A Weekday

I usually wake up at seven and always get up at once. I begin my day with my morning exercises. It takes me half an hour to do them. Then I take a shower and shave, dress and do my hair. After that I have breakfast. Then I take my dog out for a short time. I leave the house at nine o’clock and walk to the underground station. It takes me twenty minutes to get to the office by underground. Work begins at half past nine. I look through the morning mail and answer the letters and faxes. Then I discuss various problems with my colleagues.

Our lunch break is at one, and we all go to the canteen. I have a light lunch, so it doesn’t take long, and I usually have enough time to have a smoke and talk to my friends before work begins again. A lot people ring me in the afternoon, and my secretary often asks me to answer the calls. That keeps me busy till half past four, when I have a tea break. After that I usually hold a short meeting with my colleagues, and we discuss our plans for the next day. I finish work at six, and sometimes a friend drives me to the park, where we have a game of tennis. I’m quite good at tennis, so I teach him to play. We go home together because we live near each other. That is my usual weekday.

Ex. 12. Read this true story about a bank robbery in the USA. Put each verb in brackets into the Simple Past and then translate this story.

In 1983 in Reno, Nevada a man ___________ (decide) to rob a bank. He _____________ (write) a message on the back of an envelope. The message ____________ (say) “Put the money in a bag and hand it over”. The man ____________ (go) into a bank, _____________ (wait) in line and then __________ (hand) the envelope to the cashier. The woman _____________ (not want) to argue. She ____________ (take) the money out of a drawer, _____________ (put) it in a bag and ____________ (give) it to the man. He ______________ (walk) out of the bank and _____________ (make) his escape.

The robber _____________ (feel) pleased. “It _________ (be) easy”, he ___________ (think). He ____________ (not know) how much money he ________ (have) in the bag, but he ___________ (hope) it ___________ (be) a lot. But when he __________ (arrive) home, he __________ (get) a shock. He ____________ (find) the police there. Unfortunately for the robber, his name and address ________ (be) on the other side of the envelope.

Ex. 13. Make questions and give answers with the Past Simple as shown in the example, using the prompts to help you.

Example: John/buy/town? What did John buy in town?

New suit He bought a new suit.

Anything else? Did he buy anything else?

1. Tiffany/go? _______

The cinema ________________________________

The theatre? _______________________________

2. Samuel/write? ____________________________

An assay __________________________________

A letter? __________________________________

3. Lucas/swim? ______________________________

In the river __________________________________

In the sea? _________________________________

4. You/see? ________________________________

A lot of interesting places ______________________

Fireworks? _________________________________

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