I go to a judo club

1 VOCABULARY
Things we do

A Look at the pictures. Listen and say the words. Then make sentences about things you do regularly.

I use a computer, I wear trainers and I go to a swimming club.

B Think of other things you do regularly.

I play volleyball.

Extra vocabulary

Activities and routines

2 PRESENTATION
I go to a judo club

A Listen to Sadie and follow in your book. Who’s a computer addict?

Sadie: Joe and I have got the same parents. We live in the same house. We both like music and we’re in the same band. But we’re different in a lot of ways.

Joe’s good at history and maths. I prefer French and art. Joe’s favourite TV programme is Extreme Sports. I don’t watch sport on TV, but I play hockey and I go to a judo club. Joe plays football and basketball.

I write a lot of emails, I use the internet and I like computer games. My mum says I’m a computer addict! Joe doesn’t use the computer every day. He prefers his bike. He reads horror stories too.

I’m a vegetarian, so I don’t eat meat. Joe’s favourite meal is steak and chips. He doesn’t like vegetables. But we both love tomato ketchup. We put it on nearly everything!

B Is it Joe or Sadie? How do you know?

C Complete the sentences with Joe, Sadie or Joe and Sadie.

3 GRAMMAR
Present simple: trdilna in nikalna oblika

What are the missing words?

4 PRACTICE

A Complete the sentences with the right form of the verbs below. Use each verb once.

eat   watch   live   prefer   love   go  listen   play  speak

B Make sentences using the negative form of the present simple.

C Test a friend Write at least one sentence about another student in the class. Read it out. Your friend says ‘True’ or ‘False’.

D If you have time Talk about other things that you do or that you don’t do regularly.

I don’t play a musical instrument, but I go to a lot of concerts.

5 PRONOUNCIATION
Verbs + /s/ /z/ /ɪz/

Listen and repeat the verbs.

  /s/   eats   drinks  likes   writes
2   /z/   reads   plays  lives   goes
3   /ɪz/   uses   watches   changes

Now say these verbs. Which group do they belong to? Listen and check your answers. 

6 READING
British teenagers

A Read these facts about a typical British teenager. Are you the same or different?

A typical British teenager

• watches a lot of TV.
• wears a school uniform.
• doesn’t like homework.
• listens to Radio 1.
• doesn’t listen to adults.
• eats a lot of crisps.
• loves tomato ketchup.
• doesn’t speak foreign languages very well.
• spends too much time on the internet.
• doesn’t like exams.

B Make at least two true sentences about you.

I don’t wear a school uniform.

7 WRITING AND SPEAKING
Teenagers in my country

Use what you know

Write about a typical teenager in Slovenia. Make a list like the one in Exercise 6.

Talk about your ideas with the class. Have you got the same ideas?

A typical teenager in Slovenia
• doesn’t wear a school uniform.