Exercises

Ex. 1. Ask your classmate about the day of the week, date and time using the models below.

Model 1: A: What day is it today?

B: Today is Monday/Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday.

Model 2: A: What date is it today?

B: Today is the second of October two thousand and fifteen (October 2^nd).

Model 3: A: What's the time now? (What time is it?)

B: It's five past eleven a.m.

Model 4: A: What time does your first / second /third / fourth class start / finish?

B: It starts / finishes at… .

Ex 2. Say what time it is and what you have to do using “It’s (high) time to do smth.” and a phrase from the list.

Model: 6.30. – It’s half past six a.m. It’s time to get up.

6.35, 7.00, 7.15, 11.00, 14.30, 15.30, 16.20, 18.00, 21.00, 22.00, 22.45, 23.00

to take a dog for a walk, to have a rest, to go to bed, to have lunch, to go home, to prepare for classes / do homework, to do my morning exercises / jog in the park, leave home for the University, to have breakfast, to watch my favourite TV series, to tidy up my room, to have a bath.

Ex. 3. Practice making up questions and answers from the tables below.

How long	does	it take		you your classmate	to make your / his / her bed? to do morning exercises? to get to the University (by bus)? to walk to the University? to write a report? to prepare for an English class? to cook dinner? to have a bath? to tidy the room up? to make up your / her face? learn a poem by heart? to read a book? to do the washing-up? to do the shopping? to have a snack?
It takes	me my classmate		… minutes a quarter of an hour half an hour … hours the whole (all) morning/ afternoon / evening			to make my / his / her bed. to do morning exercises. to get to the University (by bus). to walk to the University. to write a report. to prepare for an English class. to cook dinner. to have a bath. to tidy the room up. to make up my / her face. learn a poem by heart. to read a book. to do the washing-up. to do the shopping. to have a snack.

Ex. 4. Fill in the blanks with the right preposition.

1. I seldom go to the University … foot.

2. My classmate always goes to the University … trolley-bus.

3. Katya is never late … her classes.

4. It’s very difficult to get up …. the morning.

5. She sets her alarm clock … 6.30 a.m.

6. How do you travel … the University?

7. Ann doesn’t like to stay … home … Saturday evening.

8. Classes usually are over … 2.30 p.m.

9. The lecturer hasn’t come yet, so you are … time.

10. … weekdays they go to bed at 11 p.m.

11. They prefer to go shopping … the weekend.

12. … Wednesday the students have a lecture … Pedagogy, a class … English and a seminar … History.

13. Unfortunately, I haven’t got a room … my own.

14. The girls can travel to their home place only … holidays.

15. How long does it take you to prepare … a seminar?

16. Do you go to the refectory … lunch break?

Ex. 5. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Я хожу в университет 6 дней в неделю. У меня только один выходной. Это воскресенье.

2. Мой рабочий день длится 6 часов.

3. Я встаю рано – в 6.30 или 6.45.

4. Я всегда делаю утреннюю зарядку под музыку. Затем я принимаю холодный душ и чищу зубы.

5. Я всегда завтракаю.

6. Я обычно езжу в университет на автобусе.

7. Мне требуется 30 минут, чтобы дойти до университета пешком. Я никогда не опаздываю.

8. Пары обычно начинаются в 8 и заканчиваются в 12.55 или 14.30.

9. В 11 утра у нас длинная перемена на обед. Обычно я хожу в столовую.

10. По будням я ложусь спать в 11 вечера.

11. По выходным я хожу с друзьями в кино.

12. Мы хорошо проводим время вместе.