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
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
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 _____________, 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 _____________, and I play games
and listen to _____________ on it as well, of course. I often download
_____________ onto it, and watch them in _____________. My mum says I’m
_____________, because I’m always on it. I even read things on it at breakfast
time. I’m not allowed to at _____________ time, though. I have to be
_____________ and talk to people then. “Welcome back to real life,” my mum
says.
B. My favourite thing?
Does my _____________ count as a thing? She’s not really a thing, but anyway.
She’s a really _____________ little cat. I’ve had her since she was
_____________ months old. You know how some cats are really _____________ 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 _____________ and comes up to me
as soon as I get home, purring away like mad. She makes a lot of _____________
for a tiny thing. She loves being stroked and comes and curls up next to me
when I’m on the _____________. She’s great _____________.
C. My new scooter! It’s
quite small, but _____________, and just what I needed for getting around the
_____________. I used to have quite a long walk to the _____________, then a
longish walk at the other end to get to _____________. But now I can just whiz
there on my _____________. And there’s no problem parking, there’s always
_____________ for it. You have to be _____________ with the cars and _____________
– they don’t always see you – and when it rains the surface of the road is
_____________, it gets really slippery. But in general it’s perfect for me, and
I can fit a _____________ on the back too – I’ve got an extra _____________ for
a friend. It’s great. Riding along makes me feel so free.
D. This might sound a
bit old-fashioned, but my sewing _____________ is my favourite thing. I’m
studying _____________ and love making things, as well as designing them. I
also love _____________ myself and often buy second-hand clothes – everyone
loves the “vintage” _____________ at the moment – and then I adapt them to my
_____________. It’s much easier using a machine to do that than doing it by
_____________. I do alterations for my mum and my sister too. If I don’t make
it as a _____________, I suppose I can always set up my own alterations and
customising _____________. Customising clothes, by taking things off and adding
things on, is actually very _____________, 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 _____________ or anything.
They’re chef’s knives and the best ones come from _____________. Cooking is my
new hobby. I got into it when I started watching Masterchef on TV. Then I went to
an evening _____________ for
beginners, and I haven’t
looked back since. I try and have a _____________ for between four and eight_____________
every two or three _____________. That gives me something to work towards and I
always do new
_____________ so they can try them out and give me feedback. It’s quite an_____________
hobby if you use good _____________, but now my friends help towards the_____________.
They still get a good _____________ for a very low price.
4- What’s your favourite
thing?
5- Why is it important
to you?
6- Vocabulary Box: Write
any new words you have learnt in this lesson.
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