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1. Say some things about yourself using at least four of the verbs in the box.
be
come
finish
go
have
live
speak
start
study
work
2. Look at the photos and complete the tasks.
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Name five objects in each photo.
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Say what the people are doing and
why they are doing it.
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Say how often you do the activities
in the photos.
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Talk about the things you like
doing in your free time.
3. Read the texts and choose the correct words or phrases. Then, match the
texts with the photos in ex. 2.
a) I’m learning English because I want to understand American films and music. I
also want to meet online people/people online. I think it’s really exciting to
talk to people from all over the world on sociable/social media.
b) I retired two years ago. I finally have time to do sport and to travel! I am
learning English because it can be very useful/fun when you are abroad. I
really like learning new things so I have also started learn/learning graphic
design.
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c) I work in a small IT company. Last weekend was my birthday so I cooked and
invited/invented my colleagues for lunch. Each of us is from a different/the
same country so we only speak English when we’re together.
4. Discuss the questions.
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Why do you want to learn English? Think about your everyday life, hobbies,
work or plans for the future.
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When did you start learning English? Has learning English been easy or
difficult?
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How much time will you spend learning English every week? Think about what
you can do at home (homework and revising things you studied in your
lessons).
5. Look at some different activities you might do in an English lesson. Say
which ones you like or dislike and why.
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doing grammar tasks
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discussing things with the
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playing games to practise what you
learned
teacher or other students
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reading articles or stories
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learning vocabulary
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talking about your interests
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listening to conversations or
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watching videos
songs
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writing emails, messages or comments
6. Complete the sentences so that they are true for you.
EXAMPLE:
I usually leave home early in the morning because I start work
at 7 and I need to catch a bus at 6.30.
a) I always/usually/rarely leave home early in the morning because…
b) The first thing I do at work is check my email/have coffee/talk to my
colleagues because…
c) In the afternoon, I enjoy/don’t enjoy/hate… because…
d) When I go online, I like reading/watching/listening to…
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e) The place where I live is/isn’t
expensive/quiet/dangerous/boring because…
f) I think eating at home is better than/worse than/the
same as eating out because…
g) I usually travel by bus/bike/car because…
h) One day I lost/met/found… and…
7. Look at the objects in the pictures. Choose the three which you think are
the most important in everyday life and explain why.
8. Put the words in the correct order to create questions.
a) after / do / will / the / lesson / what / you / ?
b) pets / you / have / any / got / ?
c) spend / friends / how / your / their / time / do / free / ?
d) holiday / would / to / on / where / you / go / like / ?
e) the / ever / you / ocean / have / swum / in / ?
f) birthday / did / last / you / how / celebrate / your / ?
g) funniest / is / who / person / your / the / in / family / ?
h) learn / online / do / to / prefer / or / English / you / offline / ?
9. With a partner, ask and answer the questions in ex. 8.
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