1. Every morning I force myself to do my morning exercises. Then I take a shower, have breakfast and go to work. I commute from the suburbs to Ekaterinburg five days a week.
2. Do you mind if I take your newspaper? - No, I don’t / Not at all. Here you are. The latest news is very interesting.
3. When was his nephew born? - 5 years ago, and tomorrow he has his birthday. I wonder what present he is going to give him?
4. Air the room, wash the floor and put all things in their places. The room is such a mess!
5. We used to be in a quarrel two years ago, but now we get along well witheach other. We often quarrelled over mere trifles, but, as they say, the opposites attract each other.
6. The train arrives at the station in ten minutes. Hurry up! We have little time.
7. It takes him forty minutes to get to his cousin's house by bike. - And in winter? In Winter it takes him about two hours to get to it by bus.
8. You're late for classes for half an hour! Have you got an excuse this time? - My alarm clock didn't ring up/work, and I left the house at quarter to eight instead of seven o'clock.
9. The sooner you give your daughter in marriage the better. She still can’t keep her temper, and when she becomes older she may become hysterical.
10. They're not the twins. Denis is three years older than his brother. But they are as alike as two peas. They have taken much after their father.
12. My watch tells the wrong time. It needs cleaning and repairing.
13. My elder sister hasn't got a family of her own yet. Her friend is an engineer by profession, he graduated from University 5 years ago. As soon as he buys the apartment, he’ll propose to my sister.
14. She got finally divorced him - he was constantly bossy and always shouted at her. Now she's full of life and energy.
15. Who runs the house (goes shopping, tidies up the flat, washes the dishes, cooks, etc.) in your family?