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In this Unit, we learn about Fernanda's weekends. You practise:
. collocations, verbs + prepositions
. pronunciation of /m/, /n/
. talking about your weekends
1 In the photo, Fernanda's doing three things that she enjoys. What are they?
1. Walking _ _ the beach.
2. T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Thiago.
3. R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the weekend.
2 Listen to Fernanda. Which days does she go to the beach?3 Look at the words below. Listen again. Number the items, 1 to 15 in the order you hear them.
a bar ___ fast ___ hours ___ time ___
chat ___ the film ___ house___ voice ___
cinema ___ fun ___ Monday ___ a walk ___
'Fantastico'___ a song ___ walking ___
Professional Tip
When you create ordering exercises like this, it's a good idea to give a couple of numbers in the middle so that students know more quickly if they have made a mistake rather than waiting until they get to the end and then having to start again.
4 Can you remember the verb, noun, adjective, preposition or phrase which collocates with each word above? Listen again and check.
Examples:
1. hours: long hours
2. fun: have fun
3. bar: go to a bar
Study Tip
. Try to remember words in phrases, with collocates, not in isolation, and teach them in the same way.
. And, when you teach, don't write individual words on the board but phrases, e.g. a/an + noun, an adjective with a noun, a verb in a phrase, etc. This will provide students with a much better record too.
. And, when you teach, don't write individual words on the board but phrases, e.g. a/an + noun, an adjective with a noun, a verb in a phrase, etc. This will provide students with a much better record too.
5 Read and complete the text. Listen and check.My motto is: Work hard and play hard! I work long hours ________ week and at the weekend I have fun. On Friday evenings, I ________ my best friend, Lucia, and we usually go to a bar. We chat about ________ and ________, have a drink and ________. On Saturdays, Thiago and I ________ the shopping and sometimes go to the beach, if we have time. ________ Saturday night we often go to the cinema. We ________ turns to choose the film. Last weekend we went to a ________ at a friend's house. They ________ a videoke and Thiago ________ me to sing a song. I did it really badly and ________ laughed at my terrible voice. It was very ________ . for them! I definetely ________ dancing to singing. On Sundays we do ________ exercise in the morning, usually by going for a walk along one of the ________. Thiago always tries to ________ me run. Sometimes I run with ________ but I prefer walking. We enjoy having long ___ with friends. Later, I have to start ___ about work again; marking homework and preparing for Monday. In the evening we normally________ in front of 'Fantastico' on TV. Weekends ________ so fast.
Study Tip
Most English learners hate prepositions! Do you?
. Learn prepositions together with a verb or adjective, e.g. laugh at, not just laugh.
. Keep testing yourself. Study the 'Test you prepositions' exercise in Section E of every unit. You'll begin to know which preposition 'sounds right'. Good luck!
. Learn prepositions together with a verb or adjective, e.g. laugh at, not just laugh.
. Keep testing yourself. Study the 'Test you prepositions' exercise in Section E of every unit. You'll begin to know which preposition 'sounds right'. Good luck!
6 How many matches can you make with these verbs, prepositions and objects?
Example: Laugh at a joke, laugh with a friend, laugh about what happened
| laugh | at | someone |
| chat | to | something |
| listen | with | |
| talk | about | |
| be interested | in | |
| ask |
7 Vocabulary analysis. Explain the difference between these then compare with the Key.
1. Do the shopping vs go shopping
2. Go for a walk/run vs go walking/running
3. Fun vs funny
8 Listen and repeat the words and sounds.  |
 |
 |
| mark | normally | long |
| Monday | nothing | drink |
| sometimes | fun | singing |
| film | funny | song |
| them | everyone | dancing |
| cinema | turns | along |
Pronunciation Tip
9 Tongue Twister. Say these quickly, with an American accent.1. Mummy made me eat my M & Ms.
2. There's a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminium pan.
3. The dancing King Kong sang a long song.
Note: Did you notice how American accents are more nasal?
10 Look back at Vocabulary Builder Unit 9. For two minutes make some true sentences using go, play and do about your typical weekend.
Examples:
I like going shopping on Saturdays.
I don't like my husband playing football every Sunday.
11 Update your Portfolio. Record your answers to exercise 10 onto your Portfolio cassette.
à go to Unit 10 B