My trial lesson

• English
• Secondary Education

time to practise

Name as many time expressions as you can

Now that she's retired she's got a lot of _______.

1. time on her hands
2. waste of time
3. make up for lost time
4. spare the time

My sister is never ______. She's the least punctual person I know.

1. from time to time
2. before my time
3. on time

Our honeymoon was fantastic! We had

1. the time of our lives
2. me time
3. time to kill

we thought we were going to miss our flight but we made it _____.

1. time-consuming
2. just in time
3. time off

Ok! ______. Stop writing now!

1. save time
2. times up
3. run out of time

Drag and match the phrases. 

Spare time 

Time on my hands 

Times up

Not much time left

I've got a lot of time 

I don't have a lot of time

Behind the times 

Make up for lost time 

Take your time 

Only a matter of time 

Give someone a hard time 

To enjoy an experience as much as possible because you did not have the opportunity to do it earlier in life:

To make things difficult or unpleasant for someone

Old fashioned, not up to date on the latest trends. 

It is certain to happen but you do not know when it will happen:

Said to mean that you can spend as much time as you need in doing something, or that you should slow down

How do you like to kill time?

What's something you like to take your time doing?

What's something you do that very time-consuming?

How do you feel about time expressions?

What do you think are the most important characteristics for a good boyfriend or girlfriend?

Someone with a good education.

Someone attractive 

Someone with a good personality 

Someone who makes a lot of money 

Someone who has similar interests to you

Men look for...

Women look for...

I wish...
If only...
I'd rather...
It's high time

We use Wish + past simple
( I wish I was still in bed)

1. which we would like to be different in the past.
2. to talk about things which we would like to be different in the present/future.

We use Wish + past perfect
(I wish I had studied harder for the exam.)

1. To talk about things we regret doing or not doing in the past.
2. To talk about things we regret doing or not doing in the present.

We can use 'If only' instead of 'I wish'

1. true
2. false

That boyfriend of yours is useless! Isn't it high time _____ a new one?

1. you find
2. you found
3. you had found

If only your neighbours ____ a dog, life would be much more peaceful.

1. wouldn't have
2. didn't have
3. don't have

What a lovely view! I wish _____ my camera!

1. I brought
2. I'd brought
3. i've brought

I'm too tired to go out tonight. I'd rather _____ at home

1. we would stay
2. we'd stayed
3. we stayed

I'd love to be able to sing in a choir. If only _____ a better voice.

1. I'd have
2. I had
3. I have

As soon as I said it, I wished ____

1. I hadn't
2. I had
3. I didn't