Ex. 3. Draw a general conclusion from the following facts or specify the idea

Model: Saturday evening is the favourite time for parties, dances, going to the pictures or the theatre, in factSaturday evening is the favourite time for going out.

1 Students, young people working away from home like to spend their weekends in a hotel, or a boarding house in the country or at the sea, in fact...

2 Saturday evening is the climax of the weekend since you don't have to worry about getting up early for work the next day, in fact...

3 Saturday is a very busy time for married people, especially for women who go out to work, as they have to catch up with the weekly washing, ironing, shopping, gardening, in fact...

4 The English often invite friends to Saturday tea or Sunday dinner, or they may ask relatives over for the weekend, in fact...

5 Professional sport was for many years forbidden on Sundays, and although the restrictions have been relaxed in recent years, it is still difficult to find any large sporting event taking place on Sundays, in fact...

Ex. 4. Arrange the points in logical order to be able to reproduce the original text using the given words and phrases as key words.

1) to have a lie-in, to have a leisurely breakfast, to depend on;

2) to publish weekly, to range from... to, to specialize in smth.;

3) to work a five-day week, to look forward to smth., to go away for the weekend, to come along;

4) to be four hours apart (by train), the train takes 1, 5 hours, to live more than 100 miles from the sea;

5) sporting events, to watch sports programmes on television, to announce sports results on radio and television, to be on sale;

6) to catch up with smth., to go out to work, to do odd jobs in the house;

7) a busy time for shopping, on weekdays, to make up for smth.

Ex. 5. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1 People in Britain do not have to go out to work at weekends, do they?

2 It is practically impossible for a family (married people) to relax if they stay home at the weekend, isn't it?

3 Sunday lunch looks a very heavy meal, doesn't it?

4 Shops close too early in Britain, don't they?

5 It's a good idea to have breakfast in bed, isn't it?

6 Sunday papers specialize in crude sensationalism rather than in serious political or social news, don't they?

7 The English don't often ask people over, do they?

Ex. 6. Answer the following questions:

1 How many days a week do English people work?

2 How long does a weekend last?

3 Where do most English people generally spend their weekends?

4 What makes it possible for many people to go away for the weekend?

5 Do you think people who stay at home at the weekend manage to relax?

6 What in the busiest time for shopping? Why? Can you go shopping on Sundays?

7 When do the most important sporting events take place? How can one learn the sports results?

8 What is the favourite time for going out? Canyouexplainwhy?

9 How do many English people spend their Sunday morning?

10 What are the most important meals of the weekend?

11 Do most people spend their Sunday evening at home?

 

Ex. 7. Tell the class how you usually spend your weekends. Describe your last weekend.

Ex. 8. Read the dialogue and describe the way the friends spent their weekend. Role-play the dialogue.