On week days I get my alarm-clock for a quarter past seven but I get up at half-past seven. It takes me about ten minutes to wash and get dressed and then I go downstairs and have breakfast. Usually for breakfast I drink a cup of tea and have some marmalade and a toast. Then quickly I sort out my books for the day and meet my friend at the corner of my street at ten past eight.
By twenty past eight we are at school and we are able to talk to out friends for twenty minutes before we have to go to our separate classes for registration at twenty minutes to nine. At nine o’clock our lessons start. They last for forty-five minutes but then at eleven o’clock we have mid-morning breakfast for twenty minutes and then have one more lesson before lunch-time.
At twenty past twelve we have a lunch break and usually we all sit in the dining-hall and eat our sandwiches with our friends, or a few of us have school dinner. If the weather is I nice we sit in the playground and eat our lunch there. We have two lessons from half-past one to half-past three and then it is home-time.
After a tiring day at school I relax by sitting down and talking to my mother about my day until dinner is ready at five o’clock. After dinner I start my homework. I always have something to do, either to read a book, or to do some exercises or write an essay or learn for a test. By nine o’clock I always try to finish doing my homework so then I can relax by talking to my family and watching television. Then I go to bed at half-past ten in order to be up bright and early the following day.
As a rule Englishmen have breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast is the main meal for them.
They eat very much for their breakfast: meat, salad, sandwiches and so on.
Englishmen drink much tea, they drink tea everywhere: at home, at work, during the breaks at school, at the cinema and even in the theatre.
Their tea is very strong so many foreigners don't like English tea at all.
And almost all Englishmen have a sweet tooth because they like sweets such as puddings, cakes, candies, rolls, pies and so on.
2. She was reading the book bought the day before.
3. Taking the girl by the hand, she led her across the street.
4. His hat blown off by the wind was lying in the middle of the street.
5. «How do you like the film?», he asked, turning towards me.
6. Translate the words written on the blackboard.
7. The lost book was found at last.
8. Do you know the girl playing in the garden?