1. Read and memorize the following words:

hour година, час

day день

e.g. There are twenty-four hours in a day.

week тиждень

e.g. There are seven days in a week.

dawn світанок, ранкова зоря

e.g. The beginning of the day is dawn or daybreak.

date дата, число

e.g. What’s the date today?

shadow тінь

e.g. It was possible to tell the time by shadows,

sundial сонячний годинник

e.g. A sundial tells the time by shadows

timepiece хронометр, годинник

e.g. The first timepiece was a sundial,

sunrise t'SAnraiz] схід сонця

e.g. The sun rises in the east in the morning,

sunset t'SAnSSt] захід сонця

e.g. The sun sets in the west in the evening,

watch годинник (наручний)

e.g. A watch is carried in the waistcoat pocket or is worn on the wrist,

clock годинник (настінний)

e.g. A clock is too big for the pocket and is placed on the mantelpiece or is hung on the wall,

dial циферблат, шкала

e.g. The dial of the clocks is marked with figures to indi­cate the hours, month місяць

e.g. The name of each month has a rather clear origin,

divide розділяти

e.g. They divide the time between sunrise and sunset into 12 equal parts,

invent винаходити

e.g. The water clock was invented as long as the sundial.

make up утворювати

e.g. Twelve months make up a year.

change змінювати, міняти

e.g. We cannot change the number of days in a year.

2. Learn the following word-combinations:

(to) tell the time сказати, котра година

(to) measure the time вимірювати час

a time zone часовий пояс

a standard time декретний час

In honour на честь Roman gods and goddesses римські боги та богині

to count years вести літочислення

the day after tomorrow післязавтра

the day before yesterday local time

(to) wind the watch (to) go wrong/right (to) be fast/slow (to) set the watch by the radio

come ... (sharp/exactly) Could you spare me a minute?

(to) be short of time it’s high time some other time Wait a moment, please.l Just a minute, please. J in time

It is still early it is late

from time to time

1. m.= ante meridiem

p. m.=post meridiem

3. Make up sentences:

позавчора

місцевий час

завести годинник

іти неправильно/правильно

поспішати/відставати

ставити годинник за радіо

прийти о ... (рівно)

Чи не могли б ви приділи­ти мені хвилину уваги? не мати часу давно час іншим разом

Зачекайте хвилинку, будь

ласка.

вчасно

ще рано

пізно

час від часу

до полудня (від 0 до 12 години)

після полудня, пополудні (від 12 до 24 години)

time	is it
date	was it
day	will be
year	is
month
season

now?

today?

yesterday?

tomorrow?

seven days in a day. twenty-four hours in an hour.

60 seconds in a minute.

There are 60 minutes in a year.

12. onths in a week.