Speaking Useful Words and Expressions

Every - day routine:

to wash/to shave;

to get up/to wake up;

to have a shower/a bath;

to put on one's clothes/to get dressed;

to have breakfast;

to go to work/to college/to the institute/

to university;

to have (a) lunch (break);

to finish work;

to do some shopping/to go shopping;

to go home/to come home;

to go to bed/to go to sleep.

Spare time activities:

going to the cinema/to the theatre/to the opera;

going to museums/to art galleries;

going out for a meal/for a drink;

visiting historic buildings/places;

reading books/newspapers/magazines;

watching TV;

dancing;

listening to records;

playing the guitar/the piano ...

Hobbies:

collecting stamps/ coins ...

playing sports

hang-gliding, parachuting,

bungee jumping,

scuba diving, mountain

climbing, pot-holing,

hiking, riding, camping,

swimming, rafting, sailing,

skating, (crosscountry) skiing, slalom;

travelling;

hitchhiking;

painting;

taking photographs/pictures;

film-making;

sewing/knitting;

repairing the house;

(re)decorating the flat;

gardening;

fishing/hunting;

cooking;

playing computer games.

Pros and cons:

interesting

creative

exciting

challenging

relaxing

safe

(It's) good exercisу great fun

boring

dangerous

difficult

expensive

(It's) a waste of time

Go (this way / that way)

Straight on

up the street/down the street

over the bridge/under the bridge

round the corner

along West Street

through the park

across the road

into/ out of the street

past the pond

Turn right/left

at the traffic lights/the crossroads

at the corner/the post office

the first/second/third turning on the right/left

It’s

in/on … Street

next to the supermarket

between the library and the police station

in front of the restaurant

opposite the cinema

behind the baker's

across from the hospital

near the phone box

over there