Peter studies well. He does his homework in advance and has a lot of free time. He goes in for table tennis. He listens to music. He talks to his friends. He helps his mother at home. He is always ready to help his friends with different things. He says that he has a plan of his deeds in his head and it helps him. Milena is an easy-going person. She has a lot of friends and they of-ten spend time together. She man-ages to do all she has to do at home. She does her homework in time. She doesn’t forget anything. She has a small notepad where she writes what she has to do.

1. Read and translate:1. I like to plan my deeds every day.2. I think that Nora is a well-organised person.3. Tim keeps his things in order.4. Sara plans carefully in advance what she will do the next day.5. I’m too lazy to plan everything.6. Andrew prefers not to plan anything at all.7. I don’t think Helen is an organised person because she is often late for school.

2. Read and fill in the correctprepositions:1. I’ll have to hand my work __ nine o’clock in the morning.2. I promised __ ring my friend and forgot to do it.3. You take your friends out __ a meal and all your money’s gone. 4. You planned your visit __ Greece but you didn’t book the hotel.5. You tried __ send a message to your friend immediately not __ forget the information.6. Your friend will pick you __ there.

3. Read and say if the following people are well-organised: Mary writes all the things she has to do in a diary every day. Then in the evening she checks what she has done and what – not for this or that reason and changes the plan for the next day. Thus, she manages to fulfill nearly everything she plans. She does everything in time. Paul doesn’t like to plan anything. He thinks it’s rather boring. He likes to do everything spontaneously. Very often he is late for classes. He forgets to phone his friends. He forgets to feed his fish. He has a lot of other problems. What can you advise him? Mike likes to do everything at the last moment. He knows that it’s a bad habit but can’t do anything. He does his homework just before going to bed. He is rather careless and makes a lot of mistakes. He knows that he has to change. But what?

4. Answer the questions:1. Do you like to plan your day in advance? 2. Do you write your plan in the notepad? 3. Do you always fulfill your plan? 4. Do you think you are an organised person? 5. Do your friends plan their deed in advance? Why? Why not?

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2. Read and fill in the correctprepositions:1. I’ll have to hand my work at nine o’clock in the morning.2. I promised to ring my friend and forgot to do it.3. You take your friends out for a meal and all your money’s gone. 4. You planned your visit to Greece but you didn’t book the ho-tel.5. You tried to send a message to your friend immediately not to forget the information.6. Your friend will pick you up there.