Make sure you know these expressions

 

1. to wake up 14. on weekdays

2. to get up 15. on foot

3. to switch on 16. by bus

4. to be short of time 17. at 8 o’clock

5. to leave for 18. at home

6. to prepare for 19. for supper

7. to go for a walk 20. for a change

8. to go in for sports 21. by the end

9. to take part in 22. to go to bed

10. to buy smth for supper 23. a break for dinner

11. to help about the house 24. tickets for the cinema

12. to tidy up 25. with pleasure

13. to go to the University 26. wash up

 

Insert prepositions if necessary.

1. I wake up … 7 o’clock and then it is time for me to get up . Then I go

…the bathroom.

2. …. twelve-thirty I have a break… lunch.

3. Sometimes… weekdays we go … the cinema or the theatre.

4. I am short… time. I must buy tickets… the cinema and phone my friend who is leaving… Kiev tomorrow.

5. When you are through with your work, you go … the shop and buy something … supper.

6. Don’t switch… the radio.

7. Let’s go… our refectory to have dinner.

8. Do you help your mother…the house? – Of course, I do. I always

wash … and sometimes do the shopping… weekdays.

9. Don’t visit me tonight. I am going to tidy …my room.

10. - How do you get… the University? – Usually I go…foot but if I am short…time I go there… bus.

11. Do you go… … sports? – Yes, I do. I play… football.

12. Let’s go… a walk tonight. – I’m sorry I can’t. I must prepare… my English lesson.

13. I’m going to cook cabbage soup…dinner. – Oh, no. Let’s have chicken broth … a change.

14. When will your report be ready? - … the end…the week.

15. Would you like to take part…our concert? …great pleasure.

 

19. Learn these phrases. Put them into the sentences and then dramatize the

dialogues.

Agreement	Partial agreement	Disagreement
Sure!	I won’t deny that but …	I can’t agree more!
Quite so!	I see what you mean but still …	Nothing of the kind!
You are absolutely right!	You may be right but all the same…	On the contrary!
I quite agree!	There’s something in what you say but…	You are mistaken!
With pleasure!

1. – You get up early, don’t you?

- … I usually get up at 6 o’clock.

 

2. – I am in a hurry. Could you help me to tidy up the room?

- … .

 

3. – Don’t air the room in the morning. You may get a cold.

- … Fresh air helps us to keep fit.

 

4. – Does your brother leave for the University at 8 o’clock?

- … His classes begin at 8 o’clock already.

 

5. - Let’s cook mushroom soup for dinner.

-… I adore mushrooms.

 

6. – Would you like to go to the cinema tonight? We have nothing to do.

- … We must prepare for the English lesson.

 

7. – You know, breakfast, as doctors say, must be the most substantial meal of the day.

–… I am always short of time to cook it.

 

8. – You get up late, don’t you? But do you know that an early bird catches an early worm?

- … I’m not an early riser, I am sorry to say.

20. Give your own ideas about advantages and disadvantages of having classes in the morning.

Advantages:	Disadvantages:
You are in a cheerful working mood as you are not tired yet.	It’s difficult to get up if you are a sleepy-head.
It’s convenient to go to the reading room and prepare for the next day’s lessons.	No time for having a substantial breakfast.
More free time for visiting friends, relatives.	Transport is overcrowded in the morning.
You have more free time for hobbies.	Little time for doing some things about the house.

21. Ask your friend:

a) когда он встает, завтракает, уходит в университет, приходит домой, идет спать, просыпается;

b) где он делает зарядку, завтракает, обедает, делает уроки;

c) что он делает утром, днем, вечером, в университете, дома, в библиотеке.

 

Make up a story about your working day using the questions below.

1. When does your working day begin?

2. Are you an early-riser or a sleepy-head?

3. What do you do when you get up?

4. Do you do your morning exercises?

5. Who cooks breakfast for you?

6. Is your breakfast substantial?

7. What time do you leave for the University?

8. How much time does it take you to get there?

9. When do your classes begin?

10. When are your classes over?

11. When and where do you have dinner?

12. What do you usually have for dinner?

13. Do you have a short rest after dinner?

14. How long does it take you to prepare your homework?

15. Do you sometimes go to the library to get ready for classes?

16. How do you spend your evenings?

17. What time do you go to bed?

WE HAVE MANY HOBBIES

 

1. Read the text and translate it into Russian.

HOBBIES

 

A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.

Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball.

Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, matchboxes, books, records, postcards, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.

No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.

 

Active Vocabulary

 

hobby увлечение

taste вкус

to be interested in	интересоваться чем-либо
to be close to something	быть ближе к чему-либо
a favourite pastime	любимое времяпровождение
to one’s liking	по чьему-либо вкусу
to be subdivided into	подразделяться на
a computer game	компьютерная игра
to make sculpture	заниматься скульптурой
to design a costume	разрабатывать модель костюма
a hobby painter	художник-любитель
to start in a small way	начинать с малого
a rare book	редкая книга
an art object	предмет искусства
to add to	прибавлять, увеличивать
the most exciting aspect of	наиболее увлекательная сторона

 

Exercises

 

1. Guess the meaning of the following words.

 

Costume, design, interest, profession, computer, popular, collector, sculpture, collection.