Daily Life

Texts for Oral Practice in the 3rd–4th Forms

Part I. In the Morning

I usually get up at 7 o’clock. I don’t like to get up early in the morning but I have to. To feel fresh after my night dreams I go to the bathroom to take a cool shower. There I wash my hands and face and quickly clean my teeth. Doctors say that it is necessary to clean your teeth twice a day but I forget to do it in the evening. So Mummy is often cross with me. I know that some of my friends do morning exercises to be strong and healthy. To tell the truth I don’t. Then I make my bed, but I don’t like it either, and my bed looks untidy. At half past 7, I run to the kitchen to have breakfast and swallow everything my Mum has cooked for me. I never forget to thank her. I kiss my Granny and Mummy goodbye, take my school bag and join my Dad. He is waiting for me in the car and we drive to school.

have to вынужден
to feel fresh чувствовать себя свежим
a night dream ночной сон
cool прохладный
it is necessary необходимо
twice дважды
to be cross with smb. сердиться
strong сильный
healthy здоровый
to tell the truth по правде говоря
untidy неопрятный
to swallow глотать
has cooked приготовила
to kiss goodbye поцеловать на прощанье
to join присоединиться
to drive ехать

Answer the questions to the topic:

1. When do you get up?
2. Who wakes you up?
3. Do you like to get up early?
4. Do you hear the alarm clock?
5. Do you clean your teeth twice a day?
6. Why is it necessary to clean your teeth twice a day?
7. Do you feel sleepy early in the morning?
8. What do you do to feel fresh?
9. Do you really do morning exercises?
10. Does anybody in your family do morning exercises?
11. Who usually makes your bed?
12. Who cooks breakfast in your family?
13. Do you help to lay the table for meals?
14. When do you usually leave home for school?
15. Who sees you off to school?
16. Do you kiss your Mum, Granny or Grandpa goodbye?
17. How do you get to school?
18. When do you have your schoolbag ready: in the evening or in the morning?
19. Who gets your schoolbag ready: you or your Mum?
20. Are you always on time for school?

Part II. At School

Mу classes begin at half past eight. I try not to bе late, but the traffic is very heavy in the morning and traffic jams are very often.
As а rule I have five or six lessons and I am busy at school till half past one. Sometimes I stay at school after classes just to have fun with mу classmates or to help mу teacher. I like my school, mу friends and mу teachers. I like mаnу subjects but mу favourite оnе is English. I am good аt English. Yоu know, nowadays it is necessary to learn а foreign language. It helps to mix with people from other countries of the world.

to try – пытаться
to be late (for school) – опаздывать(в школу)
the traffic is heavy – большое движение
a traffic jam – (автомобильная) пробка
often – часто
to be busy – быть занятым
till – до (какого-то времени)
sometimes – иногда
a classmate – одноклассник
a subject – (учебный) предмет
favourite – любимый
to be good at English, Russian, Maths, Music – хорошо учиться по английскому, русскому, математике, музыке
nowadays – сегодня (в наши дни)
a foreign language – иностранный язык
to mix with people – общаться с людьми
a country – countries – страна – страны
the world – мир

Answer the questions to the topic:

1. Are уоu often, sometimes or never late for school?
2. Is traffic in Moscow very heavy nowadays?
3. Do you often get into traffic jams?
4. How many lessons do уоu have as а rule?
5. Do уоu stay at school after classes?
6. What do уоu do after classes?}
7. Do уоu have lunch or dinner at school?
8. Do уоu like your school canteen?
9. What is your favourite subject?
10. Are уоu good at Maths?
11. What subjects are уоu good at?
12. What do уоu usually do during the breaks?
13. Is it really necessary nowadays to learn а foreign language?
14. Why is it necessary to learn а foreign language?
15. What do уоu do in your English lessons? (Music, Maths, Р.Е. (Physical Education)
16. Have уоu ever been to any county of the world? (Был ли ты когда-нибудь...) Yes, I have. I have been to... No, I have not. I have never been to...
17. Do уоu try to speak English when уоu travel?

 

Daily Life

Texts for Oral Practice in the 3rd–4th Forms

Part III. After Classes

I never go home alone. Usually my Granny takes me home. We are never in a hurry. When the weather is fine we walk home and I tell her about my school day, my marks and my friends. Granny is never cross with me. She is very kind and I love her dearly. Sometimes we go to McDonald’s together and treat ourselves to an apple pie, French fries, ice-cream or cola. Mum doesn’t like our visits. She says that food at McDonald’s isn’t healthy. We know it. But we like it all the same.

alone один, самостоятельно
to be in a hurry спешить
the weather погода
to treat to smth. баловать себя, угощаться
an apple pie яблочный пирожок
French fries картошка “фри”
visit визит, посещение
all the same всё равно

Answer the questions:

1. Do you go home from school alone?
2. Do you go home with your friends?
3. Who takes you home from school?
4. Do you walk home when the weather is fine?
5. How do you usually get home?
6. What do you do on your way home?
7. Do you visit McDonald’s on your way home?
8. What do you usually eat there?
9. Does your best friend like McDonald’s?
10. Is food at McDonald’s healthy?

Part IV. At Home

When we come home, we have dinner. After dinner I feel full so I need to relax. I play with my toys or my stickers, or model in clay or plasticine. Sometimes I draw, listen to music or get ready for my music school (arts, sports school). You know, I like to play the piano (the violin, the flute, the guitar), but I’m bored practising my scales. My music teacher says that if I want to play well, I must practise every day. I want to play well, but I don’t want to do it every day. Now I can play short pieces by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Bach. My Granny and Granddad are happy when I play.

to feel full быть сытым
to need нуждаться
a sticker наклейка
model in clay or plasticine лепить из глины, пластилина
to get ready готовиться
music school музыкальная школа
arts school художественная школа
sports school спортивная школа
to play the piano играть на пианино
the violin скрипка
the flute флейта
the guitar гитара
to be bored что-то надоедает делать
to practise my scales разучивать гаммы
must должен
to practise повторять много раз
a piece пьеса
Tchaikovsky Чайковский
Beethoven Бетховен
Bach Бах

Answr the questions:

1. When do you come home?
2. Do you have dinner when you come home?
3. Who lays the table? (накрывать на стол)
4. Do you help to lay the table?
5. Do you feel full after dinner?
6. Who washes up after dinner? (мыть посуду)
7. Do you sometimes wash up?
8. Do you need to relax after dinner? (отдыхать)
9. What do you do when you have rest after dinner?
10. Can you draw?
11. What do you like to draw?
12. Have you ever heard the names of these (этих) famous (известный) painters: Vasnetsov, Repin, or Shishkin?
13. Can you model in clay or plasticine?
14. Do you like to listen to music?
15. What music do you like: popular children’s cartoon songs (популярные детские песенки из мультфильмов), classic (классическая) or rock (рок) music?
16. Do you go to any other school – music, arts, sports?
17. Can you play a musical instrument? (музыкальный инструмент)
18. Do you like to play it? to practice it?
19. How often do you play your musical instrument?
20. Have you ever heard the names of these famous composers: Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bach?