Soluciones. Vocabulario Work and Play.

 

Words:

• Agent: Agente

• Always: Siempre

• Annoyed: Molesto

• Attached: Adjunto

• Audition: Audición

• Backing dancer: Bailarín

• Bake a cake: Hornear un pastel

• Ballet: Ballet

• Be up to: Estar a la altura.

• Buzz: Zumbido

• Cast: Emitir

• Charity: Caridad

• Check out: Verificar

• Cheerful: Alegre

• Choreographer: Coreógrafo

• Cool: Interesante

• Dancer: Bailarín

• Diet: Dieta

• Dull: Aburrido

• Earnings: Ganancias

• Enjoyable: Agradable

• Entertainer: Animador

• Exciting:  Excitante

• Expert: Experto

• Factor: Factor

• Free time: Tiempo libre

• Frustrating: Frustrante

• Fun: Divertido

• Go skating: Ir a patinar

• Go to the theatre: Ir al teatro

• Hang out: Pasar el rato

• Have a hobby: Tener un pasatiempo

• Healthy: Saludable

• Hobby: Pasatiempo

• Impatient: Impaciente

• Impoverished: Empobrecida

• In- line skating: Patinaje en línea

• Interesting: Interesante

• Listen to music: Escuchar música

• Meet: Quedar

• Musical: Musical

• Never: Nunca

• Often: A menudo

• Pastime: Pasatiempo
  

• Play a musical instrument: Tocar un instrumento musical

• Pollution: Contaminación

• Practice: Practicar

• Professional: Profesional

• Rarely: Raramente

• Read a magazine: Leer una revista

• Rehearsal: Ensayo

• Relax at home: Relajarse en casa

• Relaxing: Relajante

• Sanitation: Saneamiento

• Set up: Configurar

• Sewage: Aguas residuales

• Shoot: Disparo

• Sometimes: A veces

• Spend money: Gastar dinero

• Spend time: Gastar tiempo

• Stressful: Estresante

• Surf the net: Navegar por la web

• Take a dance class: Tomar una clase de baile

• Take photos: Sacar fotos

• Take place: Tener lugar

• Talented: Talentosa

• Tense: Tensa

• Tough: Difícil

• Train: Entrenar

• Uninteresting: Poco interesante

• Usually: Usualmente

• Visit a museum: Visitar el museo

• Wannabee: Principiante

• Waste money: Desperdiciar dinero

• Waste time: Desperdiciar tiempo

• Watch sport on TV: Ver deporte en televisión

EXERCISES

1. Match the words to make free- time activities:

bake     go     meet     play     surf     take     read     visit     watch

Meet friends Read magazines Surf the net Bake a cake Visit a museum

Watch sport on TV Take a dance class Go skating Play a musical instrument

2. Match the verbs and phrases to form collocations. You can use the verbs more than once.

go to the theatre / a club have a great time listen to music relax at home spend time with family and friends take photos waste time/money

      3.  Complete the sentences with collocations from Ex 2.

• I sometimes listen to music on my MP· player when I’m doing my homework.

• We have a great time at the capoeira club. I really enjoy it.

• Would you like to go to the theatre next week? The musical Chicago is on.

• Pete never goes out on Fridays. He prefers to relax at home.

• I enjoy spending time at my granny's house. She’s teaching me to knit.

• She doesn’t like wasting time watching TV for hours.

        4. Complete the definitions with the adjectives in the box.

dull     enjoyable     exciting     frustrating     interesting     relaxing

• Something that makes you feel annoyed and impatient is frustrating.

• Something that makes you feel less tense is relaxing.

• Something pleasurable and fun, like meeting friends, is enjoyable.

• When something is interesting you want to know  more about it. 

• The opposite of question 4 is dull.

• Going on a rollercoaster is exciting.

       5. Use the adjectives in Ex 4 to describe free-time activities:

• Go skating is very exciting.

• I think that going to the theatre is interesting and enjoyable.

• Football is too dull.

• Listening to music is a very relaxing activity.

• Watching sports on TV is a little frustrating.

        6. Cross out the incorrect alternative:

• go skating / sports / to the theatre

• take photos / a dance class / a museum

• have the net / a great time / a party

• watch a film / a laugh / sport

• play the piano / the theatre / the guitar

• read the newspaper / the net / a magazine

• surf the web / the net / TV

• listen to the radio / music / at home

          7. Translate in to english:

• No siempre es fácil cocinar un pastel.

• It isn’t always easy to bake a cake.

• No me gusta que mi hermana pierda el tiempo en frente de la tele.

• I don’t like my sister wasting time in front of TV.

• Siempre pasamos un buen rato cuando estamos juntos.

• We always have a great time when we are together.

• Yo quiero estar en casa y oír música.

• I want to be at home and listen to music.

        8. Complete the table with the words in the box:

dull   enjoyable   exciting   frustrating   interesting   relaxing

Positive	Negative
enjoyable, exciting, interesting, relaxing	dull and frustrating

         9. Answer the questions. Write full sentences:

What’s the most enjoyable book you’ve ever read?

• The most enjoyable book is The Lord of the Rings.

What’s the most exciting sport you have ever tried?

• The most exciting sport I have ever tried is rafting.

What’s the best place you’ve ever been to?

What’s the most interesting city7 you’ve ever visited?

      - The most interesting city for me is Greece.

What’s the most frustrating experience you’ve ever had?

• The most frustrating experience was losing my phone on the bus.