VOCABULARY FREE TIME 1 Match phrases 1-10 with pictures A-}. 1 go shopping — go on holiday spend time with family spend money eat out have time off 2 3 4 5 6 eat with friends 7 8 havea barbecue 9 play volleyball 20 play the guitar GRAMMAR QUESTION FORMS 2 Put the words in the correct order to make ‘questions. 1 is /birthday / when / your? When is your birthday? 2 English / time /lessons / your / start / what / do? 3 friends / cook for / often / you / how / your / do? 4 in/ many / family / how / are / your / people? 5 come / does / mother / where / your / from? 6 ssell/ you / did / why / house / your? 7 glasses /in / of /many / day / water / you / how / drink / a/ do? 8 is/where/ the / classroom? 3 Write questions for the answers. Use the question ‘words in the box. where what why when who how often which how many what 1A: Where are you from ? B: I'm from Poland, 2h 2 (ma student. 3h swith? B: I live with my friend Olga. ak 2 B: Only two people liv in the house, Olga and ime. oe ? B: In our free time we lke to go to the cinema or go out with friends. We both love reading, too. eee B: We go to the cinema about once a week, Ta : B: I'm studying English because | would like to ‘work in this country. ———— 8A: = 2hor3A? 9 your / best /see / did / friend / when / last / you? B: lim in class 2A, Pre-intermediate. oh 2 10 go/ shopping / where / did / you? 8B: | started learning English when | was at school4 0 Read the article and match headings A-F with paragraphs 1-6. A Calla friend B Just smile © Do something nice for someone D Be active E Do that difficult job F Plan for some future fun 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 talk on the phone. Or go for a quick ten-minute walk outside, Doing exercise gives you energy and makes you feel better. 2 arrange to meet someone for lunch or send an ‘email to a friend you haven't seen for a long time. Having good relationships with other people is one of the things that ‘makes us happy, so stay in touch with your fiends, 3_s answer a difficult email or call to make that dentist’ appointment. Do it naw, don't wait. Crose something off your list of things to do, to give yourself energy. 4 order a book you want to read, plan a trip to ‘a museum ora night out with fiends. Ifyou look forward to doing something fun in the future, it will make you feel happy right now. 3 buy someone flowers, carry their bag, tell them they look nice. Do good, fee! 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 — it will make you feel better! Tick things off the list when you do them. Do you feel happier yet? Teeter eau tesco them. Do you feel rue B Read the article again, Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 Doing exercise makes you tired. 2. Having friends is an important part of being happy. 3 Doinga difficult job uses all your energy. 4 Planning fun things to do can make you feel happy. 5 Ifyou do something to make someone else feel good, you will eel good yourself 6 Smiling when you're not happy can make you feel bad, © Read the article again and answer the ‘questions. 1. What should you do when you talk on the phone? 2 Why is it important to stay in touch with friends? 3. What kinds of jobs are on a ‘things to do'tst? ‘4 Why isit a good idea to organise something fun to do in the future? 5 How will you feel if you buy someone flowers or carry their bag? 6 What happens when you smile? D Complete the definitions with words from the article. 1 do do some kind of activity lke walking or playing tennis 2 have good with people: be friendly with people 3 stayin with people: contact people regularly (by phone, email, etc) 4 something off alist: mark things on alist when you do them 5 look to something: be excited about something which will happen in the futureVOCABULARY RELATIONSHIPS: 1 Look at the pictures and complete the story about ‘when Harry met Sally. Use the words in the box. 3 complete the story with the past simple form of the verbs in the box. become decide meet send get propose have nottell start arrive live talk proposed gotengaged haveagirifriend met gotmarried accepted got on well fell in love 1 Harry didn't 2 He Saliy ina café They have a girlfriend 5 They. GRAMMAR PAST SIMPLE 2 A Mark the verbs in the box regular (R) or irregular (1). fall ask decide know stop like go say see spend study try meet walk work get B Write the past simple form of the irregular verbs in Exercise 28. 101 (start) t Many years ago, before it was fashionable to date on ‘the internet, 2 Swedish lady online, We? Conwell from the frst minute we _ ‘chatting, and she soon “ my girlfriend. The only problem was that! inthe UK and she was in Sweden. Fora couple of years, we long-distance relationship. We”. ‘onthe phone and emails to each other. We * ‘ur friends how we met because we ‘were embarrassed. Aftera while, ‘to eave England and move to Sweden. When | a J ‘toher and she ‘said yes. Now, we are happily married and we have four children. I think online dating is fantastic. | met my wife because of 4 complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets, 1 A: Where (you/stay)? B: We (Find) a hotel near the station. 2 We (eat) in the hotel restaurant and the food (be) delicious. 3 Mara and Steve (not have) a barbecue ‘on Sunday because it (cain) all day. 4 We (g0) to the cinema, but | (not like) the film. (think) it was really boring, 51 (spend) the weekend studying because Ive got an exam tomorrow 6 He (be) really busy yesterday, so he (not have) time to call you. 7 She (rite) a long letter explaining, the problem, but her boyfriend stil (not understand), 8 They (give) her some beautiful flowers for her birthday. 9 A: What time last night? B: At about midnight. (you/get) back home job four years ago, when | (move) to Rome.5 A Say the words and circle the verb ending which sounds different. 1 played stayed. -— tried ended 2 asked kissed arrived talked 3 finished decided — pretended wanted 4 studied happened invented stayed 5 walked helped stopped -—_— started B (YL Listen and check. LISTENING G A B12 Listen to Chris's story of how he met Amy. Number the sentences in the correct order. a) Chris met Amy in Spain, 'b) Chris met Amy in London. ©) Chris went on holiday with his friends. d) They got married and had a son. e) They decided to stop writing to each other. ) They fell in love. B Listen again and answer the questions. 1. How old was Chris when he met Amy? 2 Where were they? 3. What did they promise to do after the holiday? 4 Why did they decide to stop writing to each other? 5 When did they meet again? 6 How did they feel when they saw each other? 7 What's their son’s name? © Read audio script 1.2 on page 77 and find words that match these meanings. 1 friends 2 lying in the sun 3. knew who somebody was when you saw them 4 very surprised 5 spending time with someone WRITING LINKING WORDS ? Correct the linking words in italics in the sentences. because 1 I didn't ike the fl { 50 it was scary. 2 We saw Pompeii but we thought it was wonderful 3. She didnt lke her job, because she decided to leave. 4 They couldn't get married and her father wouldn't allow it 5 He started taekwondo lessons but he wanted to get fit, 6 They wanted to buy the house, so the bank didn't give them the money. 7 [wanted to go to the concert, because I couldn't find ticket. 8 I didn’t sleep very well, but 'm very tired today, 8 Join the sentences. Use and, s, but or because, 1. We decided to sell the car. We needed the money. fe decided to sell the car because we needed the ile Jon met Ella in an online group. They got on really well. 3 Ididn’t want to be late. left home early, Matt proposed to Fiona. She said no. 5 like Clara, She can be a bit rude sometimes, 6 We got married two years ago. We had a baby a year later. 7 The film was terrible, They left early, I'm studying medicine. I want to be a doctor.VOCABULARY CONVERSATION TOPICS LA Find six verbs in the puzzle. Goes Tel B Complete the sentences with verbs from Exercise 1A, Use one of the verbs twice. 1 We often English class. 2 You shouldn't Its not very nice. 3. You look sad. Shall | you ‘4 What did your mum interesting conversations in our so much about people at work. ajoke? ‘when you got home late last night? 5 So, Judy, ime about your new job. 6 What did you about with your sister last night? 7 Why do you always of a story? | hate that! me when f'n in the middle FUNCTION MAKING CONVERSATION 2 complete the conversations with the words and phrases in the box. doyou workhere seeyou did you Ymsorry my friend isr'tit was terrible would you good weekend 1A: Hi, Helen. This is Joshua. B: Hi, Joshua, Pleased to meet you. 2 A: Did you have a 2 Br Yes, thanks. I didn't do much. 3 A: Nice day, ? B: Yes, its lovely, 4 &: So, do you ? B: No,\'m just visiting, 5A like a drink? B: Thanks. love a glass of water 6a watch the film last right? B: Yes. It was brilliant 7 A: Where exactly from? come B: I'm from Bolton, near Manchester. 8 A: Sorry I'mllate. Ihad some bad news at home, B: Oh, to hear that. 9 A: Did you watch the match last night? B: Yes, it 1 10 A: ll see you later, B: Yes, soon, LEARN TO SOUND NATURAL 3 (13 Listen and mark the linked words. 1 Do_you likeit here? 2 where are you going? 3 come from ltaly. 4 Itsa beautiful day. 5 mafraid | can’t remember. 6 Where did you buy it? 7 Yim sorry, but | don't understand. 4 (B)14 Listen and write what you hear. 1 2 3 4 5 6