How I Spend My Time

  How I Spend My Time

       People spend their time in different ways. Some people enjoy going in for sports, others prefer watching TV or playing computer games.

      As for me, I spend most of my time studying and doing my homework. Sometimes I feel very exhausted after a hard day at the University, so I need a couple of hours to relax. In this case I prefer to stay alone lying on the sofa and listening to music in my room. Music helps me to relax and feel refreshed.

        At the weekend I usually help my parents with the housework. My household duties are to clean the second floor of the house and to water the flowers.

No wonder that the vast majority of young people have some duties at home although many of them aren’t happy about it. Of course, watching TV or playing computer games is much more interesting than tidying the house or doing the washing up, but I think that our parents need our help and we have to remember about it. It is necessary to share duties at home so that our parents could have a rest.

         Frankly speaking, I’d like to spend more time walking and hanging out with my friends, because it is necessary for me to have a day for a rest so that I will be able to continue my study successfully, but in general I’m happy with the way I use my time!

        All in all there are a lot of ways to spend our time. And we choose the way  which suits our preferences.

Yes, I am happy with the way I use my time!

How do we really spend our time? If we look out of a window we may see a lot of people who are in a hurry. It happens because most of them can`t plan their time properly. I also have an intensive timetable but in general I`m satisfied with the way I use my time.

The main thing in a life of every student is studying and most of us do our best to succeed in the chosen sphere of knowledge. I am not an exception. Every weekday I spend about an hour and a half doing my homework and preparing for the lessons. You may say that it is too little and you`ll be right. However, when it is a weekend I try to do my homework on all the subjects I can in order to relieve myself for the following week.As I am a rather active person I do a lot of other activities which take much time. For example, I spend about 6 hours per week attending photo courses and approximately 3 hours going to swimming pool.When it was warm enough I also went jogging. However, the weather became colder so I don`t have such an opportunity now. I really miss it because jogging charged me with energy.It is not strange that I may be tired after all these activities. However, I can`t live in the other way. If I have some free time I try to do anything but not just lie on a sofa and watch TV. Even when I want to watch this or that TV show I do it partially.Despite I like the way how I spend my time there is one thing which really annoys me. I hate travelling by bus. It takes too much time just sitting and doing nothing. I live in the suburb and I have counted that I spend about 10 hours per week en route. I try to use even this time, though. I learn new words or revise the material I learnt in the university.All things considered, I am very busy nowadays but I`m not sure I`ll ever be less busy than I am now. But in comparison with other people I have enough time to do things which I really like.

What time is it?

For those of you who find it difficult to tell the time in English, here is a game: Clock game.
Good luck! Let me know if you manage to win!

Numbers Practice

Good day! I suppose you might find some additional practice in numbers, fractions and decimals useful. Please, follow the link   time4english  and click the Login button. When the next page opens, click Lower Intermediate. Scroll down the page and do the following exercises:
4A Numbers - 100 to 1,000,000 (Vocabulary)
4B Numbers - 100 to 1,000,000 (Listening)
4F Fractions (Reading)
4G Fractions (Listening)
4H Fractitions and Decimals (Reading)
4I Fractions and Decimals (Listening)
4J Operations (Reading)
4K Operations (Listening).
Some exercises consist of several pages, so after you have completed one page, press the NEXT button at the bottom of the page.

Listening: How do we really spend our time?

Hello! How about some listening practice?
What do you waste time doing?
After doing the exercise, give your answer to this question in the comments to the post.

Who am I?

Read the numbered descriptions the students of our group completed about themselves. Decide which student wrote each one. Give your arguments.

Student 1.
I'm quite good at cooking. I'm not very good at sports. I spend a lot of time reading. I don't spend enough time watching TV. I really love drawing. I spend a lot of time listening to music. I spend too much time shopping. I really love chatting on the phone. I don't have enough time for playing computer games. I don't spend much time relaxing and doing nothing.

Student 2.
I spend a lot of time surfing the Internet. I really love shopping. I'm quite good at cooking. I'm not interested in playing computer games. I don't have enough time for relaxing and doing nothing. I'm not very good at doing my homework in Latin. I absolutely hate doing housework. I don't spend my time chatting on the phone. I'm not very good at knitting. I really love dancing.


Student 3.
I spend a lot of time using the Internet. I really love listening to music. I spend too much time texting my friends. I'm really into reading. I'm not interested in watching TV. I don't have enough time for cooking. I don't spend much time hanging out with my friends. I'm quite good at singing. I don't like doing my homework.

Student 4.
I spend a lot of time doing my homework. I don't have enough time for doing housework. I really love reading. I spend a lot of time watching TV. I'm not very good at cooking. I really love shopping. I spend a lot of time using the Internet. I don't spend much time playing computer games. I really love drawing. I really love playing badminton. I spend a lot of time walking. I absolutely hate doing nothing.

Student 5.
I don't have enough time for cooking. I'm quite good at volleyball. I don't spend much time listening to music. I absolutely hate playing computer games. I'm not interested in gardening. I really love shopping. I spend a lot of time doing my homework. I'm not very good at using the computer.

Student 6.
I spend a lot of time using the Internet. I really love shopping. I spend too much time doing homework. I don't have enough time for chatting on the phone. I don't spend much time walking. I'm not interested in playing computer games. I don't have enough time for relaxing and doing nothing.  I'm quite good at cooking.  I like to spend my time drawing. I really love texting my friends. I don't spend much time watching TV. I spend a lot of time listening to music.

Student 7.
I spend a lot of time chatting on the phone. I really love shopping. I'm really into dancing. I'm not very good at cooking. I don't have enough time for relaxing and doing nothing. I absolutely hate playing computer games. I spend too much time doing exercise. I'm not interested in football. I really love reading. I absolutely hate watching TV. I don't have enough time for walking. I'm not very good at using the Internet. I really love listening to music.

Student 8.
I spend a lot of time doing my homework. I spend too much time texting my friends and reading. I'm quite good at cooking. I absolutely hate playing computer games. I am not interested in shopping. I'm not very good at using the Internet. I don't spend much time doing housework. I am really into learning English. I spend a lot of time listening to music. I don't have enough time for watching TV. I'm not very good at swimming. I'm really into writing essays.

Student 9.
I spend a lot of time listening to music. I absolutely hate playing computer games. I don't have enough time for walking. I absolutely hate doing housework. I spend too much time using the Internet. I'm not interested in reading. I really love relaxing and doing nothing. I am not very good at cooking. I don't have enough time for hanging out with my friends. I spend a lot of time doing exercise. I like cycling.

Student 10.
I'm really into listening to music. I spend too much time hanging out with my friends. I absolutely hate doing housework. I don't spend much time relaxing and doing nothing. I really love chatting on the phone. I'm quite good at cooking. I spend a lot of time reading. I don't have enough time for playing computer games. I spend too much time singing. I absolutely hate being lazy. I am really into learning languages. I really love praising people. I am quite good at playing the piano.

My Best Friend

Friendship is very important for me. I'm happy because I have a faithful friend. Her name is Kseniya. 

We met 4 years ago at the birthday party of our mutual friend. It turned out we had a lot of common interests. And now I want to tell you what she looks like. 

Kseniya is pretty in her own way. She is slender and not very tall, with shoulder-lenght, straight and blond hair. She has very beautiful green eyes with thick eyelashes. My friend has a straight nose that makes her more pretter. Her smile is sincere and charming. 

As for her character. She is clever, purposeful and hard-working at the same time. So, she trys do everything in the best way. Kseniya always achives her goals. Also my friend is very kind and helpful. She always supports and helps me in difficult situations. Kseniya  is very responsible and reliable too. She never lets me down. My friend is easy-going and everybody communicates with Kseniya with pleasure. Of course, she has a negative qualities. Kseniya can be too impulsive and excitable at times. Also my friend like to criticize and sometimes her criticism hurt feelings of others. 

As for her interests. My friend is fond of reading books and she has a lot of them at home. She is also loves to write different stories; by the way, when Kseniya was a child, she wanted to be a writer and now she dreams to be a journalist. I think that it's suited profession for her. Her interests also include: travelling, museums, art, cooking and music. Kseniya knows a lot of interesting facts about music, famous people and history. She certainly is  hard-working person, but to tell the truth sometimes she goes out to party or disco and return home very late at night - or rather, early in the morning. As you see Kseniya is different in her behave.

So, I think we are good friends, because we can rely on each other, cheer each other up, keep each other's secrets. I hope that our friendship will last for very, very long time.