Match the beginning of the sentences with the ending.

 

	Nick is in the first year …of …		does not want to be late for classes.
	He lives far from the University …		from Nick’s house.
	While his mother wakes him up …		the full time department.
	In some minutes he …		before the bell rings.
	Nick is always in a hurry …		he has a different time-table every day.
	The bus stop is only a few minutes walk …		he stays in the reading-room.
	He comes to the University some minutes …		is ready for breakfast.
	His days are not like each other because		not to miss classes.
	Nick does his best …		so he must get up very early.
	After classes Nick usually goes home but sometimes he …		she is repeating the words: “An early riser is sure to be in luck”.

 

Exercise 3.

Choose one of the preposition, given below:

In, on, about, far from, to, forward, in for, by, for, from.

1. Though I am very busy every day I find time to help my parents … the house.

2. Don’t be … a hurry we have enough time to get … the University.

3. To be healthy and wealthy it’s necessary to go … … sports.

4. I look … to the time when I’ll graduate from the University.

5. Shall I go … reading the text?

6. My friend is not ready … classes today because he was ill yesterday.

7. My friend lives … … my house so they get to my place … bus.

8. Tomorrow he is leaving Barnaul …Moscow to take part in a scientific conference.

9. My friend failed … his English because he missed many classes.

10. It doesn’t take him long to get … the University.

11. The tram stop is 5 minutes walk … my house.

 

Exercise 4.

Insert the necessary words or word combinations.

Go out, a gap, hurries, to have a bite, to keep regular hours, does morning exercises, discussed, to go in for sports, will not fail, in a hurry, in.

1. It is not convenient for students to have … … between classes.

2. My friend is always … … … because he does not want to be late for classes.

3. It’s very difficult for students … … … … because classes are over at different time.

4. You … … … in English if you don’t miss classes and study hard.

5. After classes every student … home.

6. Yesterday my friend and I … plans for the weekend.

7. I feel a bit hungry, so I decided … … … ….

8. He would like … … … … … but he is short of time.

9. My friend wants to loose weight so he … … … every day.

10. Let’s …. We are so tired after a day of hard work.

Exercise 5.

 

Write the sentences a) in the negative b) as questions.

1) It takes him about an hour to get ready for English.

2) I want to invite my friend to go out at the weekend.

3) It was raining all day long yesterday.

4) Last year I missed many classes because I was ill.

5) We’ll have lunch after classes.

6) Family affairs always keep me very busy.

7) We are speaking now about our daily routine.

8) Every day my brother takes a dog for a walk.

9) Tom speaks two languages: Russian and English

10) Students often stay at the Institute reading-room to get ready for seminars.

Exercise 6.

Circle the correct form of the verb in each sentence (Present Indefinite or Present Continuous).

1. I fell asleep when I watched / was watching TV.

2. I used to love basketball but I think I am preferring / prefer volleyball now.

3. I don’t enjoy / am not enjoying cooking very much.

4. I feel / am feeling tired so I think I deserve a holiday.

5. Do you know / are you knowing what’s happened to him.

6. She thinks / is thinking to stay at the University after classes.

7. Can you be quiet, please? My brother prepares / is preparing for exams.

8. My parents go / are going in for sports so they are always in good health.

9. This time last year I lived / was living abroad.

Exercise 7.

Put the correct form of the verb into the sentence. (Past Indefinite or Past Continuous)

 

1) Andrew ___ when I was getting ready to go out. (arrive)

2) The bell rang while he ___ a bath (have)

3) He first met his wife when he ___ in Moscow. (study)

4) When we looked out of the window it ___ (rain).

5) My friend ___ his leg while he was skiing last week (break).

6) Where were you going when I ___ you yesterday? (meet)

7) When my mother ___ the house she found some old letters (clean).

8) He ___ to bed while I ___ TV (go, watch).

9) When Pete ___ her she ___ to the University (see, hurry)

10) My parents ___ while my brother and I ___ plans for the coming day (have supper, discuss).

 

Exercise 8.

Translate into English.

1. Где Виктор? Он все еще обедает.

2. У меня уходит около часа, чтобы добраться до центра. Я живу за городом.

3. Что ты собираешься делать сегодня вечером? Я хочу помочь тебе по математике.

4. Позвони ей сейчас. Я думаю, что она еще не спит. Она обычно ложится спать поздно.

5. Где ты бываешь по вечерам?

Я всегда выхожу на прогулку в парк. Иногда я играю в теннис или волейбол.

6. Интересно, чем занимается сейчас мама?

Она готовит ужин.

7. Что ты делаешь сейчас?

У меня завтра семинар. Я конспектирую статью.

8. Почему ты пропустил много занятий?

Я уезжал в Москву на конференцию.

 

Exercise 9.

 

TranslateintoEnglish.

1. Мой друг учится в техническом вузе на дневном отделении.

2. Занятия в нашем университете начинаются в 8¹⁵, заканчиваются около трех.

3. Моему другу требуется тридцать минут, чтобы сделать зарядку, умыться, одеться, позавтракать.

4. Он встает очень рано, так как живет далеко от университета.

5. Учиться в нашем университете трудно, но интересно.

6. Мой друг не пропускает занятий и сдает зачеты и экзамены вовремя.

7. Как правило, у него 2-3лекции, семинар или лабораторная работа.

8. Английский язык – самый трудный предмет для моего друга, но он делает все возможное, чтобы знать его лучше.

9. Мой друг уверен, что знание английского языка поможет ему сделать карьеру.

10. Хотя мой друг очень занят, но он находит время заниматься спортом и два раза в неделю он ходит в спортзал поиграть в волейбол.

11. Большинство студентов очень устают после трудовой недели и ждут с нетерпением выходной день.

 

Досуг. Хобби.

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Hobby

Hobby is what a person likes to do in his spare time. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste you are lucky because your life becomes more interesting. The most popular hobby is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities from gardening to traveling, from chess to volleyball. Both grown-ups and children are fond of playing different computer games. This hobby is becoming more and more popular. Making things include drawing, painting, handicrafts. Many people collect something - coins, stamps, compact discs, toys, books. Some collections have some value. Rich people often collect paintings, rare things and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries. As for me, I like to listen to music. 3 months ago my parents bought me a compact disc player and I decided to collect compact discs. I like different music, it should be good. I collect discs of my favourite groups and singers. I carefully study the information printed on disc booklets. I try to find everything about my favourite singers. Also I like to watch music programmes on TV. I want to keep up with the news in the world of music. Of course, I like to spend my spare time with my friends. We talk about all sorts of things (politics, teachers, and girls). We discuss films, books, TV programmes. In fine weather we like to be in the open air. We find a nice place somewhere in the forest. We make a fire, bake potatoes and have a lot of fun. When the weather is bad, my friends come to my place. We have a good time together.

My hobby

Hobby is a special interest that people do in their free time. Everybody has his/her own hobby.

As for me I prefer reading poems and short stories. I believe that fiction literature is one of his best ways of expressing feelings and thoughts. They usually mean more if they are raised to the level of art.

I am fond of piano playing and guitar playing too. I finished musical school two years ago. I am extremely fond of all kinds of dancing: from hip-hop to classical ballet. That is why I often attend different theatres and rap-discos.

Sports play an important part in my life. I am an amateur roller-skater. Once a week I take aerobic classes just to keep fit. Diving is the kind of sports I like best.

I belong to such kind of people who always need changes and new impressions. From this fact it follows that the range of my hobbies is wide. In the nearest future I want to take up horse-riding, parachute-jumping, and mountain skiing.

My hobby

My hobby is painting and drawing. I have finished art school and now I paint and draw in my free time. I depict things that have impressed me deeply: beautiful flowers, poetic landscapes, ancient ruins. I like to paint portraits as well. It is very important to catch a person in a moment of action, feeling, perception and record that moment with unerring strokes. Only geniuses are blessed with this gift. Sometimes I create decorative compositions, large in scale and bright in colour. I paint on canvas and draw on paper. I work in oil and watercolour, pencil and pastel. For me painting is a means to understand the beauty and harmony of the surrounding world, a way to express my own emotions, feelings and perception of life.

It is important for me to study the artistic heritage of great painters. That is why I like to visit museums and art galleries. My favourite painters are Vincent Van Gogh and Victor Borisov - Musatov.

Painting is not the only hobby of mine. I read a lot of books. One of my favourite writers is R.R. Tolkien. In my free time I like to listen to music. Classical music is my favourite one.

 

My Hobbies

I currently have two hobbies. They are collecting coins and skate boarding. Collecting coins is my indoor hobby while skate boarding takes me outside to experience the fresh air. I find that they provide a nice balance of going out and staying in during my free time.

Since I began collecting coins two years ago, I have met many others who share the same burning interest. It started when my father, who is an airline pilot, brought home his unused coins from his trips around the world. I thought some of them looked exotic. They looked very different from our Singapore coins. I had a liking for the various coins immediately and began collecting them. Now, whenever my father goes on his trips, I beg him to bring home as many different coins as he can. Today, I have over two hundred coins from twenty-four different countries.

My interest in skate boarding, however, grew differently. I started three years ago, when I was in primary four, when a classmate of mine introduced skate boarding to me. At first, I found it difficult to balance on a plank of wood on wheel. I also thought it was silly skate boarding when roller blading was so much easier and faster. But after two weeks of skate boarding every afternoon, I began to love the wind blowing in my hair and the thrill I got going places with it. Today, my favourite skate boarding area is the park by the beach where it's safe and I do not bump into people while skating.

My two hobbies are important to me because they help me relax from studying too much. I make sure that I do my homework before I even think about my coin collection or skate boarding.

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