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Language activity. 1. Answer the questions. 2. Try to guess, which word is missing, read the whole expressions. 3. About you true or false? If a sentence is false, change the word in bold to make it true.
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LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
1. Answer the questions.
1. Do you get up early? When do you usually get up?
2. Does your alarm clock wake you up or do you wake up yourself?
3. Who usually makes breakfast for you?
4. What do you usually have for breakfast?
5. When do you usually leave your house?
6. How long does it take you to get to your academy?
7. Do you get there by bus or walk?
8. How many lectures do you usually have every day?
9. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?
10. What time do you come back home?
11. How long does it take you to do your homework?
12. How do you usually spend your evenings?
13. Do you have much free time on weekdays?
14. What time do you usually go to bed?
2. Try to guess, which word is missing, read the whole expressions.
To get … at 7, to help … the house, to … homework, to … dinner, to clean …, to … a shower, to do … exercises, to … to bed, to … with homework, to … exams, to miss …, to … the net, to sleep like a …, to be in a …, to … the bed, to … the news, … of activities.
3. About you True or False? If a sentence is false, change the word in bold to make it true.
1. I hardly ever play tennis.
2. I always have a shower before breakfast.
3. I often go out on Friday evening.
4. I never listen to music in the evening.
5. I seldom study on Sunday.
6. I sometimes watch TV at the weekend.
7. I never work in the evening.
8. I usually go shopping on Monday.
9. I occasionally go to the gym after dinner.
4. Arrange the phrases in a logical order following daily routine from the beginning of the day up to the end.
To visit a park or the shops, to get dressed, to ride a bike, to visit a friend, to eat dinner, to watch television, to get to university, to do homework, to cook lunch, to clean teeth, to wake up early, to do sport, to take a shower, attend classes.
5. Say which of the habits below are good and which are bad for a person’s health. Choose the healthiest and the most harmful habits.
Keeping late hours, drinking a lot of coffee, getting up very early, taking a cold shower, walking a lot, having an active social life, reading for hours, watching TV for hours, eating very late, practicing gymnastics, going by public transport, sitting around doing nothing.
6. Joan is a reporter for People Today. Today she is in the city centre. Se is asking people about their jobs, journey to work and daily routines. Put reporter’s questions into the suitable gaps.
| How long does it take you? | How do you get to work? |
| Do you read People Today? | Do you like your job? |
| What do you do? | Do you work long hours? |
| What do you do in your spare time? |
A: _____________________?
B: I’m a marketing consultant. I work for a small firm, in the city centre.
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A: _____________________?
B: Yes. I do. But its hard work.
A: _____________________?
B: No. I usually start at 9. 30 and finish around 5 p. m.
A: _____________________?
B: By underground. It’s cheap, fast and my office is close to the station.
A: _____________________?
B: Fifteen to twenty minutes.
A: _____________________?
B: Not much. I usually stay in and watch TV or read a book.
A: And my last question. _____________________?
B: Well, I am sorry but I don’t. maybe I’ll start.
A: Thanks a lot for the interview. Good buy.
B: You’re welcome. Bye.
7. Read and complete the text. Use the verbs in the box.
| feed | go | live | have | get up | work |
| take | chat | ride | do | start | fall |
Hi, I’m Christina. I … on a farm in Texas. I … at 7. 30. At 7. 45 I go and … my horse. Then I … breakfast with my family. At 8. 40 I … a bus to university. Lectures … at 9. After the university I often … shopping. When I come home I … my horse for an hour. Then I … my homework or watch TV. Our family has dinner at 6. 30. Then I … with my friends or … on my computer. Before going to bed I read for half an hour. I … asleep early, at 10 or 10. 30.
8. Look at the proverbs below. Think of Russian equivalents of these proverbs. Do you agree or disagree with the proverbs? Make comments.
1. Early to bad, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
2. Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.
3. Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.
4. It’s an early bird that catches the worm.
5. Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
9. Speak on one of the following topics.
1. My Working Day.
2. A typical Day of an Agricultural Student.
CONVERSATION PRACTICE
1. Read and translate the dialogue.
Student’s Working Day
Ian: So, what's your usual day like, Angela? You always seem to be so busy.
Angela: You're right. My weekdays are usually rather busy. I relax only on Sundays.
Ian: Do you want to say you work six days a week?
Angela: Yes, I study and work six days a week. That's why I have only one day-off.
Ian: I see. Then, what's your typical working day like?
Angela: I usually get up early, at 6. 30 am. Then I wash my face, have breakfast, put on some clothes and make-up. I have to leave at about 7. 30 am if I don't want to be late for my lessons.
Ian: So, do you combine studies with work?
Angela: Yes, I do. I study in the first half of the day and then I work till 6 pm.
Ian: That should be hard. You have a hectic schedule.
Angela: It isn't easy indeed, but I need to work to pay my education.
Ian: And how many lessons a day do you have?
Angela: It depends. On some days I have six lessons, on other days I have only four or five lessons.
Ian: When and where do you have lunch then?
Angela: I have lunch in between the lessons, during the longest recess. We have a nice canteen at the college.
Ian: I see. By the way, where do you work?
Angela: I now work as a part-time secretary for one international company. Each weekday I start at 2. 30 pm and work till 6 pm. On busier days I might stay till 6. 30 pm. Luckily, I don't have to work on Saturdays.
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Ian: Is the office, where you work, far from the college?
Angela: No, it's just a five-minute walk from there. I even sometimes go back to college canteen for a five-o'clock tea.
Ian: What do you do when you come back home?
Angela: In the evening I have dinner, do my homework and watch my favourite sitcom. Sometimes I'm so tired that I go to sleep right in front of the TV.
Ian: No wonder. I think you should change your timetable. It's too overloaded, I'd say.
Angela: I know you're right. But I'm already used to such lifestyle. At weekends I can go out with my friends or simply relax at home reading a good book.
Ian: Perhaps, you should give up this job and do something easier. What do you think about it?
Angela: I wouldn't want to quit my job. I like working for this company. What I could change is the mode of studies. Next year, perhaps, I will transfer to studying by correspondence.
Ian: That's a wise decision. In that case you'll have more time for your job.
Angela: Not only for job. I also want to have some time for attending the gym.
Ian: Sounds like a good plan!
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