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In this lesson Fernanda talks about how she relaxes. You also practise:
. superlatives and the -ing form
. revision of have, go and get
1 How do you usually relax? List three activities:
I relax by going for a run after I've finished work, having a meal with my family and reading a good book in bed at the end of the day.
2 Revise Lesson 7C, Have, go, get. Look only at the pictures. Can you name all the activities?
Having lunch.
3 Guess three ways that Fernanda relaxes. Choose two activities from Exercise #2 that you think she will choose, and guess one more too. Listen and check. Were any of your guesses correct?
4 Tick (ü) the correct statements and cross (x) the wrong ones. Listen again and check.
1. She has quite a lot of free time
2. Her favorite films are comedies.
3. She sometimes feels embarrassed in the cinema with Thiago.
4. She likes window-shopping.
5. Before she goes home, she always has a meal.
6. She thinks soaps are an important part of Brazilian culture.
5 Listen, read and complete.
I don't really have much time to relax, so when I am free, I try to make the ______ of it. I like going to the cinema. The ______ films for me are the ones that make me think. I ______ like Brazilian films like Madame Satan and Carandiru. I suppose my ____favourite films are comedies but Thiago loves them. It's ________sometimes in the cinema because he laughs so ______that everyone starts looking at us. But he doesn't ______ what people think, he just wants to have a good time when we're out. Sometimes I go shopping ______ relax. I enjoy ______ round shopping malls looking at the people and window-shopping but I don't usually buy ______. I think the ______ ______ thing I've bought recently is a cover for my mobile phone. At the end of my shopping trips I always ______ and have a coffee and some cheese bread. That's my little ______. And I love watching soaps, like most Brazilians. The stories are often ______ but always fun and very ______. It's funny how they influence our ______ and even the way we ______.
6 How do you form the superlative in English?
a) for short (one syllable) adjectives (small, fine)
b) for short adjectives ending in one vowel + one consonant (big, thin)
c) two syllable adjectives ending in -y (lazy, friendly)
d) most other longer adjectives (careful, important)
| COMPARATIVE | SUPERLATIVE | |
| bad | worse | the worst |
| chaotic | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| difficult | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| famous | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| far | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| good | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| happy | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| late | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| little | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
| modern | _______________________________ | _______________________________ |
8 Listen and chant across the chart. Be careful with stress and schwa sounds.
Example: bad, worse, the worst
Professional Tip
. Many learners really enjoy chanting forms across charts, like this. Irregular verb lists are another example. It's easy to do, you can get a nice rhythm going and feel you're learning something! Remember chanting your times tables at school? You can probably still remember many of them.
. But there are equally effective alternatives too, which involve putting the words in context, rather than chanting in isolation.
. But there are equally effective alternatives too, which involve putting the words in context, rather than chanting in isolation.
9 Listen and repeat 10 sentences across the chart. Which of Exercises # 8 and 9 do you prefer? Why?
Example: Today was a bad day, yesterday was worse, but Monday was the worst.
10 Facts. Write the questions and answers. Listen, check and repeat.
1. long river / world?
2. poison fish / world?
3. far planet from / sun?
4. bright star / sky?
5. large flag / world?
6. big library / world?
7. noisy land animal / world?
8. widely-spoken language / world?
9. fast animal / world?
10. country / win / World Cups? (Be careful with the tense in this one!)
11 Answer the following questions.
1. What's the worst film you've seen recently? And the best?
2. What's the most expensive thing you've bought recently?
3. What's your favourite treat?
4. What's the nicest place you know to wander around?
5. Which's the most exciting soap you've ever seen?
6. What's the biggest city you've ever been to?
7. Which's the most beautiful beach you've ever seen?
8. What's your least favourite restaurant?
12 Update your Portfolio. Write your answers to Exercise #11 in your Portfolio. Record them on to your Portfolio cassette.
Time for a break!
ŕ go to Unit 16 B