Unit 5 (Recreation) - Grammar

Summary

I- Activities

1-1/ Recreation Activities

1-2/ Recreation Habits

1-3/ Recreation around the World

II- Practice

2-1/ Exercise 1

2-2/ Exercise 2

2-3/ Exercise 3

2-4/ Exercise 4

2-5/ Exercise 5

I- Activities

1-1/ Recreation Activities

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I- Activities

1-1/ Recreation Activities

Activity 1

• Read the sentences below and answer following questions :

- Jim is as old as Bob.
- Jim's car is as expensive as Bob's car.
- Basketball is not as popular as football in Morocco.
- Toubkal is the highest mountain in Morocco, and Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

1. Bob is 17 years old. How old is Jim?
2. Jim's car costs $20,000. How much is Bob's car?
3. Which sport is more popular in Morocco? Basketball or football?
4. Which one is higher, Mount Everest or Mount Toubkal?

I- Activities

1-1/ Recreation Activities

Activity 2

• Write the correct form of the comparative or the superlative :

1. Football spectators are (noisy) ___________ tennis spectators.

2. For me, the (good) ___________ football player in the world is Ronaldinho. He is better than Ronaldo.

3. Many tourists think that the weather is good in Marrakech, but those who like swimming think that it is (good) ___________ in Agadir.

4. Karim: I find reading (relaxing) ___________ watching television.
Paul: For me, Yoga is (relaxing) ___________ activity.

I- Activities

1-2/ Recreation Habits

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I- Activities

1-2/ Recreation Habits

Activity 1

• Complete the conversation with the correct verb forms (present continuous or be going to) :

Kate : What ____________ you ____________ next weekend, Betty? (do)
Betty : I don't know. I ____________ anything special. (not do)
Kate : Well, John and I ____________ a party. Would you like to come? (organise)
Betty : Sure, I'd love to. Where ____________ you ____________ the party? (have)
Kate : It ____________ at John's house. (be)
Betty : What time ____________ the party ____________ ? (start)
Kate : At 7:30. And it ____________ around eleven o'clock. (finish)
Betty : Who ____________ ? (come)
Kate : The English teacher and some classmates.

I- Activities

1-3/ Recreation around the World

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I- Activities

1-3/ Recreation around the World

Activity 1

• Choose one number from each column, and then write four sentences about your future :

Example : 1 – 17 – 25 – 35
I will be an artist. I will be famous. I will have a lot of friends. I will go to Brazil.

I- Activities

1-3/ Recreation around the World

Activity 2

• Compete this conversation with will or going to :

Michael : Hi! Tom, where are you going?
Tom : Hi! Michael. I have a special plan for this weekend. I (learn) ____________ how to windsurf.
Michael : Hold on! I (help) ____________ you with these heavy bags.
Tom : Thanks a lot. How is Jane doing at school?
Michael : Oh, she's brilliant. She (have) ____________ a birthday party next week. She (be) ____________ fifteen. I still don’t have a present for her. I think I (buy) ____________ her a CD.
Tom : That's a good idea. I’m sorry I must leave you now.
Michael : No problem. I (drive) ____________ you to the train station.
Tom : That's very kind of you. My car is very old. I (buy) ____________ a new one next month.

II- Practice

2-1/ Exercise 1

• Fill in the chart with the correct form of the adjectives :

II- Practice

2-2/ Exercise 2

• Read the information about Anne, Betty, and Nancy; then complete the paragraphs with the words in brackets :

1. Nancy isn't (young) ____________ Betty and Anne. She is (old) ____________ of the three.

2. Anne is (young) ____________ Nancy, but Betty is (young) ____________ of them all.

3. Anne is (tall) ____________ Betty, but she is (short) ____________ Nancy. In fact, Nancy is (tall) ____________ of the three.

4. Betty is (heavy) ____________ Anne, but Nancy is (heavy) ____________ of them all.

5. Anne, Betty and Nancy are good students, but Anne is (good) ____________ Nancy. Betty is (good) ____________ of the three. In fact she is (good) ____________ student in her school.

II- Practice

2-3/ Exercise 3

Read Peter's letter to Kate and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets :

II- Practice

2-4/ Exercise 4

• Complete these sentences with the comparative or superlative of the words in brackets :

1. Russia and Canada are (large) ____________ countries in the world. Of course, Russia is (large) ____________ Canada.

2. (long) ____________ river in the world is the Nile. It's (long) ____________ the Amazon. It's 6.690 kilometres long.

3. The Pacific Ocean is (large) ____________ the Atlantic Ocean. It's (large) ____________ ocean in the world. It's 165. 760. 000 square kilometres.

4. The Sahara desert is (big) ____________ the Gobi desert. In fact it's (big) ____________ desert in the world. It's 9.065.000 square kilometres.

5. (high) ____________ mountain in the world is Mount Everest in the Himalayas. It's 8.848 metres high.

II- Practice

2-5/ Exercise 5

• Put the verbs in brackets in the correct future tense. Use present continuous, be going to or will :

Jim : __________ you __________ anything on Saturday, Bob? I __________ to a rock concert. Would you like to come? (do / go)

Bob : I'd love to, but I __________ my grandparents next Saturday. (visit)

Jim : How about you, Alice? What __________ you __________ next Saturday? (do)

Alice : Well, I'm not sure. I __________ probably __________ home and relax in the afternoon. Perhaps I __________ dinner in a restaurant with my parents in the evening. (stay / have)

Jim : And what __________ you __________ on Sunday? (do)

Alice : Well, Tom and I __________ a movie in the afternoon, but I __________ anything in the evening. (see / not do)

Jim : Great! I __________ some friends over for dinner. Would you like to come? (invite)

Alice : Thanks. I'd love to.