What are your New Year's Resolutions?

New Year's Resolutions

A New Year’s Resolution is a promise to yourself to improve your life in some way. You can improve your life by starting something new, by trying harder at something, by cutting down on something, or even quitting something. OR we can just keep doing what we are doing now.

1. Match the following phrases:

quit ____ cut down on ____ keep doing ____ try harder in/at____ start ____	(a) continue (b) stop (c) reduce (d) begin (e) give more effort in/at
2. Add more examples: quit ~ing . . . (1) I’ve decided to quit smoking. (2) ______________________________ cut down on ~ing . . . (1) I’m going to cut down on surfing the internet. (2) ______________________________ keep ~ing . . . (1) I’m planning to keep helping my mom. (2) ______________________________ try harder at/in (1) I’m planning to try harder in English. (2) ______________________________ starting (1) I’m thinking of starting a Japanese course. (2) ______________________________