Vocabulary

Activity 1. 

Vocabulary  

1.1.2 Open your Market Leader book on page 7 and develop exercise A on nationalities (use track 1.7 in your CD to verify your answers).

1.1.3 Now open your Market Leader book on page 15 and develop exercises A to G on days, months and dates.

A. Put the days of the week in order. Which days are ´the weekend´?

Friday    5   Monday    1   Saturday      6   Tuesday    2

Sunday 7   Thursday 4   Wednesday    3

B. Write the months of the year under the correct seasons.

C. complete these time phrases with in, at or on. Then write the phrases under the correct preposition in the table below.

1. at night                           4. On Thursday                      7. In June

2. in the autumn                5. in the afternoon                            8. At  New Year

3. on 15 th February          6. On Tuesday evening                  9. On the weekend

E. Complete these sentences with in, at or on.

1. We have a lot of big orders in March

2. The office closes for three days at New Year

3. There is an important meeting on15 th June

4. The CEO visits our branch in the summer

5. We deliver large goods on Monday afternoons

F. Work in pairs. When are you busy during the day, week and year?

What are the quiet times?

A, when are you busy during the day? I am busy in the mornings

B, I’m very busy in the morning. When are the quiet times for you?

A, Business is quiet in the summer. Which days are you busy during the week?

B, I’m always busy on Mondays.

G, write about yourseld, your company or your school.

• When are the busy time?

I’m always busy on Fridays

• When are the quiet times?

Weekend is quiet for me

• Which moments in the year do you particularly enjoy? Why?

December because is crithsmas

1.1.4 On page 18 of your Market Leader book, develop exercises A and B on leisure activities.

A. Complete the leisure activities below using words from the box.

Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

1. Playing golf                                              7. Playing                                   

2. Watching TV                                            8. Going to the gym  

3. Going to restaurants                                 9. Going to concerts                     

4. Listening to music (on my iPod)                10. Playing the guitar      

5. Playing tennis                                          11. Watching DVDs      

6. Going to the cinema                                  12. Playing computer games

B Talk about your leisure activities. Use the verbs in box and the time phrases in box 2.

I love running at the weekend.

I Like going to the cinema on Friday night

I don’t like sleep in the morning

I like going to dining on Saturday night

1.1.5 Develop exercises A and C on pages 22 and 23 of your Market Leader book with the purpose of getting familiar with the use of too and enough.

A.  What sort of problems might these people have at work?

1. An office worker      4           c) a shop/ sales assistant 2
2. A factory worker      8          d) a call-centre worker      5,7,1,3

C. What problems do you have at work/ in your studies?

- My schedule is busy

- Traffic is complicated

1.1.6 Go over learning object 1: crossword and develop the crossword.