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UNIT 4

LIFE

Overview

Watch the video podcast. Do you like to do the activities the people talk about?

1 Read Natalies text. Then watch the video podcast from 0:11 to 0:24

Natalie

and underline the words you hear.

When I 1go / go out with my friend Jill, we 2go /dont go to the cinema because
she loves 3plays / films. When I 4go out with / meet my university friends, we
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go for /have a coffee, or a pizza. What about you? What 6you /do you like to
do with your friends?

2 What do you like to do with your friends? Read the answers in the box and check new words in your
dictionary. Match verbs 18 to words a)h). Then watch the video podcast from 0:24 to 1:20 and check
your answers.
1 do
a) meals
2 have
b) dinner
3 watch
c) lots of things
4 go to
d) on holiday, cycling, shopping
5 go
e) films/movies
6 play
f ) online
7 go out for
g) restaurants, the cinema, concerts
8 talk
h) football, sports
Glossary: movies = films; gym = gymnasium

3 What do you do on your own? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the

video podcast from 1:22 to 2:02 and circle the correct answer, a) or b).

1 I watch ______ and I listen to

music.
1 a) films b) television

2 I play _______.
2 a) computer games
2 b) the piano

4 I paint and I play _______.

5 I go for ______ and I cook.
4 a) football b) computer games 5 a) walks b) a coffee

3 Sometimes I go to ______.
3 a) the gym b) the cinema

6 I ______ a lot. Watch TV. And

6 just relax.
6 a) sing b) read

Glossary: TV = television

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LIFE

speakout Starter
UNIT 4

4 Do they go to concerts, plays or films in London? Look at the people below and read their answers.

Check new words in your dictionary. Then watch the video podcast again from 2:03 to 2:57 and match
the people to the correct answers.
A Cath
1 He goes to concerts and plays in
London.

____

2 He likes to go to Shakespeare plays.

____

3 She goes to the theatre a lot.

A____

4 He goes to concerts and films but

he doesnt go to plays.

____

5 He goes to concerts and opera.

____

6 She goes to watch dance

performances.

____

B Emily

C Ben

DWill

ETony

F Michael

Glossary: Shakespeare = famous English writer

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speakout Starter
UNIT 4

LIFE

The way we speak

5 The people in the pictures talk about things they like to do. Complete the sentences with the words in
the box.

often quite of a but lot

often .
1 I go to plays quite ______

2 I go to the theatre a ______ .

3 I go to ______ lot of concerts,

3 like mainly rock music.

4 I go to a lot ______ concerts.

5 We go to ______ a lot of
5 concerts and opera.

6 I go to concerts and films in

London ______ I dont go to
plays.

B Watch the video podcast from 2:03 to 2:57 and check your answers.
Personalisation
6 Write your answers to Natalies questions.
1 What do you like to do with your friends?
______________________________________________________________________________________
2 What do you do on your own?
______________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you go to concerts, plays or films in London?
______________________________________________________________________________________

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