TEST
Small Talk
TEST
1. Is Tom still sleeping? No, he is already awake. Right now he is doing his morning exercises to music.
2. Maria is a first-year student. She gets up early in the morning, makes breakfast, makes the bed, and runs out of the house exactly at 7 o'clock. The commute to the university takes her a long time.
3. Every morning my brother wakes up exactly at 7 a.m., puts on his bathrobe and slippers, combs his hair with a comb, goes to the bathroom where he takes a shower, dries himself with a towel, brushes his teeth, and shaves. His shaving supplies are on the shelf above the sink.
4. My nephew is a second-year student. He is a very energetic and hard-working student. He tries to get a lot of things done in a day. After classes, my nephew goes to the library to prepare a report for a seminar or a lecture. Sometimes he goes to the language lab to improve his pronunciation.
5. I am a morning person, not a night owl. I never stay up late; I always set my alarm for 5 a.m. to complete all my remaining assignments and tasks.
6. In the morning, Tom tries to be the first one to wake up to make breakfast for the whole family, then he goes for a run. Tom tries to lead a healthy lifestyle.
7. In the evening I feel very tired, I come home, put on my bathrobe and slippers, go to the bathroom where I take a shower and brush my teeth. In the evening I do my homework, do grammar exercises, write essays in a foreign language, and prepare a report for philosophy.
8. Maria sweeps the floor with a brush, makes lunch, and irons all the clean laundry. She never has any free time.
9. At the university, there are many lectures, seminars, and practical classes. In Practical Phonetics classes, we listen to dialogues, transcribe sentences, and mark intonation. In Practical English classes (or: Practical classes of oral and written speech), we read and retell texts, memorize words and expressions, make up dialogues, and memorize poems.
10. On the university grounds, there are many university buildings, a library, a sports center, a dormitory, a stadium, and a skating rink. Students can use the library's reading room, group work rooms, and computer labs, which are available every day until 5:00 p.m.