Exercises

1. Make the statements negative.

1. I speak French.

2. He likes dancing.

3. We enjoy going to parties.

4. The sun rises in the west.

5. I like white coffee.

6. We often talk about politics.

7. He earns a lot of money in his new job.

8. We get on very well with them.

9. The exams make me stressed.

10. She loves him.

11. People drive on the right in Britain.

2. Ask and answer questions.

Do you Does your friend Who

drink any alcohol? eat lots of fruit and vegetables? drink a lot of coffee? sit up late? play a musical instrument? get emails? send emails? check your emails? chat on line? visit chatrooms? buy things on the Internet? keep photos on your computer? text a lot?

3. Make up true sentences about your lifestyle and the lifestyle of your friend. Use the frequency adverbs: always, often, usually, sometimes, rarely, never.

I My friend

go out with friends go to the theatre eat at restaurants travel by plane visit museums get up before 7 a.m. go to bed after midnight read newspapers watch the news on TV go to the cinema do yoga read English newspapers and magazines

4. In pairs ask and answer questions.

Where What faculty What kind of music What TV programmes What sports What books What foreign languages

do you does your friend

watch? read? study (at)? listen to? play? learn?

5. Answer the questions.

1. How many hours a day do you work at a computer?

2. How much time do you have for lunch?

3. How many hours do you usually sleep?

4. How much time do you spend on sport or exercise?

5. How many days' holiday do you have a year?

6. How much relaxation do you get in a year?

7. How many text messages do you get every day?

8. Who do you usually write e-mails to?

9. How long do you spend on the phone every day?

10. Which website do you visit most?

11. Which search engines do you use?

6. Ask questions for these answers. Use the question word in brackets.

1. He uses English every day for emails and phone calls. (What … for?)

2. I need to speak good English working for a big international company. (Why...?)

3. My friend plays hockey at weekends. (What sport…?)

4. I go to bed after midnight sometimes. (How often…?)

5. The weekend goes very quickly. (How…?)

6. My brother has a new girlfriend. (Who…?)

7. We need further information on the project. (What…?)

8. Top footballers earn a lot of money. (How much…?)

9. My car is in the car park. (Where...?)

10. I park the car on the street now. (Where…?)

11. The company stores information about all its customers on computer. (What…? How…?)

12. The business centre provides fax, Internet and photocopying services. (What services…?)

13. Most women wear make-up because they want to look better. (Why…?)

14. She always buys those magazines that have lots of gossip about celebrities in them. (Who…? What kind…? What … do?)