VIDEO 5

SPEAKING 4 1.21 Cross out the response that is NOT possible

1.8 Showing interest

in each case. Then listen, check and repeat.
1 A: I’ve got thousands of songs on my phone.
I can show interest in a conversation B: Have you? / Cool! / Is it?
and express similarity or difference. 2 A: I love Spanish and Italian food.
B: Really? / Are you? / Do you?
3 A: My parents have got an apartment in Paris.
1 SPEAKING Look at the activities in the box. B: Wow, that’s interesting! / Have they? / Are they?
Discuss the questions. 4 A: There are forty students in my class.
B: Is it? / Are there? / Really?
eating and drinking travelling doing sport 5 A: I can play the guitar.
listening to music shopping B: Cool! / Are you? / Can you?
socialising with friends meeting new people
6 A: I’m passionate about politics.
watching films being online
B: Really? / Do you? / Are you?
1 How much of your free time do you spend on each
5 1.22 Listen and decide if the two speakers are
activity?
similar (✓) or different (✗).
2 What other things do you do in your free time?
3 How similar or different are you to your partner? 1 2 3 4 5 6

6 Complete the table.

Statement Say you’re Say you’re

similar different

a I’m worried Are you?

Me too.
about the world. I’m not.
1

b I’m not worried 2

Aren’t you?
Me neither.
about the world. I am.

c I love reading 3
4
Do you ?
Me too.
poetry. I don’t.

d I don’t like Don’t you?

Me neither.
2 1.20 Listen to two dialogues and answer the reading poetry. 5
I do .
Exercise 2 questions.
1 A lot: they love e I’ve got lots of 7
Have you ?
travelling and 1 What do Ed and Nick have in common? 6
Me too.
cousins. I haven’t.
meeting new 2 What do Rachel and Kate have in common?
people, neither f I haven’t got any Haven’t you?
of them likes 3 1.20 Listen again and complete the SPEAKING Me neither.
cousins. 8
I have .
rock or heavy FOCUS with responses a–e.
metal, each
a Do you? Right … d Really? I love it.
of them has 7 Complete the sentences to make them true for you.
a sister. b Really? That’s cool! e Me too.
c Is she? 1 I’m really into …
2 They have
2 I haven’t got …
almost nothing
in common. SPEAKING FOCUS 3 I really like …
4 I’m very interested in …
Statement Showing interest 5 I’m not very keen on ...
A: I’ve got loads of friends B: 1Really? That’s cool! 6 I’m not very good at …
and they want to meet you.
A: I’ve just got one sister. B: 2
Is she?
8 SPEAKING Follow the instructions below to make
dialogues.
She’s a model.
Student A: Choose a statement from Exercise 7. Say it
A: She’s training to be a pilot. B: Wow, that’s interesting.
to Student B.
Statement Saying you are similar Student B: Say if you are similar or different. Use the
A: I love travelling and meeting B: 3 Me too. SPEAKING FOCUS to help you.
new people.
A: I don’t really like rock or B: Me neither.
heavy metal.
ROLE-PLAY 5 Showing interest

Statement
A: I’m not very keen on tea.
A: I don’t like travelling.
A: I play the violin.
Saying you are different 5 Watch the video and practise. Then role-play
B: 4 Really? I love it. your dialogue.
B: Don’t you? Oh, I do!
B: 5
Do you? Right …

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REFERENCES EXTRA ACTIVITIES NEXT CLASS

Audioscript pp. 177–178 Copy the audioscript of the dialogues Ask students to study the Word list
Using videos in the classroom p. T14 from ex. 2 and take out Ed and Rachel’s on p. 15.
parts. Students try to complete the
dialogues. Then they listen again.
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p. 14