Busy

B1 – Intermediate

People’s lives are surrounded by a great deal of work in today’s modern life, thanks to technological major advancements and cutting-edge breakthroughs in every aspect of science. Some people firmly believe that learning new sports or arts and crafts appears to help them make better use of their free time. So, how about you? Are you busy? 

Let’s listen to the audio and read the transcript below about being busy.

https://listenaminute.com/b/busy.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. What takes up most of your time?
  2. Do you think you manage your time wisely? Why or why not?
  3. Would you rather be overly busy or unproductive? Explain your choice.
  4. How do you know when there are too many tasks and when they are manageable?
  5. Do you have enough time to pursue your interests? Why or why not?
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5 replies on “Busy”

1.- Work and travelling from home to work.
2.- I try to do it. Some times i feel I do it and sometimes, not. Some times I can do a lot of things, as I was planned, but sometimes it is not possible due to several not planned things.
3.- Neither of the two. I think both of them are bad options. If I have to choose one of them, I prefer to be overbusy, because I feel better doing things instead of being unproductive.
4.- Depending on the time required to perform each task. If I think I have enough time, it is manageable.
5.- Yes, I think I do. I try to use as much time as possible for my family and leave work at work.

Welcome to the Phoneenglish blog! You did a good job starting your writing practice through this exercise.

Remember to always write your answers in full sentences:

Work and travelling from home to work.

Work and my commute to work take up most of my time everyday.

See how you can improve this sentence:

Some times i feel I do it and sometimes, not.

Sometimes, I feel that I do, (manage my time wisely) it and but sometimes, I think I am not able to do it.

Cheers to more entries from you!

im think the study and the homworks
yes i think i manage my time very well ,because i do all my homeworks
i preffer be ovely busy ,cause i think i do can help me in the future
i know when i have too many task when i see im not going to have time for do it
yes i always trie have time for myself

Good to have you on the Phoneenglish blog! Hope this exercise helps you practice and improve your skills more.

Take a look at how this sentence can be improved:

im think the study and the homworks

I think the studying and the doing homework take up most of my time.

Try to stay as consistent as you can to get better and better at writing.

Hello, the first class was good, but very difficult for me because it cost me to express myself by speaking and cost very undersand when a person talk in english. It’s the first time that I talk in english with a person. Thanks

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