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SPEAKING
3 Complete the dialogue with the answers from the box.
Expressing preferences I always go on Saturday afternoon
I don't like them very much I don't know it
I like comedies - films that make me laugh
J I love Ben Stiller Yes, I do
The one I like best is called The Royal Tenenbaums
1 Translate the phrases into your own language.
Greg: Do you like films?
Selma: Yes, I do.
Greg: When do you usually go to the cinema?
Preferences
Selma: 1___________________________________________________ .
Do you like (films/ Greg: What kind of films do you like?
reading)? Selma: 2___________________________________________________ .
Greg: Who's your favourite actor?
What kind of (music/
Selma: 3____________________________________ . He's brilliant.
books/films) do you like?
Greg: What's your favourite film?
Who's your favourite Selma: 4____________________________ . I think it's awesome.
(singer/writer)? My friends don't agree!
Greg: What do you think of fantasy films?
Selma: 5________________________________ . I can't stand the
Twilight Saga films and I don't really like Harry
What's your favourite
Potter.
(sport)?
Greg: What about The Lord of the Rings?
What do you think of ...? Selma: 6______________________ . My friend's got it on DVD
but I always choose something else to watch.
What about you?
What about you?
I (really) like/love ... Greg: Oh, I love fantasy films. My favourite is
The Hobbit.
I like ... a lot.
4 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
My favourite (actor/
The first letters are given.
writer) is ...
Dave: Do you like sports?
(I think) He/She/lt is
Amelia: Well, I like some.
good/great/awesome/
Dave: What 'k__________ of sports do you like?
brilliant.
Amelia: I like sports that I can do alone. I like walking
and running. I like swimming a 2I__________ ,
too. I don't like football very 3m__________ and
I don't like ... (very
I 4h________ Formula 1 - it's awful.
much).
Dave: 5W__________ 's your favourite sportsperson?
I hate/can't stand ... Amelia: I don't know. I guess I like Ryoyu Kobayiishi.
He's awesome.
(I think) He/She/lt's
Dave: What do you 6t__________ of Cristiano Ronaldo?
terrible/awful/rubbish.
Amelia: I can't 7s__________ footballers with all their
8t__________ ...
He/She/lt's OK, Dave: He doesn't have any tattoos.
but I prefer ... Amelia: Well, that's good but 19p__________ people who
love their sport but don't do it for the money.
People like Ola Taistra. She's a climber. She's
2 Match questions 1-3 with answers a-f. There are
10b_________, and a nice person too, I think.
three extra answers.
1 Which of these two activities do you like best? □
2 What's your favourite free time activity? □
3 Do you like playing computer games? □
a No, I don't. I like looking at YouTube videos
but I don't play games on the computer,
b I love swimming. I go swimming three times
a week.
c Yes, I do. I love walking with my friends,
d I don't like spending my free time alone,
e I prefer the first one. I prefer walking with
friends, not sitting alone with a computer game,
f I prefer films, not books.
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