CD1 T14 Now read the text again and listen. Answer the questions.

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1 3 Free time Simple present (affirmative and negative; questions and short answers) like + -ing Vocabulary: hobbies and interests, school subjects Read and listen a Look at the pictures How old do you think the girl is? What is her hobby? Read the text quickly to check your ideas b CD1 T14 Now read the text again and listen Answer the questions 1 Where is Kellie from? 2 Why does she feed the bees in the winter? 3 When does she get honey from the hives? 4 What does she do with the honey? 5 Why don t her friends go near the hives? Kellie Lenamond is 16 She s from Texas in the United States She has many hobbies She likes playing volleyball She also likes playing the fiddle, and she loves singing But, Kellie has an unusual hobby: beekeeping Kellie doesn t work with the bees every day She checks her hives about twice a month in the spring, summer and fall She spends more time with the bees in the winter There aren t many flowers for the bees to get food from at this time of year So, Kellie feeds the bees a mixture of sugar and water in the winter This is a typical day for Kellie when she works with the bees: 8:00 She gets up and eats breakfast 9:00 She sets out her beesuit She makes sugar water for the bees 11:00 She practices the fiddle 12:00 She makes lunch for her brothers and sisters Then she does her homework 3:00 She goes to volleyball practice 5:00 She and her mom make dinner 7:00 After dinner, Kellie puts on her beesuit She and her dad go to the backyard She feeds the bees the sugar water Kellie has six beehives She has about 360,000 bees! Kellie s friends don t go near the hives They are afraid They don t want the bees to sting them Kellie says they don t understand that bees are a good thing She says, I like standing safely in the middle of a swirling mass of stinging insects No one else is brave enough! Every summer, Kellie takes honey from the hives Her bees produce about 35 liters of honey a year Kellie and her family sell some of the honey, cook with the honey and give friends honey, too 16 UNIT 3

2 2 Grammar Simple present (affirmative and negative) a Look at the examples Then complete the rule Kellie gets up at 8:00 She feeds the bees The bees produce honey They cook with honey c Look at the pictures Write simple present sentences Use like, love or hate and a word from the box cats soccer apples ice cream bananas winter RULE: We use the simple present for things which happen regularly or which are always true With I,, we and we use the base form of the verb With he, she and it we add 1 He likes apples 2 I With he, she and it, some verbs end in es -sh they wash she washes -ch we teach he teaches, I go she goes If the verb ends with consonant + y, the ending is ies they fly it flies you study he studies b Complete the sentences Use the simple present form of the verbs 1 Sara loves (love) movies 2 My friends (hate) sports 3 Yo u (take) good photographs 4 Mrs Jameson (teach) us English 5 My father (fly) to Chile twice a year 6 My mom (read) a lot of books 7 We (go) to school at 8:30 in the morning 3 She 4 They 5 She 6 We d Look at the examples and complete the table Kellie doesn t work with the bees every day They don t go near the hives Affirmative Negative I/you/we/they run I/you/we/they (do not) run he/she/it runs he/she/it (does not) run e Complete the sentences Use the simple present form of the verbs 1 I don t like (not like) this kind of music 2 We (not eat) a lot of meat at home 3 My parents (speak) Spanish 4 I (not know) his phone number 5 My brother (get up) late on the weekend 6 My father (not drive) to work UNIT 3 17

3 f Make the sentences negative 1 My brother spends a lot of money on clothes My brother doesn t spend a lot of money on clothes 2 I get up early on Sunday 3 My sister watches a lot of TV 4 I buy music on that Web site 5 You know the answer D A C 3 B 3 Vocabulary Hobbies and interests a CD1 T15 Match the activities with the pictures Write 1 9 in the boxes Then listen, check and repeat 1 going to the movies 2 reading 3 swimming 4 painting 5 playing computer games 6 dancing 7 listening to music 8 playing the guitar 9 running F G E b Use words from the three lists to make five true sentences H I My friends My brother My sister play plays don t play doesn t play { } listen to doesn t listen to go goes doesn t go read don t read doesn t read magazines the guitar pop music computer games tennis to soccer games a newspaper every day I 18 UNIT 3

4 4 Grammar like + -ing a Look at the examples and complete the rule Kellie likes playing the fiddle She loves singing We enjoy cooking with honey I hate getting up early! RULE: We often use the form after verbs of liking and not liking, for example, like, don t like, love and hate If the verb ends in e, we drop the e before -ing dance dancing, smile smiling If a short verb ends in vowel + consonant, we double the last letter before -ing swim swimming, run running b Complete the sentences Use the -ing form of the verbs in the box ride run play go listen talk 1 Maria hates listening to jazz 2 My brother doesn t like games 3 My sister loves her bike 4 My dad enjoys on the beach 5 I love to my friends on the phone 6 We love to soccer games on the weekend 5 Speak a Work with a partner Talk about the hobbies in Exercise 3 I love I hate I (don t) like/enjoy I m (not) good at b Make notes and tell other people in your class about your partner s hobbies 6 L is ten a b CD1 T16 Listen to the interview Which picture shows Mark s hobby? 1 2 CD1 T16 F (false) Listen again Write T (true) or 1 Mark gives shows once a month 2 He learns new tricks on the Internet 3 Mark practices every day 4 Mark s brother wants to be a magician 7 Pronunciation CD1 T17 and T18 on page 114 Pronunciation section starts 8 Grammar Simple present (questions and short answers) a Read the examples about Mark s hobby and complete the table Do your friends know about your hobby? Yes, they do Does it take a long time to learn? Yes, it does Do you tell your brother how to do the tricks? Questions No, I don t Short answers I/you/we/they Yes, I/you/we/they do study English? No, I/you/we/they (do not) he/she/it like Yes, he/she/it studying English? No, he/she/it doesn t ( not) b Complete the questions and short answers 1 A: Does Jeremy like swimming? B: Yes, he does ( ) 2 A: you study Japanese? B: ( ) 3 A: your friends listen to music? B: ( ) 4 A: she go to your school? B: ( ) 3 UNIT 3 19

5 9 Read and listen a Tonya, Elsa and Mark go to the same school Read the text quickly and find: 1 the name of the school 2 three different clubs at the school b Look at the pictures Which things are school subjects? Which things are clubs? Which are sports? Write S (subject), C (club) or SP (sport) A B Tonya, Elsa and Mark are students at LaGuardia High School in New York City It s a school with regular academic classes, but it also specializes in the performing arts Tonya likes dancing, Elsa wants to be an artist and Mark is a singer C S D The students are all 15, and they re in 10th grade They study subjects like English, math, social studies, science, health and PE They also choose a foreign language: French, Italian, Spanish or Japanese Students have many academic classes, but during the school day they also take classes in the arts, like theater, art, dance and music Mark says, I get the basic classes, but I also take a voice class and a music history class E F There is even more for LaGuardia students after school There are more than 40 clubs for students For example, there s a movie club, a knitting club and an environment club We have so many choices here, says Tonya My favorite club is the camera club I like taking photos and learning about photography It s also a great way to meet people with common interests G I H J Students at LaGuardia can also do many sports For example, they can play basketball, tennis, volleyball and soccer Elsa is on the gymnastics team She says, I like being on a team It makes me work hard and do my best Students practice after school They compete against other high schools Mark says, At school, I study by myself I m a singer, and I do that alone, too That s why I like playing on the basketball team We work together and compete against other teams LaGuardia offers many great classes, clubs and sports for students Students at LaGuardia get a good education, and they also develop their own interests Many LaGuardia students become dancers, singers and actors! 20 UNIT 3

6 0 Wri te a Imagine that Lisa is your new e-pal and this is her first message to you Read her message What are her hobbies and interests? from: lisafranklin@aeimcup subject: Hello! Hi! I m Lisa Franklin I m American, and I live in California I m 15 I love sports My favorite hobby is painting I also like taking photographs (I m in the photography club at school), and I enjoy riding my bike I love watching sports on TV, especially tennis! I really like Rafael Nadal My best friend is Sonia We listen to music a lot, and we often go to the movies together, too Her favorite actor is Ben Stiller I think he s very funny, but my favorite actor is Johnny Depp Write soon! Lisa c CD1 T19 Read the text again and listen Write T (true) or F (false) 1 Tonya, Elsa and Mark are all 15 years old 2 Mark is a dancer 3 Art classes are school subjects at LaGuardia 4 Clubs meet during the school day 5 Tonya s favorite club is the movie club 6 Elsa is on the gymnastics team 7 Mark sings in a band with other people 8 Sports teams compete against other teams d Is this school similar to yours or very different? Discuss this question with a partner or in small groups b Write an in reply to Lisa Include this information: your name, nationality and age where you live your hobbies and interests some information about your friend(s) Speak a Work with a partner Think of five questions that you would like to ask Tonya from LaGuardia High School b Work with your partner: One of you is the interviewer, and the other one is Tonya Ask and answer questions For your portfolio UNIT 3 21