LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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UNIT 3

Watch and listen

Watch and understand a video about the Bedouin

Listening skills

Listen for main ideas

Speaking skills

Present simple questions

Speaking task

Interview students for a survey

LIFESTYLE UNIT 3

YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1 What can you see in the photograph?
2 Circle the phrases that are true for you.
have a busy lifestyle
use the internet or a mobile phone every day
have a laptop or tablet
like studying outside
like studying with friends
3 Interview students in your class. Ask questions with Do you ?
about the phrases above. Discuss the answers with the rest of
the class.
Do you have a busy lifestyle?
Do you use the internet every day?
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WATCH AND LISTEN

PREPARING TO WATCH
UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY

1 You are going to watch a video about the Bedouin. Before you watch,
match an adjective from the box to the correct group of phrases below
(16). Use each adjective only once.
difficult easy

happy

important safe

traditional

1
have a [] lifestyle
take [] medicine
Would you like to try some
[] Turkish cheese?
2

have a [] problem
be [] to do something
Some words are [] to
pronounce.
5

be [] to eat
be [] to cross the road
Have a [] journey!
3

be [] to do something
be [] to talk to
This exercise is very []!
6

be [] with somebody/
something
feel []
Id be [] to help you.

be an [] person
go on an [] journey
I have something [] to tell
you.

2 Write the adjectives from Exercise 1 in the gaps.

1
2
3
4
5
6

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medicine is very popular in China. Many people like it

more than modern medicine.
This computers very
to use. My children use it all the time.
My father is a manager at a hospital. He has a very
job.
Is this fish
to eat?
Can you help me? This question is
to answer.
I like my new phone. Im really
with it.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 1

LIFESTYLE

3 Look at the photographs from the video and answer the questions.
1 Where do the Bedouin live?
2 What animal can you see?
3 Is their life traditional or modern?

UNIT 3

USING YOUR
KNOWLEDGE TO
PREDICT CONTENT

WHILE WATCHING
4

Watch the video. Circle the correct answers.

UNDERSTANDING
MAIN IDEAS

1 The Bedouin in this video are from

a Sudan.
b Saudi Arabia.
c Egypt.
2 The old man is a Bedouin
a doctor.
b teacher.
c taxi driver.
3 The children in the video are the old mans
a grandchildren.
b students.
c customers.
5

Watch again. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?

1
2
3
4
5
6

The Bedouin lifestyle is not easy.

Camels are important to the Bedouin lifestyle.
The old man buys medicine from Cairo.
The old man has four students.
The boys are going to travel 160 kilometres.
The old man is not happy with the boys.

UNDERSTANDING
DETAIL

DISCUSSION
6 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions.
1 Are traditional lifestyles important?
2 Would you like to live a modern or a traditional lifestyle?

LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 1

WATCH AND LISTEN

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LISTENING 1
PREPARING TO LISTEN
UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY

1 You are going to listen to three conversations in different places. Before

you listen, work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in the table.
Write Y (yes) or N (no).
questions

you

your partner

1 Do you go to a gym?
2 Do you do exercise
every day?
3 Do you smoke?
4 Do you eat a lot of
chocolate biscuits?

coffee and chocolate biscuits

doing exercise in a gym

EXPLANATION

2 Are the underlined phrases in the table healthy or unhealthy?

Intonation
Intonation is the way our voice goes up and down when we speak.
Whats your name?
Are you from New York?

Jennifer.
No.
Im from London.

PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING

3

3.1

Listen to the dialogue from the explanation box and repeat.

4 Circle the correct answers.

The voice
1 goes up / down in a wh- question.
2 goes up / down in a statement.
3 goes up / down in a Yes/No question.
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LIFESTYLE

Look at 16. Will the voice go up or down? Write

boxes. Then listen and check.
3.2

1
2
3
4
5
6

or

UNIT 3

in the

Can you tell me about the video?

Whats the problem?
Thats a good question.
Do you need money for the gym?
I like to be healthy.
The university has a gym.

WHILE LISTENING
Listening for main ideas
If you listen for the main idea(s), you try to understand these questions:
Where are the speakers? (e.g. a university, a hospital, a hotel)
Who are the speakers? (e.g. family, friends, teacher and students)
Why are they speaking? (e.g. They need information, they want help, they want
to teach something.)
6

Listen to three conversations in different places. Write A, B or C

next to the correct answer.
3.3

1 Which conversation is
in a caf?
in a lecture?
on the phone?
2 Which conversation is between
a lecturer and a student?
a son and his father?
two students in the same class?
3 Which conversation has somebody that wants to ask
for information about a video?
somebody for money?
for information about lifestyle?
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3.3

Listen again and answer the questions.

LISTENING FOR
MAIN IDEAS
ONLINE

LISTENING FOR
DETAIL

In conversation A,
1 where does the son do exercise now?
2 why does he need money?
In conversation B,
3 which country does the student ask about?
In conversation C,
4 what is the video about?
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DISCUSSION
8 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions.
1
2
3
4

Do you live with your parents?

Would you like to live on your own?
Do you go to lectures?
Do students usually ask questions after a lecture?

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE

DAYS OF THE WEEK

1

Listen to the words for days of the week. Write the number of
syllables next to the words (2 or 3).
3.4

Saturday
Sunday

Wednesday
Friday
Thursday
Monday

Tuesday

2 Which days
1
2
3
4

do you go to school/university?
are the weekend in your country?
do you have your English class?
do you spend time with your friends and family?

TIME EXPRESSIONS
3 Read the sentences below. Underline
the times.
the parts of the day.
the days.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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Fahd has breakfast at 6.30 in the morning.

Chen and Wang watch films every Tuesday evening.
My sister makes my lunch on Wednesdays.
I play football with my friends every Saturday.
Faisal goes home at 3.00 in the afternoon.
Tania gets up at 6.00 in the morning.
Abdullah has English class at 7.30 in the evening.
Fatima has coffee with her friends every day.
Hakan goes to work at 8.30 in the morning.
Kerry has dinner at 6.30 in the evening.

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LIFESTYLE

UNIT 3

4 Look at the sentences in Exercise 3 again. Then write the words from the
box in the gaps below.
every in
every

1
2
3
4

on

at

+ noun (e.g. day, Saturday, Tuesday evening)

the morning / the afternoon / the evening
+ clock time (e.g. 7.30)
+ day of the week (e.g. Tuesday)

5 Read this text about a student. Write in, on or at in the gaps.

This is lodie. Shes from France.
She takes the bus to university
every day. The bus comes
(1)
7.30. lodie
(2)
arrives
8.30. She
has a biology lecture
(3)
nine (4)
Tuesday and Thursday. She has
lunch with her friends
(5)
12.30. Elodie has
an English class (6)
three oclock (7)
the afternoon. She goes to
the cinema with her family
(8)
Friday evening.
6

3.5

Listen and check.

THE PRESENT SIMPLE

7 Work with a partner. Take turns to close your book and answer the
questions about lodie.
1
2
3
4
5
6

Wheres she from?

Where does she go every day?
What time does the bus come?
Does she have a maths lecture on Tuesday morning?
When does she have English class?
What does she do on Friday evening?

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8 Write the verbs from the box in the gaps. Look at the verbs in Exercises 3,
5 and 7 to help you.
get

EXPLANATION

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

go

have

make

play

take

watch

breakfast / lunch / dinner / coffee / a lesson / a lecture

films / TV
breakfast / lunch / dinner / coffee
football / basketball / tennis / computer games
home / to work / to university
up (in the morning)
a bus / a taxi / a train

The present simple

Use the present simple to talk about regular activities. Add -s or -es to the verb
after he/she/it.
I play tennis every week. You study English. We go home early on
Tuesday. They study biology.
She takes the bus. He goes to work early. It makes good coffee.
Use do not + verb or does not + verb in the negative.
I dont watch films. We dont go home early today. (dont = do not)
She doesnt take the bus. He doesnt go to work early. (doesnt =
does not)
Use do or does + subject + verb in questions.
Do you have dinner at home? Where does she go every day?
NB The verb have is irregular. Use has with he/she/it.
He haves a good car. He has a good car.
9 Work with a partner. Use the phrases from Exercise 8 to ask questions.
When do you have breakfast?
Do you play football?
When do you get up?
Do you take a bus to school?
10
Work with a new partner. Tell him/her about your partner from
Exercise 9.
She
She
She
She

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has breakfast at seven.

doesnt play football.
gets up early.
doesnt take a bus to school.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 1

LIFESTYLE

UNIT 3

LISTENING 2
PREPARING TO LISTEN
1

You are going to listen to an interview. Before you hear it, listen to
these dialogues and circle the phrases you hear.
3.6

1 A: Excuse me! Can I ask you

some questions?
B: Yes, no problem. / I dont
have time, Im sorry.
2 A: Id like to ask some questions
is that OK?
B: Yes, sure. / Im sorry, Im very
busy.
3 A: Good morning! Im Sultan.
B: Nice to meet you! / Good to
see you! Im Jack.
4 A: Do you drink a lot of coffee?
B: Yes, I think so / No, not
really.
5 A: I play football for my country.
B: Really? / I see.
6 A: I watch a lot of films.
B: Really? / I see.

UNDERSTANDING
KEY VOCABULARY

2 Work with a partner. Practise the dialogues.

WHILE LISTENING
3

3.7

Listen to an interview and answer the questions.

1 Where are the speakers?

a in a university
b in a caf
c in the street
2 Who are the speakers?
a two strangers
b a teacher and a student
c good friends
3 What does one of the speakers want information about?
a lifestyles
b journeys
c gyms

LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 1

LISTENING FOR
MAIN IDEAS
ONLINE

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LISTENING FOR
DETAIL

3.7

Listen again. Write Jasvinders answers in the questionnaire.

QUESTIONNAIRE
A Home/Family
A1

Name: Jasvinder

Do you live with your parents? Y

Job: university student

N

B Work/Studies
study

work

B1

Do you work or study?

B2

Whats your job? / What do you study?

biology

C Lifestyle
Y

C2b Do you like exercise?

C2c Do you go to a gym?

C2d Do you go to the cinema?

C1

Do you have a busy lifestyle?

C2a How do you relax?

C3a When do you go out with friends?

C3b Where do you go with your friends?

PRACTICE
5 Work with a partner. Use the questionniare to role-play an interview. Use
the phrases from the boxes.
Asking
Excuse me! Can I ask you some questions?
Im . Whats your name?
Im .
Nice to meet you!
OK, do you ?

Answering
Yes, sure. / Yes, no problem.
Yes. / Yes, I think so.
No. / No, not really.

6 Work with a new partner. Use the questionnaire to tell your new partner
about the student in Exercise 5.

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LIFESTYLE

UNIT 3

CRITICAL THINKING
At the end of this unit, you are going to do the speaking task below.
Interview students for a survey.

Use surveys
In a survey, you use a questionnaire to find out information. For example, you can
ask questions to learn about the lifestyles of students in your school or university.
1 Before you write a survey think of topics (ad) and questions you can ask
about each topic, using the ideas map below.

CREATE

Do you watch films at the cinema?

watch films and TV

w
b s

hobby

dont like

STUDENT
SURVEY

like

c f

university

job

eat meat

go

d l
gym

restaurants

eat with
family

2 Put the help for how to do a survey in the correct order.

Record the answers.
Write questions.
Practise saying the questions.
Be polite when you ask the questions.
Choose a topic.

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REMEMBER

CRITICAL THINKING

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SPEAKING
PREPARATION FOR SPEAKING
COLLOCATIONS FOR LIFESTYLE
Collocations
A collocation is a group of words. A collocation can be:
a verb + noun / noun phrase: download apps, write a blog
a verb + preposition phrase: go to a gym, eat at home
a verb + adverb: chat online
1 Write the verbs from the box in the gaps (19) in the table below.
cook

do download eat go
post watch write

order

2 Write the topics from the box at the top of the correct column (ac).
food

free time technology

(a)

(b)

send texts/
photographs

(1)

post

video online
chat online

(2)

apps

(3)

blog

food
for your family
(4)

eat out at
restaurants

(5)

(6)

fast food

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at

LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS 1

(7)

TV

(8)

sport

and exercise
play computer
games

have dinner with

friends

home

go out with friends

go to the cinema

have coffee with

friends

follow a blog

(c)

(9)

the gym

to

LIFESTYLE

UNIT 3

PRESENT SIMPLE QUESTIONS

3 Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1
2
3
4
5
6
4

in / the / Do / watch / TV / evening / you / ?

cook / Do / for / family / you / food / your / ?
restaurants / eat / you / out / at / Do / ?
you / blog / write / a / Do / ?
do / computer / Which / games / play / you / ?
every / many / do / texts / send / day / How / you / ?

Match a question from Exercise 3 (16) to the answers (af).

Then listen and check.
3.8

a
b
c
d
e
f

No, but I follow one. Its about football.

No, not really. I go to the gym in the evening.
Im not sure. I send a lot of them 40 or 50, maybe?
No! I can order pizza but I cant cook!
I like NBA Basketball. I play it on my PC.
Yes. I go with my family every Monday evening.

5 Work with a partner. Role-play the dialogues from Exercise 4.

6 Work with a new partner. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 3.
7 Correct the mistakes in the questions.
1
2
3
4
5
6

For your family, you cook food?

You eat out at restaurants?
Are you have coffee with friends?
What you eat at home?
Where have you dinner with friends?
What kind fast food do you like?

8 Match the wh- questions (16) to the answers (af).

1
2
3
4
5
6

Where do you go with your friends?

What do you study?
Who are the speakers?
Why are they speaking?
Which bus do you take to school?
When do you go out with your friends?

a
b
c
d
e
f

Biology
Friends
The number 3
To a caf
On Saturday
They need information.

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ONLINE

PRONUNCIATION FOR SPEAKING

9

3.9

1
2
3
4
5
6
10

Listen and repeat.

What food do you like?

Do you watch the news?
Do you read books?
What football team do you like?
Do you cook dinner in the evening?
Which bus do you take to school?
3.9

Listen again and answer the questions.

1 Does the voice go up or down in these questions? Write

each box.
2 How do we pronounce do you?
11

in

Listen and repeat.

3.10

/u/

12

or

//

true

good

room

would

computer

pull

Listen to these words from the questions in Exercise 9. Write them

in the correct column of the table above.
3.11

f d you news books

foo
f tball cook school
foo
13
Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 9. Write or
record your interviews.
14
Write six questions with the collocations for food in Exercises 1 and 2.
Write three Do you ? and three Wh- ? questions.
15
Practise saying the questions.
16
Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer the questions.

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LIFESTYLE

UNIT 3

SPEAKING TASK
1 Work in two groups: A and B.
Group A
Write six questions with the collocations for technology in Exercises 1
and 2 on page 62. Write three Do you ? and three Wh- ? questions in
the survey below.
Group B
Write six questions with the collocations for free time in Exercises 1 and 2
on page 62. Write three Do you ? and three Wh- ? questions in the
survey below.

PREPARE

QUESTIONNAIRE
Name:
Student 1
A

Name:
Student 2

Name:
Student 3

Technology

A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
B

Free time

B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6

2 Interview three students from the other group. Remember to write or

record the answers to the questions.

PRACTISE

3 Share the answers to your questions with your group. Remember to add
-s to the verbs!
Asya downloads apps for Android. Natsuko downloads apps for
Apple.
Chen goes out with friends on Saturday. Fahd plays football on
Tuesday and Thursday.
4 Work with a partner from the other group. Tell your partner about the
answers to your groups questions.
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DISCUSS
SPEAKING

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TASK CHECKLIST
Did you interview students for a survey?
Did you use the present simple to write questions?
Did you use the correct intonation?

OBJECTIVES REVIEW
I can
understand a video about
very
the Bedouin.
well
listen for gist.

use present simple

questions.
interview students for a
survey.

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not very
well

very
well

not very
well

very
well

not very
well

very
well

not very
well

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Lifestyle

Unit 3

WORDLIST
UNIT VOCABULARY
app (n)
biscuit (n)
blog (n)
busy (adj)
chat (v)
chocolate (n)
down (prep)
download (v)
eat (v)
exercise (n)
follow (v)
go out (v)
gym (n)
healthy (adj)
important (adj)

intonation (n)
laptop (n)
lifestyle (n)
online (adj)
polite (adj)
post (v)
practise (v)
record (v)
send (v)
smoke (v)
survey (n)
up (prep)
use (v)
write (v)

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