People in my life ‘ frequency adverbs and expressions ™ family 3A Time together 1 when and where do you spend time with you see my family on the weekend, We have lunch toge! yur family? Tell yoyr partner. ther on Sundays. 2 Look at the pictures of different family activities. How many generations ‘can you see? What are they doing together? 3 A Read the text. Complete it with the verbs in the box go cook make see play watch Family get-togethers once ayes mywholetamiy meets at my parentshouse nthe morning, we often tag\ as) games with the children inthe at re gerhas by and git MY Piece and nephew ae Peary about soccer, so we usually play hat In the afternoon, we +a 0 — for a walk or stay at home. We sit in the backyard, and we sometimes * £: things with the childrer ta snteraiflow Lis teaches fve-year-olds. and she always brings lots of paper and pens. Inthe evening, we *-CO0\6 dinrer. Food's always an important pz Sythe weekend! Our food's very international ~ my grandmothers Srazilan, my dad's Colombian, my sister-in-law’s British, and my husband's Polish. We often have Mexican food because we all love fora weekend of fun, music, and great food. We're a big tamiy, and there are four generations of us! We never. Ch television - we prefer to talk. My Uncle Paul ar my cousins Joe and Megan play music. Uncle Paul and Joe play the {uitar, and Megan sings and plays the piano. They're really good. Idon't © SCE my family often because we all tive in different parts of the country, but | love these weekends. They're really spec B ©)31_ Listen and check your answers. 4 A Read the text again and choose the correct options 1 The wiriter is Ben's sister / aunt, 3. Paulis Joe's father r 2 Loisis Ben's sister / wile. 4 Meganis Paul's son / daughter. B Look at the main picture In the text, What relation to the writer do you think the people are? Go to Vocabulary practice: family. page 96ae ae frequency adverbs and expressions & family | tawounce feal 3A fet 3A /2.4 Listen to Ben and match the activities with the peopte and t 50 the People and the frequency expressions. + play tennis 50n ——————— every day 2 read stories grandmother nce aweek 3, go out for coffe 'son and daughteyygonce a month 4 watch TV cousin three times a week. 5 go out for dinner wut every evening 6 buy food brother-in-ta twice a month 6 A Underline the frequency adverbs in the text on page 22. Complete the rule, Frequency adverbs go before / after the verb be and before/after other vers B Look at the frequency expressions in exercise 5. Which word means ‘one ine” means two times"? Then read the Grammar box [SEINE gency aor ane oeesanall °? Which word Frequency adverbs 100% ee a always usually often sometimes. hardly ever never Frequency expressio oncetweetvee tines | 2. | dyieedimonten Go to Grammar practice: frequency adverbs and expressions, page 80 7 A ©36 Pronunciation: sentence stress Listen to the sentences. Underline the sessed words or sylables. Are the frequency adverbs and expressions stessea? 1. sometimes play the guitar. 4 They eat out once a week. 2 He's often late. 5 She sees her grandparents three times a year. 3. We never watch television, 6 listen to the radio every day. B ©306 Listen again anc repeat the sentences, Copy the thythm 8 A write five sentences about you and your family. Use different frequency adverbs and expressions, J often go out for coffee with my mother-in-law. | sometimes watch TV with my grandparents. I play soccer with my brother once a week. B in pairs, say your sentences. Do you do the same activities with the same people? Go to Communication practice: Student A page 108, Student B page 114 9 A Ask and answer questions with your classmates about how frequently you do the activities, ‘meet (your A How often do you go to the movies? B Oncea month. What about you? A I never go to the movi B Complete the sentences about your classmates. never goes spe sometimes plays = cooks soto meets his her ato RUA, drives a car {goes running Draw your family tree. Choose five people in your family and write a sentence about each of them. ee—SULARY PRactice 3A Family 1 @22 con ©22 competes samtyce wth te worst ten and eek Christine Smother-in-law Stephen Paula ou 9 COVSIN 10 COUSIN ugasher 2 ©33_ complete tne sentences withthe correct names 1 Hastgand SBn¢ ae Jack's parents 2 odtcs’t and Chesskwnare Jack's in-laws (mother- and father- inky) 3 A __ and _SNosianare Jack's grandpdrents 4 Evie and “Lael are Jack’ children SEne _, Lach _, Selomatynd.cormensre Harry and Jane's grandchildren : 6 Jack is Ralocs’. and Ciaxishreson- in-law, 7 Carrie's — Hlasy and. Seurse.’s daughle-in-aw 8 Jackis_ Canyie’s husband 9 Skeghen SACK. and WAN are Bil and Marion's grandsons 10 Ewer is Robert and Christine's granddaughter. weer Claret teria dager brother ser nephew pce aer ount couin(ad) gendmottr | Salomon Carmen wpedrey i» Digg 3 Complete the chart with the family words from exercises 1 and 2. male female male and female