TIME

Chapter 6
What do these expressions mean to you?

a) The early bird catches the worm.

b) There’s no time like the present.
c) Better late than never
TEST YOUR
Attitude to time - keeping
1. You’ve arranged to meet a friend in
the centre of town. How long do you
wait if your friend is late?
a) Five minutes.
b) Fifteen minutes.
c) Half and hour or more.
2. You have to do a job that’s difficult
or unpleasant.
a) You do it straight away so that you can
forget about it.
b) You do it after you’ve tided your desk
and organized your CDs in
alphabetical order.
c) You leave it until the last minute
because you need to feel the adrenaline
rush produced by stress
3. You have to catch a train or plane.
a) You arrive early and have to kill time at
the station/ airport.
b) You get there just in time.
c) You don’t get there in time and miss the
train/ plane.
4. Which is the time of day when you
work most effectively?
a) Early in the morning.
b) Any time during the day.
c) Late at night.
5. During your holidays,….
a) You continue to get up early, you want
to make the most of everyday.
b) You allow yourself to get up later and
get to bed later than usual.
c) You take your watch off and try to
forget what day is it.
6. Which is the best description of your
ideal job?
a) A nine to five office job that leaves time
for my hobbies.
b) A job I love, even if I have to work long
or irregular hours.
c) I want to work for myself even if it
means working eight days a week.
 TEST YOUR
Attitude to time - keeping
1. You’ve arranged to meet a friend in the
centre of town. How long do you wait if you
friend is late?
a) Five minutes.
b) Fifteen minutes.
c) Half and hour or more.
2. You have to do a job that’s difficult or
unpleasant.
a) You do it straight away so that you can forget
about it.
b) You do it after you’ve tided your desk and
organized your CDs in alphabetical order.
c) You leave it until the last minute because you
need to feel the adrenaline rush produced by
stress
5. During your holidays,….
3. You have to catch a train or plane.
a) You continue to get up early, you want to
a) You arrive early and have to kill time at the
make the most of everyday.
station/ airport.
b) You allow yourself to get up later and got to
b) You get there just in time.
bed later than usual.
c) You don’t get there in time and miss the train/
c) You take your watch off and try to forget what
plane.
day is it.
4. Which is the time of day when you work most
effectively? 6. Which is the best description of your ideal
job?
a) Early in the morning.
a) A nine to five office job that leaves time for
b) Any time during the day. my hobbies.
b) A job I love, even if I have to work long or
c) Late at night.
irregular hours.
c) I want to work for myself even if it means
working eight days a week.
GRAMMAR
- Prepositions of time

at
Night / noon /the weekend / five o’clock / 2:45 p.m

on
Sunday / Friday night / Sunday morning / 1st May / 22nd June

in
The morning / the spring / January / the sixties

during
A whole period of time / an event or activity / the war / a visit /a flight

on time VS in time
PRACTICE

a) I work best at / during night.

b) We have a big family meal on / in New Year’s Eve.
c) I start work every morning at / on 9:00 a.m.
d) I usually get home in / on time to read my children a bedtime story.
e) I never have a nap at / in the afternoon.
f) My birthday is at / in March. In fact it’s in /on 6th March.
g) I swim in the sea as much as possible during / at my holidays.
h) My boss never starts meeting in / on time.
LET’S PLAY A GAME
Reading
VOCABULARY
➤ At the end a stressful day, I find cooking relaxes me.
➤ At the supermarket, I delete the things from my list as I put them in
the trolley / shopping cart
➤ I can manage on five hours’ sleep, but I prefer at least seven hours.
➤ I’m very good at inventing excuses when I’m late.
➤ I always delay making difficult decisions till the last minute.
➤ I trust my mother to wake me up in the morning.

Are any of the sentences true for you?

LISTENING

What are the advantages and Disadvantages of working from home?

EXPRESSION
Must Mustn’t
Should Shouldn’t
Have to Don’t have to
 Practical Vocabulary

- Open-plan office - Qualification - Shifts - Work to a

deadline
- Works flexible hours - Unsociable hours
“
What are your ideal working conditions?

-Time
REPLACE THE UNDERLINED EXPRESSIONS
WITH EXPRESSIONS
- Open-plan office
IN
- Qualification
THE BOX
- Shifts - Work to a
deadline
- Works flexible hours - Unsociable hours

A) have you ever done a job where you had to work in the evenings and at weekends?
B) What are the advantages and disadvantages of an office with no dividing walls?
C) Are you the sort of person who works well when they have to finish a job by a
certain time?
D) Do you know anybody who can start and finish work when they like?
E) What is the job of your dreams, and what special diplomas or degrees do you need
to do it?
F) If the salary was high, could you work twelve-hour periods of time, sometimes at
night?
 MORE WORDS YOU MAY SOMETIMES
CONFUSED

A) actually / currently
- we’ve spoken on the phone but we’ve never ______ met.
- This is the best recording _______ available on CD.

B) travel / trip
- the whole family went on a ______ to Florida.
- Foreign ____ never really appealed to him until he retired
 MORE WORDS YOU MAY SOMETIMES
CONFUSED
C) career / course
- he has just started out on a ______ as a photographer
- She’s on a management ____ this week.

d) fun / funny
- our day at the beach was really _______.
- Don’t laugh, it isn’t ________.

Borrow sth from sb E) borrow / lend

Lend sb sth - could you ______ me your umbrella ?
- Can I ______ your umbrella?
MORE WORDS YOU MAY SOMETIMES
CONFUSED
F) argue / discuss
- don’t ____ with me - you know I’m right.
- We’re meeting to ______ the matter next week.

G) lose ( lost) / miss ( missed)

- I ___ the last train home again.
- I’ve____ my bag. Have you seen it?
COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS WITH AN
APPROPRIATE WORD
FROM THE EXERCISE
BEFORE

When was the last time you… .

1. Argued with your parents?
2. Heard a really _funny___ joke?
3.read a book about ___travle_?
4. _Lend__ some money to a friend?