UNIT 3

HAPPY LIFE

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY?

Present tenses
1. Look at the ingredients for happiness. How important is each one to you?
Give rate 1-10 for your priority.
 good health in mind and body  a big house
 job satisfaction  regular holidays
 a loving marriage  a supportive family
 hobbies and leisure activities  lots of friends
 no money worries  academic achievement

2. What do you think is the happiest time of a person’s life when they are
young or when they are old? Why?

3. Read the text about Maldiv Fin. Answer the questions.

a. What do you think are the good and bad things about Maldiv Fin’s life?
b. Do you think his life is exciting or boring? Would you like to have a life
like Maldiv’s?
c. Do you know any people with similar lives? Are they happy?

Maldiv Fin, 45
WORK
Maldiv Fin is a lawyer. He’s paid very well, but he
usually has to work long hours. He works for an
international company in Arizona, phoenix, USA,
so he travels a lot in his job. At the moment he’s
working in Dallas, and next week he’s travelling to
Mexico.

HOME LIFE
Maldiv is married and he’s got two children, aged 9
and 11. He rarely sees his children because so
much of his time is spent away from home. He’s
got a beautiful house in a suburb of Arizona. It’s
very big, with eight bedrooms. His wife is a
psychologist.

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 FREE TIME
If he’s at home at the weekend, he and his wife
sometimes play golf, but that doesn’t happen very
often. They never have much time to relax
together.

IS HE HAPPY?
He says he doesn’t know if he’s happy. He’s too busy to think about it.

GRAMMAR SPOT
1. Find these words in the text about Maldiv Fin: usually, often, rarely,
never.
What kind of words are they?
2. What tense are most of the verbs in the text? Why?
3. Find two examples each in the text of the Present Continuous and the
Present Simple passive. Which auxiliary verb is used to form these?
4. Complete the questions and answers with the correct auxiliary verbs.
a. ______ he travel a lot? Yes, he ______.
b. ______ she work in a bank? No, she ______.
c. ______ they play golf? Yes, they ______.
d. ______ you play badminton? No, I ______.
e. ______ he paid a lot? Yes, he ______.
f. ______ he working in Mexico at the moment? No, he ______.

4. Complete the questions about Maldiv. Then ask and answer them with a
partner.
 ……… married?
Is he married?
 What ……….. do?
 Where ………. Live?
 Has ………... any children? Yes, he is.
 What …………. He wife do?
 Which sports ………… play?
 Where …………. Working at the moment?
 ……….. paid very well?

5. Ask and answer similar questions with your partner.

Are you married? No, I’m not.

Have you got any brothers or sisters? Yes, I have.

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Read about Cliff Jefferson and his lifestyle. What does he like about it?

45-year-old college graduate makes $60,000 a

year as a paperboy!
People think it’s a joke that a man my age with a college
degree is a paperboy! But, hey, it’s great. I’m paid good
money - $60.000 a year for four hours’ work a day. On
top of that I often get $50 a week in tips. Not bad!
My job isn’t easy. I get up at 2.00 a.m. every day, seven
days a week. The first newspaper is delivered at 2.30
a.m. I finish four hours, 65 miles, and 1,000 newspapers
later. I drive a red VW and the newspapers are packed
into the back.
I love the peace and quite in the early morning. Most of
the time I have the world to myself. Occasionally, I meet
a jogger. I usually get back home by 7.00 a.m. then I
have the rest of the day with my family and do what I
want. I have two teenage children and my wife works at
the University of Iowa. Some days I coach my kids’
baseball team, other days I play golf. I’m also studying
for my master degree at the moment. I want to be a
marriage counsellor eventually, but I’m not in a hurry.
I’m enjoying life too much. Some people think it’s not
much of a job but, hey, when they’re sitting in an office,
I’m playing golf! So I ask you-who has the better life?

6. Write notes about Maldiv and Cliff in the chart.

Maldiv Fin Cliff Jefferson

Work

Home and
Family

Free Time

7. Who do you think is happier? Why?

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GRAMMAR SPOT
1. Some verbs are used in both simple and continuous forms. These are
called action verbs.
She usually walks to school, but today she isn’t walking. She’s riding
her bike.
2. Some verbs are almost never used in the continuous form. These are
called state verbs.
I like green tea. (NOT I’m liking green tea.)
3. Seven of these verbs are not usually used in the Present Continues.
Underlined them.

Like know understand work enjoy think (opinion)

Come play love want have (possession)

PRACTICE
Discussing grammar
8. Are these sentences correct  or incorrect ? Correct the mistakes.
a. What do you want to drink?
b. They’re having a teenage son.
c. She speaks five languages.
d. I’m loving you a lot.
e. Do you think Mike plays golf well?
f. I’m sorry. I’m not knowing the answer.
g. We’re enjoying the lesson very much. We’re working hard.
h. I’m thinking you speak English very well.
i. The lions are fed once a day. They’re being fed at the moment.
j. Don’t turn of the TV, I watch it.

9. Complete the pairs of sentences using the verb in the Present Simple or the
Present Continuous.
1. Come
Diana and Hinka are Indonesian. They ……….. from Jakarta.
They’ll be here very soon. They ………… by car.
2. Hav e
Lisa can’t come to the phone. She ………. dinner now.
She ………… a beautiful new jacket.
3. Think
I …………. That all politicians tell lies.
I …………. About my girlfriend at the moment. She’s in Australia.
4. Not enjoy
We ……….. this party at all. The music is too loud.
We ………... big parties.

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5. Watch
Be quiet! I …………. My favourite programme.
I always ………….. it on Thursday.
6. See
Matt isn’t here. He …………... the doctor at the moment.
I ………….. your problem, but I can’t help you, I’m sorry.
7. Use
This room ………… usually ……….. for big meetings.
But today it …………. Being ………… for a party.

Linking words – but, however

10. Complete the sentences with and, so, or but.
a. She can speak French, ………. She can’t write it.
b. He’s going to work in S pain, ……………. He’s learning Spanish.
c. I went into town. I bought some food ……………. I went to the library.
d. I haven’t got a car, …………. I’ve got a motorbike.
e. She’s working late next Friday, …………. She can’t come to party.

But and however can contrast ideas, but they are used differently.
Compare these sentences. What differences can you see?
I learnt French easily, but I didn’t like my teacher.
I learnt French easily. However, I didn’t like my teacher.

11. Join the pairs of sentences in two different way using but and however.
a. We enjoyed the holiday. It rained a lot.

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b. He’s moving to London next month. He doesn’t like big cities.

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c. She isn’t English. She speaks English perfectly.

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 So is used to express the result of the statement before.
Because expresses the reason or cause of something.
Cause Result
It staretd to rain, so we stopped playing tennis.
Result Cause
We stopped playing tennis because it started to rain.

12. Join the pairs of sentences in two different ways using so and because.
a. She went home. She was tired.
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b. We didn’t enjoy our holiday. The weather was bad.

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c. He worked hard. He passed all his exams.

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