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How much ______ to study there?

a. costs it
b. it costs
c. does it cost
d. does cost

This time tomorrow ______ in the Black Sea.

a. I swim
b. I’ll swim
c. I’ll be swimming
d. I’ll swimming

If the weather ______ fine tomorrow, we’ll go to the park.

a. is
b. will
c. will be
d. were

Six public holidays ______ in Great Britain.

a. celebrate
b. are celebrating
c. are celebrated
d. celebrates

Who ______ you to play tennis?

a. did teach
b. teach
c. taught
d. was taught

The Sahara is ______ desert in the world.

a. the hottest
b. hottest
c. the most hot

______ my room______ yesterday?

a. was. cleaned
b. is. cleaned
c. will…be cleaned

Somebody ______ me on the phone every evening.

a. asks
b. is asked
c. are asked

The children ______ to the museum next week.

a. will take
b. will be taken
c. were taken

At the end of every term students ______.

a. are examined
b. were examined
c. was examined

My article ______ at the moment.

a. is typed
b. is being typed
c. is typing

______ a post-office near here?

a. is there
b. where there
c. there is

I don’t know ______.

a. where is this museum
b. where this museum is
c. this museum is where

Christmas is ______ popular holiday in GB.

a. most
b. the most
c. most of all

Where ______ Latin ______ in the past?

a. is. spoken
b. was…spoken
c. will…be spoken

This is Mary. I don’t think you ________ before.

a. met
b. have met
c. were meeting

There are _____________ sweets in the tin.

a. a few
b. much
c. little

Have we got __________ books about computers?

a. some
b. any
c. much

There are __________ people waiting for the doctor.

a. much
b. many
c. any

She washed the dishes ________ her guests had left.

a. after
b. until
c. by the time

She hasn’t washed the car ________.
a. just
b. yet
c. already

You _____ ask an Englishman how much money he earns.

a. shouldn’t
b. mustn’t
c. are not able to

You _____ never talk to strangers.

a. mustn’t
b. must
c. haven’t to
d. have to

Peter Brown _______ a programmer.

a. works
b. works for
c. works as

A customs officer asked us ___anything to declare.

a. if we had
b. that if we had
c. if we have got
d. if had we got
It _____ rain in the desert sometimes, but you can\’t depend on it.
a. can
b. should
c. must
You _____ behave well in front of guests. Stop being silly.
a. are to
b. should
c. have to
I wish I_____ buy a new car but I do not have any money.
a. might
b. could
c. was able to
If I had enough money, I _____ travel with my friends but now I can\’t.
a. could
b. cold have
c. will be able
Hi Jane, you _____ sad! What\’s up?

a. look
b. is looking
c. looks
Many things _____ this month.

a. changed
b. have changed
c. didn\’t changed
When _____?

a. did you arrive
b. have you arrived
c. did you arrived
He _____ mineral water every day.

a. drink
b. is drinking
c. drinks
He _____ about everything!

a. will always complain
b. always complains
c. is always complaining
Sami _____ lift that heavy table. He is too weak.
a. isn’t to
b. can\’t
c. couldn’t
You failed in your final test. You _____have studied harder.
a. must
b. could
c. should
I have no time. I _____ leave now. My parents are waiting for me.
a. am to
b. have to
c. will have to
We _____ not climb those mountains when we were kids.
a. could
b. had to
c. should
Stop smoking! You really_____ not smoke.
a. can
b. might
c. should
You _____ leave the office before 1 o\’clock.
a. cannot
b. mustn\’t
c. may not
Scientists _____ a new planet.

a. had just discover
b. has just discover
c. have just discovered
I met Jane while I _____ on the beach.

a. walked
b. was walking
c. walking
If I _____ the address, I would have gone there.

a. had known
b. have known
c. knew
I _____ my work now. Do not disturb me.

a. am doing
b. was doing
c. do
The weather forecast says the sun _____ tomorrow.

a. is going to shine
b. may shine
c. will shine
If I _____ the Superman, I _____

a. would be … would fly
b. were … would fly
c. were … will fly
_____ your homework?

a. Has you done
b. Did you do
c. Have you done
She _____ to London yesterday.

a. go
b. went
c. had went
Which books _____ to the office yesterday?

a. do you take
b. did you take
c. have you taken
I _____ doing this exercise.

a. has just finished
b. just have finished
c. have just finished

How many hours a day can you effectively study?

So you have a free day and you are prepared to study a lot. But you probably have heard that studying too much is not effective and could be harmful to your health. So how do you reach the Goldilocks Zone – what is the optimal amount of hours that you can study in one day?

Although studies are still inconclusive on the topic, based on our research most students can study about 7 or 6 hours per day and still stay effective. However, the total time can vary depending on numerous factors and is different from student to student.

We will look into how long you could theoretically study for, then review some scientific literature on the topic, and lastly provide a recommendation on how you can figure out the optimal time for studying that will work for you.

Theoretically speaking, for how long could you study and still stay efficient?

First of all, let me define what I mean by effective studying. It means studying in a way that:

Now with the definition out of our way, let’s look into how long you could study every day without harming your health, theoretically speaking.

According to Stanford’s Dr. Dement, there are three main ingredients to a healthy life – sleep, exercise, and nutrition. So here is a conservative approximation (some of you might spend a lot less on these activities) of how much time you would need to dedicate to these three activities every day:

So if we sum up these 3 activities you have to spend at least 12 hours on your health. Thus, you have 12 hours remaining for studying. However, you should not spend all of them on just studying. As discussed in our previous article, if you want to study efficiently – you must take breaks.

The topic regarding how often you should take breaks is rather nuanced and I wrote an entire article on it. But in short, we recommend taking short breaks (about 15 minutes) for every hour of focused work and longer breaks (about 30 minutes or more) every 2 or 4 hours of work.

For the sake of simplicity, let’s assume that for every hour of work you need to spend 30 minutes on breaks. Also, since most people consider eating food and exercise as breaks we will count those activities as breaks. So let’s do simple math and figure out how long you can study for:

So theoretically you can effectively study for about 8.6 hours every day – this means that you are taking proper breaks, are exercising, eating, and sleeping properly every day.

For many of you, 8.6 hours might seem small but keep in mind that this is just the time spent studying excluding breaks, many people include breaks in their total time spent on studying. Also, here we’re talking about time spent on effective studying not studying as much possible.

So if you are really committed this is how an ideal day of effective studying could look like (based on what we discussed above).

If you follow this schedule in total you will spend:

Of course, this is just an example. There are different ways of approaching the same problem and as discussed in our prior article on the best time for studying, some people might prefer to go to sleep and work at different times of the day.

There are people such as Scott Young who are able to pull off such an intense learning schedule and focus 8+ hours per day. Scott is famous for his MIT challenge, where he learned 4 years of MIT courses in 12 months. And he did this by putting studying effectively 8+ hours per day. See this post and the video below for more information.

However, the biggest issue with such a schedule is that it is not very realistic since most students are not Scott Young and will not be able to study effectively for such a long period of time. Let’s see why.

Why you should study less than 8.6 hours every day?

I understand that many of you have studied for more than 8.6 hours per day (I myself once studied for 16 hours in one day), but the issue here is that most students cannot maintain the same level of productivity for such a long period.

For example, Cal Newport shared a story of a student who spent about 70 hours (which is quite close to studying for 8.6 hours every day) studying every week and still got an unsatisfactory exam result. See the student’s crazy study routine bellow:

You might say that this is just one case and that this student maybe got unlucky, etc. But as Cal Newport says it is very likely that this student could have achieved the same result by spending a lot less time on studying.

And I have to agree with Newport here – based on my personal experience this applies to most of the students. I have often forced myself to study more than I could physically manage and it did not work – I ended up wasting time in the end.

Such reasoning is supported by scientific studies as well. According to 3 academic studies (1, 2, 3), time spent studying is not that important for your grades.

“Contrary to popular belief, the amount of time spent studying or at work had no direct influence on academic performance.” – Sarath A. Nonis & Gail I. Hudson

These studies have tracked students over a period of time and looked into what determines a good GPA (Grade point average). In all of these studies, just the amount spent studying did not predict GPA (1, 2, 3). There were students who studied a lot and still got bad grades and students who studied very little and got good grades. And vice versa.

I know that this might sound rather weird – that time spent is not that important. But keep in mind that these studies are quite solid – one of these studies was conducted by Anders Ericsson – a famous researcher on achieving top performance and the author PEAK.

So what is happening here should you stop studying because it does not matter how much time you spend studying? The answer is NO – don’t stop studying, but study smartly – focus not on time spent but on how you spend that time. These studies find that rather than time spent on studying, your study and health habits and the way how you study play an extremely important role in determining your GPA.

So going back to the main question – how long can you study effectively? So far it seems that for most people this number is definitely less than 8.6 hours.

Although the science is not clear on this question, there are several studies on the subject. For instance, according to a Swedish study, working for 6 hours each day seemed to increase productivity.

Also, we know is that working too much is generally bad and it seems that working for more than 45 hours per week is bad for your health. Of course, the exact number differs from study to study. For example, according to Kamerade-Hanta, working over 48 hours is generally bad for an average employee. Or another study found that productivity falls after a person works more than 50 hours a week.

So what is the verdict? Well to generalize, working more than 50 hours per week is not productive. Therefore the maximum amount that an average student could pull off seems to be 50/7 = about 7 hours per day. This number seems to work for me as well. So based on the discussed research and my personal experience I recommend about 7 or 6 hours per day of studying for most students.

Of course, this might vary from student to student an in the next section I will discuss several factors and that might help you determine how much exactly you should study.

So how to figure out how much exactly you should study for?

As mentioned, there is no perfect number of hours that fits every student. Rather the number might differ from to person and might vary from day to day. Here is a list of factors (primarily based on my opinion and analysis) that might help you determine the amount of studying you can perform effectively:

Although many of these factors are common sense, the point is that you should experiment, create your own study routine, and change it depending on the circumstances. Try to note how are you feeling that day, try to build study habits, improve your health, etc.

Lastly, you can just use a simple rule of thumb, study with proper breaks for as long as you feel effective. Once your productivity starts dropping try switching the task or just try to take some rest or even call it a day.

Of course, such advice might encourage some of you to procrastinate. So to avoid that, I would suggest setting a minimum amount of hours that you have to study every day such as 3 hours (because everyone can study productively at least for 2 or 3 hours).

But what about Elon Musk and all the other people who spend extensive time working every day?

You probably have heard that there are people like Elon Musk who almost on a routine basis work 80 or 90 hours per week. Or people like Gary Vaynerchuk, according to whom, if start-up founders want to make it, they should put in at least 18 hours a day for the first year.

Students who idolize Elon (I do like him myself) might conclude that you should just work and study as much as possible. However, such a line of reasoning is flawed and could be harmful. Here is why:

Firstly, research disagrees with such reasoning. As already described above, the research is quite clear – working for more than 50 hours per week is not productive. Also, as mentioned previously, the research is clear that just studying as much as possible does not work. What matters is not how much you study, but how you study. Quality over quantity.

Secondly, running a company is very different from studying. Thus, saying that because Elon musk spends 14 hours per day working you should study for 14 hours per day – is a flawed line of reasoning. Think about it – running a business involves lots of talking, making calls, going from place to place, email, etc. All of these activities do not require as much mental capacity as learning some difficult study material.

I am not saying that being an entrepreneur is easy – I am just saying that your brain can handle a lot of diverse low mental effort activities (such as calls, taking, email) for a prolonged time, but studying intensively for a prolonged period of time is way more taxing for your mind and for most people impossible to do.

Here is what these researchers wrote in Harvard Business Review:

“It is interesting to note that across a wide range of experts, including athletes, novelists, and musicians, very few appear to be able to engage in more than four or five hours of high concentration.”

“In fact, most expert teachers and scientists set aside only a couple of hours a day, typically in the morning, for their most demanding mental activities. “

Thirdly, there is plenty of other high performing famous people who spend a lot less time working. For example, think about Olympic athletes like Michael Phelps, who “trains for around five to six hours a day at six days a week.” (Sports Engine). Or about Terrence Tao, a Fields Medal winner and arguably the best mathematician currently in the world. In his article on the way he manages his time he described that sometimes he is happy if he can do just 2 hours of thinking in a day:

“Another thing is that my ability to do any serious mathematics fluctuates greatly from day to day; sometimes I can think hard on a problem for an hour, other times I feel ready to type up the full details of a sketch that I or my coauthors already wrote, and other times I only feel qualified to respond to email and do errands, or just to take a walk or even a nap.”

To sum up, the reasoning that you should just study as much as you can because Elon Musk works crazy hours is incorrect and flawed for the aforementioned three main points.

Final thoughts

You might have come to this article expecting that I will give you a crazy number like 14 hours per day or more, but it is quite clear, based on good research, that people just can’t be effective for such long periods for a long time.

Many students hope that they can compensate all the time they have spent slacking off with just a couple days of nonstop studying. But sadly real life does not work like that. Two days of working 14 hours per day is not the same as four days working 7 hours per day.

As discussed in a prior article (how many hours do top students study for) nothing can beat the consistency and good study habits. Rather than concentrating on quantity focus on your productivity, study techniques make sure that every day you spend at least a couple of hours studying. You will be a lot more healthy, happy, and essentially a better student. And remember that good studying takes time, but this time is spread over a long period of days.

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Where You Live Now and Your Home Country

Is it easy to meet new people where you live?

What’s the best place to spend a free afternoon in your town?

How expensive is it to go out in the evening where you live?

Could you tell me something about the area where you grew up?

Could you describe your family home to me?

What’s the most interesting place you’ve visited near ….?

Is there anything you would like to learn about your country?

Which area of your country would you like to get to know better?

What do you like about living there?

Tell us about a festival or celebration in [your home country].

Tell us about a day you’ve really enjoyed recently.

Are you planning to do anything special this weekend?

How much time do you spend at home?

What did you do on your last birthday?

Do you like cooking?

What’s your favourite food?

What’s your favourite day of the week?

What’s your favourite part of the day?

Which time of year is your favourite?

Education and Work

Do you use the internet to learn new things?

Do you prefer working on your own or with other people?

What do you think would be the most interesting job to do?

Do you find it easy to study where you live?

What were the most important things you learned at primary school?

Would you prefer to work for a big or small company?

What kind of work would you really like to do in the future?

Are you happier doing mental or physical work?

Can you remember your first English lessons?

Travel and Holidays

Where would you most like to go on holiday in future?

Do you prefer traveling by train or plane?

Do you plan your holidays or decide everything spontaneously?

Have you ever used English while traveling?

Is there a good public transport system in your country?

Do you ever go to concerts?

How important is TV to you?

How much TV do you watch in a week?

Do you like the same TV programmes as your parents?

Tell us about a TV programme you’ve seen recently.

Do you enjoy going to parties?

How often do you read newspapers?

Do you like shopping?

Where do you like listening to music?

Do you like going to the cinema?

Tell me about your favourite film star.

Tell us about a film you really like.

Do you enjoy playing computer games?

Do you use the internet much?

What do you use the internet for?

Do you ever listen to the radio?

Family and Friends

Who are the most important people in your life?

What do you enjoy doing with your friends?

Who do you spend your free time with

Have you done anything interesting with your friends recently?

Who are you most like in your family?

Do you and your friends share the same ideas?

Tell me about your best friend.

Tell me about a good friend of yours.

Do you normally go out with family or friends?

Tell me a little about your family.

How much time do you spend at home nowadays?

Do you have a favourite newspaper or magazine?

What’s the most exciting thing you’ve ever done?

Tell us about a TV programme you’ve seen recently?

What’s the difference between reading the news in the newspaper and watching it on TV?

Who do you spend your free time with?

Do you prefer to be outside or inside when you have free time?

What do you most enjoy doing when you’re at home?

Is your routine at weekends different from your daily routine?

What do you spend your time doing?

Do you enjoy reading?

What sort of books do you read?

Does anyone you know have an interesting hobby?

Are you interested in sport?

Is there a sport or hobby you enjoy doing?

Is there a sport you’d really like to try?

What sports do people play most in your country?

How much exercise do you take each week?

Do you like to be physically active or do you prefer relaxing?

Is there anything you’d love to be able to do in the future?

Do you plan to study anything in the future?

What are you going to do this weekend?

Are you going to do anything special this weekend?

Do you think computers will replace newspapers and TV in the future?

Which country would you most like to visit in the future?

Do you think you’ll go there one day?

Do you think you have to spend a lot of money to have a good holiday?

Some people say we travel too much these days and shouldn’t go on so many holidays. What do you think? Why do you think people like to go away on holiday?

What do you think is the biggest advantage of living in a place where there are a lot of tourists?

What can people do to have a good holiday in your country?

What’s good about living in cities in your country?

Which is the best city for people to visit in your country?

If you could choose to visit a city you’ve never been to, which one would you choose?

Would you prefer to live in a modern city or a city with lots of history?

Are there advantages to living in a small town rather than in a big city?

Do you think it is better for children to grow up in the city or in the countryside?

What do you think makes a good museum?

How do you think the teaching of history in schools could be improved?

Do you agree that learning about our past is important for our future?

What was the most important moment in the history of the twentieth century?

What has been the most important moment in your life so far?

What items from our lives today will be in the history museums of the future?

If you could change one thing about your life, what would you change?

Many people say life’s too busy these days.

Why do you think they say this?

Many people want to become famous nowadays. Why do you think this is?

Is it important to enjoy a job or do you think it’s enough to be paid well?

How important is it to go on holiday every year?

Some people say we don’t spend enough time talking to each other these days. What do you think?

Some people say there will be no need for shops in the future because we’ll buy everything online. What do you think?

Do you think it’s true that we buy a lot of things we don’t really need these days?

Do you think that out of town shopping centres are a good idea?

Is it better to go shopping with friends or alone?

Some people say that shopping ins a leisure activity nowadays. What do you think?

Do you think that advertising encourages people to spend too much money?

Is watching TV the best way for people to spend their free time?

What kind of TV programmes do you like best?

Some people have more than one television in their home. Do you think this is a good idea?

Do you think children generally watch too much television in your country?

Is television the best way of following the news in the world?

Do you think watching TV is a good way to learn a language?

What sort of films do you never watch?

Are there any films that you’d like to see again?

Would you prefer to be in a film or behind the camera?

How important do you think it is to watch films in English?

What can you learn about a country’s culture by watching films from that country?

SAT / ACT Prep Online Guides and Tips

How Long Should I Study for the SAT? 6 Step Guide

In planning your SAT prep, you probably want to know how long you need to study. Is it weeks or months? Is it dozens of hours or hundreds?

The answer to these questions depends on a variety of factors, including the scores you are hoping to get and how comfortable you already are with the test material from your general experiences in school and life. There’s no reason to torture yourself with endless SAT studying if your scores are already in the target range for your top choice schools. On the other hand, if you are still pretty far away from the scores you are looking for, you may have to work harder than you think.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to figure out how much you need to improve on the SAT, how many hours you need to spend to get there, and how you should build a study schedule before your next real test. Below are the six steps you need to follow to figure out your SAT study plan.

#1: Figure Out Your SAT Target Score

The easiest way to get a target score is to Google your top choice school and “average SAT scores”. You should find a 25th percentile score and a 75th percentile score for the school. The range between the two represents the scores of the middle 50 percent of admitted students. Aim for the 75th percentile score (e.g. a higher score than 75% of the school’s admitted students) as your target to make sure you have the best chance at being accepted!

For more details about this, see our article on target scores. Remember, not everyone can or should have the same target score. It’s up to you to be realistic and assess your abilities while also challenging yourself.

#2: Take a Practice SAT to Determine Your Starting Point

It’s important to know your abilities and weak spots before you begin studying. You can plan out your studying time based on how large of an improvement you need to make from your starting point to your target scores. Check out our guide to a set of official SAT practice tests available free online.

You can also use your PSAT scores as a baseline for judging how much you will need to improve on the SAT if you’ve taken that test already. However, I would still recommend taking another practice test if you are in the latter half of your sophomore year and took the PSAT at the beginning of the year.

(When I first took the PSAT in high school, I had no idea what was going on in the math section since I had just started my first geometry class. I was like «Shapes? Forget this!» and the proctor told me I had to stop disrupting the other students. Anyways, by the end of the year, everything was much less confusing.)

Once you have your baseline scores, you can begin to see where you need to make improvements to reach your target.

#3: Decide When You Will Take the Real Test

We recommend taking the SAT for the first time during the fall of your Junior year (see the advice under «When Should I Take the SAT?»), but you may decide to take it earlier or later depending on your schedule and level of preparedness.

In general, the early bird catches the worm (the metaphorical worm in this case being a higher SAT score). You will have more potential test dates available in the future and a better idea of where you stand if you start earlier. You will also run up against much less stress. You probably don’t want to be worrying about standardized tests while you’re filling out college applications during the fall of your senior year.

But what if you’re in a scenario where you don’t have your choice of test dates? Maybe you’re planning a hot air balloon trip around the world that’s happening at the same time as all the earlier dates. Maybe you’re already coming up on senior fall, and there’s only one test date left. In this case, your test date is constrained, and you’ll need to work hard to meet the suggested number of hours before your test.

Whatever the case may be, you can still find a study plan that works for you.

Sometimes you gotta miss the SAT to fulfill the dreams you and your beloved wife once shared. That’s how life is.

#4: Give It to Me Straight Doc, How Many Hours Do I Actually Have to Study?

Based on your goals, you can figure out how many hours you will probably need to study. Follow this handy chart that shows the number of hours you should devote to poring over ancient tomes of SAT knowledge.

1. Choose the right pronoun:
. knows that Antarctica is uninhabited.
A) you
B) I
C) they
D) we
E) he

2.
____ you ___ a shower now?
A) am/ having
B) are/ having
C) does / having
D) is/ having
E) do/ having

3. The meeting (началось) at 5 o’clock
A) begin
B) begun
C) began
D) begins
E) begining

5. ____ the children in the class dictionaries?
A) have
B) is
C) has
D) were
E) was

8. Choose the best alternative.
___ beautiful sweet apples in my uncle’s garden in Almaty fifteen years ago.
A) they were
B) there were
C) there is
D) there was
E) there are

9. What ___ you ___ at the moment?
A) are/ do
B) is/ doing
C) are/ does
D) are/ did
E) are/ doing

11. Present Simple Tense
. your sister play the piano?
A) does
B) do
C) is
D) has
E) are

12. Choose the opposite:
Open the window!
A) Find the window!
B) Pull the window!
C) Press the window!
D) Close the window!
E) Take the window!

14. There ____ a big meeting here tomorrow.
A) was
B) will
C) are
D) will be
E) be

15. We saw a lot of pictures at the art shop, but ____ was good enough to buy for our museums.
A) no of them
B) only any of them
C) none of them
D) no any of them
E) not some of them

18. I ___ go to the cinema next Sunday.
A) do
B) does
C) shall
D) will
E) was

25. ____ a bus stop over there.
A) Its
B) This is
C) There are
D) There is
E) It is