Is there a book, a film or a song that makes you happy whenever you read, watch or listen to it? What is it? Why does it make you happy?
1. Read a magazine article where different people on the magazine's staff say what happiness is for them. Who do you think said what? Match the people to the paragraphs.
2. ls there anybody you really agree\don't agree with?
3. Look at the highlighted phrases in the first paragraph. Find an example of a gerund (verb + -ing):
1 after another verb ___ _
2 after a preposition ___ _
3 used as a noun _______
4. With your teacher, choose each 5 things to talk about. Ask follow-up questions.
5. When you're happy do you sometimes feel like singing?
Do you ever sing.....?
Is there a particular singer whose songs do you like singing? Do you have a favourite song?
6. Say if you think sentences 1-7 are true or false.
1 Singing is good for your health.
2 If you want to sing well, you need to learn to breathe correctly.
3 People who sing are usually fatter than people who don't.
4 Not everybody can learn to sing.
5 You need to know how to read music to be able to sing well.
6 If you make a surprised face, you can sing high notes better.
7 It takes years to learn to sing better.
7. Listen to an interview with the director of a singing school and a student who did a course there. Were you right?
