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READING
3) Read the article and complete the subtitles with the following words.
big job small job too much to do want extra time want to save time in the morning
___________________________________________________? D it now!
If you can do something (like a household chore or replying to an email) in two minutes, don’t put it off. You
will have to do it sooner or later, but planning to do it, remembering to do it, and finally doing it in the future
will take five minutes or more. Do it now and save three minutes.
7) Complete the sentences below with the expressions you did not underline in exercise 6.
1. He works too hard and can’t ______________________ to relax with his family.
2. Everyone started talking ______________________ and I couldn’t understand what anyone said.
3. He’s got long legs and walks up stairs two steps ______________________.
4. If I have ______________________, I like to relax with a good book.
5. It was a fantastic drama series, I watched it all ______________________ over the weekend.
6. You need to save money because we all have to retire ______________________.
8) Make notes about three topics at a time and then talk about them for a few minutes.
HOW YOU MAKE THE MOST SOMETHING YOU WOULD AN OCCASION WHEN YOU
OF YOUR TIME AT WEEKENDS LIKE TO FIND TIME TO DO HAD A LOT OF TIME TO KILL
SOMETHING YOU LIKE TO DO
SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO IF
BIT BY BIT, A FEW MINUTES
SOONER OR LATER YOU HAVE A SPARE MINUTE
AT A TIME
SOMETHING THAT YOU
AN OCCASION WHEN YOU TWO OR MORE THINGS THAT
THINK IS IMPORTANT IN THE
WERE IN A RUSH YOU OFTEN DO AT ONCE
LONG RUN
A JOB THAT YOU STILL HAVE
SOMETHING YOU DID IN ONE A JOB THAT YOU FINISHED IN
TO FINISH BUT YOU CAN’T
SITTING NO TIME AT ALL
FIND THE TIME