THE LANGUAGES COUNCIL

VOCABULARY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

RHYMING WORDS
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. HURBLY BURLY ITSY BITSY JEEPERS CREEPERS KOWTOW LOVEY DOVEY

HUBBUB HULLY GULLY HUMDRUM HUNKY DORY HURDY GURDY

Time 1 Look at these periods of time. Put them in order from the shortest to the longest. a millennium a decade forever not long an hour and a half a split second a couple of a lifetime a school term a fortnight a leap year the eighteenth century the football season a generation ages forever 2 Use the words in 1 to answer the questions. a. How long does a football match last? b. The year 2000 marked the end of what? c. The year 1800 marked the end of what? d. February 29th only occurs in what? e. Whats a typical length of a summer holiday? f. How long would you prepared to wait for a bus into your nearest town? g. Whats the difference in time between first and second in the Olympic 100 metres race? h. What starts after one holiday and ends at the next holiday? i. Whats the difference in time between you and your parents? j. How long do lovers promise to love each other for? 3 Complete the phrases with time. Use the words in the list below. On in at to for out of from upon by 1 I enjoy going to a restaurant _____ time _____ time. 2 He always arrives exactly _____ time. Hes never early or late. 3 Youre just _____ time. The show is about to start. 4 _____ the time I arrived, it had already started. 5 The quiz contestant was _____ time. She hadnt answered all the questions. 6 I used to work in the United States _____ a time. 7 Once _____ a time, there lived a handsome prince. 8 It will never be possible to go back _____ time. 9 I really believed in those things _____ the time. 10 _____ times, my parents really get on my nerves.
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4 Read the text. Fill in the gaps with one of the words below. over time spend day passes last lasts commodity Finding time In the 21st century time has become our most precious ______. Time _____ so quickly, and so unfairly, too. A two-week holiday by the seaside flies by. It seems to ____ no time at all. Standing in a queue, on the other hand, ____ for an eternity. We endure listening to teachers and bosses, boring us stupid, but, when we go to a concert or show, and were really enjoying ourselves, its ____ before we know it. And when lifes hard? Well, problems blow over, but not before ____. We _____ most of our lives working, and the rest of it worrying that were not working hard enough. And before we know it, weve outgrown our shoes, outgrown our friends, and had our ____. According to the writer, in what way is time unfair? 5 Complete these sentences using the verbs and phrases below. Pass last fly by endure blow over spend waste outgrow have (your) day a. A rugby match ________________ eighty minutes, plus injury time. b. It was a great holiday. It _________________. I cant believe were home already. c. Dont _________________ your time printing it all out and posting it. Send it to me by e-mail. d. Tommy has _______________ his school trousers already. Ill have to buy some more. e. We had to _______________ a really boring lecture on the history of coal mining. f. Well, Ive ______________. Im going to retire and let someone younger take over. g. We ___________ the afternoon rowing on the river. It was lovely. Time ______ so slowly. h. Dont worry about all the publicity. Itll ___________. Your life will be back to normal soon. 6 Complete the Time survey by writing true or false next to each statement, depending on your own experience. Time survey I always wear a watch. I need to know what time it is. Im always on time. Punctuality is very important to me. I set time limits for things that I do. Timetables, itineraries, appointment diaries play a large role in my life. I keep a daily diary so that I always know what time my appointments are. When I meet friends, I always arrange an exact time. I plan how much time Im going to spend learning English every week. I often feel rushed for time. I get anxious about it. I often dont have time to do things I want to do. Interview your partner about time. Do you think they are too worried about time?

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LISTENING:
7:00 12:00 3:10 7:14 9:15 1:21 11:05 2:09 6:30 4:50 10:45 8:35 It's seven o'clock. It's twelve o'clock. It's three ten. It's seven fourteen. It's nine fifteen. It's one twenty-one It's eleven oh five. It's two oh nine. It's six thirty. It's four fifty. It's ten forty-five. It's eight thirty-five. It's seven p.m. / a.m. It's noon / midnight. It's ten (minutes) after three. It's fourteen after seven. It's (a) quarter after nine. It's twenty-one minutes past one. It's five after eleven. It's nine minutes past two. It's half past six. Its ten minutes to five. It's quarter to eleven. It's twenty-five minutes to nine.

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