2009- 2010 FALL TERM

ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL

STARTER GROUPS WEEKLY MATERIAL (WEEK 3) Teacher’s Copy

PART I: READING
TEXT A:

a) Before You Read: Answer the following questions

 How long do you sleep at night?

 Do you get enough sleep?
 Do you take naps during the day?
 Are you energetic? Do you sometimes feel tired?

b) Read the text “Metronaps” and answer the questions.

Mary Spence is a lawyer. She works in an office in New York. She goes to work early in the
morning. She starts work at 8:30. She usually leaves work at 5 pm, but she has meetings after work.
After her meetings she goes to the gym, or goes to a café with her friends. She gets home at 8 pm. She
goes to bed at 11 pm. Her days are always busy. How does she feel? “Great,” says Mary, “Every
afternoon, I go to Metronaps. I am always relaxed and I never feel stressed or worried.”
Metronaps is a company. It is in the Empire State
Building in New York. It is open from 10:00 to 18:00. At
Metronaps people get into a machine. They listen to quiet,
relaxing music and then go to sleep. Twenty minutes later,
the machine moves with music and light. Then, they wake
up. They don’t feel tired anymore. They feel refreshed,
healthy and energetic again because good quality sleep
improves health, safety and productivity.
Metronaps is a very wonderful and enjoyable place. It has a café. There are sandwiches and
drinks for you after your nap. Also, the prices are cheap at the café. It is also a very quiet and relaxing
place.

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c) Write T (True) or F(False) for the sentences below according to the text.

1. Mary Spence is a teacher. (T) (F)

2. Mary Spence goes to work early. (T) (F)
3. Mary Spence’s days are quiet. (T) (F)
4. Mary Spence always feels energetic. (T) (F)
5. Metronaps is open at 20:00. (T) (F)
6. There is a Metronaps company in Los Angeles. (T) (F)

d) Answer the following questions

1. What does Mary Spence do after work?

2. What do people do at Metronaps?

3. What are the benefits of a twenty-minute nap at Metronaps?

4. What is the importance of good quality sleep?

5. What kind of a place is Metronaps? Why?

6. What does “she” refer to in paragraph 1?

7. What does “it” refer to in paragraph 2?

8. What does “worried” mean in paragraph 1?

e) After you read: Discuss:

Is there a Metronaps in your city? Would you like to have one in your city? Why? Why not?

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TEXT B

a) Before You Read: Discuss: What are the typical daily routine of a university student in your
country?

b) Read the text below and answer the questions.

Jonathan Brown is a student at Oxford University. He is American

but he lives in England now. He has an ordinary daily routine. He doesn’t
have a colorful lifestyle.
He gets up at 7:30 every morning. He has a shower and a quick
breakfast before he goes to school. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
his friend, Tom, takes him to school in his old Mercedes. They don’t talk a lot in the car because they
are sleepy and they prefer to think about the rest of the day. Tom is a student at Oxford, too. He is
from Florida and he doesn’t like England because it is always rainy. He misses his hometown. He
loves the sea and sunny weather. He wants to be in Florida on holiday in June because he often has flu
in England. Jonathan goes to school by bus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He meets Amy at the bus stop
and they talk about their previous day. Amy and Jonathan are very close friends. They are classmates
and they study together in the evenings. They prepare assignments and projects together because their
houses are in the same neighborhood. They sometimes feel depressed because they never have much
free time.
At the weekends, Jonathan often gets up late. He has a long breakfast. He reads newspapers
and listens to music at the breakfast table. He doesn’t like talking about school or assignments during
breakfast. After this, he goes to his study room and finishes his homework. He reads many books. He
loves reading fiction. He has a small TV set but it is usually off because he doesn’t like watching TV
much. In the evenings, he often meets with his friends and they have a drink outside. They talk about
daily things and laugh a lot. They are good friends and they love spending time together. On Sundays,
he sleeps a lot and has a good rest.
Jonathan has an ordinary life but he is happy. He studies a lot and doesn’t have much fun
outside with his friends and life is sometimes boring for him. He is a successful student at university.
He always gets good marks and all his teachers love him. He loves living in England because he has
many good friends there.

1. Why does Jonathan wake up early on weekdays?

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2. How does he go to school?

3. Why does Tom miss his hometown?

[Link] is university life sometimes difficult for Jonathan and Amy?

5. How does Jonathan spend his free time at the weekends?

6. What does “ordinary” in paragraph 1 mean?

7. What does “they” in paragraph 2 refer to?

8. What does “their” in paragraph 2 refer to?

After you read: What are the differences and similarities between your typical day and Jonathan’s
day? Talk about:
 your daily routine on weekdays
 your daily routine at the weekends
 your friends and family

TEXT C:

a) Before You Read:

 What are the popular sports in your country?

 Who are the popular players?
 Why are those sports and players popular?

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b) Read the text “English Football” and answer the questions.

There are many famous football teams in England. There are twenty teams in the Premiership.
This means they are the top teams in England. In May, the team in the Premiership with the most
points is the champion. They win a big prize, the Premiership Trophy.
There are players from other countries in English teams. Mario Melchiot comes from
Amsterdam in Holland, but he plays for Chelsea. Thierry Henry comes from Paris, but he plays for
Arsenal. English players like Aaron Ramsey and Michael Owen play in the Premiership. Ramsey
comes from Cardiff and he plays for Arsenal. Michael Owen lives in North Wales, but he plays for
Liverpool.
Michael Owen was born on 14th December 1979. He lives with his
family in North Wales. Michael earns a lot of money because he is a top
football player. He likes to buy houses for his family. He owns three houses
in Florida and surprisingly, they are in the same street! He plays in a
Number 10 shirt for England because he is a striker. He scores many goals.
He is rich and famous but he has an ordinary life. He signs autographs and
talks to journalists, and he is polite to his fans. The important thing for Michael is to play good
football.
He trains almost every day with the other players in the Liverpool team, and in his free time
he likes playing golf, snooker or table tennis. He loves horseracing, too. He owns a racehorse called
“Talk to Mojo”. The name has Michael’s initials (M. O.) and the first letters of all his family’s names:
His sisters are Lesley and Karen; Michael’s father’s and mother’s names are Terry and Janette; his
brothers are Terry and Andrew. Can you make a name for a horse from your family’s names?

1. Which team in the Premiership wins the big prize?

2. Who is Michael Owen? Why does he earn a lot of money?

3. Why does Michael Owen play in a number 10 shirt in England?

4. What kind of a person is Michael Owen? Explain with examples from the text.

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5. What does “they” in paragraph 1 refer to?

6. What does “they” in paragraph 3 refer to?

7. What does “striker” in paragraph 3 mean?

8. What does “trains” in line 16 mean?

c) After you read: Write a short description of a famous sportsman, but do not say the name or share
it with your classmates. Who is the famous sportsman?
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TEXT D
a) Before You Read:
 Do you have your own room?
 What do you have in your room? Do you have a computer or TV?
 What do you do in your room? Do you study or read books?

b) Read the text “My Favourite Room” and answer the questions.

I am Simon Peters. I am an actor and a playwright. I don’t live in a very big house, but I want
to tell you about my favourite room. My favourite room is my study room, at the end of the house. I
call it a study room but sometimes it's a kitchen and sometimes it's a bedroom, too. In fact, this is the
only room in the house. Well, it doesn’t have a bed but I always fall asleep in the armchairs.

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 My mother is very house-proud. We always take our shoes off when we come in the room
because my mother doesn’t want us to make the carpet dirty. We can’t sit back in the armchairs,
because my mother thinks our hair makes them dirty. So, I have cheap old rugs on the floor. And the
armchairs are old leather ones. They aren’t very expensive. Comfort comes first, you see.
I have a small microwave oven in the corner and a kettle. I make simple meals and coffee late
at night. I'm a night owl and I do most of my writing in the early hours of the morning. I play music
then, too. I live alone, so I don’t disturb anybody.
On the table there's my computer. I’m a computer fan, so I have lots of toys like a scanner.
Actually, I don't really need it. I don't play computer games. I have a CD player next to the computer
and it is really important to me. I play everything from Vivaldi to the Beatles and I especially like
listening to loud rock music. There is no television in my house. I don’t like spending time in front of
it, so there isn’t one in the house.

1. Which picture is Simon’s room?

a. b. c.

2. Simon has __________ room/s in his house.

a. one b. two c. three
3. Simon sleeps __________.
a. on his bed b. on the floor c. in the armchairs
4. Simon’s furniture is __________.
a. expensive b. new c. cheap
5. Simon usually works __________.
a. in the afternoon b. at night c. at weekends
6. Simon has technological devices, but he doesn’t have a __________.
a. CD player b. scanner c. television

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7. A house-proud person __________.
a. tries to make the house clean and tidy
b. makes the carpets dirty
c. doesn’t like the housework
8. A night owl __________.
a. wakes up early in the morning
b. doesn’t go to bed
c. is awake and active at night
9. What does ‘them’ in paragraph 2 refer to?
a. our shoes b. the armchairs c. Rugs

10. What does ‘it’ in paragraph 4 refer to?

a. the table b. the computer c. the scanner

c) After you read: Discuss: Tell your friends about your favourite room.
 In your house, what is your favourite room?
 What is there in your favourite room? Describe it.
 How do you spend your time in your favourite room?
 Do you want to change anything in the room? If yes, what is it?

PART II: GRAMMAR

a) Complete the texts with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
A. Mary and I (1)________ (work) in the same office, but we're
completely different. She (2)_______ (like) coffee, but I
(3)_______(like) tea. She (4)_______ (wash) her car every weekend,
but I (5)_______ (never /clean) my car. She (6)_______ (smile) all
the time at work, but I (7)_______ (feel) awful and unhappy. I
(8)_______ (complain) about the boss all the time, but Mary
(9)_______ (think) the boss is a nice person. When I (10)_______
(finish) work, I go out with my friends, but Mary (11)_______ (study)
at night school. She (12)_______ (not/talk) about the people in the
office, but I often (13)_______ (criticize) people there. She
(14)_______ (help) all the people all the time, but people (15)_______(not/ask) me for help. The boss
and all the people in the office (16)_______ (think) Mary is perfect, but she (17)_______ (drive) me
crazy!

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B. Spain is famous for its unusual lifestyle. For example, Spanish
people have lunch at 2:30 p.m. and dinner at 10 p.m. People
(1)_______ (usually/not/go) to bed before midnight. Visitors to
Spain often ask, “When do Spanish people sleep?”. Spanish people
sleep less and go out more than other Europeans. They (2)_______
(generally/love) walking, and they go for a walk around the town
in the evenings so there (3)_______ (be) always a lot of entertainment even in the evenings. At 10
p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights the bars and restaurants are full. The cinema (4)_______ (be) also
very popular. Nowadays, young people (5)_______ (often/prefer) watching movies at home because
they have sound systems in their houses, but this (6)_______ (not/be) true for Spain. Many adults
(7)_______ (watch) a movie at the cinema once a week or more. Spanish nightlife (8)_______ (start)
at midnight. A lot of disco-bars (9)_______ (not/close) before 6 a.m. In Valencia, on the east coast of
Spain, some discos (10)_______ (open) at 10 on Sunday mornings!

I. Read the following text and circle the correct alternative.

Interviewer: Thank you for taking some time off from your busy
schedule to answer a few questions about your life!
Brad Pitt: It's (1)_____ pleasure.
Interviewer: Let’s talk about an average day in your life.
Brad: Sure, I get up early – (2)_____ 7 o’clock in the morning. Then
I (3)_____ breakfast. After breakfast, I go to the gym.
Interviewer: Do you work on anything now?
Brad: Yes, I work on a new film. It is "The Man About Town".
Interviewer: (4)_____ there famous actors and actresses in the movie?
Brad: Yes, absolutely. There (5)_____ a lot of famous movie stars in it.
Interviewer: (6)_____ do you do in the afternoon?
Brad: First I have lunch, then I go to the studio and shoot some scenes.
Interviewer: Which movies (7)_____ your wife like most?
Brad: She (8)_____ action movies.
Interviewer: That's very interesting. What about evenings?
Brad: In the evening, I go home and have dinner and study my scripts.
Interviewer: Do you go out (9)_____ night?
Brad: Not always, I (10)_____ like going out at weekends.

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1. a) his b) my c) her d) their
2. a) at b) in c) on d) near
3. a) has b) am c) are d) have
4. a) Does b) Do c) Are d) Is
5. a) are b) is c) do d) does
6. a) Who b) What c) Where d) How
7. a) are b) is c) do d) does
8. a) prefer b) prefers c) preferring d) to prefer
9. a) under b) on c) at d) in
10. a) often b) generally c) never d) sometimes

II. Re-order the words to make correct sentences.

1. play / often / they / do / football / how / often / ?

2. sometimes / she / to / school / goes / .

3. my / is / the / notebook / in / classroom / not / .

4. have / I / two / neighbours / got /.

5. do / parents / your / where / live / ?

6. birthday / my / on / September / is /.

7. was / my / sister / little / born / years / three / ago /.

8. day / students / their / homework / everyday / do /.

9. like / does / what / father / your / look / ?

10. always / go / a / cinema / theatre / or / to / we / a / .

11. hair / brown / is / her / sister’s /.

12. streets / the / safe / clean / and / are/ .

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13. holiday / they / on / go / summer / every / a /.

14. good / there / in / are / any / restaurants / the / city / ?

15. hobby / swimming / favourite / my / is /.

PART III: VOCABULARY

a. Complete the text with the suitable words from the box.

fair tiring lucky rest

friendly meets arrives describe
watches swims food starts

Bob Ellis is 29 years old. He is a dolphin trainer. He (1)_________ in the

swimming pool with the dolphins. He likes his job a lot. He loves working with
animals, but it is very (2) _________. He works long hours.
Bob wakes up at five o’clock in the morning. He gets up, has a shower
and then he gets dressed. After breakfast, at about six o’clock, he (3) _________
at work at half past six. The dolphins feel happy because they are all hungry. He
gives them (4) _________. After that, they practice for the show until lunchtime.
He gets tired, so he has a (5) _________. When he feels energetic again, the
show (6) _________at half past one. Dolphins play games during the show. They
are very (7) _________and they love to play with the people. At five o’clock in
the afternoon, he goes home. In the evening, Bob usually (8) _________TV.
Then, he goes to bed early.

b. Circle the correct option to complete the text.

Rice is an important food for 50% of the world’s population. Almost

every country has rice in their diet. Europeans don’t eat much rice; they eat
three kilograms per year. But in many Asian countries it is very (1)
_________, each person eats half a kilogram of rice every day. It is very (2)
_________because it contains B vitamins and important minerals.
Every year the Asian countries produce almost 500 million tones of
rice. They (3) _________ it almost everywhere. Every year on May 15 there
is a rice festival and people (4) _________their houses with rice and
vegetables. They make yellow, orange, pink, and green leaves from rice.
Rice can grow on wet or dry land. However, rice is in (5)
_________in many parts of the world, because of pollution. It becomes
difficult to grow it. Also, rice has many (6) _________. People make rope, paper, wine, cosmetics and
even toothpaste from rice.

1. a. same b. popular c. different d. strong

2. a. friendly b. brave c. healthy d. clever
3. a. sell b. follow c. answer d. build
4. a. describe b. miss c. decorate d. introduce
5. a. landmark b. dictionary c. lifestyle d. danger
6. a. maps b. uses c. news d. tickets

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c. Complete the text with the suitable words from the box.

Wild animals such as chimpanzees, parrots and even snakes are

wonderful to watch. Animals such as cats and dogs usually enjoy living
with humans, but wild animals don’t like to (1) _________a life with
humans. They need to live a (2) _________life in nature. They need open
spaces to be (3) _________. They want their freedom. In small houses,
animals don’t get enough exercise, so they are (4) _________. Also, many
wild animals are (5)_________and they generally attack people.

1. a. share b. answer c. look d. play

2. a. home-made b. similar c. natural d. different
3. a. busy b. free c. cheap d. handsome
4. a. favorite b. correct c. good-looking d. unhealthy
5. a. dangerous b. beautiful c. pretty d. overweight

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