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Period5 listening and speaking
Practice:
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.(P22-2)
to live
to use
to swim/swimming
swimming
to learn
practising
playing
admit decide enjoy fail regret want
Jamie Wells _____________ the sports camp because he _________ __________ himself as well as meeting new friends. He thought sports camp was fun, but not without its challenges! Each day began with a 5-kilometer cross-country run - at 6 am! At first he _____________ the whole route. On the fourth day, he was so tired that he even didn’t ___________________. Feeling homesick, he _________________ the sports camp and wanted to phone his dad to take him home. But he didn’t give up. Things soon got better. He became stronger and more confident and made new friends. He _____________ a camper had its challenges, but it was worthwhile.
failed to finish
decided to join
enjoyed
want to get out of bed
challenging
regretted attending
admitted being
Looking on the bright side
Task 1: Listen to the conversations and match the expressions to their meanings.
(P23)
Looking on the bright side
Listen and match:
Listen to the conversations and match the expressions to their meanings.
1. to change your life by starting to be a better person or stopping
a bad habit
2. someone who is extremely enthusiastic and enjoys working
extremely hard
3. to not make any effort
4. very calm and relaxed, especially in a difficult situation
5. to do something very slowly because you do not really want to
do it
6. someone who refuses to join in, or wants to stop other people
having fun
e
c
a
f
d
b
Looking on the bright side
Task 3: Put the expressions in Activity 5 into the boxes. Add any more you can
think of.
Positive
Negative
an eager beaver
turn over a new leaf
cool as a cucumber