2.4 Write at / on / in.

Example: ... on ... 6 June.

1. ... 8 o'clock. 2. ... Friday. 3. ... Wednesday. 4. ... Winter. 5. ... 1997. 6. ... 24 October. 7. ... 12.30 a.m. 8. ... half past two. 9. ... September. 10. ... Christmas Day.

2.5 Write to or in.

1. "Where's Jack?" ............ "In ............ bed." 2. I'm going ............ the shop to buy some milk. 3. Tom went ............ the kitchen to make some coffee. 4. "Where's Tom?" "He's ............ the kitchen making some coffee." 5. Would you like to go ............ the theatre this evening? 6. I got a postcard from Sue this morning. She's on holiday ............ Switzerland. 7. John lives ............ a small village ............ the south-west of England. 8. What time do you usually go ............ bed? 9. Kevin's sister is very ill. She's ............ hospital. 10.Excuse me, Imust go ............ the toilet. 11. The train left Brussels at 7 o'clock and arrived ............ Paris at 9.30. 12. I was tired this morning. I stayed ............ bed until 10 o'clock. 13.Next year we hope to go ............ Canada to visit some friends. 14. Would you like to live ............ another country?

2.6 Memorize the following word combinations. Compose your own sentences.

to get on (well / ill) to make up one's mind

to be going to do smth to do one's best

by the way to pass an exam

to have a rest to have a chatter

to spare smb's time to smth to be bored

it is (great) fun to change one's mind

2.7 Translate into Russian.

1."What is he going to do for his holiday?" "At first he planned to go to the seaside, but then he changed his mind." 2. You wanted to go to the dancing party. Why have you changed your mind? 3. Do they still want to take a holiday in May or have they changed their minds? 4. "What are you going to do with the money you won?" -"I haven't made up my mind yet." 5. Is he staying here or leaving for a canyon with them? He still can't make up his mind.

2.8 Give synonyms to the underlined words.

1. The Gilsberts were very glad to hear that their son was fine and planned to visit them soon. 2. He was going to stay at home for a weekend and to devote his time to the article he began last week. 3. Suddenly his old friend whom he hasn't for ages came and he changed his mind. 4. So they decided to have their free time together out of town. 5. Walking in the open air they talked much about different things, their families, school years and tricks they often played for fun. 6. It made them much pleasure.

2.9 Ask your friend if:

- he was very busy last time

- he took many exams & term tests

- he passed his examinations successfully

- he got good or bad marks

- he worked hard

- he had two weeks holidays

- he went in for sports

- he read much

- he was bored during his vacations

- he spared much time to his hobby

10. Make up a dialogue.

11. Tell your groupmates about your holidays.

10. Look at the list of activities below. Then read the conversation between Richard and a friend at work. Write T (True) or F (False) beside each activity.

Last Saturday, Richard and Carla

went shopping went to the cinema went to the horse races went swimming had dinner in a restaurant had dinner at home went to the theatre went to a night club

Richard:	Morning, Tom.
Tom:	Oh, hello, Richard. How are you? Did you have a good weekend?
Richard:	Yes, it was great - it was our tenth wedding anniversary on Saturday.
Tom:	Oh, really? Congratulations. Did you celebrate?
Richard:	Yes, we did. On Saturday morning we went shopping in Kowloon ...
Tom:	Did you find anything nice?
Richard:	Yes - Carla bought me a Walkman - and I bought her a lovely silk dress. Then in the afternoon we went swim­ming in Repulse Bay with the children, and we went out for dinner in the evening.
Tom:	Where did you go?
Richard:	We went to the Mongolian Restaurant in Happy Valley - it was very good. And then we went to a night club. We didn't go to bed till two in the morning - we had a lovely time.
Tom:	And what did you do yesterday?
Richard:	We were very tired - so we didn't do anything special. How about you, Tom? Did you have a good weekend?

2.13. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what Carla and Richard did.

Example: Did they go shopping? -Yes, they did.

Did they have dinner at home? -No, they didn't.