Entertaining A Guest II

Question 1

So how was your flight?

Answer 1

So how was your flight?

Question 2

How was the weather when you left New York?

Answer 2

How was the weather when you left New York?

Question 3

The weather here is usually nicer than back home.

Answer 3

The weather here is usually nicer than back home.

Question 4

How often do you play golf?

Answer 4

I get out on the green to play about once or twice a week.

Question 5

What do you do on the weekends?

Answer 5

We play tennis every weekend.

Question 6

Do they play tennis?

Answer 6

No, they don’t. They don’t like tennis very much, but they often go biking together.

Question 7

How often does he go swimming?

Answer 7

He goes swimming every morning.

Question 8

What does she do on the weekends?

Answer 8

She usually goes surfing on Saturdays.

Question 9

Does it cost anything to exercise in the park?

Answer 9

No, it doesn’t. You can run, bike, or hike in the park for free.

Question 10

Do you often go running in the park?

Answer 10

Alex doesn’t usually play soccer on the weekends.

Question 11

What would be an appropriate response to this remark from your new acquaintance?

Answer 11

Qual seria uma resposta apropriada a essa observação de seu novo conhecido?

Question 12

The flight was just awful. We had turbulence the whole way.

Answer 12

O voo foi horrível. Nós tivemos turbulência durante todo o caminho.

Question 13

I’m sure you were praying hard

Answer 13

Tenho certeza que você estava orando muito

Question 14

Was the weather a problem?

Answer 14

O tempo foi um problema?

Question 15

You just picked up your guest from the airport.

Answer 15

Você acabou de pegar seu convidado no aeroporto.

Question 16

Why don’t you take your wife on the golf course with you once in a while?

Answer 16

Por que você não leva sua esposa no campo de golfe com você de vez em quando?

Question 17

Once in a while it’s a good idea to turn off your computer and phone so you can just relax.

Answer 17

De vez em quando, é uma boa idéia desligar o computador e o telefone para relaxar.

Question 18

The weather was pretty miserable, actually. Hot, humid, and sticky.

Answer 18

miserable: adjective - terrible; not good

Question 19

Jason often runs into problems with getting computer access

Answer 19

run into: phrasal verb - to experience problems; to encounter difficulties

Question 20

We ran into a lot of turbulence.

Answer 20

run into: phrasal verb - to experience problems; to encounter difficulties

Question 21

We sometimes go scuba diving off the coast for a few days.

Answer 21

scuba diving: noun - The sport of swimming underwater with tanks full of air

Question 22

Tim loves to go scuba diving in the Bahamas.

Answer 22

scuba diving: noun - The sport of swimming underwater with tanks full of air

Question 23

I seldom get the chance to play more than once a month.

Answer 23

seldom: adverb - rarely

Question 24

Hyun-Sun seldom arrives at work late.

Answer 24

seldom: adverb - rarely

Question 25

She might beat me, and then I’d never hear the end of it!

Answer 25

never hear the end of it: phrase - When you’ve had to listen to someone talk about something for longer than they should, you can say that you never heard the end of it.

Question 26

I bet my husband that he couldn’t finish painting the living room walls before noon. When he did, I never heard the end of it.

Answer 26

never hear the end of it: phrase - When you’ve had to listen to someone talk about something for longer than they should, you can say that you never heard the end of it.

Question 27

Making Small Talk

Answer 27

Patendo papo

Question 28

A: How often do you play golf?
B: I get out on the green to play about once or twice a week.

A: What do you do on the weekends?
B: We play tennis every weekend.

A: Do they play tennis?
B: No, they don’t. They don’t like tennis very much, but they often go biking together.

Answer 28

When talking about things that are generally true, such as routines and habits, use the simple present. For subjects “I,” “you,” “we,” and “they,” use auxiliary “do” to ask questions. Use “don’t” to make negative statements.

Question 29

A: How often does he go swimming?
B: He goes swimming every morning.

A: What does she do on the weekends?
B: She usually goes surfing on Saturdays.

A: Does it cost anything to exercise in the park?
B: No, it doesn’t. You can run, bike, or hike in the park for free.

Answer 29

When discussing general truths with subjects “he,” she,” and “it,” add an “s” to the main verb for positive statements. Use “does” plus the simple form of the verb for questions. Use “doesn’t” plus the simple form of the verb for negative statements.

Question 30

Do you often go running in the park?

Alex doesn’t usually play soccer on the weekends.

We sometimes play basketball after work.
Sometimes, we play basketball after work.

Sarah never goes camping.

Answer 30

Adverbs of frequency (such as “always,” “often,” “usually,” “sometimes,” and “never”) are placed immediately before the main verb of the sentence. “Sometimes” may be moved to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis.

Question 31

I play golf once or twice a week.

You should take a break once in a while.

We don’t play baseball very often.

Every week, they try to get a couple of hours of exercise in.

Answer 31

Longer phrases about frequency ( such as “twice a week,” “once in a while,” or “every week”) go at the end of the sentence. When “often” is used in a negative sentence, it also goes at the end of the sentence. You can move them to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis, but you must place a comma to show where it ends.

Question 32

Yuki is watching TV right now. He watches the same show every week.

Anna is taking a karate class. She usually practices for an hour after work every day.

I don’t like sushi. It tastes strange to me. I prefer fish tacos.

Answer 32

Use the simple present if a thing is generally true, to express routines or habits, or for verbs that describe physical or emotional states (e.g., “like,” “taste,” “prefer”). Use the present progressive for things that are happening right now and for things that are going on during this time, but not “right now” (e.g., “She is taking a class.”).