1. Vocabulary

1. to get up – просыпаться

2. to turn on – включать

3. to take a bath – принимать ванну

4. to take a shower – принимать душ

5. to brush one’s teeth – чистить зубы

6. to get dressed – одеваться

7. to brush one’s hair – причесывать волосы

8. to put on a make – up – накладывать макияж

9. to leave the house – выходить из дома

10. to miss classes – пропускать занятия

11. to pass exаms – сдавать экзамены и выдержать их успешно

12. to gossip – сплетничать

13. to prefer – предпочитать

14. to get ready – готовиться

15. to get tired – уставать

16. to wait for – ждать

17. to fall asleep – засыпать

Exercise 1.

Translate info English

• в будние дни;

• включать радио;

• принимать душ;

• чистить зубы;

• одеваться;

• слушать последние новости;

• у меня уходит час, чтобы добраться до института;

• добираться на автобусе;

• пропускать занятия;

• сдать экзамены успешно;

• подготовиться к занятиям;

• устать;

• приходить домой;

• иметь свободное время;

2. Exercise 2.

Tell about your typical day. The following questions will help you:

1. Do you get up early?

2. Is it easy for you to get up early?

3. Do you wake up yourself or does your alarm-clock wake you up?

4. Do you do your morning exercises?

5. What do you prefer: a hot or a cold shower in the morning?

6. How long does it take you to get dressed?

7. What do you usually have for breakfast?

8. Some people look through newspapers or listen to the latest news on the radio while having breakfast. What about you?

9. When do you usually leave your house?

10. How long does it take you to get to the University (Institute)?

11. Do you go there by bus/trolley-bus or walk?

12. Where do you usually have lunch (dinner)?

13. What time do you come home?

14. How do you usually spend your evenings?

15. Do you have a lot of free time?

16. What time do you usually go to bed?

Exercise 3.

Fill in the table with DO, GET, HAVE, GO, then make up sentences.

shower a bath breakfast lunch/dinner free time lectures / classes a break an idea a job

your home – work the washing up/ ironing

home shopping on a picnic out with friends/ family to bed to the gym to the cinema/ theatre

up dressed tired

Exercise 4.

Talk about yourself. What do you never /rarely /sometimes /often/ usually / always do on Sundays? Choose phrases from the list below. You can add some of your own ideas.

Do the washing up, go jogging, go to the cinema, go shopping, eat out, watch TV, go fishing, visit museums, go climbing, go windsurfing, meet friends.

Exercise 5.

In pairs, ask and answer questions, as in the example. Then, write a short story about your partner.

How often do you … go to the swimming – pool?

go to the theatre? never

clean your room? every day/month/evening

go fishing? every 3/3 days / Sunday

go out with your family? every 2/3 days / Sunday

play computer games? sometimes

watch TV? once/twice a week/ month

meet your friends?

go shopping?

Example:

How often do you go to the swimming – pool?

I go to the swimming – pool once a week.

Telling the Time

We tell the time in two different ways.

5:40

1. twenty to six

five forty

5:45

2. (a) quarter to six

five forty – five

6:00

3. six o’clock

six sharp

6:15

4. (a) quarter past six

six fifteen

6:20

5. twenty past six

six twenty

6:30

6. half past six

six thirty

Note: a.m. – ante meridiem (before 12 noon)

p.m. – post meridiem (after 12 noon)