01

LEISURE
AND
SPORT Speaking and vocabulary
Leisure activities
1a Work in pairs and discuss.
• Which activities in the box can you see in the photos?
• Which activities do you do every day?
go to the cinema listen to the radio watch live music
IN THIS UNIT go out with friends use the internet play computer games
listen to music play a musical instrument go to the gym
go to evening classes play sport watch TV
• Grammar: Revision of
questions; Present simple
and frequency phrases b 1.1 Listen to the phrases. Practise saying them aloud.

• Vocabulary: Leisure activities; 2 Read the results of the leisure time survey and answer the questions.
Sports and games 4 Jay and Tina both took part in the leisure time survey. 5a Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions using the
1 Where was the survey? Complete what they say with the correct verbs from verbs in exercise 1a. Make a list of three activities
• Task: Do a 60-second interview 2 What is it about? exercise 1a. your partner does and three activities he/she
doesn’t do.
• World culture: tbc
LEISURE TIME SURVEY OF YOUNG JAY
‘My computer is very Do you go to evening classes?
ADULTS IN THE UK important for me. I’m a
student at Manchester Yes, I do … I study English!
University, so I 1 the
In our online poll, we asked 1,000 young adults aged between 16 and 24 ‘How do you spend your free time?’
internet a lot for my
KEY FACTS

Here are the results:

studies and my friends Do you play a musical instrument?
• 1
percent of young adults use the internet every day. and I 2 a lot of
• The most popular leisure activity is going to the cinema: 2 percent say it is their favourite evening computer games. I don’t No, I don’t. How about you?
3 any sport. I 4
activity.
to evening classes twice
• 82 percent of people say they watch TV for more than 3 hours a week, but only a week; it’s a course on Computer Skills. On other b Compare your ideas. What are the most popular
4
percent listen to the radio. nights, I 5 out with friends – we usually leisure activities? What other things do people do in
6 to the cinema.’
• 38 percent of young people watch live music, but only 5 percent can play a musical instrument. their free time?
• Only 6
percent of young adults play sport. Football, swimming and cycling are the most popular sports.
TINA
‘I’m a professional musician,
so music is my life! I
7 to the radio nearly
3a 1.2 Listen to a radio news report about the results of the all day – mainly classical
survey. Before you listen, try to guess where the numbers in the or jazz. When I 8 TV,
box go in the survey. it’s always a music channel.
I even 9 to music
10 23 30 32 42 87 when I 10 to the
gym! I 11 the piano
and the saxophone. And I
b Listen again and check your answers. Then work in pairs and 12 a lot of live music
compare your answers. in my free time.’
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 01
LEISURE
AND
SPORT Speaking and vocabulary
Leisure activities
1a Work in pairs and discuss.
• Which activities in the box can you see in the photos?
• Which activities do you do every day?
go to the cinema listen to the radio watch live music
IN THIS UNIT go out with friends use the internet play computer games
listen to music play a musical instrument go to the gym
go to evening classes play sport watch TV
• Grammar: Revision of
questions; Present simple
and frequency phrases b 1.1 Listen to the phrases. Practise saying them aloud.

• Vocabulary: Leisure activities; 2 Read the results of the leisure time survey and answer the questions.
Sports and games 4 Jay and Tina both took part in the leisure time survey. 5a Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions using the
1 Where was the survey? Complete what they say with the correct verbs from verbs in exercise 1a. Make a list of three activities
• Task: Do a 60-second interview 2 What is it about? exercise 1a. your partner does and three activities he/she
doesn’t do.
• World culture: tbc
LEISURE TIME SURVEY OF YOUNG JAY
‘My computer is very Do you go to evening classes?
ADULTS IN THE UK important for me. I’m a
student at Manchester Yes, I do … I study English!
University, so I 1 the
In our online poll, we asked 1,000 young adults aged between 16 and 24 ‘How do you spend your free time?’
internet a lot for my
KEY FACTS

Here are the results:

studies and my friends Do you play a musical instrument?
• 1
percent of young adults use the internet every day. and I 2 a lot of
• The most popular leisure activity is going to the cinema: 2 percent say it is their favourite evening computer games. I don’t No, I don’t. How about you?
3 any sport. I 4
activity.
to evening classes twice
• 82 percent of people say they watch TV for more than 3 hours a week, but only a week; it’s a course on Computer Skills. On other b Compare your ideas. What are the most popular
4
percent listen to the radio. nights, I 5 out with friends – we usually leisure activities? What other things do people do in
6 to the cinema.’
• 38 percent of young people watch live music, but only 5 percent can play a musical instrument. their free time?
• Only 6
percent of young adults play sport. Football, swimming and cycling are the most popular sports.
TINA
‘I’m a professional musician,
so music is my life! I
7 to the radio nearly
3a 1.2 Listen to a radio news report about the results of the all day – mainly classical
survey. Before you listen, try to guess where the numbers in the or jazz. When I 8 TV,
box go in the survey. it’s always a music channel.
I even 9 to music
10 23 30 32 42 87 when I 10 to the
gym! I 11 the piano
and the saxophone. And I
b Listen again and check your answers. Then work in pairs and 12 a lot of live music
compare your answers. in my free time.’
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 Leisure and sport 01

Grammar focus 1 3 1.3 Listen and check your answers. How many PRACTICE 3 Write the questions for the answers below.

Revision of questions questions did you answer correctly? I get up at seven o’clock at the weekend.
1 Match questions 1–4 with answers a–d in parts A, B What time do you get up at the weekend?
GRAMMAR and C below. 1 I get up at six o’clock in the week.
1 Work in pairs. Look at the games in the photos and
discuss the questions. Question words A 2 I go to the cinema once a month.
1 When do you play a My friends from 3 I come to school by bus.
• Which are board games? Which are puzzles? 1 Look at the question words in bold in exercise 2. football? college. 4 My birthday is in August.
• Which do children often play? Which question word(s) do we use to talk about: 5 I play basketball
2 Who do you play b On Sunday mornings.
• Which have the same name in your language? 1 a person? who 6 My favourite colour is blue.
football with? c Because it’s fun and
• Which of the games do you play? Which are your 2 a place?
3 Where do you play it’s good exercise. 7 There are five people in my family.
favourites? Why? 3 a thing? /
football? d In the local park. 8 My journey to school takes about half an hour.
4 a time?
• Which of these do you usually prefer? Why? 4 Why do you play 9 I’d like to visit India and Australia.
5 the reason for doing something?
• word games (e.g. Scrabble)? 6 the way you do something? football? 10 I like rock and jazz.
• number games (e.g. Sudoku)? 7 a period of time?
• games of strategy (e.g. chess)? 8 the number of times you do something? B
• games of chance (e.g. Snakes and Ladders)? 9 the class or type of thing? 1 How often do a Two.
• What other games like these do you play? 10 the number of people or things? you have English b Twice a week.
lessons? c Tuesdays and
Word order in questions 2 How long are the Thursdays.
2 Work in pairs. Read the games quiz and try to answer
lessons? d 90 minutes.
as many questions as you can in five minutes. If you 2 Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1 good at / Is / James / playing chess ? 3 Which days do you
don’t know the answer, try to guess.
2 computer games / play / your friends / Do ? have lessons?
3 start / the game / does / When ? 4 How many teachers
'S A FACT do you have?
IT !
C
The longest
1 What time is it? a 16th May.
recorded game of

GAMES
2 What time does the b Monday.
Monopoly is 1,680
train leave? c Nearly three o’clock.
hours – that’s
70 days! 3 What day is it? d Five forty-five.

QUIZ
4 What date is it
today?

PRONUNCIATION
01 When was the first Mario Brothers computer game?
1 1.4 Look at the list of questions in exercise 1.
02 Who starts in a game of chess: the black player or Notice the words which are stressed (these are in
the white player? bold). Listen and practise the stressed words.
4 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the
2 1.5 Listen and practise saying the complete questions in exercises 2 and 3.
03 What are marbles usually made of? questions.

04 Where did the game Mah-jong originate?

What time do you get up at the weekend?
05 What kind of game is Snakes and Ladders? 2 Complete the questions.
1 Where you live? About seven o’clock.
06 Why are there 52 cards in a normal pack? 2 Who do you live ?
3 How do you drink coffee?
07 How do you do a Sudoku puzzle? Seven o’clock! Why do you get up so early?
4 What your favourite food?
08 What colour are the pieces on a backgammon 5 When do have lunch?
6 you watch TV a lot? Because I always go to the
board normally? gym before breakfast.
7 many pets have you got?
09 Which two letters have the highest score in the 8 you speak French?
English version of Scrabble? 9 would you like to do this weekend?
10 What time it now?
10 How many spots are there on a dice?
Unit 1, Study & Practice 1, page 138
11 How often do the World Dominoes Championships
take place?

12 How long does an average game of Monopoly last?

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 Leisure and sport 01

Grammar focus 1 3 1.3 Listen and check your answers. How many PRACTICE 3 Write the questions for the answers below.

Revision of questions questions did you answer correctly? I get up at seven o’clock at the weekend.
1 Match questions 1–4 with answers a–d in parts A, B What time do you get up at the weekend?
GRAMMAR and C below. 1 I get up at six o’clock in the week.
1 Work in pairs. Look at the games in the photos and
discuss the questions. Question words A 2 I go to the cinema once a month.
1 When do you play a My friends from 3 I come to school by bus.
• Which are board games? Which are puzzles? 1 Look at the question words in bold in exercise 2. football? college. 4 My birthday is in August.
• Which do children often play? Which question word(s) do we use to talk about: 5 I play basketball
2 Who do you play b On Sunday mornings.
• Which have the same name in your language? 1 a person? who 6 My favourite colour is blue.
football with? c Because it’s fun and
• Which of the games do you play? Which are your 2 a place?
3 Where do you play it’s good exercise. 7 There are five people in my family.
favourites? Why? 3 a thing? /
football? d In the local park. 8 My journey to school takes about half an hour.
4 a time?
• Which of these do you usually prefer? Why? 4 Why do you play 9 I’d like to visit India and Australia.
5 the reason for doing something?
• word games (e.g. Scrabble)? 6 the way you do something? football? 10 I like rock and jazz.
• number games (e.g. Sudoku)? 7 a period of time?
• games of strategy (e.g. chess)? 8 the number of times you do something? B
• games of chance (e.g. Snakes and Ladders)? 9 the class or type of thing? 1 How often do a Two.
• What other games like these do you play? 10 the number of people or things? you have English b Twice a week.
lessons? c Tuesdays and
Word order in questions 2 How long are the Thursdays.
2 Work in pairs. Read the games quiz and try to answer
lessons? d 90 minutes.
as many questions as you can in five minutes. If you 2 Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1 good at / Is / James / playing chess ? 3 Which days do you
don’t know the answer, try to guess.
2 computer games / play / your friends / Do ? have lessons?
3 start / the game / does / When ? 4 How many teachers
'S A FACT do you have?
IT !
C
The longest
1 What time is it? a 16th May.
recorded game of

GAMES
2 What time does the b Monday.
Monopoly is 1,680
train leave? c Nearly three o’clock.
hours – that’s
70 days! 3 What day is it? d Five forty-five.

QUIZ
4 What date is it
today?

PRONUNCIATION
01 When was the first Mario Brothers computer game?
1 1.4 Look at the list of questions in exercise 1.
02 Who starts in a game of chess: the black player or Notice the words which are stressed (these are in
the white player? bold). Listen and practise the stressed words.
4 Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the
2 1.5 Listen and practise saying the complete questions in exercises 2 and 3.
03 What are marbles usually made of? questions.

04 Where did the game Mah-jong originate?

What time do you get up at the weekend?
05 What kind of game is Snakes and Ladders? 2 Complete the questions.
1 Where you live? About seven o’clock.
06 Why are there 52 cards in a normal pack? 2 Who do you live ?
3 How do you drink coffee?
07 How do you do a Sudoku puzzle? Seven o’clock! Why do you get up so early?
4 What your favourite food?
08 What colour are the pieces on a backgammon 5 When do have lunch?
6 you watch TV a lot? Because I always go to the
board normally? gym before breakfast.
7 many pets have you got?
09 Which two letters have the highest score in the 8 you speak French?
English version of Scrabble? 9 would you like to do this weekend?
10 What time it now?
10 How many spots are there on a dice?
Unit 1, Study & Practice 1, page 138
11 How often do the World Dominoes Championships
take place?

12 How long does an average game of Monopoly last?

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 Leisure and sport 01

Reading and vocabulary Grammar focus 2

Sports and games Present simple and frequency
phrases
1 Work in pairs and make a list of six
sports that are popular in your country. 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos of two
Which sports do you play? Which ones sports people and guess who:
do you watch?
1 swims for at least five hours every day.
2 is a Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the
2 Read the article and answer the questions. World Children’s Charity.
Which sport: 3 has 4 million followers on Twitter.
1 is good for playing with friends? 4 consumes 12,000 calories a day, and often
2 can you play in a park? eats burgers and other fast food.
3 do you do on your own? 5 makes pop records.
4 is similar to dancing in some ways? 6 gets up at 5 a.m. to go to the swimming
5 is likely to result in injuries? pool.
6 can you play in many different countries? 7 weighs 100 kg.
8 has the nickname ‘The Fish’. Michael Phelps, world champion
9 lives in Los Angeles, California. swimmer from Baltimore, USA
3a Complete the questions below with 10 earns about $10 million a year.
one word. Yu-na Kim, world champion ice-skater
from Bucheon, South Korea
1 ’s the name of the world’s best- 2 1.6 Listen and check your answers.
selling computer game? Whose life do you think is more interesting?
2 do you hit the ball when you play Why?
Wii-tennis? PRACTICE
3 old is the game of golf?
4 How Disc Golf courses are there in
GRAMMAR
NEW WAYS WITH OLD SPORTS 1 Write the frequency phrases in brackets in the correct place
the world? Present simple in the sentences.
5 is John Farnworth?
Can you play golf without a ball? Or tennis without 1 Which of the following examples describes: 1 Michael sends messages on Twitter. (five or six times a day)
6 long did it take John Farnworth to
run the London Marathon?
a tennis racket? These days the answer is ‘Yes you • a habit? 2 He swims for five or six hours. (every day)
can’. Here are some 21st century ways of playing • something that is always true? 3 He misses breakfast. (never)
our favourite traditional sports. 1 He trains for five to six hours every day. 4 He goes to fast food restaurants. (sometimes)
b Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer 2 She comes from Bucheon, South Korea. 5 He goes to the swimming pool in the mornings. (always)
the questions using the phrases in the box.
1 WII SPORTS 6 Yu-na works for children’s charities. (often)
2 Put each sentence into:
Nintendo’s Wii Sports is the best-selling computer game of all time.
7 She studies English. (three times a week)
by moving your arm and pressing a button • the question form
You can play tennis, baseball or golf, go bowling or do boxing. You don’t 8 She eats fast food. (never)
more than 1,000 • the negative form
run around or get tired, however. You do everything by moving your arm 9 She skates for several hours. (every morning)
he’s a freestyle football champion
and pressing a button on your games console. It’s also a good social Frequency phrases 10 She sings in English. (occasionally)
12 hours 15 minutes Wii Sports activity and many people organise gaming parties with their friends. But
250 years old there is a downside; at least ten people in the UK injure themselves 3 Underline the phrases below which answer
playing Wii Sports every week and have to go to hospital. There are also the question How often … ? Where in the 2a Complete the sentences with a frequency phrase in the box
hundreds of cases of broken furniture, broken windows and injured sentences do the phrases go? below to make them true for you.
4 Look at the words in the box and put them pets! Some people call this new 21st century problem ‘Wii-it-is’. 1 He sometimes eats burgers and other
into three groups: things you need, verbs fast food. always occasionally sometimes usually never
and people. 2 DISC GOLF 2 She often gives money to charities. every day/week/month/year/two years, etc.
3 He does at least five hours of training once/twice/three times a day/week/month/year
The game of golf is more than 250 years old. But for the 21st century
ball racket games console equipment

𐑲
version of the game, you don’t need any expensive special equipment. every day.
hit throw winner player
sometimes
Players don’t hit a ball; they throw a plastic disc towards the ‘hole’ – 4 She has English classes three times a week. I watch TV in bed.
team kick score champion which is actually a metal basket. The winner is the player who reaches 1 I go out with my friends.
the ‘hole’ with the lowest number of throws. More than half a million 4 Number these words from 1 (most often)
to 6 (least often).
2 I am late for school/work.
people around the world now play the game. There are more than
3 I play games on my phone.
5 Work in pairs and discuss. 1,000 disc golf courses in 40 countries many of them
sometimes often usually 4 I listen to the radio in the morning.
in public parks. It’s a great way to get exercise in the fresh air.
• Which of the three sports do you think is always never occasionally 5 I go to the opera.
the most difficult / least difficult? Why? 3 FREESTYLE FOOTBALL 6 I watch TV in the afternoon.
• What other unusual sports do you know? 7 I go to bed after midnight.
In Freestyle football there are no teams, you don’t kick the ball, and
you never score a goal. Freestyle footballers try to keep the ball in the
air using any part of their body. Some people describe it as a mixture b Work in pairs and compare your answers.
of breakdancing and football. Judges give points for ball control and
original moves. John Farnworth, from Lancashire in the north of
England, was the world’s first Freestyle champion: in 2011 he ran the Unit 1, Study & Practice 2, page 138–139
London Marathon (42 km) in 12 hours 15 minutes, keeping a ball in
the air all the way!

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 Leisure and sport 01

Reading and vocabulary Grammar focus 2

Sports and games Present simple and frequency
phrases
1 Work in pairs and make a list of six
sports that are popular in your country. 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos of two
Which sports do you play? Which ones sports people and guess who:
do you watch?
1 swims for at least five hours every day.
2 is a Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the
2 Read the article and answer the questions. World Children’s Charity.
Which sport: 3 has 4 million followers on Twitter.
1 is good for playing with friends? 4 consumes 12,000 calories a day, and often
2 can you play in a park? eats burgers and other fast food.
3 do you do on your own? 5 makes pop records.
4 is similar to dancing in some ways? 6 gets up at 5 a.m. to go to the swimming
5 is likely to result in injuries? pool.
6 can you play in many different countries? 7 weighs 100 kg.
8 has the nickname ‘The Fish’. Michael Phelps, world champion
9 lives in Los Angeles, California. swimmer from Baltimore, USA
3a Complete the questions below with 10 earns about $10 million a year.
one word. Yu-na Kim, world champion ice-skater
from Bucheon, South Korea
1 ’s the name of the world’s best- 2 1.6 Listen and check your answers.
selling computer game? Whose life do you think is more interesting?
2 do you hit the ball when you play Why?
Wii-tennis? PRACTICE
3 old is the game of golf?
4 How Disc Golf courses are there in
GRAMMAR
NEW WAYS WITH OLD SPORTS 1 Write the frequency phrases in brackets in the correct place
the world? Present simple in the sentences.
5 is John Farnworth?
Can you play golf without a ball? Or tennis without 1 Which of the following examples describes: 1 Michael sends messages on Twitter. (five or six times a day)
6 long did it take John Farnworth to
run the London Marathon?
a tennis racket? These days the answer is ‘Yes you • a habit? 2 He swims for five or six hours. (every day)
can’. Here are some 21st century ways of playing • something that is always true? 3 He misses breakfast. (never)
our favourite traditional sports. 1 He trains for five to six hours every day. 4 He goes to fast food restaurants. (sometimes)
b Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer 2 She comes from Bucheon, South Korea. 5 He goes to the swimming pool in the mornings. (always)
the questions using the phrases in the box.
1 WII SPORTS 6 Yu-na works for children’s charities. (often)
2 Put each sentence into:
Nintendo’s Wii Sports is the best-selling computer game of all time.
7 She studies English. (three times a week)
by moving your arm and pressing a button • the question form
You can play tennis, baseball or golf, go bowling or do boxing. You don’t 8 She eats fast food. (never)
more than 1,000 • the negative form
run around or get tired, however. You do everything by moving your arm 9 She skates for several hours. (every morning)
he’s a freestyle football champion
and pressing a button on your games console. It’s also a good social Frequency phrases 10 She sings in English. (occasionally)
12 hours 15 minutes Wii Sports activity and many people organise gaming parties with their friends. But
250 years old there is a downside; at least ten people in the UK injure themselves 3 Underline the phrases below which answer
playing Wii Sports every week and have to go to hospital. There are also the question How often … ? Where in the 2a Complete the sentences with a frequency phrase in the box
hundreds of cases of broken furniture, broken windows and injured sentences do the phrases go? below to make them true for you.
4 Look at the words in the box and put them pets! Some people call this new 21st century problem ‘Wii-it-is’. 1 He sometimes eats burgers and other
into three groups: things you need, verbs fast food. always occasionally sometimes usually never
and people. 2 DISC GOLF 2 She often gives money to charities. every day/week/month/year/two years, etc.
3 He does at least five hours of training once/twice/three times a day/week/month/year
The game of golf is more than 250 years old. But for the 21st century
ball racket games console equipment

𐑲
version of the game, you don’t need any expensive special equipment. every day.
hit throw winner player
sometimes
Players don’t hit a ball; they throw a plastic disc towards the ‘hole’ – 4 She has English classes three times a week. I watch TV in bed.
team kick score champion which is actually a metal basket. The winner is the player who reaches 1 I go out with my friends.
the ‘hole’ with the lowest number of throws. More than half a million 4 Number these words from 1 (most often)
to 6 (least often).
2 I am late for school/work.
people around the world now play the game. There are more than
3 I play games on my phone.
5 Work in pairs and discuss. 1,000 disc golf courses in 40 countries many of them
sometimes often usually 4 I listen to the radio in the morning.
in public parks. It’s a great way to get exercise in the fresh air.
• Which of the three sports do you think is always never occasionally 5 I go to the opera.
the most difficult / least difficult? Why? 3 FREESTYLE FOOTBALL 6 I watch TV in the afternoon.
• What other unusual sports do you know? 7 I go to bed after midnight.
In Freestyle football there are no teams, you don’t kick the ball, and
you never score a goal. Freestyle footballers try to keep the ball in the
air using any part of their body. Some people describe it as a mixture b Work in pairs and compare your answers.
of breakdancing and football. Judges give points for ball control and
original moves. John Farnworth, from Lancashire in the north of
England, was the world’s first Freestyle champion: in 2011 he ran the Unit 1, Study & Practice 2, page 138–139
London Marathon (42 km) in 12 hours 15 minutes, keeping a ball in
the air all the way!

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 Task
Do a 60-second interview
Preparation Reading Task Speaking USEFUL LANGUAGE

1a Work in pairs and look at the photos. Do you know who the woman is? 1 You are going to interview each other. First, decide on a Asking about basic personal information
Why do you think she’s famous? 12 questions you want to ask, using the Freida Pinto What’s your … (full name)?
interview and the Useful language box to help you. When/Where … (were you born)?
b Work in pairs and write five questions to find out more about Freida Pinto. You can also add questions of your own. Ask your Where do you … (live / work / go to school)?
teacher for any words/phrases you need.
Where was she born? Is she an actress? b Asking about interests and family
What do you … (do in your free time)?
2 Then, spend some time preparing your answers to Have you got … (a nickname / any pets / any
c Read the 60-second interview with Freida Pinto and find the answers to the questions in the Useful language box. Look at the brothers and sisters)?
your questions. answers in the Freida Pinto interview to help you and Are you … (scared of anything / interested in
ask your teacher for any words/phrases you need. cooking)?
2 Work in pairs and answer the questions. Who is your … (favourite actor/singer/hero)?
> Useful language a, b and c What is your … (favourite possession / favourite
1 What is the most interesting thing you learnt from the interview? weather)?
2 Have you seen any of her films? Tell me about your … (family/hobbies).
3 What do you have in common with Freida Pinto? 3 Work in pairs and take turns to interview each other.
Make brief notes of the answers. Check the time at c Asking about the future
the beginning of the interview and try to complete it What are … (your ambitions for the future)?
3a 1.7 Listen to two students, Marek and Laura, doing a 60-second
in exactly 60 seconds.
interview. Tick the questions you hear in the Useful language box.
How many questions does Marek ask?

b Listen again and make a note of Laura’s answers. 60-SECOND

interview with

60-SECOND Q6 Where do you live?

interview with
I live in three suitcases! I come from Mumbai and Q1 Q7
sometimes I live there. But I also spend time in London
and New York, and lots of other places. Right now, I Q2 Q8
don’t mind moving around a lot.
Q3 Q9
Q7 What do you do in your free time?

Freida Pinto
I do yoga regularly and I read books. I don’t do much Q4 Q10

sport, but I have a lot of different hobbies! I like dancing, Q5 Q11

especially Indian dance and Salsa. I cook different
kinds of food, especially Italian. Also, I collect boarding Q6 Q12
<a/w 1.8> {reuse} Share your
passes! I travel by air a lot for work, and also with my task banner photo
Q1 What’s your full name?
friends, so I’ve got a lot of them now!
Freida Pinto.

Q2 Have you got a nickname? Q8 Are you scared of anything?

I’m scared of water and I can’t swim very well! I want to SHARE YOUR TASK
Fro.
learn to swim properly so I don’t feel so scared.
Q3 Where and when were you born? Practise your interview
On 18th October 1984, in Mumbai, India. Q9 What’s your favourite possession? questions until you feel
Shoes! And my Chanel bandana bag!
confident.
Q4 Tell me about your family.
My mother, Sylvia, is a head teacher at a high school Q10 What’s your favourite weather?
and my father, Frederick, is a bank manager. I’ve also I like rain. I love the monsoon season in India when it Film/Record yourself
got an older sister, Sharon. She works for a TV news rains a lot! interviewing your partner.
company. She’s my best friend. Q11 Who is your favourite actor? Share your film/recording
I’ve got lots of favourite actors: Aamir Khan, Madhuri
Q5 What was your first acting job?
Dixit, Nicole Kidman and Johnny Depp. And my with other students.
In 2008, I played Latika in the film Slumdog Millionaire.
I don’t have any acting training so I did a three-month favourite singer is Sting.
acting course to prepare for the film. My other films Q12 What are your ambitions for the future?
include Trishna, You will meet a tall dark stranger, I want to continue acting in films. I also want to open a
Miral, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Immortals. school for poor children in India.

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 Task
Do a 60-second interview
Preparation Reading Task Speaking USEFUL LANGUAGE

1a Work in pairs and look at the photos. Do you know who the woman is? 1 You are going to interview each other. First, decide on a Asking about basic personal information
Why do you think she’s famous? 12 questions you want to ask, using the Freida Pinto What’s your … (full name)?
interview and the Useful language box to help you. When/Where … (were you born)?
b Work in pairs and write five questions to find out more about Freida Pinto. You can also add questions of your own. Ask your Where do you … (live / work / go to school)?
teacher for any words/phrases you need.
Where was she born? Is she an actress? b Asking about interests and family
What do you … (do in your free time)?
2 Then, spend some time preparing your answers to Have you got … (a nickname / any pets / any
c Read the 60-second interview with Freida Pinto and find the answers to the questions in the Useful language box. Look at the brothers and sisters)?
your questions. answers in the Freida Pinto interview to help you and Are you … (scared of anything / interested in
ask your teacher for any words/phrases you need. cooking)?
2 Work in pairs and answer the questions. Who is your … (favourite actor/singer/hero)?
> Useful language a, b and c What is your … (favourite possession / favourite
1 What is the most interesting thing you learnt from the interview? weather)?
2 Have you seen any of her films? Tell me about your … (family/hobbies).
3 What do you have in common with Freida Pinto? 3 Work in pairs and take turns to interview each other.
Make brief notes of the answers. Check the time at c Asking about the future
the beginning of the interview and try to complete it What are … (your ambitions for the future)?
3a 1.7 Listen to two students, Marek and Laura, doing a 60-second
in exactly 60 seconds.
interview. Tick the questions you hear in the Useful language box.
How many questions does Marek ask?

b Listen again and make a note of Laura’s answers. 60-SECOND

interview with

60-SECOND Q6 Where do you live?

interview with
I live in three suitcases! I come from Mumbai and Q1 Q7
sometimes I live there. But I also spend time in London
and New York, and lots of other places. Right now, I Q2 Q8
don’t mind moving around a lot.
Q3 Q9
Q7 What do you do in your free time?

Freida Pinto
I do yoga regularly and I read books. I don’t do much Q4 Q10

sport, but I have a lot of different hobbies! I like dancing, Q5 Q11

especially Indian dance and Salsa. I cook different
kinds of food, especially Italian. Also, I collect boarding Q6 Q12
<a/w 1.8> {reuse} Share your
passes! I travel by air a lot for work, and also with my task banner photo
Q1 What’s your full name?
friends, so I’ve got a lot of them now!
Freida Pinto.

Q2 Have you got a nickname? Q8 Are you scared of anything?

I’m scared of water and I can’t swim very well! I want to SHARE YOUR TASK
Fro.
learn to swim properly so I don’t feel so scared.
Q3 Where and when were you born? Practise your interview
On 18th October 1984, in Mumbai, India. Q9 What’s your favourite possession? questions until you feel
Shoes! And my Chanel bandana bag!
confident.
Q4 Tell me about your family.
My mother, Sylvia, is a head teacher at a high school Q10 What’s your favourite weather?
and my father, Frederick, is a bank manager. I’ve also I like rain. I love the monsoon season in India when it Film/Record yourself
got an older sister, Sharon. She works for a TV news rains a lot! interviewing your partner.
company. She’s my best friend. Q11 Who is your favourite actor? Share your film/recording
I’ve got lots of favourite actors: Aamir Khan, Madhuri
Q5 What was your first acting job?
Dixit, Nicole Kidman and Johnny Depp. And my with other students.
In 2008, I played Latika in the film Slumdog Millionaire.
I don’t have any acting training so I did a three-month favourite singer is Sting.
acting course to prepare for the film. My other films Q12 What are your ambitions for the future?
include Trishna, You will meet a tall dark stranger, I want to continue acting in films. I also want to open a
Miral, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Immortals. school for poor children in India.

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