1.3 Grammar
A. You are going to hear the answers eight people gave to different questions that use the structure ‘Do you … much?’.
For example: «Do you sleep much?»
1
Yeah, at the weekends, of course. I go shopping, go to the cinema, go clubbing sometimes. I don't tend to during the week, though, because I've got to get up early for school and I've got homework, and basically my parents prefer me to stay at home.
2
Yeah, all the time. I take my mp3 player with me everywhere - it's, like, glued to my ears! All kinds of stuff as well - rock, pop, even some classical.
3
Not as much as I'd like to, because I really love it - especially musicals. I mean, I do go now and again, but the seats are so expensive I can't afford to go more than a couple of times a year.
4
Very rarely to be honest... I guess I might in the summer - if it's very hot. I find it a bit boring, just going up and down the pool. It's not really my kind of thing - and I'm not very good at it either.
5
Probably less than I think I do, if you know what I mean. It's always on in the background, you know, but I don't pay much attention to it most of the time. I will watch a big game if there's one on and the occasional film, but apart from that, most of it's rubbish.
6
Yeah, I guess so. I usually play football on a Wednesday and I go running now and again. I generally cycle to college as well - unless it's raining.
7
No, not as a rule. I tend to wait for films to come out on cable as I've got a nice, big, flat-screen TV at home. Oh, and I download quite a lot of stuff too.
8
Not as much as I used to. I was addicted to The Sims for a while until my parents banned me. I would sometimes play for five hours a day! I play other games now, but my parents control it a bit more.
B. Identify what each speaker is talking about the first time you listen to the audio and choose from the drop-down menu.
C. Say the questions you think were asked.
D. Listen the audio again and complete the gaps individually with the correct expression.
E. Complete the following so they are true for you.
- I … all the time.
- I don’t … as much as I used to because ….
- I tend to … at the weekends and now and again I ….
- As a rule, I don’t … , but I will if ….
- I used to … a lot. I’d ….
F. Write five questions using the structure Do you …much? Ask and answer the questions in pairs. Use some of the structures from exercise to answer
| NATIVE SPEAKER ENGLISH |
| We often say stuff when we are being vague. It means things. Stuff is uncountable.
All kinds of stuff as well — rock, pop, even some classical. |