Friday's assignment

Listen to that video and then answer the following activities:

Listen to the speakers describing their favourite things and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

1. Preparation: matching

Do this exercise before you listen. Match the verb with the correct noun and write a – g next to the numbers 1 – 7.

1…….. take                                                                                       a. a designer

2…….. listen to                                                                                b. your scooter

3…….. watch                                                                                   c. a business

4…….. stroke (= move your hand gently over something)         d. films

5…….. park                                                                                      e. photos

6…….. make it as (= be successful as)                                         f. the cat

7…….. set up (= start)                                                                    g. music

1--e    2--g   3--d  4--f   5--b   6--a   7--c 

2. Check your understanding: matching

Match the speakers with their favourite things. Write a – e next to the numbers 1 – 5.

1…….. Speaker                   A a. a tablet

2…….. Speaker                   B b. a sewing machine

3…….. Speaker                   C c. a scooter

4…….. Speaker                   D d. a set of knives

5…….. Speaker                   E e. a cat

1--A   2--E     3--C   4--B  5--D

3. Check your understanding: gap fill

Do this exercise while you listen. Write the word to fill the gaps.

A. My favourite thing has to be my new tablet. It’s really light and quite _____small________, so I take it with me everywhere. I’m always writing to friends and it’s big enough to do college work on it too. It takes really good ______photos_______, and I play games and listen to ________music_____ on it as well, of course. I often download ____films_________ onto it, and watch them in _______bed______. My mum says I’m ___addicted__________, because I’m always on it. I even read things on it at breakfast time. I’m not allowed to at ____dinner_________ time, though. I have to be ____polite_________ and talk to people then. “Welcome back to real life,” my mum says.

B. My favourite thing? Does my ___cat__________ count as a thing? She’s not really a thing, but anyway. She’s a really _____beautiful________ little cat. I’ve had her since she was _____four________ months old. You know how some cats are really ___independent__________ and hardly talk to you? I know cats don’t really talk, but you know what I mean. Well, she’s not like that at all. She’s really _____affectionate_______ and comes up to me as soon as I get home, purring away like mad. She makes a lot of ______noise___ for a tiny thing. She loves being stroked and comes and curls up next to me when I’m on the _____sofa________. She’s great _______companion_____.

C. My new scooter! It’s quite small, but _______fun______, and just what I needed for getting around the ____city_________. I used to have quite a long walk to the ____metro_________, then a longish walk at the other end to get to __college___________. But now I can just whiz there on my ___scooter__________. And there’s no problem parking, there’s always ____space_________ for it. You have to be ____careful_________ with the cars and ___lorries__________ – they don’t always see you – and when it rains the surface of the road is ______terrible_______, it gets really slippery. But in general it’s perfect for me, and I can fit a _______friend______ on the back too – I’ve got an extra ______helmet_______ for a friend. It’s great. Riding along makes me feel so free.

D. This might sound a bit old-fashioned, but my sewing ______machine_______ is my favourite thing. I’m studying ___fashion__________ and love making things, as well as designing them. I also love _____clothing_______ myself and often buy second-hand clothes – everyone loves the “vintage” _________looked____ at the moment – and then I adapt them to my ____size_________. It’s much easier using a machine to do that than doing it by ______hands_______. I do alterations for my mum and my sister too. If I don’t make it as a ______designer_______, I suppose I can always set up my own alterations and customising ____business_________. Customising clothes, by taking things off and adding things on, is actually very ______creative_______, so I wouldn’t mind that.

E. My set of Japanese knives. That sounds a bit sinister, doesn’t it, but I’m not a ____murderer ________ or anything. They’re chef’s knives and the best ones come from ______Japan_______. Cooking is my new hobby. I got into it when I started watching Masterchef on TV. Then I went to an evening ____class_________ for

beginners, and I haven’t looked back since. I try and have a ____dinner_________ for between four and eight_____friends________ every two or three _____weeks________. That gives me something to work towards and I

always do new ____dishes_________ so they can try them out and give me feedback. It’s quite an_____expensive________ hobby if you use good ___ingredient __________, but now my friends help towards the____cost_________. They still get a good _____meal________ for a very low price.

4- What’s your favourite thing?

My favourite thing is my computer.

5- Why is it important to you?

I do lots of things with my computer. It's the bond that I can keep touch with my family and friends. My favourite files and photos all store in it. Definitely, I use it to do my job. I am used to download some documentaries and watch them on it.

6- Vocabulary Box: Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.

affetionate
lorrie
companion