Text 3 a questionnaire

Ex.1. Read and translate the text.

Raymond Jackson works for a marketing company. He is asking people about their free time.

Raymond: Good evening, sir.

Mr. Harris: Good evening

Raymond: I’m from Marketing Ltd. May I ask you some questions?

Mr. Harris: Yes…yes, all right.

Raymond: Thank you…. Now, what time do you usually arrive home from work?

Mr. Harris: Hmm… I usually arrive home at six o’clock.

Raymond: When do you usually have dinner?

Mr. Harris: Oh, I usually eat at seven o’clock, but I sometimes eat at eight or at nine

o’clock. My wife works too.

Raymond: What do you usually do after dinner?

Mr. Harris: Well, I sometimes go out, but I usually stay at home and watch television.

Raymond: How often do you go out?

Mr. Harris: Oh, not often… once or twice a week.

Raymond: Do you often visit you friends?

Mr. Harris: Yes, I do, quite often. I sometimes visit them and they sometimes visit me.

Raymond: Do you ever go to the cinema?

Mr. Harris: Oh, yes…yes, I do.

Raymond: How often?

Mr. Harris: I occasionally see a film… I like horror films Frankenstein or Dracula!

Raymond: …and the theatre? Do you ever go to the theatre?

Mr. Harris: Yes, I do … but not often. I rarely go to the theatre.

Raymond: Do you ever go to the ballet?

Mr. Harris: No, never. I don’t like ballet.

Raymond: Well, thank you Mr. Harris…

Mr. Harris: May I ask you a question?

Raymond: Yes?

Raymond: What do you do in your free time?

Raymond: I ask questions Mr. Harris…. I never answer them.

Ex.2. Choose the correct answer.

1. Mr. Harris usually arrives home
A: before six o’clock	B: at six o’clock	C: after six o’clock
2. After dinner Mr. Harris usually
A: watches television	B: visits friends	C: goes out
3. He goes out
A: sometimes	B: once or twice a week	C: usually
4. He visits friends
A: quite often	B: three or four times a week	C: every night
5. He often goes to
A: the cinema	B: the ballet	C: the theatre

Section 3. Revision

Ex.1. Write transcription.

win	_______	close	_______	skate	_______	know	_______
hut	_______	clear	_______	when	_______	whom	_______
by	_______	black	_______	sleep	_______	fur	_______
window	_______	now	_______	for	_______	mix	_______
few	_______	stir	_______	sail	_______	ship	_______
clue	_______	city	_______	stink	_______	bin	_______
store	_______	sting	_______	beer	_______	chair	_______
water	_______	jump	_______	rude	_______	book	_______
mother	_______	whale	_______	please	_______	theme	_______
slow	_______	wrote	_______	cream	_______	quick	_______
pupil	_______	goose	_______	chalk	_______	mouse	_______
knock	_______	cloak	_______	car	_______	myth	_______
mat	_______	make	_______	day	_______	fall	_______
big	_______	gate	_______	dine	_______

Ex.2. Fill in the prepositions.

about

after

At

by

for

in

on

to

with

Sam lives in a small flat ____ Cambridge. He lives _____ two brothers who are students ____ Cambridge University. They work hard during the week, but ____ weekends they invite a lot of friends to their house. They cook a meal ____ their friends, and then they go out ____ the pub____ a drink, or they stay ____ home and listen ____ the music.

Sam has two jobs. _____ Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays he works _____ a hospital, where he helps to look ____ the children who are ill. He goes ____hospital ____bus. He starts ____10 o’clock and works until quarter ____five. On Thursdays and Fridays he works ____ home. He has a word processor ____ his bedroom and he writes stories. ____ the evening, one of the boys cooks a meal. ____ dinner they look in the newspaper to see what’s on TV or they talk ____ their day. They usually go to bed at about midnight.

Ex.3. A: Correct the word order.

Example: I like children very much. right

Tom walks every morning to work. wrong

1. Jim doesn’t like very much baseball. _________

2. Ann drives every day her car to work. _________

3. Maria speaks very well English. _________

4. You watch television all the time. _________

5. Liz smokes about 20 cigarettes every day. _________

B: Make sentences.

Example: (children / very much / I like) I like children very much.

1. (She wins / easily / the games)

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2. (Again / please don’t ask / that question)

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3. (Tennis / every weekend / does Ken play?)

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4. (A letter to her parents / Ann writes / every week)

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5. (At the top of the page / your name / please write)

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6. (Across from the park / a new hotel / they are building)

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7. (To the bank / every Friday / I go)

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