Lesson 2: Family and friends

1. Listen, number and answer. Track 64

a) Listen. Number the questions in the correct order

a. What do you have to write? 5
b. What did you do? 2
c. Don’t you like watching football? 3
d. Are you going to write about someone? 6
e. Did you enjoy the trip to London? 1
f. What new competition is that? 4

b) Listen. There is one more question in the conversation. What is it?

Are you looking forward to seeing him?

c) Ask and answer the questions from the conversation.

1- What do you have to write? A description of a friend or someone in your family.

2- What did you do? Mum and I went shopping and Omar and Fred went to see a football match.

3- Don’t you like watching football? I don't mind but Mum really dislikes it.

4- Are you going to write about someone? Yes, about Omar.

5- Did you enjoy the trip to London? Yes, it was great.

6- What new competition is that? There's a writing competition on the Book Club website.

2. Listen, number and answer Track 65

a) Listen and complete Reema’s notes.

Appearance
Age isn’t very old: 1 teenager
Height quite tall
Weight 2 isn't very heavy: weighs 46 kilos
Eyes and hair short dark straight hair; 3 brown eyes
Character
Strong points: intelligent, hardworking, 4 generous polite and friendly
Weak points: impatient, a lit tle 5 noisy and untidy
Interests and hobbies
Really likes: playing football and going 6 diving
Enjoys: 7 using computers and reading
Doesn’t mind: 8 bowling and shopping
Dislikes: 9 housework and 10 walking in the hills

5. Say sentences about your hobbies and interests. Use the words and phrases in the box.

• I really like exercising.
• I don't mind cooking.
• I dislike science experiences.

6. Write a description in your notebook.

Describe a friend or someone in your family.

My friend Heba is 13 years old. She is 1 meter and 50 tall. She is 50 kilos. She has green eyes. She is patient and friendly but she is lazy. She really enjoys reading stories. She doesn't mind cooking. She doesn't like doing housework.