2. Music Time
Listen to Who Wants to Live Forever?
3. Minimal Pairs /s/ and /θ/
A B
sin thin
sum thumb
sank thank
sink think
saw thaw
sought thought
4. Short Life, Long Life
1a) Write another way to say the time expressions.
Talking: Say three sentences using the time expressions.
Ex: I usually go on Facebook for half an hour each evening.
5. What times are these? Remember to use:
a quarter after half past a quarter to
Make three questions for your partner using the times above.
Ex: What were you doing at 3:00 pm yesterday?
6. 2a) Look at the story about teenagers. Take turns reading.
Partner A:
• 30% of teenagers never have breakfast.
• They eat fast food at least two or three times a week and 75%
hardly ever eat fruit or green vegetables.
Partner B:
• They don’t usually sleep 8 hours a day. (30% sleep only 4 - 7
hours.) They are often tired in the morning.
• They spend about 31 hours online every week. A lot of
teenagers never play sports or exercise.
7. Adverbs of Frequency
0% 100%
never hardly ever occasionally sometimes generally usually always
seldom once in a while fairly often frequently
Put the word in the correct space in the sentences.
Lee smokes.(never)
_____________________________________________________
Vann goes for a walk in the morning. (usually)
_______________________________________________________
Gina is very friendly. (always)
_____________________________________________________
Nan is hungry. (usually)
_______________________________________________________
Joanne watches TV in the afternoon. (seldom)
_______________________________________________________
Teacher Chen yells at her students. (occasionally)
______________________________________________
Wayne gets angry. (never)
______________________________________________________
8. Adverbs of Frequency
0% 100%
never hardly ever occasionally sometimes generally usually always
seldom once in a while fairly often frequently
Ask your partner:
1. What do you usually do on Mondays?
2. What do you usually do on Saturdays?
3. What do you usually do on Sundays?
4. What time do you usually go to school?
5. How often do you eat fast food?
6. How often do you watch movies?
7. How often do you eat candy?
8. How often do you forget to do your homework?
9. How often do you go to the doctor?
10. What do you never do, but would like to?
11. What do you always do, but don’t want to?
12. How often do your teachers shout at you?
13. How often do you exercise?
14. How often are you sick?
9. The secrets
of a long life
4a) Check five things that you
think help people to live to be a
hundred years old.
4b) In which places are these
things important?
Do you think those things are
important to live a long life? Why
or why not?
10. How often do you…
1. Have breakfast
a) hardly ever / never
b) sometimes / usually
c) always
2. Eat fresh fruit and vegetables
a) hardly ever
b) once a day
c) three times a day
3. Eat fast food
a) often
b) sometimes
c) hardly ever / never
4. Exercise
a) hardly ever / never
b) once or twice a week
c) three four times a week
5. Feel tired or stressed
a) always / often
b) sometimes
c) hardly ever / never
6. Relax
a) hardly ever / never
b) sometimes
c) every day
7. See your friends
a) sometimes
b) often
c) very often
How many…
8. Hours do you usually sleep a day
a) 0 to 4
b) 5 to 6
c) 7 to 9
9. Cups of coffee do you drink a day
a) more than five
b) usually only one or two
c) I don’t drink coffee
10. Which of these is true for you?
a) I’m not very positive about life.
b) I’m usually positive about life.
c) I’m always positive about life.
11. Look at your partner’s answers.
Give each answer a number:
a = 5
b = 7
c = 10
Add up the numbers. The total is the number of
years your partner can expect to live.
12. 1b) Match the verb phrases with the
pictures.
2a) Read about Gary’s audition and
complete the phrases.
2b) Listen and check.
2c) Now listen to Justin, Gary and Naomi.
2d) What do the judges say?
2e) Match the sentences
3b) Listen and circle what you hear.
Are you the next
American Idol?
13. Still got some time?
Penny’s pretty pink piggy bank.
Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
Seventy-seven benevolent elephants.
