Daily routine

I usually get up at a quarter to seven. I make my bed and do my morning exercises. Then I go to the bathroom, take a cool shower, clean my teeth with a tooth-brush. This does not take me much time, not more than ten or fifteen minutes. Then I dress and sit down at the table to have my breakfast. I usually have a cup of tea or coffee, an egg and bread and butter. I love to listen to the latest news on the TV while I am eating.

After breakfast I go to the University. As I live far away, I go by bus. It takes me 20 minutes to go by bus. My lessons begin at 8.30 o’clock. I’m never late, I always come in time. We have lectures in different subjects every day. Sometimes it is very hard to wait till they end.

Usually I don’t miss my classes because I want to pass my exams successfully. But sometimes I do, especially when the weather is fine and the classes are boring.

As I cannot get home for lunch I have it in the dining-room of our University. For lunch I have meat or fish with potatoes and a cup of strong tea or coffee with a pie. At ten minutes to two the lessons are over and I go home. When I get home from the University, I have dinner. I have some soup, then some meat or fish. After dinner I help my mother about the house. Then I do my lessons. This usually takes me about two hours.

At eight or nine o’clock I have supper. I have some salad, a slice of sausage and bread, milk or serial. In the evening if I want to relax, I switch on any FM station and enjoy music or watch TV. If the programme is not interesting, I go to the cinema or to the theatre. Sometimes I go for a walk with my friends. We talk about different things and usually have a good time. At 11 o’clock I go to bed. I like to read something before going to bed.

Vocabulary:

usually-обычно-әдетте

get up-вставать-тұру

make my bed-убирать постель-төсек жинау

do morning exercises-делать утреннюю зарядку-таңертеңгі жаттығуды жасау

to dress-одеваться-киіну

by bus-автобусом- автобуспен

to miss classes-пропускать занятия-сабақтан қалу

boring-скучный-жалықтыратын,қызықсыз

to pass exams successfully- успешно сдать экзамены-емтихандарды ойдағыдай тапсыру

help about the house-помогать по хозяйству-үй шаруасына көмектесу

The following questions will help you:

When do you get up?

Do you do your morning exercises?

How much time does it take you to do your morning exercises, to wash and dress?

When do you leave home?

How do you get to your University?

Do you prefer to go by bus or to walk?

How much time does it take to get to your University?

How many lessons do you have every day?

When are your lessons over?

When do you come home?

What do you do at home?

Where do you go in the evening?

How do you spend your free time?

What time do you go to bed?

How many meals a day do you have?

What do you have for breakfast?

Where do you have your lunch? What do you have for dinner?

• Read and use text «Daily routine» for your topic.

• Tell about: Your working day or your friend’s working day

Lesson 9

My typical Saturday

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Warming-up.

What is your favourite time of the day /week? Why?

What is your least favourite time of the day/week? Why?

What is a typical day like for you?

Reading

Read the text. Is each person a ‘party animal’, a ‘culture vulture’ or a ‘couch potato’?

We asked these people about their typical Saturday. Here’s what they said:

I don’t like getting up early at the weekends so usually stay in bed late-sometimes until about 10.30a.m.! I absolutely love having a big breakfast on Saturdays. I can’t stand going to the gym or doing exercise but I sometimes go for a walk in the afternoon. I quite like meeting friends in the park or just lying on the grass and doing nothing. I’m not very keen on going out on Saturday evening. I stay in and chat on the phone and take- away pizza.

Mike, Poland

I really hate doing nothing so I get up early on Saturdays and start the day by checking my emails. I really like meeting friends and having breakfast in a café, so I catch a bus into town at about 9.00a.m. After breakfast, my friends and I sometimes go to an art gallery. I’m quite keen on most kinds of art so don’t mind which gallery we go to but my friends really hate modern art. I do different things on Saturday evenings. I sometimes have dinner with friends or I stay in and watch TV.

Lola, Spain

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with Mike or Lola

Lola likes getting up early on Saturdays.

1.________ likes having a lot to eat for breakfast.

2.________ doesn’t usually have breakfast at home on Saturdays.

3.________ doesn’t like doing any sport or exercise.

4.________ likes doing nothing in the park.

5.________ likes going to art galleries.

6.________ likes chatting on the phone on Saturday evenings.

7.________ likes watching TV in the evening.

Writing.

1. Write a paragraph with the title My typical Saturday. Use the text in ex 1. To help you.

2. Read your partner’s paragraph. What new things do you learn about your partner?

Exercise 2. Match the questions to the answers.

1. What time do you go to bed?	a) at about 7a.m.
2. Do have a snack before bed?	b) about eight hours.
3. What do you do to help fall asleep?	c) at about 11p.m.
4. How many hours do you sleep at a time?	d) at about 7.30a.m., after I have a shower.
5. How do you feel when you wake up?	e) I’m often a bit tired.
6. What time do you get up?	f) I usually have one in the morning.
7. What time do you have breakfast?	g) I always have a lie-in on Saturdays.
8. Do you have a shower in the morning or the evening?	h) No, I don’t. I never have time.
9. Do have a nap during the day?	i) I hardly ever eat before bed.
10. Do you ever have a lie-in?	j) I sometimes listen to the radio.