Ex 1 Answer the following questions

1. How does an Englishman's day begin? 2. What is his favourite breakfast? 3. When does he in fact get such a breakfast? 4. When does he leave home in the morning? 5. How does he get to his place of work? 6. How many breaks does he have during the working day? What are they for? 7. What does an Englishman usually have for his mid-day meal? 8. What food are the English fond of? 9. At what time does an Englishman finish work? 10. What does he like to do when he comes home from work? 11. What sort of meal does he get in the evening? 12. What does an Englishman usually do in the evening?" 13. What is a ''local"? Why do people like going there? 14. How does an Englishman's day end?

Ex 2 Look through the text once again, and see if you can:

1. explain the meaning of the word "diary".

2. give the meaning of the words: the "local", a "quick one", a "nightcap", and explain why they are in inverted commas.

3. find facts to prove that;

(a) The text is about an Englishman (and not, say, a Frenchman).

(b) The story is told by the wife.

(c) The English are fond of gardening.

(d) The English like good plain food.

(e) The English are conservative in their habits.

Ex 3 In the following groups of sentences, bring out the difference in meaning between the words in bold type. Say in which meaning they occur in the text.

1. (i) She left town. (ii) She left the children with her mother. 2. (i) The girl is about my age. (ii) The book is about the habits and customs of the English. (iii) The man came to see the manager about work. 3. (i) I haven't any book. (ii) Any book is better than no book. 4. (i) The doctor got home late. (ii) He got the magazine at the newspaper kiosk. 5. (i) He said it in plain English. (ii) He drank a glass of plain water. 6. (i) The women watched the children. (ii) The women watched TV. 7. (i) He stayed at the office for some time. (ii) He stayed at a hotel.

Ex 4 Pick out words and phrases from the text, and group them under the following headings.

1. Meals. 2. Dishes. 3. Games. 4. Pastimes.

Ex 5 Find in (he text the English for:

утренняя газета; просматривать газетные заголовки; кроме субботы и воскресенья; ехать на работу; идти пешком; во второй половине дня; где-то между четырьмя и шестью; рабочий день; говорить о погоде; обсуждать текущие события.

KEY STRUCTURES AND WORD STUDY

Ex 6 Give the four forms of the following verbs.

sit, be, get, buy, go, leave, stop, know, eat, come, do, have, play, read, drink, begin.