Lesson 3. My working day

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1. Fill in the gaps with the missing days of the week. Translate the rhyme into Russian:

Solomon Grundy

Born on …,

Christened on …,

Married on …,

Got ill on …,

Worse on …,

Died on …,

Buried on...,

This is the end of Solomon Grundy.

(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

2. Read the everyday activities and put them into the necessary columns:

wash oneself, attend lectures, sweep the floor, clean one’s teeth, have breakfast, prefer a cup of coffee (tea) and a sandwich, start (finish) studies, do the ironing, watch (sports, films, shows) on TV, go to the college, get up at 7 o’clock, get hungry, study different subjects, buy food, have dinner, come home from the college, read books, have a rest, have a party, sit at the café, go to the cinema, do one’s homework, have some free time, do the work about the house, make dinner, put one’s clothes on, dust the furniture, clean the carpet, go shopping, put on one’s make-up, go for a walk with one’s friends, chat with one’s friends on the Internet, play computer games, make the bed, do sport, go to a fitness club, have supper, talk on the phone with one’s friends, go to bed, listen to music.

Household activities (8)	College activities (6)	Personal activities, hygiene, meals (13)	Entertainment activities (14)
…	…	…	…

3. Answer the questions:

1. What do you usually do in the morning?

2. What do you usually do in the afternoon?

3. What do you usually do in the evening?

4. What do you usually do at the college?

5. What do you do at weekends?

6. What do you usually do on a rainy day?

7. What do you often do on a sunny day?

8. What do you do on your birthday?

9. What do you often do when you are in a good mood?

10. What do you do when you are in a bad mood?

4. Fill in the gaps:

My working day

I’d like to tell you about my working day. On week days I usually … … at six o’clock. I make the bed, … …, clean my teeth, … … … and go to the kitchen to … …. I prepare my breakfast. For breakfast I … coffee and a sandwich. Then I … …. It is far away from my house and I go there by bus. I have studies from two till six p.m. I … …... at the college. Then I come home and … …. I like a big dinner, because when I come home from the college I am very …. After my dinner, I … … for a couple of hours and then I … … …. If I have some spare time I do some work about the house. I sweep the floor, … … and clean the carpets with the vacuum-cleaner. Sometimes my mother asks me to go shopping and … …. Then I have free time. I go for a walk with my friends or … …. Then I … … with my family. I like evenings very much, all members of our family get together after work and have opportunity to talk and discuss our family affairs. I usually … … … at about eleven o’clock, sometimes even at midnight.

HOBBIES

1. Group the words according to the titles:

Indoor Hobbies	Outdoor Hobbies
…	…

Painting, cooking, bird watching, running, sewing, reading, stamp and coin collecting, gardening, golf, photography, traveling, poem writing, fishing, hunting, billiards, belly dancing, bowling, food decorating, shopping.

2. Read the text about hobbies and translate it:

Hobbies

Hobbies are things we do when we are free. But people are different all around the world and their hobbies are not the same either. Some people like to collect things – from stamps and coins to pictures and cars. One man I know has a whole park of cars. Probably it’s funny to spend money and spare time on such things. But all famous museums exist thanks to this strange people. Many people prefer to watch TV and go to the cinema or to the theatre but reading is still popular. Not a few go hunting and fishing. Many people keep pets. There is also a new tendency today: people like to do things with their own hands. You see DIY (do it yourself) shops in every town. However sport is still the leader. People do sports, talk sports, write and read about sports.

My cousin Julian is a real expert on sports. He gives advices how to win a game of tennis or score a goal. He strongly supports all his friends who want to keep fit. Julian explains to them how to jog and lift weights. He laughs at those people who prefer alternative hobbies such as gardening or amateur drama groups because they care little about their health. But he himself never plays sports. He is a football fan and watches all matches on TV. You see, he is not a practitioner. He is a theorist.

3. Answer the questions: