Gateway 1 unit 4: Leisure activities
Leisure activities are the activities that people do in their free time . They are the activities that they enjoy . Leisure activities can be indoor , outdoor or both of them .they help use reduce the stress of our daily life , have a good mood or a state of mind .
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Vocabulary of the unit
| Indoor activities | Outdoor activities | Both |
| 1. Cooking
2. Using the internet 3. Watching tv 4. Chatting on the net |
1. Gardening
2. Playing football 3. Jogging 4. Going to the cinema 5. Shopping |
1. Cooking
2. Listening to music 3. Reading 4. Playing chess |
| Positive emotions or feeling | Negative emotions or feeling | |||
| Nouns | Joy – gaiety – delight – cheerfulness – merriment – vivacity – calm – satisfaction – enthusiasm – optimism – jubilation | Nouns
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Anger – despair – depression – loneliness – sadness – frustration – worry – fear | |
| Adjectives | Motivated-amused-Hopeful-cautious-happy-confident-ecstatic-fascinated-relaxed | Adjectives | disgusted-shocked-Lonely-annoyed-frightened-enraged-frustrated-anxious-mischievous-smug | |
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Adjectives ending with “ed” or “ing”
- We use adjectives that end up with “ed” to express : feelings and emotions
- We use adjectives that end up with “ing” to describe : activities and places
Ex : we feel motivated and amused in the English class , because we find it interesting
She felt tired after working hard all day.
The park is a fascinating place you go to.
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Grammar
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“Too” or “enough”
| Use:Too and enough indicate degree. They are used with adjectives.
· Too means more than what is needed. · Enough means sufficient. |
Example: He is too old to play football with the kids. You’re not working fast enough I don’t have enough time. He has too many friends. She has got too much patience |
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Future tense : “be going to” and “will”
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¨ Be going to”
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| Be going to | |
| Usage | example |
| ¨ Planned action or intention | Bill is going to study information technology |
| ¨ Prediction based on physical evidence | There are thick clouds in the sky .it’s going to rain |
| Affirmative | Subject + be going to + verb(infinitive) | Ex: He is going to see Bill this evening |
| negative | Subject + be not going to + verb(infinitive) | Ex: He is not going to see Bill this evening |
| interrogative | be + Subject + going to + verb(infinitive) | Ex: is He going to see Bill this evening? |
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¨ will
| will | |
| Usage | example |
| prediction | It will rain tomorrow |
| Scheduled events | The football match will start at 3:00 p.m. |
| promises | I’ll telephone you after class |
| Making offers | I’ll make you some coffee |
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