English Listening Lesson on
Fun

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THE LESSON ON FUN

Try the online quiz, reading, listening, and activities on grammar, spelling and vocabulary for this lesson on Fun. Click on the links above or see the activities below this article:

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Everybody wants to have fun. Life would be so boring if fun was taken away. There are so many things you can do for fun. The best thing, I think, is simply to be with your friends. You’ll always have a fun time with them. I can’t remember the most fun I’ve ever had. I had loads of fun times when I was a kid. It seemed as though life was all fun, except for homework. But university was also a lot of fun. I’d love to do all that again. I’m not sure if I’d call working fun. There’s not much fun in sitting at a desk and trying to please your boss. Weekends are fun though. I always try to have as much fun as I can at the weekend. Having fun is the best way to relieve the stress that builds up during the week.

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THE ACTIVITIES

LISTENING GAP FILL

Everybody wants ____________________ . Life would be so boring if fun was taken away. There are ____________________ you can do for fun. The best thing, I think, is ____________________ with your friends. You’ll always have a fun time with them. I can’t remember the most fun ____________________ . I had loads of fun times ____________________ kid. It seemed ____________________ life was all fun, except for homework. But university was also a lot of fun. I’d love to do ____________________ . I’m not sure if I’d call working fun. There’s ____________________ in sitting at a desk and trying to please your boss. Weekends are fun though. I always try to have as much fun as I can at the weekend. Having fun is the best way to ____________________ that ____________________ during the week.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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STUDENT FUN SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about fun in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
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Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

Write about fun for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET INFO: Search the Internet and find more information about fun. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about fun. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

4. FUN POSTER Make a poster about fun. Show it to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your posters.

5. MY FUN LESSON: Make your own English lesson on fun. Make sure there is a good mix of things to do. Find some good online activities. Teach the class / another group when you have finished.

6. ONLINE SHARING: Use your blog, wiki, Facebook page, MySpace page, Twitter stream, Del-icio-us / StumbleUpon account, or any other social media tool to get opinions on fun. Share your findings with the class.

ANSWERS

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English Listening Lesson on Fun