AB=What a life! 3 oclock is always too late or too early ‘or anything you want toda. Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher 1 GRAMMAR prepositions of time (at, in, on) and place (at, in, to) ‘4 Write the words inthe correct column, March thDeceniber 630. the winter Wondoy wight theattemoon teweekend Saturday evenng, 1084 Chstras ist August 6th December | 6.30 b Gelb the correct preposition 1 Thave ashower(@)/on /at the morning. 2. They goon holiday in on /at August. 3 My sister studies economies af 0 universiy 4 My brother goes to bed in on | at midnight. 5 Doyou work at in toa hospital? 6 Wehave English clases /om/at Tuesdays and Thursdays “The chikiren have lunch at /in | schoo! 8 Tina worksin /on/at the weekend 9 Jack goes at /fnjto the gym aier work 10 teevery hot a jon / atthe summer. ‘© Complete the text withthe correct prepositions. “My name is Francesco Mancini and Twork*_ an office in the centre i) ‘of Rome. During the week, I get up 9 i + __ half past six. g0* workbytain,but* Fridays a. drive my ear so can visit my mother 4 * ‘the afternoon. I start work *____ quarter to nine and Ihave lunch ’__ work. + the summer work aifferent hours because + ssth une we change tothe summer timetable. ts very hot inFlome" _ August, so most people .g0.0n holiday. 2 VOCABULARY everyday activities a he action which you usualy do first. 1 getup |@akeup> 2 peedomanl [havea shores 3. hve lanch / ave breakfast 4 ppto work sare work § gabowe get home 6 make che diner / go shopping 1b Complete the texe with have, go, oF ge. UDENT’S LIFE YY — OR IS IT? Many people think that students have a very easy life. We ask two, Helen and Rupert, about their typical day. Cea E to Exeter University so live at hame. My mum wakes me up every home late ‘morning and we® = breakfast together. Then, I" dressed." __to university by bus. 1 to classes in the morning and then home for lunch. My mum isa good cook and we lunch together. Inthe afternoon, | study for an hour or two and then | watch TV. 1 bath after dinner. Im quite relaxed when |® to bed:Match the words to make phrases, The a werk 2 OO bemale 3 check Qc dressed 440 Ed toxchool see Oe reakfat PRONUNCIATION inking and sentence stress Mark the connected wordsin exch sentence. 1 You getup late. 2 Thavea shower. 3 Wecheck emails 4 He doesexercse. 5 She goes home eal 6 They have lunch at work EIA Listen and check. Then listen aga repeat the sentences. Ty to connect words (Listen and underline the stressed words. ‘Copy the rhyehm, 1 Lwakeup atsix 2 Thaveacoffee soto work by bus 4 ebook 5 These pct 6 Igorobed armidnighe SGLETD Liven agsin and repeat the sentences. ‘Copy the rhythm, LISTENING EBT Listen o an interview with Mark. Answer the questions 1 What does he do? 2 Does helike his job? 3 When does he work? 1b GEE Listen again. Number the activities in the ‘order Mark does them, Mark starts work t 7pm. He goestobed. He goesto the gym, He goes home, He has a hamburger ora pizza He watches TV or checks his email He getsup. He has breakfast He sleeps for eight hours, He has dinner. He finishes work OOOOOoDo0oO00o0s8 He hasa shower, USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. everything er busy ready ‘red couple of (hours) sgoback prepare foodA G—tive forever ‘The man who works and is not bored is never old. Pablo Cosas, Spanish celist 1 GRAMMAR position of adverbs and expressions of frequency a Complete the You column in the chart. Then complete the sentences with a verb and an adverb of frequency. always vad usualy Yue often Yar ‘sometimes. v7 hardly ever 4” Pa Matt Becky You sloop foreighthours vy ww be relaxed wie ae wa“ 1 Mate usually sleeps for eight hours. 2 He relaxed, 3 He sportor exercise. 4 He healthy food. 5 He il, 6 Becky forcight hours, 7 She relaxed 8 she sport or exercise 9 She. healthy food. 10 She — it, ut For cight hours aI relaxed, BI sportor exercise ie healthy food. BI i 1b Write the adverb of frequency in the correct placein the sentence. 1 Pilots sleep in hotels. (often) Pilotsoftensleep in hotels 2 The children walk to school. every day) The children walk to school every day. 3 Mike ris his moror keto work, (sometimes) 5 Isce my grandparents (every weekend) 6 Ellie drinks coffee. (three mesa day) 7 Pen bungry. (always) 8 Westudy English. (wice a week) 2 VOCABULARY adverbs and expressions of frequency a Answer the questions, ‘THE 41 How many minutes in an hour? 2 Howmany months in ayear? 15 How many days ina week? ‘4 How meny seconds ina minute? 5 Howmany weeksina month? {6 Howmany hours ina day? 7, How many days i June? _ 18 How mony weeks ina year? QUIZ b_ Complete the sentences with one oF two words. 1 Leo goes tothe gym all week and at weckends Leo goestothe gym every day Jon usually has a holiday inthe summer and wi Jon usvally has aholiday__ayear. Weuusually see one new filma month. Wego totheeinems month, 4 Adele doesn't do any homework at all, Adele does homework 5. They have English classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. “They have English classes week {6 My mother goes to the hairdresser once a week, ona Friday. My mother goes tothe hairdresser Friday Eve walks towork once a year. Eve ever walks to work. 8 always buy a new pair of sunglasses in the summer. buy anew pair of sunglasses summer3 PRONUNCIATION the letter hr a March the words to their pron is the h not pronounced? Jation. In which word, a a ih Bi 6 go € fi og aft oO © thes oO fF rhmpi 7 wry 2 8 Phas 8 happy 8 Bf 1b AGED Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat the words, 4 READING a Read the interview: What is surprising about Esther Armstrong? Interview with sther Armstrong, 94 Interviewer How do you spend your day, Esther? Esther My day is very normal, really. getup, T get caressed, Ihave breakfast. Then I go to work, Interviewer What do you de? Esther man accountant. Interviewer Why do youstil work, Esther? Esther To havean interest, Also, my job is quite exciting, Interviewer What time do you start work? Esther _Istart between 9 and 10 every day and finish at 4 o'clock. It isn't very stressful, really. Interviewer What do you usually do after work, Esther? Esther Igo out for dinner with friends two or three times a week, and we go to the cinema or the theatre, orto the ballet. Interviewer Do you lve alone? Esther Yes, Ido. Ihave quite a big apartment ang someone helps me withthe housework forfour hours a week. Ido everything else myselt Interviewer Do you have children, Esther? Yes, do. Both of my daughters tive here in "New York. One daughter works very near, and she comes and has lunch with me, And T work with the other daughter, so we eat together {wor three times a week, to0..'m very, very happy with my ie Glossary ‘9n accountant =a person whose job its tomake lists of all the money that people or businesses receive and pay b_ Read the interview again. Write T eruc) oF F (alse), 1. Esther thinks her day is normal. z She doesn like her job, She sometimes starts work at 10 o'clock. She chinks her job is diffieul, = She often sees friends after work, She lives with one of her children ‘She never does housework. ‘She has two children ‘© Underline five words you don't know: Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation. 5 LISTENING a (GIEETD Listen oa radio programme about being healthy. Who does the doctor say is healthy: Marge, Robbie, or Marge and Robbie? b GIR Listen again. Write (rue) or F (false) Robbie doesn't think hes healthy F Mapa ores tr need Mangeskreys lo banka Mage cfien goon wth gym. Marge goes to bed late. Robie sometimes in brenkfat Robbie plays football trcetimesa week. Robbie eps for six hours everynight. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. hours: 032 seconds teenager “ime healthy (opposite unhealthy) el normally relax “i hes beinabutey. ‘bis m 9 hat social life f spend time ‘spend’ SEM GI rues