Typical Student

Who are they and how they look? In the streets, in parks, cafes, on discos, everywhere you can see young people standing together and talking about something with great interest. What are they talking about? They talk about studying, music, clothes and about money, which will finish soon. But in spite of the problem they are never sad. At the same time students walk in town, go to cafes, discos and concerts.

Students become friends very fast and forever. Perhaps later when they meet they’ll talk about how they are glad to see each other how they were missing and call each other brother, thought they were studying in different groups and saw each other only during the entrance exams. But this will be in future.

And now there are some different types of students. One part does nothing but study. Others have time for studying and for things they love to do. Someone likes going in for sport, some are fond of playing computer games, other like singing or dancing and so on. And there are some students who don’t want to study and want to graduate the university with good and excellent marks.

Students wear everything that is comfortable to them. They listen to different types of music. Pop, rock, rap these are only few types they listen to. And all students like sleeping. So they are very different.

16. Mary’s mother tells about her last Tuesday. Read the text and give the infinitive form of the italicized verbs.

Last Tuesday I got up at half past six. I went to the bathroom and washed my hands and face and cleaned my teeth. Then I got dressed, went to the kitchen and cooked breakfast for my family. At half past seven my daughter got up and had breakfast. Mary ate a sandwich and had a cup of tea. I didn’t drink tea. I drank coffee. After breakfast my daughter left home for university. As for me I worked in the office in the afternoon. We had a rest in the evening. Mary watch­ed TV, my mum read a newspaper and I did some work about the house. At about eleven o’clock we went to bed.

 

17. Complete the questions about Mary’s mother.

1. What time |she| last Tuesday? (get up)

2. What |her daughter Mary | in the morning? (do)

3. What | Mary’s mother| for breakfast? (have)

4. Where | she| in the afternoon? (work)

5. What | Mary| in the evening? (do)

6. What | her mother| in the evening? (read)

7. What time | they| to bed? (go)

18. Complete the sentences with the positive form of the verb.

Model: I didn’t go to Moscow, I went to Novosibirsk

1. He didn’t meet Mary last Tuesday, he … her mother.

2. We didn’t go to the university on Wednesday, we … to the conference.

3. They didn’t get up at 7 a.m. on Sunday, they … at 10 a.m.

4. It didn’t take me 1 hour to get there, it … half an hour.

5. She didn’t enter the university, she … the college.

6. He didn’t write a report, he … scientific research.

7. They didn’t leave at 5 p.m., they … at 6 p.m.

19. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form (the Present Simple or the Past Simple Tenses).

1. I (to go) to the gym at seven o’clock every day. 2. I (to go) to the gym at seven o’clock yesterday. 3. John (to clean) his teeth every morning. 4. As a rule her lessons (to begin) at nine in the morning but yesterday they (to start) at half past eleven. 5. Jane (not to do) English exercises every day. 6. Jane (not to do) English exercises yesterday. 7. His brother (to drink) coffee with milk every day. 8. His brother (to drink) coffee with milk yesterday. 9. Her husband (to like) his job. Usually he (to go) to his office by bus but yesterday he (to go) on foot. 10. Last Friday they (to eat) in a restaurant. They (to meet) their colleagues there. 11. Sometimes on weekends Tina (to play) volleyball with her group-mates. But nobody (to come) last Saturday.

20. Read the information about Mary and Caroline. Make notes about your last holiday.

	Mary	Caroline	You
When / have? Where / go? How long / stay? How / travel? What / do? Like the holiday?	last May Canada 7 days by plane saw the Great Lakes yes	last March London two weeks by boat went sightseeing and shopping yes

21. Study the instruction for writing personal letters. Then do tasks A) and B)