Listen to that video and then answer the following activities:

Listen to the speakers describing their favourite things and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

1. Preparation: matching

Do this exercise before you listen. Match the verb with the correct noun and write a – g next to the numbers 1 – 7.

1…e….. take                                                                                       a. a designer

2…g.... listen to                                                                                b. your scooter

3…d….. watch                                                                                   c. a business

4…f….. stroke (= move your hand gently over something)         d. films

5…b.. park                                                                                      e. photos

6…a….. make it as (= be successful as)                                         f. the cat

7…c….. set up (= start)                                                                    g. music

2. Check your understanding: matching

Match the speakers with their favourite things. Write a – e next to the numbers 1 – 5.

1……tablet.. Speaker                   A a. a tablet

2…….. Speaker                   B b. a sewing machine

3…….. Speaker                   C c. a scooter

4…….. Speaker                   D d. a set of knives

5…….. Speaker                   E e. a cat

3. Check your understanding: gap fill

Do this exercise while you listen. Write the word to fill the gaps.

A. My favourite thing has to be my new tablet. It’s really light and quite _small____________, so I take it with me everywhere. I’m always writing to friends and it’s big enough to do college work on it too. It takes really good _____photos________, and I play games and listen to ___music__________ on it as well, of course. I often download _____films________ onto it, and watch them in ____bed_________. My mum says I’m _____addict_______, because I’m always on it. I even read things on it at breakfast time. I’m not allowed to at ______dinner______ time, though. I have to be ______polite_______ and talk to people then. “Welcome back to real life,” my mum says.

B. My favourite thing? Does my _____cat________ count as a thing? She’s not really a thing, but anyway. She’s a really ____beautiful______a___ little cat. I’ve had her since she was ______four_______ months old. You know how some cats are really __________independent___ and hardly talk to you? I know cats don’t really talk, but you know what I mean. Well, she’s not like that at all. She’s really _____affectionate______ and comes up to me as soon as I get home, purring away like mad. She makes a lot of _______noise______ for a tiny thing. She loves being stroked and comes and curls up next to me when I’m on the _____sofa________. She’s great _____companion________.

C. My new scooter! It’s quite small, but _____fun________, and just what I needed for getting around the _______city_____. I used to have quite a long walk to the _____metre________, then a longish walk at the other end to get to _____college________. But now I can just whiz there on my ______scooter_______. And there’s no problem parking, there’s always ______space______ for it. You have to be ____careful_________ with the cars and ____lorries_________ – they don’t always see you – and when it rains the surface of the road is ___terrible________, it gets really slippery. But in general it’s perfect for me, and I can fit a ____friend_________ on the back too – I’ve got an extra _________helmet____ for a friend. It’s great. Riding along makes me feel so free.

D. This might sound a bit old-fashioned, but my sewing ____machine_________ is my favourite thing. I’m studying _____in fashion________ and love making things, as well as designing them. I also love ____ clothing______ myself and often buy second-hand clothes – everyone loves the “vintage” _______look______ at the moment – and then I adapt them to my ____size________. It’s much easier using a machine to do that than doing it by _____hand________. I do alterations for my mum and my sister too. If I don’t make it as a _____designer________, I suppose I can always set up my own alterations and customising ____business_________. Customising clothes, by taking things off and adding things on, is actually very ____creative_________, so I wouldn’t mind that.

E. My set of Japanese knives. That sounds a bit sinister, doesn’t it, but I’m not a ________murderor____ or anything. They’re chef’s knives and the best ones come from ________Japan_____. Cooking is my new hobby. I got into it when I started watching Masterchef on TV. Then I went to an evening __class___________ for

beginners, and I haven’t looked back since. I try and have a ____dinner_________ for between four and eight________friends_____ every two or three __week___________. That gives me something to work towards and I

always do new ___dishes__________ so they can try them out and give me feedback. It’s quite an_______expensive______ hobby if you use good ______ingredients_______, but now my friends help towards the_______cost______. They still get a good _________meal____ for a very low price.

4- What’s your favourite thing?

My favourite thing is dancing in club

5- Why is it important to you?

It is important to me because It make me do more exercise. I see new friend and let me happy.

6- Vocabulary Box: Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.

alterration____chang, variation

We are still trying to assess our skills and part of that is to identify your soft and hard skills.

Task 1:

Sort the following skills into two categories as soft or hard skills. Write SS for soft skills and HS for hard skills:

1. Patience                                              ss
2. Proficiency in a foreign language          hs
3. Leadership Skills                                 hs
4. Persuasion                                          hs                                          
5. A degree or certificate                         hs
6. Typing speed                                      hs
7. Time Management                               hs
8. Machine operation                               hs
9. Teamwork                                           ss
10. Computer programming                       hs
11. Communication                                   ss
12. Flexibility                                            ss
13. Motivation                                           ss

Task 2:

Now click on this link and decide which of these skills are soft and which are hard skills.

Task 3: 

Think of two or more of your hard skills and soft skills, then write them down, and provide one example for each skill as how you have demonstrated this skill on the job.

I have the knowledge of law and lots of experience doing this work. this is my hard skill. I'm very patient to answer the question when the custom ask to me. I must be attention to  the detail. I should to cost lot time to collect  the evidence. these are the soft skill.