Leisure in the UK
Watch the video and answer the following questions
What are the top five leisure activities in the UK?
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Mark the following statements TRUE or FALSE
The most popular leisure activity in the UK is going to the pub T/F
Most pubs do not serve food T/F
There are more than twice as many cinemas as there were 20 years ago T/F
10 times more people go to fast food restaurants than other restaurants T/F
The London Eye opened in 2001 T/F
The Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in England T/F
300,000 people visit the Ashmolean Museum every year T/F
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Homestay Web Search
Homestay
Living in London with a “homestay” family is a unique experience.
This work sheet will help you to understand the different aspects of living in London with a family while you are studying here.
Using the following websites, please answer the following questions.
Londonmet
southgate.ac.uk
hampstead-english.ac.uk
british-study.com/
1. What is the main benefit of living with a homestay?
2. Do you think from what you have read that you can expect your homestay family to spend all their free time talking to you in English?
3. Name the two homestay agents we use at London Metropolitan University
4. What does half-board mean?
5. What does self-catering mean?
6. Do you have to pay any extra money for bills if you live with a homestay family?
7. What should you expect to find in your room?
8. If you live in a homestay is it guaranteed that you will be living near to the University?
9. Why/why not?
10. Using the “google” search engine, find out what a “continental breakfast” is
11. Generally, when staying with a homestay family, what should you do if you use their telephone?
12. What should you do if you break something in the house?
13. What do you think is the best thing to do if you realise that you are not going to get to your homestay on time for your meals?
14. Do English people always take a bath every day?
15. What must you remember to switch off if you leave your house?
16. Look at the statements below and decide which you think is reasonable (r) or unreasonable (U) in terms of your host family and your expectations of them.
a. I hope my host family will spend some of their time talking to me each day.
b. My host family should help me find places to visit in London.
c. My host family never speak to me, I want to leave.
d. My host mother only feeds me potatoes and nothing else.
e. I find the host family’s food strange, I am not sure I like it, I want to leave.
f. My host family have asked me to not take a shower or a bath after 11 pm – this seems fair to me.
g. My host family is black, I am scared – I want to change.
h. I want to move house because there is a carpet on the bathroom floor.
i. I should ask my host family if I need to call a taxi or book some transport.
Living in London with a “homestay” family is a unique experience.
This work sheet will help you to understand the different aspects of living in London with a family while you are studying here.
Using the following websites, please answer the following questions.
Londonmet
southgate.ac.uk
hampstead-english.ac.uk
british-study.com/
1. What is the main benefit of living with a homestay?
2. Do you think from what you have read that you can expect your homestay family to spend all their free time talking to you in English?
3. Name the two homestay agents we use at London Metropolitan University
4. What does half-board mean?
5. What does self-catering mean?
6. Do you have to pay any extra money for bills if you live with a homestay family?
7. What should you expect to find in your room?
8. If you live in a homestay is it guaranteed that you will be living near to the University?
9. Why/why not?
10. Using the “google” search engine, find out what a “continental breakfast” is
11. Generally, when staying with a homestay family, what should you do if you use their telephone?
12. What should you do if you break something in the house?
13. What do you think is the best thing to do if you realise that you are not going to get to your homestay on time for your meals?
14. Do English people always take a bath every day?
15. What must you remember to switch off if you leave your house?
16. Look at the statements below and decide which you think is reasonable (r) or unreasonable (U) in terms of your host family and your expectations of them.
a. I hope my host family will spend some of their time talking to me each day.
b. My host family should help me find places to visit in London.
c. My host family never speak to me, I want to leave.
d. My host mother only feeds me potatoes and nothing else.
e. I find the host family’s food strange, I am not sure I like it, I want to leave.
f. My host family have asked me to not take a shower or a bath after 11 pm – this seems fair to me.
g. My host family is black, I am scared – I want to change.
h. I want to move house because there is a carpet on the bathroom floor.
i. I should ask my host family if I need to call a taxi or book some transport.
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