wil make you feel 2 a0 5 buy someone flowers, carry their bag, tell them they look nics. Do good, feel good = this really works. If you do something nice for someone, it makes you feel better. 6 ___: even when you don't feel happy, always try to smile. Put a smile on your face right now. twill make you feel better. \V ona a) eae arco) ea B Read the text again. Are the sentences true (1) or false (F)? 1 Doing exercise makes you tred, 2. Having fiends an important pare of being happy. 3 Doing a eificut job uses al your energy 4+ Planning fun things to do can make you happy. — If you do something to make someone ke feel good, you wil feel good youre 6 Smiling too much can make you feel bad. C Read the text again and answer questions |=6 below. ‘What should you do when you talk on the phone? 2. Why is icimportant to stay in touch with friends? 3 What kinds of jobs are on a ‘things to do” lise 4 Why is ita good idea to organise something fun to do in the future? 5. How will you feel you buy someone flowers or carry their bag? 6 What happens when you smile? D Complete the detritions with phrases ‘rom the text. 1 look 10 something: be excited about something which wil happen inthe future 2 have good with people be iriendly with these people 3 things off a is: ‘mark items on alist when you do them 4 sayin wih people contact people regulary (by phone, email, etc) 5 doing ddo some kind of acbviy like walking or playing tennis