The key answer of exercise 1

a)

1. I often cook Italian food.
2. I play chess every weekend.
3. It's easy to read maps.
4. I speak two languages.
5. I make all my clothes.
6. I don't use Powerpoint in my job.
7. I would like to ride a horse.
8. It's easy to remember phone numbers.

b)

• play → football, the guitar, computer games
• read → music, words in Arabic
• speak → Spanish, Japanese
• make → a pizza, a coffee, a sandwich
• use → a computer, a coffee machine
• ride → a bicycle, a motorbike
• remember → information, English words, birthdays