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1_ Read the answers to the question Do you. much? What 1 As rule, | go out once a week, usually on Saturday evenings. are the people talking about? Match the answers (1-6) 2 | don’t read for pleasure as much as! like to. to the questions (a-f).
3 | tend see my family just on birthdays and at Christmas. 4 We used go to the cinema about once a week before they put 1 Hardly ever nowadays. We used to the prices up. get away about twice a year but it’s I check the BBC website all time, | rarely use any other sites.
wu just too expensive now. We've got 6 She must be really busy. She ever comes to the badminton club a tent so we go camping along the anymore. local coast whenever we can.
7 \enjoy going to the theatre but we only go once a while. 8 We used to go walking every weekend. We get up early and be 2 Not as much as | used to. To be out on the hills to see the sunrise.
honest, | got really overdrawn at one point and so | had to stop. Now I'll Language note used to and past simple pick up a bargain in the sales but only if| really need it. You can use the past simple or used to to talk about habits in the past. For single actions in the past, use the past simple.
3 Not if | can avoid it! The local service 1used to go / went for a run every day when | was in my 20s. is never on time and it's always went for a run yesterday. | tend to cycle everywhere but I'll take the tube if it’s pouring down. 4 All the time.
| think they're a VOCABULARY brilliant local resource. Most of Describing films, music and books them are free and you can learn » sucha lot. Even my kids enjoy the 3 Choose the correct words. 1 I could listen to it all day.
The music is so inspiring, just so uplifting / weird. 5 Whenever | get the chance. I saw it twice. The plot was really exciting, just really sister lives abroad so we use the gripping / disturbing.
internet a lot for email and stuff. 3 Why is this play so popular? | thought it was terrible, But | also like to chat, so | end up absolutely catchy / awful. with a huge phone bill! 4 can't stand her acting. She's just too much, always so dull / over-the-top.
6 Notas much as I'd like to.| really 5 Itall sounds the same to me. It’s only produced to make enjoy having a day off from money, just very hilarious / commercial. cooking but it works out quite pricey. As a rule, it’s usually to 4 Complete these sentences using the adjectives that weren’t celebrate someone's birthday.
the answers in Exercise 3. 1 | couldn't stop laughing. The show was so funny, absolutely Do you. much? use public transport 2 The second ‘halt was so boring, just very.
ance visit museums and galleries 3 | wouldn't take your kids to see it. The special effects are quite go out to dinner upsetting, really quite. keep in touch with family and friends 4 \didn’t get it at all. The dialogue wwas really strange, just really travel abroad ao go shopping 5 can’t stp sihgllg it.
It’s so easy to remember, really quite. 4 OUTCOMES DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Disagreeing politely PRONUNCIATION Strong and weak forms Add the words in brackets in the correct place. 1 A; I'm really into heavy metal. | find it loud and scary, to be honest.
It’s the kind of thing my Language note strong and weak teenage son listens to.wiae, L fend it a bit loud condse Wasn't that a brilliant film? Many function words (such as PreoPr Did you think so? It didn’t do anything for me, I'm afraid. (really) prepositions, determiners, conjunctions, Do you listen to jazz much? pronouns and auxiliaries) can have two w Er, I'm not keen on jazz. | prefer something lighter,a bit more pronunciations: commercial. (that) + the weak form, which is unstressed and Do you fancy coming to see a musical at the theatre tonight? contains a schwa /o/.
This is the most ° > B: Thanks, but I’m not very keen on musicals. | prefer something more common pronunciation. serious, more realistic. (a bit) + the strong form, which is stressed.
5 A: Have you read the latest Philip Roth novel? hl B: To be honest, I’m not interested in fiction. | tend to read about politics He’s from the north of Italy. and current affairs. (really) fo] 6 A: I've seen all the Bond movies at least twice.
Where are they from? B: Really? I'm not fond of action movies. I’m more into romantic comedies, to be honest.2 Listen to the sentences. Choose the correct symbol for each underlined sound. LISTENING 1 hf /m/ | wish they wouldn't do that.1 You are going to hear people talking in six different situations.
| just think that they should be true to the Choose the correct answer, a, b, or c. 1 What did the woman think about the film? 2 bh a The main character was too complicated. People used to go out to have fun. b They changed a lot of the original story from the book.
People don't socialise like they used to. c_ It wasn’t very exciting. 2 What does the man think about modern forms of entertainment? 3 bl /u/ a There's too much choice. You used to be a really keen theatre-goer.
b You need too much technology to enjoy them. c_ It’s made people less sociable. Not as much as I'd like to. 3 Why doesn’t the man go to the theatre very much anymore? 4 bự bl a_ He doesn’t have much time.
It’s the teenagers | feel sorry for. b The shows are too dull. | mean, there really isn’t much for them to c It’s too expensive. a 4 What does the woman say about the facilities in her town? 5 bi fay a She prefers to go out in the bigger cities nearby.
I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. b She doesn’t approve of the number of pubs. | don’t want you to watch any more TV. c There needs to be more provided for young people.
5 Why does the woman criticise her son? a He watches TV in his bedroom. Choose the correct words. Then practise b He doesn’t have a range of hobbies. saying the sentences.
c He's always asking for money. When the function word is at the beginning / 6 What was the problem with the exhibition? end of a sentence, the pronunciation is usually a Not many artists contributed their work. b It wasn’t very well attended. c The standard of the art was disappointing.
VOCABULARY Talking about pictures Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the 3 Match the sentence halves. words in brackets. 1 This one is so realistic. It looks as.
There are nearly as many opinions on art as there are 2 Come and look at this. The man in the picture paintings themselves.