How would you define the term New Years resolution?
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a decision to start a good habit or to stop doing something bad
in the New Year Is this definition close to yours?
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Are any of these part of your New Years resolutions list? Tell
us about them. Which ones do you think are the most common?
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Match the expressions to an appropriate definition make up take
up brush up give up quit improve start invent
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Check your answers make up take up brush up give up quit
improve start invent
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Complete the questions with one of the expressions from
previous page. 1.Do you ever give up your New Years resolutions?
2.Do you intend to take up any new activities next year? 3. Do you
think people make up excuses to escape from their resolutions? 4.
What are you going to do to brush up your English next year?
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Did you get them right? Now answer the questions. 1.Do you ever
give up your New Years resolutions? 2.Do you intend to take up any
new activities next year? 3.Do you think people make up excuses to
escape from their resolutions? 4.What are you going to do to brush
up on your English next year?
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What should the person who wrote the list do to achieve their
goals?
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What New Years resolutions should the following people choose?
to improve their social skills? to be healthier? to buy a house or
apartment? to meet new people? Someone who wants...
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What are men and womens most common New Years resolutions? Do
you think it is important to make resolutions? Is it a good idea to
tell everybody about your resolutions? Why? Are there any New Years
resolutions that everybody should make?
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What New Year's resolutions have you made in the past? What are
the New Year's resolutions that people break most quickly? How can
New Year's resolutions help us change? Have you ever kept a
resolution? Which one(s)?
