Unit 4 New Headway Elementary

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WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS

* Say the day of the week

*Say the months of the year

What month is it now?

*Answers these questions

- What year is it now?

Grammar spot

• Present simple 2

about things that are permanent or always true

Ex: - The moon goes round the earth

- Cats like fish

- They live in New York

Present simple 2 (cont.)

*Use with adverbs of frequency

Never sometimes often usually always

(0%) (30%-40%) (50%) (80%) (100%)

*Note: These adverb usually come before the main verb

Ex: - I usually get up at 5.30 a.m.

- I don’t often go swimming.

- I sometimes go to the cinema.

(-) Sometimes and usually can also come at the beginning or the end of a sentence.

Sometimes we play cards.

Usually I walk to school.

EXERCISE 1(p28)

Read about Bobbi Brown’s weekends Complete

the text with the verbs

Bobbi Brown lives in New Jersey She is

thirty-four and works for SKY TV in New York City But she doesn’t work on Weekdays, she only works at weekends She interviews

famous people for an early morning news

programme called The World This weekend

On Saturdays and Sundays she gets up at 3.00

in the morning because she starts work at

6.30! She loves her job because it is exciting

Ex 2(T4.1)

Now read and listen to what Bobbi

says about her weekdays

“ My weekends are fast and exciting My weekdays are fast and domestic! I have two sons, Dylan, 7, and Dakota, 5 Every morning I

get up one hour before them, at 6.00, and I go

to the gym I come home and I make

breakfast, then I take them to school On Mondays I always go shopping I buy all food for the week I often cook dinner in the evenings, but not every day because I don’t

like cooking

Fortunately, my husband, Don, loves cooking On Tuesdays and Thursdays I visit my father He lives on the next block Every afternoon I pick up the kids from school In the evening, Don and I usually relax , but sometimes we visit friends We never go out on Friday evenings because I start work so early

on Saturdays”

Ex 5 (p 29) Ask and answer questions about your life

morning?

work.

•Do you like your work?

•Do you like cooking?

•Does your husband like cooking?

•Do you go out on Friday evenings? Why not?

•Do you have a busy life?

1 What time do you go to bed?

2 Where do you go on holiday?

3 What do you do on Sundays?

4 When do you do your home work?

5 Who do you live with?

6 Why do you like your job?

7 How do you travel to school?

8 Do you go out on Friday evenings?

Practice

answers

Answer key (ex.1,p30)

1d At 11 o’clock

2b To Spain or Portugal

3e I always relax

4c After dinner

5a My mother and sisters

6f Because it’s interesting

7g By bus

8h Yes, I do sometimes

T4.4 Tick() the sentence you hear

1.b What does she do on Sundays?

2.b Do you stay home on Thursday evenings? 3.a He leaves here.

4.b What do you do on Saturday evenings? 5.a I read a lot.

6.b Why don’t you like your job?

A questionnaire

Do you get up early on weekdays?

Do you play tennis?

Do you smoke?

Do you drink wine?

Do you like Chinese food?

Do you watch TV a lot?

Do you have a big breakfast?

Do you have a computer?

Reading and listening

• My favourite season

• What do you think?

• What season is it now?

• What is your favourite season? Why?

• What are the seasons ?

• When are the different seasons in your country?

• What do you do in the different seasons?

READING & LISTENING

What seasons are there in a year?

My favourite season

 Answer these questions bellow:

• What is your favourite season? Why?

• What season is it now?

• What are the seasons?

• What are the different seasons in

your country?

• What do you do in the different

seasons?

Different seasons

They are: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.

 What’s the weather like in winter?

- It’s cold, wet and grey It’s often much snow or is not any snow People often go skiing and ice- skating, or play ice

hockey

 What’s the weather like in summer?

- It’s hot The sun shines every day Everybody often goes to the beach, sunbathes, and go swimming a lot.

 What’s the weather like in autumn or fall?

- It’s always cool and sunny The light wind blows You can enjoy a

beautiful view of the autumn mornings The leaves from the trees often fall The colours of the trees are various – red, gold, orange, yellow, and brown, Students have long holidays Everybody can go out for a picnic

 What’s the weather like in spring?

- It’s warm and sunny It’s often rainy Beautiful flowers bloom in the spring.We can see birds singing beautifully or dancing in the

branches of the trees

Read and listen to three people from

different countries

Ex.4(p.33) Answer the questions

1 Do they all play sports?

2 What do Al and Manuela do in winter?

3 Do Manuela and Toshi like going to bars?

4 Where is Al’s holiday home?

5 When does Toshi like taking photographs of

flowers?

6 What do Manuela and her friends do in summer?

7 Do you know all their jobs?

8 Why does Al like autumn?

9 Why doesn’t Toshi sing in the bar?

10 Which colours are in the texts?

Answers for ex.4(p.33)

1 No They don t Toshi doesn t All plays baseball and ice ’t Toshi doesn’t All plays baseball and ice ’t Toshi doesn’t All plays baseball and ice

hockey and goes ice-skating and sailing Manuela goes

swimming.

2 All goes ice-skating and play ice hockey Manuela meets friends

in restaurants and bars and they chat.

3 Yes They do Manuela likes going to Brazilian bars Toshi likes

relaxing in a bar near his house.

4 Near a lake.

5 In spring.

6 They drive to the beach, sunbathe, and go swimming.

7 No We don t we only know Toshi s job (he works for Pentax ’t Toshi doesn’t All plays baseball and ice ’t Toshi doesn’t All plays baseball and ice

cameras).

8 Because he likes the colours of the trees.

9 Toshi watches his friend Shigeru Shigeru likes singing karaoke

in the bars Toshi doesn t sing because he is too shy.’t Toshi doesn’t All plays baseball and ice

10 Red, gold, orange, yellow, brown , grey.

1 Say the things that you like doing from

the above lists

Leisure activities

Ex 1(p34) Match the word and pictures Tick ()

the things that you like doing

Vocabulary and speaking

• Leisure activities Key to Ex 1(p34)

1 playing football 9 taking photographs

2 sunbathing 10 listening to music

3 sailing 11 swimming

4 reading 12 play computer games

5 dancing 13 going to the gym

6 cooking 14 going to the cinema

7 jogging 15 eating in restaurants

8 skiing 16 watching TV

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

• Social expressions

with the expressions

1 A I’m sorry I’m late The traffic is bad

today.

2 B Don’t worry Come and sit down

we’re on page 25.

Conversations (Ex.1,p35)

2 A Excuse me

B Yes?

A Do you have a dictionary?

B I’m sorry I don’t It’s at home.

A That’s OK

Conversations (Ex 1, p 35)

3 A It’s very hot in here Can I open the window?

B Really? I’m quite cold.

A Ok It doesn’t matter.

Conversations (Ex 1,P 35)

4 A Excuse me!

B Can I help you?

A Can I have a film for my camera?

A Pardon?

A What does “exposures” mean?

B How many pictures? 24? 36? 40?

A Ah! Now I understand! 40, please.