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la Think of adjectives that express your personal opinion of V Vocabulary note
each form of exercise in 2.1.
Exercise can be uncountable or
For me aerobic-6 is Stooling but exhilarating
countable as a noun.
2.4 DE Listen to someone talking about exercise. Are these The uncountable noun describes
physical activity that people do to
sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the speaker?
keep fit and healthy:
Regular exercise is good for you.

1 You have to be serious about getting into shape.
Swimming is my favourite form
2 There is no need to drastically change your schedule to be more of exercise.
active. The countable noun has several uses:

Shopping is a healthy activity.
3 specific physical or mental activity
to improve something

4 If you perform, you should make bigger movements.
I do stomach exercises every day. I'm
not keen on doing grammar exercises.
5 Swimming has three major advantages as an exercise.

a course of action to achieve

6 Gyms charge too much money.
something specific:
7 Other people can be distracting when you're exercising. The company statement is part of a
public relations exercise.
8 The benefits of exercise are worth a fade pain

ni CIE Listen again and complete the sentences with words and phrases used by the speaker.
to their daily routine.
1 She recommends that busy people make some
2 She says that performing at home is an enjoyable way of

3 She thinks that people are discouraged by the at gyms.
4 She encourages listeners with a favourite sport to be more than just a
5 She reassures listeners that if they include neighbours in their plans, they'll be
2.6 Complete the phrases in bold in the questions with the correct prepositions. There are similar
sentences in the recording script. Answer the questions about yourself.
V Vocabulary note
1
exercising?
What kind of things put you
The phrasal verb particle off has a
with gossip?
2 When do you catch
number of meanings:
departure or separation, e.g. get off,
close off
3 How do you burn
calories?
They've closed off the city centre
because of a bomb scare.
energy?
4 What do you do when you're low beginning, e.g. set of start off,
trigger off
The incident triggered off a political
5 What kind of social activities do you hang from? debate.
stop or cancel, e.g. call off, cut off,
switch off.
in
6 How often do you get out and They've called off tomorrow's meeting.
your neighbourhood? decrease or completion, e.g. burn
off, wear off, tail Olt
The effect of the medicine is
wearing off now.
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