It takes me half an hour to air the room.

It takes

me him her us you them

some days one hour half an hour twenty minutes two hours five minutes an hour and a half

to do morning exercises. to listen to the latest news. to get to the Institute. to get home by bus. to have breakfast. to prepare dinner. to make a report.

Exercise 6. Arrange the words properly to get a sentence:

1. usually, it, me, to get, takes, my, an hour, office, to;

2. it, him, this, took, days, book, to read, ten;

3. her, takes, it, breakfast, twenty minutes, to have, always;

4. take, did, how long, it, to do, you, your, home work?

Exercise 7. Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:

to leave, to switch on, a quarter, the latest news, to look through, half an hour, an hour and a half, to be afraid, to be late for, never, a break, to be full of, to be over, to have a rest.

Exercise 8. Read, translate the text paying attention to sentences containing Participle I:

My working day

My working day begins early. I always get up at 7 o'clock. Before I leave for the Institute I have a lot of things to do. First of all I do my morning exercises. When doing them I usually open the window and switch on the radio. I like to do my morning exercises to music. Then I go to the bathroom where 1 wash, clean my teeth and dress. At a quarter to eight I am ready to have breakfast. While having breakfast I often listen to the latest news on the radio or look through the newspapers.

It doesn't take me long to have breakfast. At a quarter past eight I leave home for the Institute. As I live far from the Institute I go there by bus or by metro. It usually takes me half an hour to get there. I seldom walk to the Institute in the morning because I have no time and I am afraid to be late for classes.

I am never late. I always come to the Institute in time. Between classes we have short breaks. At 12.20 we have a long break for dinner. I usually have dinner in the dining-room of our Institute which is always full of people at this time.

As a rule we have three lectures or seminars a day. Classes are over at twenty minutes to four.

After classes I usually walk home. I like to walk after a busy day at the Institute. When I come home I have dinner and a short rest. Then I prepare my lessons. It usually takes me about three hours. In the evening I have supper and watch TV. Sometimes if I have time, I go to the cinema. I usually go to bed at 11 o'clock.

Exercise 9. Answer the following question:

1. Why does your working day begin early? 2. At what time do you get up? 3. Do you usually do your morning exercises? 4. What do you do in the bathroom? 5. Do you have time to look through the newspapers in the morning? 6. What do you do while having breakfast? 7. When do you leave for the Institute? 8. How long does it take you to get to the Institute? 9. What do you do during the breaks? 10. How do you get home? 11. What do you do in the evening? 12. Do you like to watch TV? 13. What time do you go to bed?

Exercise 10. Correct the following statements using the example.

Example:

a) – You get up at 9 o’clock.

– No, you are wrong. I don’t get up 9 o’clock. I get up at 7.

b) – You get up at 7 o’clock.

– Yes, you are right I get up at 7 o’clock.

1. You go to the Institute on week-days. 2. You do your morning exercises regularly. 3. It takes you an hour to have breakfast. 4. You leave home at 8.30. 5. You always walk to the Institute. 6. It takes you half an hour to get to the Institute. 7. You are sometimes late for classes. 8. You usually have dinner at home. 9. After classes you get home by taxi. 10. You go to bed late.

Exercise 11. Look at Fig. I. Say:

1. how Peter usually spends his working day;

2. how Peter spent his working day yesterday;

3. how Peter will spend his working day tomorrow.

Exercise 12. Listen to the text. Answer the following questions:

1. How many people are there in this family?

2. Where do they live in a town or in a village? What do you think?

3. Who tells us this story a man or a woman?

4. Who will watch TV in the evening?

5. Do they live in the South or in the North? Prove your opinion.

Text

Listen to me, please. I am going to tell you about my next day off.

Tomorrow I'll have my day off. I shan't (I shall not) get up early. I'll (I shall) get up later than usual. I'll do my morning exercises. I'll wash and dress. It won't (it will not) take me long. At 9 o'clock I'll be ready to have breakfast. I'll have breakfast with my family. In an hour we'll be ready to start on a skiing trip. We shan't go to the country by bus. We'll go there by train. It will take us about an hour to get there. We shall ski in the forest. Trees covered with snow will look so beautiful. We shall enjoy the beautiful scenery around us and the fresh air.

We shall ski for some hours. We shall come back home by the 6 o'clock train: Of course we shall be tired a' little and hungry. After supper we shall have a rest. My son will watch TV.

I shan't watch TV. As for me I don't like it. I prefer reading. I'll read some English book. My husband will also read newspapers and look through magazines. We'll go to Bed at 11 o'clock as usual.

Exercise 13. Read, dramatize and try to memorize the dialogue:

L: Mary, get up quickly. You will be late again.

M: What’s the time now? Oh, I hate to get up so early. I’d better miss the first lecture and sleep a bit more.

L: Shame on you! Get up quickly. We have little time before the bell goes.

M: Oh, no. We have plenty of time. It takes us only 10 minutes to get to the Institute.

L: As for me I have already taken a shower, combed my hair and got dressed, but what about you?

M: All right. I’ll be ready in a minute. Aren’t we are going to have breakfast?

L: Everything is ready. Coffee, eggs and sandwiches are waiting for you.

M: Thank you. It’s great. So here I am. Let’s have breakfast.

Exercise 14. Make up dialogues of your own using this situation.

Your friend is often late for classes. Help him to make a time table. Give him some useful advice using:

you’d better… you’d rather… you should…

Exercise 15. Discuss with your group mate why Charles left for the Institute without breakfast once. Use these pictures:

Exercise 16. Describe how you spend your working day using words and word combination given in the lesson. Use Fig. I as a scheme.

To leave for the University, to go by bus