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Schedules

Listening 1 _______ Listen to five conversations and look at this calendar. Write the days
of the meetings.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
7 2 3 4 5
7 d 9 10 77 12 73
74 15 16 17 18 19 2 0
27 22 23 24 25 26 2 7
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1 3 3 4

Write these years in figures.
1 nineteen eighty-six 4 twenty thirty-five
2 eighteen oh one 5 nineteen ninety
3 twenty oh one/two thousand and one 6 twenty eleven
3 Write these years in words.
1972
2018
2007
2034
2010
2015

L a n g u a g e

P r e p o s i t i o n s of time
We use on with days and dates. on Tuesday/22 June/Monday evening
Note: we write 22 June or 22nd June, but we say June the
twenty-second or the twenty second of June.
We use in with parts of the day and longer periods of time. in the morning/the summer
We use at with clock times and some expressions. at 5.15 p.m./the weekend/the moment
Saying years: 1998 = nineteen ninety-eight
2007 = fwenfy oh seven/two thousand and seven
Makin
Making g appointments : Are you free ... I'm free ...
appointments:
on Tuesday? all week,
on Wednesday morning? on Friday.
at ten o'clock? on Monday evening,
in the morning? at 5.30 p.m.
next week? in the afternoon.
1 can't make it on Monday.

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Speaking 4 Work n pairs and ask and answer questions 1-6. Make a note of the answers.
Then find another partner and repeat.
1 When's your birthday?
2 When was your last holiday?
3 When's your next holiday?
4 When did you last go over a bridge?
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5 When did you last isit a construction site?
6 When will you retire?
62 8 Planning ahead