A. Study the following.

Sleep

During the week, I usually wake up at 6.30 a.m. I sometimes lie in bed for five minutes but then I have to get up. Most evenings, I go to bed at about 11.30 p.m. I am usually very tired, so I go to sleep/fall asleep very quickly. Occasionally though, I cannot get to sleep. When that happens, I sometimes manage to fall asleep at about 3 a.m., and then I oversleep in the morning. If I have a late night (≠ an early night), I try to have a nap in the afternoon. The weekends are different. On Saturday and Sunday I have a lie-in.

Food

In the week I have breakfast at 7.30 a.m., lunch at 1.00 p.m., and dinner around 7 p.m. I also have one or two snacks, e.g. cakes, biscuits or fruit, during the day at work. As I live alone/on my own/by myself, I also have to make my own breakfast and dinner, but during the week I do notbother to cook very much. I also have to feed my two cats twice a day as well.

Keeping clean

In the summer I have a shower in the morning, but in the winter I often have a bath instead. Sometimes I have a shave at the same time, or I shave when I have a wash and brush my teeth after breakfast. I wash my hair two or three times a week.

Study

In the morning I leave home about 7.30 a.m. and go to the university by bus. Ittakes meabout 20 minutes.My classes start at 8 a.m. We usually have two lectures and one seminar or practical. During the lecture we listen to the lecturer and makenotes. At the seminars we discuss different problems and answer the questions of the professor holding the seminar. My lunch break is about 40 minutes, so I can go to the refectory or to the snackbar. At the end of each term we take exams and have tests in several subjects.

Evenings

During the week I usually stay in, do my home assignments and have a rest. But at the weekend I often go out, but quite often I also have friends for dinner, or friends just come round for a chat or we play cards, e.g. poker or bridge.

Housework

I do the shopping on Saturday. Fortunately I have a cleaner and she does most of the housework: she does my washing, the washing-up and does most of the ironing.

B. Match the definitions with the italicized words and phrases from the text.

1) dining hall	14) to succeed in sleeping
2) to sleep too long	15) to go to bed very late
3) to go to bed very early	16) without other people
4) to stay in bed until later	17) to have small amounts of food
5) to have a short sleep, e.g. 20-25 minutes	18) to do homework
6) to make an effort	19) a teacher in higher education
7) part of the academic year	20) to clean teeth
8) to put down necessary information	21) to stop work or study for a meal
9) to stay at home	22) to relax and do nothing
10) to invite friends to one’s house and cook dinner for them	23) to leave the house for social reasons, e.g. go to the cinema or disco with friends
11) to visit somebody at the house	24) conversation
12) to buy food and clothes 13) to wash the clothes	25) a meeting of a group of students for tuition

C. The text includes a number of expressions with“have + noun”,e.g.have breakfast, have a shower. Can you remember six more?

D. Now complete some more word partnerships and expressions by matching the verbs on the left with the correct word on the right.

to fall	a rest
to do	tests
to have	a seminar
to take	notes
to have	asleep
to get up	the ironing
to hold	early
to make	exams

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