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VOCABULARY
Adverb
At least
Average
Ballet
Board game

Bookworm
Cards
Chess

Classical music
Comic
Disco music
Discount
Facility
Full-time
Fully-equipped
Gym
Gymnast
Heavy metal
Indoor football

Leisure

This is a word that describes a verb.

E.g.: She talks slowly. In this sentence slowly is the adverb.
The minimum.
Normal, usual, mean, typical.
Classical dance. Usually performed to music.
A game played at a table.
Often you use a dice and small markers or counters.
Some common board games are Snakes and Ladders and Trivial
Pursuit.
To refer to someone who reads a lot.
Small, rectangular pieces of card with numbers and pictures.
Used to play games, e.g., poker.
A game for two players.
There is a white set of pieces and a black set of pieces with
various names: pawn, knight, bishop, etc.
The aim is to take your opponent's pieces and attack their king.
Traditional, serious and refined type of music.
Often performed by an orchestra.
A type of magazine with stories illustrated by pictures.
Music that people dance to in discos.
Very lively.
A reduction in price or cost.
A service or area that is part of a hotel or similar.
All day.
E.g.: I have a full-time job, I work from nine to five, five days a
week.
Complete.
With everything you need.
A place where people go to do exercise on machines or in group
classes.
A person who performs difficult physical moves.
A type of music associated with very loud electric guitars and
drums.
A modified version of the sport football, played inside a building
on a smaller field with artificial grass.
Indoor: An adjective describing the inside of a house or building,
not the outside.
Covered. Inside.
E.g.: I go swimming in an indoor pool in the winter.
Free time.

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Lounge
Market research
Meeting
My way
Nurse
On average
Outside
Part-time
Photography
Pop music
Pronunciation
Quick
Quite
Separated
Snack
Soft drinks
Song
Sort
Sport
Stamp
Surprise
Table tennis
Team

The area of a house where we relax.

Usually with a sofa and television.
The study that companies do to ask consumers questions.
An organised encounter of two or more people. Often for work.
E.g.: We need to arrange a meeting to talk about the new plan.
The manner by which I do things.
E.g.: I like to have a shower and then, have breakfast - it's my
way of doing things in the morning.
A person who works in a hospital, helping doctors and patients.
Usually, normally.
Exterior.
To work less than a full day or fewer hours than a full-time job.
The act of taking photographs.
Hobby or profession.
E.g.: I am interested in photography.
Popular, modern and commercial type of music.
Fashionable with young people.
This is the way you say a word according to your enunciation
and accent. E.g.: Her pronunciation is very clear, I understand
everything she says.
Fast, with speed.
Fairly, rather.
E.g.: He's quite tall - 1 metre 90.
To be apart.
Food that we eat in between meals.
Drinks that do not contain alcohol.
Often fruit flavoured.
A piece of music with lyrics.
E.g.: She sang a song about love in the school play.
Type or kind.
E.g.: What sort of music do you like?
Football, tennis, swimming are all examples of sport
A small, adhesive square that we buy and stick on envelopes to
send letters.
Something that we weren't expecting to happen.
E.g.: People often plan a surprise party for someone's fortieth
birthday.
A game using small round bats and a small plastic ball, played
on a table with a net.
Ping pong.
A group of people who compete or participate in a sport or
activity.
E.g.: Liverpool United is a famous football team.
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Theatre
To catch up on
To do exercise
To get ready
To get together
To give a ring
To have a rest
To support
To take a year out
To train
Unemployed
Widow
Yoga

A place to see plays and performances.

To do work that has been delayed.
To do physical activities, e.g. running or gymnastics.
To prepare for something.
To meet friends.
To call by telephone.
To take a short break, relax.
To follow or back a particular team or political party.
E.g.: I support Liverpool football club, I go to all their games.
To leave study or work for a year in order to travel or do
something different.
To practise specific skills to improve in a certain area.
Especially in sport.
E.g.: Footballers usually train every day.
To be without a job.
A woman whose husband has died.
A type of exercise.
Exercises to help relaxation and flexibility.

VOCABULARY SENTENCES
Jimmy is very good at playing chess.
Which team do you support?
My brother enjoys board games.
We only serve soft drinks, no alcohol.
Her husband is dead, she is a widow now.
I wanted to give you a surprise.
He trains every day for six hours.

Ballet is very good for posture.

When I was young we used to play cards after dinner.
Would you like to come to the classical music festival with me?
I started collecting comics when I was 10 and I've got quite a few rare ones.
She loves disco music so if you want to go dancing, just ask her.
I've joined a very modern gym with lots of the most high-tech equipment.
She's an amazing gymnast because she trains every day.
There's a heavy metal concert on tonight if you want to go.
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I want to use this meeting to discuss our new advertising campaign.
I am keen on photography.
Our band plays all kinds of music, but we like pop music the best.
I'm on a diet so I shouldn't eat snacks.
I listen to songs with my headphones on.
He has a large stamp collection from all over the world.
We haven't played table tennis in a long time.
My son is really keen on indoor football.
She works in an office full-time, from Mondays to Fridays.
The lounge is the most comfortable room of the house, where we sit on the sofa and read
or watch television.
Before companies launch new products, they complete interviews with their customers as
part of their market research.

Nurses are professional health workers that help doctors and patients in the hospitals they
work.
Let's be quick! The train is leaving soon and we must go faster.
They're not divorced, they're separated while they see what will happen next.
If you want to stay healthy, you should do exercise three times a week.
Nowadays, people don't go to the theatre as much because they stay at home or go to the
cinema instead.
I support the local football team and always go to their games when I can.
I have been doing yoga for years now. It helps me to stay relaxed and flexible.
Scientists recommend that children start to do sport because it is such a healthy habit.
The pronunciation of some words like tomato and potato are different in England to the
way they say them in the United States.
Adverbs add extra information about the actions of verbs and often end in the letters '-ly'.
For example, he smiled sadly.

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SENTENCES
I really don't have much leisure time.
There are facilities for young mothers.
Peter's such a bookworm!
He never plays with his computer.
If you are over 65, you get a discount.
The average English family has a house, a car, two children and a dog.
Why don't we have lunch outside?
Where do you work?
I haven't got a job at the moment.
I'm unemployed.
She's having a rest; she's very tired.
Come in! Sarah's getting ready.
Sit down and have a drink.

SHOWROOM: LIKES AND DISLIKES - FREQUENCY ADVERBS

AND EXPRESSIONS
He always does exercise.
She does exercise every day.
She often does exercise.
He does exercise twice a week.
She sometimes does exercise.
He hardly ever does exercise.
She does exercise once a year.
He never does exercise.

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USEFUL PHRASES
On average, I wrote 7 or 8 pages a day.
I've got at least 10,000 stamps.
We are looking for a part-time bartender (evening only).
Please phone: 0181695772.
The classrooms are fully-equipped.
I think it's a good idea to take a year out and travel before you go to medical school.
We must meet and catch up on all your news...
Give me a ring before you go out tonight.
I think we should get together to talk about the new project.

SHOWROOM: THE PRESENT - PRESENT CONTINUOUS

My father is driving home from the office.
My mother is cooking the dinner.
My grandfather is having a rest.
My little brother is playing in the garden.
My big sister is getting ready to go out.
I am doing my English homework.

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GRAMMAR
Expressing like or dislike
All the verbs that express like or dislike of an activity go with a verb in the gerund form:
LOVE:
She loves walking on the sand.
LIKE:
I like cooking pastries.
DONT MIND: I dont mind ironing.
DISLIKE:
We dislike being late for the cinema.
HATE:
I hate going shopping.
CANT STAND: I cant stand being disturbed when Im reading.

Sports
Play basketball
Play tennis
Play football
Play chess
Play cards
Do yoga
Do gym
Do ballet
Go swimming
Go running
Go skiing

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Frequency expressions
Frequency adverbs:
Use: Adverbs of frequency are used, as the name suggests, to express the frequency of an
action. That is the reason why these adverbs usually stand with the Present Simple, which is
usually used for actions that are a habit.
Position in the sentence: The frequency adverbs go before the main verb:
He usually answers the phone.
He has never eaten Indian food.
except the verb To be:
This room is never quiet.

List of frequency adverbs:

never

hardly ever

rarely

occasionally

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sometimes

often /
frequently /
regularly

usually /
normally

always

Other expressions of frequency:

We can also express frequency using time expressions like: once a week, twice a month,
everyday, etc.

Position in the sentence: These time expressions go at the end of the sentence according to the
usual English sentence structure:
Subject + Verb + Object + Complements (1st modal + 2nd local + 3rd temporal)
She goes running in the park every day.
He studies hard at home every weekend.

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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

a) Forms:

PRESENT SIMPLE
Affirmative
form

Subj. + V (-s) + Compl.

I work for that company.
She lives in New York.

Subj. + DO/DOES +
not + V + Compl.
Negative form I dont believe in aliens.
She doesnt know your address.

Interrogative
form

DO/DOES + Subj.
+ V + Compl.?
Do you like my new hairstyle?
Does it often rain here?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Affirmative
form

Subj. + To be
+ V-ing + Compl.
I am reading a magazine.
This girl is asking for you, Tom.

Subj. + To be + not
+ V-ing + Compl.
Negative form They arent enjoying this party.
He isnt talking on the phone.

Interrogative
form

To be + Subj. + V-ing
+ Compl. ?
Are you learning Japanese?
Is Jerry coming to the party
tonight?

b) Use:

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PRESENT SIMPLE
Actions that happen again and again,
routines and habits:
- I get up at 8 oclock everyday.
- It rains a lot in Ireland.
Facts that are always true and never change,
or that stay the same for a long time:
- The world is round.
- He works as a university lecturer.
Verbs that are not used in continuous forms:
- Jim doesnt want to study French.
* (See list below)
To refer to the future according to a schedule
or a calendar:
- The course finishes on June 20th.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Actions that are happening at the moment of
speaking:
- Dont forget the umbrella! Its raining.
Activities that are happening this week, this
month, this year, although they are not
happening in the moment of speaking:
- Im reading a very interesting book this
month.
To express a planned future arrangement:
- Im visiting my penfriend in Paris next
Spring.
Verbs that usually are not used in progressive or continuous forms:
- Verbs of the senses:
HEAR, TASTE, SMELL, SEE
- Verbs of thinking and opinions:
KNOW, BELIEVE, THINK, UNDERSTAND,
RECOGNISE, REMEMBER, MEAN
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- Verbs of having and being:
POSSESS, OWN, HAVE, BELONG
- Verbs of emotions and feelings:
WANT, PREFER, NEED, APPRECIATE,
LOVE, LIKE, HATE, DISLIKE
- Verbs that express appearance:
SEEM, LOOK, APPEAR

Pronunciation of the final s

Remember that in English the -s or -es that we add in the Present Simple of the third
person singular can be pronounced in three different ways.
1. We say /s/ when a words ends in an unvoiced sound like: /f/, /k/ /p/, /t/, //. For example:
coughs and stops.
2. We say /z/ when a word ends in a voiced sound like: /b/, /d/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, //, /r/, //, /v/.
For example: comes and goes.
3. We say /iz/ when a word ends in: /s/, /t/, /d/, /z/, / /, //. For example: watches and misses.

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