Unit 1: Lifestyles

Your Profile

Answer the questions about your habits and routines.

• How many hours a day do you watch TV? Three hours.
• How long do you talk on the phone a day? An hour.
• How much money do you spend a week? Three hundreds.
• How much time do you spend on the Internet? more than three hours.
• How often do you exercise? I always do exercise.
• How often do you go shopping? Three times a week.
• How many hours a day do you sleep? seven hours.
• What two activities do you do very often? I play video games and go for a swim.
• What two activities do you hardly ever do? I read novels and play football.
• What activities do you think you overdo? I go shopping and go for a drive.

Quick Check

A. Vocabulary. Underline words and expressions on pages 2 and 3 that tell about frequency (how often).

regularly, frequently, twice a week, frome time to time, normally, hardly ever, never, sometimes, seldom, often, always, rarely.

B. Comprehension. Answer the questions about the people.

1. How often does Arthur go rock climbing?

Arthur goes rock climbing from time to time.

2. How frequently does Khalid exercise?

John never exercises.

3. How often does Refaa eat meat?

Refaa hardly ever eats meat.

4. How long does Josh spend on the Internet?

Josh seldom spends less than three hours a day on the computer.

5. How much money does Nura usually spend?

Noura spends a lot of money.

6. How often does Martin go on vacation?

Martin rarely takes a vacation.

3. Grammar

A. Rewrite the sentences in the opposite. Use the words in parentheses.

1. Ibrahim constantly talks on the phone. (rarely) Ibrahim rarely talks on the phone.
2. My brother occasionally checks his email. (often) My brother often checks his email.
3. I sometimes surf on the Internet. (Once in a while) I surf on the Internet once in a while.
4. Qassim always arrives at work on time. (Hardly ever) Qassim hardly ever arrives at work on time.
5. Maha usually drinks tea instead of coffee. (From time to time) Maha drinks tea instead of coffee from time to time.

B. Now ask questions about the people in exercise A.

1. How often does Ibrahim talk on the phone?
2. How often does your brother check his email?
3. How often do you surf on the Internet?
4. How often does Qassim arrive at work on time?
5. How often does Maha drink tea instead of coffee?

C. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about people’s habits and routines.

1. Faris/ generally/ for lunch

What does Faris generally eat/have for lunch?

He generally eats/has a burger and a soda for lunch.

2. Frank and Ali/ occasionally/in the park

What do Frank and Ali occasionally do in the park?

Frank and Ali occasionally play tennis in the park.

3. Emma/ seldom/ after dinner

What does Emma seldom do after dinner?

Emma seldom does/washes the dishes after dinner.

4. Ahmed and his family/ often/ on the weekend

What do Ahmed and his family often do on the weekend?

Ahmed and his family often go to the park on the weekend.

5. Kyle/ sometimes/ with his friends

What does Kyle sometimes do with his friends?

Kyle sometimes goes bowling with his friends.

6. Ben/ now and then

6. What does Ben now and then?

Ben gets a haircut now and then.

D. How often do you do the activities in exercise C? Write sentences using an adverb or expression of frequency.
Compare sentences in small groups.

• I usually go jogging in the morning.
• I always arrive school on time.
• I am never late.
• I rarely take a nap after school.
• I sometimes have a cup of tea in the morning.
• I do the dishes once in a while.

E. Write sentences about things you usually/always do and you seldom/never do. Write at least two false sentences.
Read them to your partner. Can your partner guess which sentences are true and which sentences are false?

1. I usually go jogging in the morning. False
2. I always arrive school on time. True
3. I never ride a bicycle. True
4. I rarely take a nap after school. False
5. I sometimes teach my friends Math. True
6. I do the dishes once in a while. True

4. Language in Context

A. Work with a partner. Look at the picture of Tom’s room. What can you tell about his lifestyle?

• He likes football.
• He plays computer games.
• He plays tennis.
• He has a trophy.
• He sends text messages.
• He likes tennis a lot.

5. Listening

Listen to Musa, a professional football player, talking about his career and lifestyle.
Write true or false.

1. true Musa comes from a poor background.
2. false He spends a lot of time with his family.
3. true Musa is proud of playing for his country.
4. true He likes to wear fashionable clothes.
5. true He gives money to help those in need.
6. true Musa doesn’t like the media following him.

8. Conversation

About the Conversation

1. Does Omar exercise a lot?

Yes, he does. He works out every day except weekends.

2. Does exercise turn Majid off?

Yes, it does.

3. Does Majid spend a lot of time on the Internet?

Yes, he does.

4. Why can Majid check his email frequently?

He has a smartphone, and he can access the internet almost everywhere.

9. Reading

After Reading

Answer true or false.

1. false Only one out of every four young Americans owns a cell phone.
2. false American students spend a lot more time on the phone than on homework.
3. true Most of the cell phone usage is for text messages.
4. false People who talk a lot on the phone do so because they are depressed.
5. true Some people think that a lot of cell phone use is a positive thing.

10. Project

Work in groups. Do a survey to find out how often and how long group members spend on the following activities:

Discuss and compare results as a class. What habits or pastimes are the most common? On average, how often
and how much time do members of the class spend doing them?

• I did a survey with my classmates and I found that the majority of students spend most of their time using and surfing the Internet, They spend around four to six hours using the Internet.
• For the homework we found that they spend half an hour doing it. for sport most of the students go for a jog for one hour and little students don't like sport, for watching TV the majority of the students don't like watching TV, for using the cell phone it is the most common activity they always spend using cell phone six hours a day.

11. Writing

A. What did you learn about the habits of young people from your class survey? Complete the chart with your findings.

B. Look back at the Reading on page 8. What do the pronouns or adjectives refer to?

1. them (line 14) cell phones.
2. their (line 21) the heaviest users.
3. they (line 28) the frequent users.
4. who (line 29) the researcher.
5. their (line 30) young people.
6. They (line 33) cell phones.
7. themselves (line 34) teenagers.
8. them (line 36) many teenagers.

C. Complete the text with suitable pronouns.

Teenagers in my country are obsessed with (1) them computers. The majority of (2) them spend an average of two to three hours a day on the computer.
(3) They regularly surf the Internet to learn about things that interest (4) them, and (5) they sometimes use (6) it to do research for school.
Young people also frequently communicate through social media like Twitter and Facebook.
They say that (7) it/this is a great way to keep in touch with (8) their friends. There are other teenagers (9) they just prefer to play video games.
For teenagers, the computer is a tool for learning and a means of communication. But most of all, (10) it is simply entertaining.

D. Write a report about one or more of the most common habits and/or pastimes among young people in your country.
Use information from your survey. Remember to use adverbs of frequency and pronouns.

Nowadays, people do a lot of activities to spend their free time. Doing some activities in free time is more beneficial on these daysdue to the rush life pattern. In my country Some people use to go shopping during their free time, playing video game and surfing the Internet and those are common habits or common pastimes.

However, some other people that do a variety of activities to spend their free time like going for a walk, going to the gym and hanging out with friends. So according to my opinion, youth should do more valuable exercise and playing video games.

Shopping and playing video games are the favourite pastimes and most common habits of the young people in my country.

12. Form, Meaning and Function

A. Look at the survey. Write sentences about Nura and Maha. Use both or neither.

1. Neither of them eats junk food often.
2. Both of them can cook. /They can both cook.
3. Both of them work out regularly. /They both work out regularly.
4. Neither of them drinks a lot of coffee.

B. Now write sentences about Nura, Maha, and Badria. Use all, not all, or none.

1. None of them are vegetarians.
2. Not all of them eat junk food often. / They don't all eat junk food.
3. All of them can cook. / They all can cook.
4. Not all of them of them work out regularly. /They don't all work out regularly.
5. None of them drink a lot of coffee.