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VOCABULARY PRACTICE. 6. Express the following in one word. habit, schedule, will, loafer, self-confident
6. Express the following in one word.
| habit, schedule, will, loafer, self-confident |
1 mental power by which a person can direct his thoughts and actions
2 sure that you can do things successfully, and not afraid or nervous in social situations
3 (an example of) person’s usual behaviour
4 programme or timetable for work
5 person who is idle
7. Match the words of similar meaning.
| 1 worried | a leave |
| 2 drop in | b idleness |
| 3 go away | c nervous |
| 4 laziness | d disappear |
| 5 dull | e visit (informally) |
| 6 vanish | f boring |
8. Match the words to their opposites.
| 1 wake up | a take off |
| 2 get up | b go to sleep/fall asleep |
| 3 put on | c boring |
| 4 remember | d deserted |
| 5 interesting | e go to bed |
| 6 crowded | f fail |
| 7 manage | g forget |
9. Choose the corresponding English word.
| 1 высокое качество | a) excel | b) excellent | c) excellence |
| 2 совершенство, безупречность | a) perfect | b) perfection | c) perfectly |
| 3 важность, значимость | a) important | b) importance | c) importantly |
| 4 успешно | a) success | b) successful | c) successfully |
| 5 решение | a) decide | b) decisive | c) decision |
| 6 мысль | a) think | b) thought | c) thoughtful |
| 7 оживлять, приводить в чувство | a) revive | b) revival | c) reviver |
| 8 усталость | a) tired | b) tiresome | c) tiredness |
| 9 сила | a) strong | b) strength | c) strengthen |
| 10 удовольствие | a) please | b) pleased | c) pleasure |
10. Match the words to make phrases.
| 1 to feel | a one’s memory |
| 2 to exercise | b tired |
| 3 to arrive | c a problem |
| 4 to face | d on time |
| 5 to think | e success |
| 6 to make | f hard |
| 7 to achieve | g a decision |
11. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.
| thought, habit, self-confident, feel, boring, bored, please, displeased |
- She was ... at my tactlessness.
- He often acts without ... .
- It was ... to sit there without anything to do.
- She has a ... of leaving the front door open when she goes out.
- She is very hard to....
- He was deep in ... .
- I was so ... – I almost fell asleep.
- As a child he was always ..., happily joining in with adult conversations.
- At first you think “I’ll just have one cigarette,” but then it becomes a ... and you’re smoking 60 a day.
- I usually ... too tired to cook after a day at the office.
SOCIAL ENGLISH
Time Expressions
A.
| — Excuse me, what time is it? — What’s the time? — Can you tell me the time? | — Yes, sure. It’s ... o’clock. — I’m sorry. My watch is wrong / slow / fast. |
| — Thanks. / Thank you. | — You are welcome. / Any time. |
12. Look at the clock. Write the times. Practice saying them.
Example: It's _____________________.
Answer: It’s half past eight.
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
It's_________
v What is the difference between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.? Look at the chart and check your answer.
| a.m. | morning afternoon | 00.00—11.59 12.00—17.59 |
| p.m. | evening | 18.00—23.59 |
note:
00.00 = midnight
12.00 = midday (noon)
in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening / in the daytime
BUT: at night / at midnight / at noon
13. Match the times that are the same.
Example: 03.00 — 3 a.m. — three o’clock in the morning
| 1. | 03.00 | 2 p.m. | three o’clock in the afternoon |
| 2. | 15.00 | 8 p.m. | two o’clock in the afternoon |
| 3. | 20.00 | 3 a.m. | eight o’clock in the morning |
| 4. | 08.00 | 8 a.m. | three o’clock in the morning |
| 5. | 14.00 | 3 p.m. | eight o’clock in the evening |
B. Early or late?
| I arrived at the meeting I was |  early(before the start time).
half an hour early.
30 minutes early.
on time (= just before or at the start time).
late (after the start time).
three quarters of an hour late.
45 minutes late.
|
C. Word combinations with ‘time’
| spend lose waste save | time | = use time in a particular way = use more time for something than you planned = use time in a way that is not useful = use less time for something than you planned |
- I usually spend 30 minutes every morning checking my email.
- I wasted two weeks waiting for a reply to my letter.
- We saved two hours by getting a direct flight to Hong Kong.
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