What does she do on weekends? She sometimes goes shopping. How often do you go to the movies? I go to the movies maybe once a month. How often does he watch TV? He hardly ever watches TV. Does he go shopping? No, he never goes shopping. 3a Complete the questions with do or does. Then match the questions and answers. 1. How often _______he play soccer? a. Yes. She usually does. 2. _______you drink milk?
b. Hardly ever. I don’t like them.
3. How often ______they stay up late? c. He plays at least twice a week. 4. ________Sue eat a healthy breakfast? d. No, they don’t. They’re too busy.. 5. How often _______you eat apples? e. Never. They always go to bed early. 6. _________ your parents play sports? f. Yes, I do. Every day.
3b Use words given to write questions. Then ask and answer them with a partner. Questions My partner’s answers 1.___________________________________? __________________________ (how often/help with housework) 2.___________________________________? _________________________ (What /usually/do/weekends ) 3._________________________________? _____________________________ (how often/best friend/exercise) 4.________________________________? _______________________________ (what/usually/do/after school) 3c What can you do to improve your English? Add more things to the chart. Then ask your classmates the questions and find the best English student. How often do you… Names Frequency read English books? Lin Ying twice a week A: How often do you read English books? B: I read English books about twice a week. Section B 1a Match the words with the pictures.
1. b _ junk food 3. fruit 5. sleep 2. milk 4. vegetables 6. coffee 11
1b Ask and answer Use the words from 1a.
Is Bill healthy? Is Tina healthy 1d Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the survey.
Yes. Yes. A: How often do you drink milk, Liu Fang? B: I drink milk every day. A: Do you like it? B: No. But my mother wants me to drink it. She says it’s good for my health. questions.
1c Listen to the interview about eating habits. Circle your answer to each question.
No. No. I don’t know. I don’t know.
Questions Tina Bill 1. How often do you exercise? Every day _ ____ 2. How often do you eat fruit? 3. How many hours do you sleep every night? 4. How often do you drink milk? 5. How often do you eat junk food? 6. How often do you drink coffee? 1e Student A is the reporter. Student B is Bill. Ask and answer questions. Then roles.
2a Rank these activities according to how often you think your classmates do them (I=most often, 6=least often)
watch TV excise r play sports
2b Read the article and complete the pie charts on page 14. What Do No. 5 High School Students Do in Their Free Time? Last month we asked our students about their free time activities. Our questions were about exercise, use of the Internet and watching T. Here are the results. We found that only fifteen percent of our students exercise every day. Forty-five percent exercise three to four times a week. Twenty percent exercise only one to two times a week. And twenty percent do not exercise at all! We all know that man students often g online, but we were surprised that ninety go to the movies use the Internet play computer games go camping in the country A: How often do you exercise? B: I exercise every day. A: And how often do you…? Tina
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2c Read the article again and answer the questions. 1. How many students do not exercise at all? 2. How many students use the Internet every day?
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3. How often do most students watch TV? What do they usually watch? 4. What doest the writer think is the best way to relax? Why? 5. Do you think the students at No. 5 are healthy? Why or why not?
2d According to the article and the pie charts, write sentences with the percentages using always, usually or sometimes.
1. 90% Ninety percent of the students always use the Internet. 2. 85% 3.45% 4.10% 5.13% 6.2% 2e. Choose one of these free time activities or think of your own. Then ask your classmates how often they do this activity and make a pie chart. Show the pie chart to your class.
How often do you..? play computer games 1-2 times a week read books go shopping 3-4 times a week draw pictures Every day play sports Names of classmates
3a Look at the information in the chart and complete the report.
Habits Good habits Activities Exercise Read books Drink juice Stay up late Bad habits Watch TV for over 2 hours Eat hamburgers Help with housework Got to the dentist Days a year 365 365 210 15 320 95 20 0
Jane is a 16-year-old high school student n the United States. American Teenager magazine asked her about her habits. Jan has a lot of food habits. She always exercise and she reads books . Also, she drinks juice and she stay up late. However, she has some bad habits, too. She watch TV for more than two hours a day,
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and she eats hamburgers. Her parents are not very happy because she helps with housework and she goes to the dentist for teeth cleaning. She was she is afraid.
3b Complete the chart with your own information. In the last column, use expressions like always, every day, twice a week and never. Habits Good habits Bad habits 3c write a report about your goof and bad habits. Say how often you do things. Use the report in 3a as an example.
4. Take the health quiz. Compare your results with your partner’s. Who’s healthier? 1. Hoe often do you eat breakfast?
a. Never. b. A few times a week. c. Almost every day. 2. How often do you eat fast food?
a. Never. b. A few times a week. c. Almost every day. 3. How often o you eat fresh vegetables and fresh fruit?
a. A few times a year. b. A few times a month. c. A few times a week. 4. How often do you exercise?
a. A few times a year. b. A few times a month. c. A few times a week. 5. How many hours do you watch TV every week? a. None. b. One to four. c. Five or more. 6. How many hours do you usually sleep at night? a. Less than six. b. Six to seven. c. Eight or more. 9-12 points: You’re really healthy! Goof for you and your health. 4-8 pints: You’re smart about health most of the time. 0-3 points: You have to learn more about healthy habits. Don’t worry-you can do it! 1. a=0 b=1 c= 2 2. a=2 b=1 c= 0 3. a=0 b=1 c= 2 4. a=0 b=1 c= 2 5. a=2 b=1 c= 0 6. a=0 b=1 c= 2 Activities How often? 15