English Vocabulary Organiser Leisure time

40 Talking about your free time

1 What are you doing tonight? 3 Let’s have a night out
Match each of the beginnings of the questions Match these ideas with one of the activities below:
with two endings: 1 . 1 haven’t been to see a play for ages.
1. What are you a. any plans for this evening? 2. Let’s go out for a meal at the weekend. We
2 . Are you b. doing tonight? haven’t eaten out for a long time.
3. Have you got c. anything on this weekend? 3. Shall we go and see a band? I haven’t seen
d. going out tonight? any live music for ages.
e. up to at the weekend? 4. Do you fancy going out for a drink later?
L doing anything later? 5. Do you fancy going clubbing tonight?
Number 1 goes with . . . and . . . . 6 . Shall we go and see a film later?
Number 2 goes with . . . and . . . . a. going to the pub
Number 3 goes with . . . and . . . . b. going to the cinema
What are you up tof is more informal and would c. going to the theatre
only be used between people who knew each d. going to a restaurant
other fairly well e. going to a nightclub
f. going to a concert
2 Meeting up with friends Now use the correct form of these expressions to
Use the correct form of these expressions to complete the dialogues:
complete the dialogues: g. have a quiet night in
meet up with go round get together h. go to a party
have a party come along bring i. have a very active social life
1. What are you doing at the weekend? j. be stuck indoors
> Some friends of mine have just moved k. have some fun
into a new flat and they’r e ........................on 7. Is everything OK with your new flatmate?
Saturday night. Why don’t y o u ...................... > Yes, he seems t o .................................He’s
too? You c a n Sally, if you like - been out every night this week.
I’m sure she’d like Tony and Jane.
8 . Are you going out tonight, Alison? There’s
2 . Are you doing anything tonight? a new club opened in the High Street.
> Nothing special. I’m ju s t ........................ a > N ot tonight. I’ve been out every night this
few friends for a drink. week. I want t o ............................ for a change.
3. What are you up to this evening? 9. How ’s the exam revision going? I bet you’re
> N ot much really. I m igh t........................ to getting a bit tired of it, aren’t you?
see Steve and his wife later. > Absolutely! I’v e .............................all week.
4. Have you got anything special on this I want to go out a n d ...............................
weekend? 10. Are you doing anything exciting this
> Yes, I have actually. I’m seeing some old weekend, Mark?
school friends. We all try t o .............................. > Yes, I’m .............................up in London.
every couple of years and have a big night Some friends of mine have just moved into
out in London. a new house.
I f you go round to some friends, you visit them A party when you have moved into a new house
for a short time. is called a house-warming party.

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 Leisure tim e

4 Let’s go out for the day 5 A quiet night in

Put these words with the correct group below: Choose the correct endings for each sentence:
go go fo r go to 1. L e t ’s ju s t s ta y in a n d w atch
2. My Mum and Dad came over to play
the park 3. I’d rather just stay in and finish
1............... the beach 4. A few friends came round
the zoo 5. Let’s just get
a walk 6 . We had
2............... a drive in the country a. for dinner.
a swim b. my book.
c. TV / a video.
shopping
d. a video out.
3 ............... clubbing
e. a few friends round for dinner.
fishing f. cards.
Now use some of the phrases to complete the 7. Which three sentences answer the question:
following text You might need to change the form What did you do last nightf
of the verb.
8 . Which two sentences answer the question:
I had a really nice weekend. I got paid on What shall we do tonightf
Friday and I decided I needed some new clothes, What do you like doing in your free timef
so I got up early on Saturday morning and D o you prefer a wild night out or a quiet night
( 4 ) ............................... inf
After lunch I ( 5 ) ....................................... in the
park and sat on a bench in the sun reading the
newspaper. They've just opened a new pool near
my house so later in the afternoon I decided to
(6 ) ................................ and I had a sauna as well.
My brother’s kids are doing a project at school
about wild animals and on Sunday morning we
all ( 7 ) We had
a great time watching the lions and feeding the
monkeys.
Then in the afternoon I picked my girlfriend up
in the car and ( 8 ) ......................................................
We found a really pretty little village that
neither of us had ever been to before. By the
time I got home it was nearly ten o ’clock. I just
had something to eat and went straight to bed.

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