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Vocabulary free time activities;
frequency adverbs and expressions

Time off Skills Reading: a magazine article;
Listening: a survey

QUICK REVIEW Present Simple questions Reading and Listening
Work in groups. Ask questions to find out
who: gets up first, takes the longest to a How do people in the UK spend their free time, do you think?
get to class, spends the most on travel
b Read the article. Guess the correct answers a-r.
a week, watches TV the most, goes to c B
bed last. A What time do you get up? 1 Listen and check your answers. Do you think any of
the answers are surprising?
B At about seven. What about you?

Vocabulary and Speaking

Free time activities

a Look at these free time activities. Then
fill in the gaps in sentences 1-4 with the A new survey on the free time and
words in bold. shopping habits of British people is
play volleyball I published this week - and it shows
do yoga
that we still love football, going to
go cycling go to the theatre J
pubs, watching TV and eating fish
and chips! Here are some of the
1 We use with words that end in -ing.
results from the survey.
2 We use with sports with a ball and
other games. o The British are always happy when they're
socialising. 55% of amen/women and 44%
3 We use with places and events.
of bmen/women go to a bar or pub with their
4 We use with things you do in a gym friends every week.
or health club. www.english0905.com
o About c20%/30% of adults go to a festival or
b Match these words/phrases to do, play,
a concert at least once a year and d20%/ 30%
go or go to. Check in IM@:il!fJ;tlit p127.
go to the theatre. About 25% go to a museum
. . . or an art gallery.
museums running
• British people generally watch TV for about
basketball judo
0 three/four hours every day- and about
art galleries skateboarding
f25%/45% of men have dinner and watch TV
cards diving pilates
concerts/ gigs mo·untain biking at the same time!
the gym table tennis o The average British person spends more than 915/22 hours online
gymnastics festivals chess every month, and a hhalf/quarterof thattime is on social networking
sites like Facebook and Twitter.
TIP• In these vocabulary boxes we only show o iMore/ Less than half of all adults in the UK do some sport every month.
the main stress in words and phrases. About i7%/ 15% of British people go swimming and k7%/ 15% play football
- but 32% watch football on TV once or twice a week.
c Work in pairs. Can you think of any
1
more words/phrases that go with do, play, o British people normally go on holiday once a year, but 70%/ 20% of
go or go to? people have two or more holidays a year. The most popular holiday
destination is mspain/ France.
Work in the same pairs. Ask questions o n30%/46% of adults go to a McDonald's restaurant every three months,
with Oo you ever ... ?. Find four things that but 30%/46% go to a traditional fish
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you both do in your free time. Use phrases and chip shop.
from 1 or your own ideas. Ask follow-up
o The British spend about £48 million
questions if possible.
on Ptea/ coffee and £56 million on
qtea/ coffee every month.
@ o you ever go to art galle:_ies?
o And every British person eats
r1110 kg of chocolate every year
Yes, sometimes./No, I don't.
- more than any other country in
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