Grammar topic: adjectives. Adverbs. The degrees of comparison.

«Leisure time».

Everybody sometimes has free time. Somebody prefers only to sleep in their leisure time, but most of us prefer to do a great number of interesting things. It may be reading, various types of sport games, watching TV, listening to music, going for a walk, playing cards or domino, working in the garden, going to the cinema or theatre, going to the parks or Zoo, knitting, dancing, playing different musical instruments, rollerblading, bungee jumping, collecting stamps, solving crosswords and so on. If we have a few days or a week we prefer to go to the attractive places.

Many people think that pupils and students have too much leisure time, but in my opinion, they are wrong. We are very busy. Many pupils have six or seven lessons a day and go to school five or six days a week. Even during weekend we learn our lessons. And we just have no time to go somewhere. Oldest of us are working after school or institute.

As for me, a large part of my free time is devoted to reading. I like to read books about another countries, another times and another worlds. Also I read books about history of our country. Besides reading I like to do physical exercises. Me and my school friends often gather after school and play basketball, football or other active games. But my favorite hobby is travelling. Usually I travel in summer and often it is a trip to the south, to the warm sea. I think all people must have other occupations besides their basic work, because it extends the boundaries of the familiar world and teaches us something new about people and things.

 

Vocabulary:

Sometimes	Иногда
Free time	Свободное время
To prefer	Предпочитать
Leisure time	Досуг
Various	Различный
Attractive	Привлекательный
Opinion	Мнение
To be wrong	Ошибаться
To be busy	Быть занятым
To devote	Посвящать
Besides	Кроме
To gather	Собираться
An occupation	Занятие
Basic	Основной
To extend	Расширять
Boundary	Граница
Rollerblading	Катание на роликах
Bunggy jumping	Прыжки с канатом
To knit	Вязать
To solve crosswords	Решать кроссворды
To collect stamps	Собирать мареи

 

PRACTICE.

1. Write the words in the sentences. (listening to; free; trip; students; devoted; during; great number; various types; occupations; times)

1. Everybody sometimes has ……. time.
2. Most of us prefer to do a …………. of interesting things.
3. It may be reading, ………….. of sport games, watching TV, ………….. music.
4. Pupils and …………. have too much leisure time,
5. Even …………. weekend we learn our lessons.
6. A large part of my free time is ………….. to reading.
7. Books about another countries, another ………. and another worlds.
8. Usually I travel in summer and often it is a ………. to the south, to the warm sea.
9. All people must have other ……….. besides their basic work.

 

2. Find in the text:

v Имеют свободное время

v Спать во время досуга

v Большое количество интересных вещей

v Различные виды спортивных игр

v Играть в карты или домино

v Привлекательные места

v По моему мнению

v Решение кроссвордов

v Вовремя выходных

v Старшие из нас

v Что касается меня

v Другие страны, другие времена, другие миры

v Часто собираемся

v Путешествие на юг

v Расширяет границы

 

3. Cross out the odd words.

1. Everybody sometimes has free always time.

2. Somebody prefer anybody only to sleep in their leisure time.

3. If we have a few days we prefer to go to make to the attractive places.

4. Many people think that pupils and students have too much leisure free time, but in my opinion, they are wrong.

5. We are very small busy.

6. Many pupils grown-ups have six or seven lessons a week.

7. Even during weekend she we learn our lessons.

8. Oldest of us are working resting after school or institute.

9. As for me, a large part a piece of my free time is devoted to reading.

10. I like to read books about another other countries, another times and another worlds.

11. Also I read books about history of our her country.

12. Besides reading I like to do physical intellectual exercises.

13. Me and my school friends often seldom gather after school and play basketball, football or other active games.

 

4. Answer the questions:

1. How do people prefer to spend their free time?
2. What do they do if have a few days?
3. Do the students and pupils have too much leisure time?
4. Do they have free time during the weekend?
5. What is your free time devoted to?
6. What kinds of books do you read? What kinds of sport are you going in for? What kinds of countries would you like to travel? What kinds of occupations do you like?
7. Why do people need leisure time?

 

 

Leisure time activities.

 

exercises play soccer play bingo listen to music go to the cinema

 

go to the park read books play the guitar play computer games go dancing

 

go for a walk knit run work in the garden play cards

 

go rollerblading swim watch TV solve crossword puzzle go shopping