II. Think of the first hour of your day. Tick () what you usually do. Add your own ideas.

get up quickly sing in the bathroom

talk to people have a good breakfast

get dressed quickly wake up slowly

lie in bed and think don’t have breakfast

read a newspaper start work slowly

What is the first thing you do in the morning?

 III. Read and listen to the texts.

IV. Complete the sentences about Sister Mary and Hans.

1. She comes from Ireland. He _______ ________ Switzerland.

2. He lives in a village, but she _________ ___________ a town.

3. She works in a school. He ________ ___________ a sports shop.

4. He ________ skiing. She ________ ___________ and Spanish.

5. She ___________ near the sea, but he _________ in the mountains.

6. He likes his job and she ________ __________ __________, too.

7. He ________ ___________ sons.

8. She _________ walking in her free time. He ________ ________ with his sons.

9. He ________ four languages. She _________ three.

V. Read about Ann McGregor’s routine.

Ann McGregor lives in London. She is 34 and works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news programme called “The World Today”. Every weekday she gets up at 3.00 in the morning because the programme starts at 6.30. She loves her work because it is exciting and she meets a lot of very interesting people, but she loves her weekends, too.

VI. Write the questions to the answers given.

1. in London.

2. at 3.00 in the morning.

3. She interviews people.

4. at 6.30.

5. because it’s exciting.

VII. Read about Ann’s weekends and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

love relax stay cook have

like chat eat go out live

visit bring listen go get up

arrive come leave

On Fridays I ……… home from the BBC at about 2.00 in the afternoon and I just ……. . On Fridays evenings I don’t ………. , but sometimes a friend …….. for dinner. He or she ……… the wine and I ………… the meal. I ………… cooking! We ……. to music or we just ………. .

On Saturday mornings I ……….. at 9.00 and I …….. shopping. Then in the evenings I sometimes ………… to the theatre or the opera with a friend. I ……… opera! Then we ……… in my favourite Chinese restaurant.

On Sunday … Oh, on Sunday mornings I ……… in bed late, I don’t ……… until 11.00! Sometimes in the afternoon I ………. my sister. She …….. in the country and ………… two children. I ……… playing with my niece and nephew, but I ……… early because I ………… to bed at 8.00 on Sunday evenings!

 Now listen and check your answers.

VIII. Ask and answer about these people’s routines.

	gets up at	starts work at	has lunch	finishes work at	after supper	goes to bed at
Vince	7.00	8.30	in a restaurant	7.00	reads the newspaper, watches TV	11.00
Diana	7.30	9.30	in the canteen or at home	5.00	puts her child to bed, talks to her husband	11.30
Joanne	7.45	9.00	in a park or at work	6.00	goes to see some friends	11.00 or 12.00
Paul	8.00	9.30	in a pub or in the canteen	5.00	listens to music, reads, or goes out for a beer	12.00

IX. Write about these people’s routines:

♦ unemployed;

♦ businessman;

♦ a president of a country.

UNIT 7

Free Time

I. Answer the questions.

Do you like…

A	B
cooking? reading books? watching TV? playing cards? doing crosswords? listening to music? collecting stamps or coins? playing computer games? knitting?	walking? visiting museums? fishing? swimming? playing volleyball? skiing? ice-skating? going to the cinema? sunbathing?

How many of these activities do you like?

Which activities do you like more, those in column A or column B?

I f you like activities from column A more, you are a home lover. Sure, you have a lot of patience. You enjoy spending most of your spare time at home watching TV or just reading a good book.

If you like activities from column B more, you are a lively person. You love spending your free time outdoors doing some sport or going out. You can’t just sit at the same place all the time.