Key words: glued to upload download messages
A Work in groups. Look at the pictures and talk about what the boys and girls are doing.
B Now read the paragraphs and match them with the pictures.
1 Young children play this game on the ground. The ground is marked by a set of joined squares. Each child throws a stone into a square, then hops (jumps on one leg) and jumps along the empty squares to pick up the stone again. They play this game in turn.
2 Some children are often glued to computers. They download games to play on them. Some also share personal updates on Facebook by uploading posts and pictures.
3 Children often watch football matches of both national and international teams on TV.
4 Children often play football in the school playground.
Note: glued to : giving all your attention to something
upload : transfer information, data to a computer system
download : copy data, information, etc from one computer system to another or to a disk
C Discuss in pairs and answer this question orally.
Which activities mainly take place in cities and which activities mainly take place in villages? Also say which activity or activities can take place both in cities and villages.
D Work in groups. Here is a list of children's activities. Which of them are free-time or leisure activities and which are not? Why are they so?
E. Write answers to these questions.
1 What free-time/leisure activities do you do?
2 Where and with whom do you do your leisure activities?
3 Why do you like or dislike to do your free-time activities?
4 Do you face any problems or difficulties in doing your leisure activities?
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