Expressing time

	past	present	future
day morning afternoon evening night week month year	yesterday the day before yesterday yesterday morning (afternoon, evening) last night last week last month last year	today this morning (afternoon, evening) tonight this week this month this year	tomorrow the day after tomorrow tomorrow morning (afternoon, evening) tomorrow night next week next month next year

Task 11. Look at the calendar and complete the sentences with the words from the box below.

May

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

1. ____________________________is Thursday. (May 16^th)

2. I am getting married __________________. (May 17^th)

3. I went to London _____________________. (May 15^th)

4. Are you going to Mary’s party _____________? (May 23^d)

5. I am going to the theatre ______________. (7.30 p.m./May 16^th)

6. My parents are coming to see me ___________. (May 18^th)

7. I am going to Manchester ______________. (1 p.m./May 17^th)

8. My sister came to see me ______________. (May 9^th)

9. Shall we play tennis __________________? (2 p.m./May 16^th)

10. There was a good film on television ____________ (8.30 p.m. / May 15^th)

11. I got a letter from my brother ______________. (8.30 a.m./May 16^th)

12. I bought a new car ________________. (May 14^th)

this morning last night the day after tomorrow today next Thursday tonight yesterday tomorrow afternoon last Thursday this afternoon tomorrow the day before yesterday

Task 12. Give the proper forms of the verbs in brackets; translate the text.

Jane (be) always busy with her job. She (get) to the office before 8.30. She (take off) her coat, (put on) her reading glasses and (sit down) at her desk. Then she (read) her mail and (fill out) the daily reports¹. If she (have) enough time, she (have) a cup of coffee.

At 9 o’clock the other workers (arrive). Some of them (be) too tired to smile. Sometimes Jane (be) too busy to talk, but she (say) hello to everyone.

At 9.30 she (go) into the boss’s office. She (give) him the daily reports. They always (talk) about them for a few minutes. She (tell) the boss her plans for the day. Then she (go back) to her office and (make) phone calls. The company (do) business in England and Japan, so sometimes she (have) to call these countries.

At the end of the day she (pick up²) the children at school. They (be) always happy to see her and she (be) always energetic enough to play with them at home. Jane (be) important to the people at the office and to the people at home, and she (do) a good job both places.

__________

¹daily reports – ежедневные отчеты

²to pick somebody up – забрать, подвезти кого-либо

Task 13. Read and translate the text.