My life and my future

• Speak about your life.
• What are your plans for the future? What would you like to do? How would you like to live?
• Describe your usual weekday and a typical weekend. Say a few words about special days (e.g. Christmas Day, New Year´s Eve…).
• Choose five jobs and speak briefly about them. Use the chart below to do so.

Speak about your life and your future, these questions might help you:

• What is your name?
• Where and when were you born?
• What nationality are you?
• What is your job? / What do you do?
• Who are your parents? (name, age, job)
• Who are your sisters and brothers? (name, age, job)
• Where do you live?
• Did you go to a nursery school?
• Where did you attend elementary school?
• Which subjects did you like? Which subjects were you good / bad at?
• What were your hobbies at that time? What did you do in your spare time?
• Did you have a good friend?
• What were your plans for the future at that time? (Where did you want to study? What did you  dream of?)
• What made you choose our school (V Úžlabině…)?
• Which subjects are easy / difficult / interesting / boring for you? Which subjects are you good / bad at?
• What are your classmates like? Have you got any good friend(s) here?
• What do you do in your free time? What are your hobbies?
• What do you intend to do after your maturita exam? Where would you like to study? What would you like to do?
• What are your plans for your private life?
• Where would you like to live?

Useful phrases:
When I was a child, I always wanted to be / to become a … because I liked to…
When I was a child, I dreamed of being a …
Then my opinion changed. I met / I saw / I started to admired …. because…
Now I …
I´d like to / I´d love to study … (what) at … (where) ….
I hope I will succeed.
I think I could be a good … (job), because…
I plan to study (on) for five years and then I´d like to start a job with a good company…

Speak about your daily programme. Use some of the following phrases:

• my day starts at…
• the  alarm clock wakes me at …
• my mother wakes me at …
• wake up at … AM
• get up
• get out of bed
• turn on the radio / TV
• listen to music / morning news
• read newspaper headings quickly
• go to the bathroom
• wash (my) face
• take a quick shower
• clean / brush my teeth
• comb my hair
• shave
• put on make up
• get dressed
• put on jeans
• a T-shirt and  a sweatshirt
• make breakfast
• have breakfast
• have bread and butter for breakfast
• drink milk for breakfast
• prepare (my) schoolbag
• leave home at 7 am
• sometimes, Mum or Dad drive me to school
• go / rush / hurry  to the bus stop
• take a bus No 133 (one thirty-three, one-three-three)
• get on the bus
• The way takes (me) 30 minutes.
• have to change once. / I don´t have to change.
• go by bus / by tram / by the underground
• get off the bus at Plaňanská bus stop.
• walk to school.
• arrive at school at 7.30.
• usually arrive in time / on time, be (often) late.
• go to the cloakroom
•  leave (my) jacket and shoes in (my) locker
• Change (my) shoes
• go up the stairs into the classroom
• prepare all things for the first lesson
• Our lessons start at 7.45.
• Each lesson takes 45 minutes.
• There is always a 10-minute break between the lessons.
• The main break is 15 minutes long.
• In the break we can eat a snack, relax, prepare for the following lesson, talk to friends….
• We usually have 7 lessons daily.
• The lessons are over at 2.05 pm.
• Then, we go to the school canteen and have lunch.
• On my way home, I usually … (What do you usually do?)
• In the afternoon, I often … (What do you do?)
• We have dinner at 6 pm.
• I often wash the dishes.
• In the evening, I learn for school, watch TV, play PC games, read magazines, chat with friends, go out etc.
• Before I go to bed, I take a shower and clean my teeth.
• I usually go to bed at 10.30 pm.
• At the weekend I can stay up late and in the morning I don´t have to get up early.
• On Saturdays and Sundays I usually….
• At a typical weekend I help clean our flat: I vacuum clean, dust the furniture…
• We often go to our cottage. I have to help in the garden.

Speak briefly about  five jobs. The following chart might help you.

Who does the jobs?
Where do they work?
What does the employee / worker do?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the job?
Whats´s your opinion on the job?