IELTS Expert User b1 Term 11 subject 2 lesson 10

Building a better life 

PREPARE Look at the words below. Which things make you happy, and which ones don’t? Write them  in the pyramid above, with the things you like best at the top and things you like least at the bottom. 

chores  friends 

commuting  learning 

exercise  rest 

family  travel 

free-time activities 

work 

DECIDE Share your pyramid with your partner. Discuss how you’ve been spending your time lately  and compare it with the information in your pyramid. Then each decide on two things you’d like to  spend more time on and two things you’d like to spend less time on. 

DISCUSS In groups, share the things you want to spend more time on and less time on. Give each  other advice on how to make these changes in your lives. Your ideas can be big, small, serious, or funny.  Be creative!

PRESENT Tell the class about the best advice you got from your group in part DISCUSS. 

AGREE As a class, choose the three most creative ideas you heard in part PRESENT.