Weekly Activities

Определите, является ли утверждение 

“The author always make dinner for himself and his wife cooks for the whole family”

 верным (впечатайте ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘not stated’).

I wake up at 7am every morning. I turn off the alarm and get up. I have a cup of coffee and make breakfast. I usually read the newspaper while I have breakfast. My children like to have a shower after they have breakfast but I like to have a shower before I get dressed. It is important to brush your teeth, and some women like to put make-up on. My wife brushes her long hair, and I have short hair so I comb my hair. How do you do your hair in the morning?

After I have finished work, I go home to cook dinner. In my house I usually make dinner. The family eat dinner together at 7:30pm. After dinner I make sure that my children do their homework, and then I chill out on the sofa and watch television. On television I usually watch the News. My wife usually comes to tell me to take the rubbish out, or wash the dishes.
Our children feed the dog and the cat before they go to bed and I tell them to go to the bathroom too.

If I am sick I have to take my medication, but then I get into my pyjamas and set the alarm so I wake up in the morning. The last things I do is lock the door, turn off the lights, and go to bed.

Spoken English

Study a picture. Type one or two sentences as examples of using Spoken English phrases:

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Daily Activities at Home

Прочтите и определите, является ли утверждение

“The author is happy to prepare the homework with the parents” верным 

(впечатайте ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘not stated’).

1. Every morning from Monday to Saturday, I get up at 6 o'clock. After breakfast, I go to school by bicycle. It takes me about 20 minutes from my house to my school. Usually, I study at school until 11:30 a.m. I return home at noon to have lunch with my family. In the afternoon I attend English and computer courses. I always get home just in time for dinner at 7:30 p.m. After dinner, while my parents are watching television in the living-room, I read books or prepare for school in my own room.

2. I am free at weekends. On Sunday mornings, I get up later than usual. Then I often go shopping downtown with my friends. Sometimes we go for a picnic in the countryside. On rainy Sundays, I stay at home reading books and listening to music.

3. I am quite happy with my daily activities.

DO or MAKE?

Do you know the difference in using these verbs? Study a picture!

You do an exam. But there are no easy rules to follow. We always use do to describe indefinite activities, often with what,thing, anything, nothing, etc and generally speaking we also use do to talk about duties, jobs or (leisure) activities. Look at the following examples:

• 'What shall we do now?' 'You can do what you like. I'm going home!'
• 'He didn't do anything. He just sat there.'
• 'You expect me to do everything around the house. Well, I'm fed up!'
• 'I did all my homework last night so tonight I'm going to do the housework.'
• 'I did a lot of research and I think I did a good job on that essay. I did my best anyway.'
• 'I intend to do lots of walking on holiday this year, and perhaps some bird-watching too.

We tend to use make when we are talking about constructing, creating or performing something. Study the following examples:

• 'I made three suggestions and left it to him to make the final decision.'
• 'I've made all the arrangements for the trip and I've madea great effort to get it all right.'
• 'I'm afraid I'm going to have to make my excuses and leave.'
• 'I have to make three phone calls.'

What about your last English test? Did you do it well?

For more practice choose do or make for the phrases below:

... the cleaning and the cooking
... a lasting impression (on someone)
... the shopping and the washing-up
... some serious work
... a lot of damage (to something)
... an announcement
... an application (e.g. for a driving test)
... a sound or a noise
.... one's hair or one's teeth
... a lot of harm rather than good
... business (with somebody)
... (somebody) a favour
.... love, not war
... a mess, a profit or a fortune
... fun of someone or a fool of someone

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. I _____________ basketball with my friends last Sunday. ( play)
2. Tom __________home late yeaterday. ( come)
3. Nick _________a lot of ice cream when he was a little child.( eat)
4. Ann __________ a bike last year. ( ride)
5. My brother _________ French at school. (learn)
6. We ________________a lot last summer. (swim)
7. My friends __________a song at the concert . (sing)
8. They ___________ at the party yesterday. ( dance)
9. You ____________ me an hour ago.(phone)
10. My granny _________ in the country last summer. (stay)
11. We _____________ English at the lesson yesterday. (speak)
12. I ______________ a lot last year. ( travel)
13. My father ___________ in the armchair. (sit)
14. Ann___________ the best picture last month. (draw)
15. John ______________ to the swimming pool last year. (go)