Memorise the following word-combinations and compose your own sentences.

1. to be an early riser 8. to dress oneself

2. to do physical jerks 9. to leave the house

3. to take a shower 10. to be over

4. to shave oneself 11. for the first course

5. to clean one's teeth 12. to sit up

6. to brush oneself 13. to do little reading

7. to do one's bed 14. to get together

3.5 Compose the sentences using the pattern:

It takes	me	an hour	to do morning exercises
	him	half an hour	to listen to the latest news
	her	twenty minutes	to get to the University
	us	two hours	to get home by bus
	you	five minutes	to have breakfast
	them	an hour and a half	to prepare dinner

3.6 Ask questions & give negative answers using the phrases given below.

Example: How long does it take you to prepare your lessons?

It does not take me long to prepare my lessons.

To wash and dress, to prepare morning meal, to do one's homework, to learn these words, to do physical jerks, to go home by bus, to walk home.

3.7 Give antonyms to the following words:

to stand up, to ask, to give, to leave, to open, to be over, to go to bed, to go by bus, to come home.

3.8 Read and translate the dialogue:

Week day at an Office

Nora: Donald, you look so tired. You don't feel well, do you?

Donald: It's not that. I am really tired. I need a rest.

Nora: Take a holiday.

Donald: I can't do it now. We've got a lot of work to do.

Nora: Excuse my curiosity, what do you usually do at your office?

Donald: You'd better ask me what I don't do at my office.

As soon as I come to my office I have to answer telephone calls, sign documents, participate in the talks, discuss the terms of the agreements, send letters and telegrams and do many other things.

Nora: When do you start working in your office?

Donald: We start at 9.00 a.m. This is expected to mean 9 o'clock, not 10 past or half past nine. But some departments are on flexitime, which means that you can come to work between 7. 30 and 9 and leave between 3.30 and 5. We have two 15-minute coffee breaks.

Nora: I see. I suppose, you've got a break for lunch.

Donald: Sure. At 1 p.m. we've got a break for lunch which lasts for an hour.

Nora: Do people work very hard?

Donald: Well, some nations have a philosophy that you work when the boss is around. And if he's not there, you can relax and do whatever you want.

Nora: And it's different here?

Donald: You are paid for your time. Employees are expected to help others if their own desks are clear. You never sit idle or do nothing. You owe your boss your time, since s/he's paying for it. Sometimes my boss even works through the lunch hour and takes work home at night.

Nora: Do you sometimes go on business trips?

Donald: Our employees go to various cities and towns in this country and abroad.

Nora: Have you been abroad?

Donald: Yes, several times. I have already been to Canada, Australia and West Germany.

Nora: Have you been to the USA?

Donald: Not yet. I am planning to go there next year. And you, have you been to the USA?

Nora: Yes, I returned from the USA last month. I spend a fortnight there and visited New York, Washington and Boston.

Donald: It was a business trip?

Nora: Sure.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JANE WILSON

Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions to find the missing information in the following table.

 

Before you start, work out which questions to ask, e.g.

What time does Jane (have a shower)?

When does she (start work again)?

What does she do (at a quarter to eight in the morning?)

What time does Jane (wake up)?

When does she (finish work)?

What does she do (at a quarter past seven in the evening?)

etc.

When you have finished, compare your tables

Student A

At... She usually: At... She usu­ally...

	wakes up		gets home
	has a shower		takes her dog for walk
			has a cup of tea and reads the newspaper
	has breakfast - usually ____________________		has dinner
	drives to work		telephones her ___
			watches the News on television
	has lunch - usually at an Italian restaurant		goes to bed
	starts work again		reads for a while
	finishes work		falls asleep

Student B

At... She usually: At... She usu­ally...

	wakes up		gets home
	has a shower
	gets dressed		has a cup of tea and reads the newspaper
	has breakfast - usually tea and toast
			telephones her fa­ther
	start work		watches on television
	has lunch - usually at .		goes to bed
	starts work
	finishes work		falls asleep