Tell your fellow-students about Martha’s daily routine.

Is your mother a busy woman? Tell your fellow-students about her daily routine.

Text 3

My Leisure Time

There is plenty to do after your school or work hours, particularly sport which I enjoy most. My favourite sport is hockey. Almost all my friends are here. We train hard and play for the school and in many regional youth tournaments.

As most young people I spend my after school hours watching TV or doing domestic chores or listening to music or reading. We don’t have a computer at home, so I spend a considerable time playing computer games at my friend’s. Of course all this I do when I have my homework done.

I think it’s common with most young people to spend some time outdoors. Street life is important for us. We meet somewhere in streets and talk and then go to town centre to do window shopping and “see what’s going on”.

My friends use some of their spare time to earn money by working in different places. Some of them wash cars for people; others do a part-time job for shops and cafes. As for me I earn my pocket money teaching English at a kindergarten.

I’ve usually got enough money to do the things I want. I can buy the records and CDs I want without asking the permission from my parents.

Exercises

1. Read the text and answer the following questions:

1. How do most young people spend their spare time? And what about you? 2. Why is street life so important for young people? 3. Do you go in for sport? Do you take part in sport competitions at the University? 4. What are you interested in? 5. Do you enjoy visiting friends? 6. Do you talk about your problems or tell your friend about your new experiences? 7. What do you like to talk about? 8. Do you work? In what way can students earn money?

Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give additional information to prove your agreement or disagreement.

1. His favourite sport is hockey. 2. As most young people he spends his after school hours watching TV or doing domestic chores or listening to music or reading. 3. They have a computer at home, so he spends a considerable time playing computer games at home. 4. He thinks it’s common with most young people to spend some time outdoors. 5. His friends don’t work in different places. 5. He has not usually got enough money to do the things he wants.

Грамматика

Простые времена

The Indefinite Tenses. Неопределенные времена

Времена группы Indefinite употребляются для выражения обычных, регулярных, повторяющихся действий в прошлом, настоящем или будущем, а также для описания последовательных действий и констатации фактов.

The Present Indefinite (Simple) Tense. Настоящее неопределенное время

Таблица 1

Утвердительная форма

	I work.	We work.
	You work.	You work.
	Не (she, it) works.	They work.

Таблица 2

Вопросительная форма

Лицо	Единственное число	Множественное число
	Do I work?	Do we work?
	Do you work?	Do you work?
	Does he (she, it) work?	Do they work?

Таблица 3

Отрицательная форма

Лицо	Единственное число	Множественное число
	I do not (don't) work.	We do not (don't) work.
	You do not (don't) work.	You do not (don't) work.
	He (she, it) does not (doesn't) work.	They do not (don't) work.

Таблица 4

Краткие ответы на вопросы

Do I work?	Yes, I do. No, I don't.
Do you work?	Yes, I do. No, I don't.
Does he (she, it) work?	Yes, he (she, it) does. No, he (she, it) doesn't.
Do we work?	Yes, we do. No, we don't.
Do you work?	Yes, we do. No, we don't.
Do they work?	Yes, they do. No, they don't.

The Present Indefinite Tense употребляется для выражения:

1) регулярных, повторяющихся действий в настоящем, а также обычных действий, характеризующих лицо или предмет;

Е. g. The Whites go to the seaside every summer. Ann dancesvery well. Signals: usually, always, often, seldom, every day, sometimes, never, generally.

2) общеизвестных истин;

E. g. The Earth goes round the Sun. Vegetables growwell in this climate.

3) ряда последовательных действий в настоящем;

Е. g. I enterthe classroom, greetthe teacher and sit down.

4) будущих действий, связанных с графиком, расписанием. Е. g. Our train leavesat 5.30.

Exercises

1. Change the following verbs as in the model (Tables: 1, 2, 3): to meet, to give, to change, to put, to write, to study, to work, to live, to sit down, to come, to close, to understand.

2. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Present Indefinite:

My sister (to get up) very early.

We usually (to spend) our holidays in France.

It (to take) him 2 hours to do his homework.

John (to play) chess very well.

What you (to read) every day?

The earth (to rotate) round its axis.

Fishermen often (to tell) tales about their catches.

They never (to come) to see me in my town house.

Where your father (to come) from? - He (to come) from Novgorod.

The Sun (to set) in the East.

I (to write) to my grandmother twice a month.