MANUEL'S ROUTINE

CAROL'S ROUTINE

My name is Carol. I'm thirty-three years old and I live in Birmingham, England.

On weekdays, I usually get up at a quarter to seven in the morning. I always have a shower and get dressed. Then I have a cup of tea and a toast for breakfast and I leave home.

I attend dance lessons and I always have lunch at twelve o´clock. In the afternoon I work from two to six o'clock. I have a part-time job in a shoe shop. I always take the underground to go home but I never get home before seven in the evening. Anne (my house mate) always arrives before me and she often prepares dinner for us. She doesn't eat meat because she is a vegetarian, so we never eat meat for dinner, but she cooks pasta wonderfully. We usually have dinner at a quarter past seven. After dinner, I listen to music or read a book. I usually go to bed at half past nine.

At weekends, I always get up after ten o'clock in the morning. On Saturday I go shopping and I eat out with my friends. Later, I do sport. I like running in the park. In the evening, I sometimes go to the cinema with Anne. On Sundays, Anne and I clean the house in the morning. In the afternoon I always visit my parents and I have lunch with them. I hardly ever go out in the evening, so I usually stay in and watch TV. Like this, I recharge my batteries for the new week!

ACTIVITIES

1. Read the text and write true (T) or false (F).
• Carol is British.
• She works four hours.
• After work, he goes home by bus.
• She is a vegetarian.
• Carol and Anne lives in the same house.
• She gets up early at weekends.
• She usually have a shower at night.
• She don't usually go out on Sunday evenings.
2. Answer these questions about the text.
• What time does she usually get up?
• Does she have a shower in the morning?
• What does she have for breakfast?
• Where does she work? 
• How does she go home after work?
• Why do Carol and Anne never eat meat for dinner?
• Does she get up before nine o'clock at the weekends?
• What do Anne and she do on Sunday mornings?
• Where does she have lunch on Sundays?
• Does she usually go out on Sunday evenings? 

What do you usually do on weekdays?

PRESENT SIMPLE. NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE. WH-QUESTIONS.

FREEE TIME ACTIVITIES (1)

ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION	MEANING
stay in	/steɪ ɪn/	quedarse en casa
go out	/gəʊ aʊt/	salir
eat out	/iːt aʊt/	comer fuera
go for a drink	/gəʊ fɔːʳ ə drɪŋk/	ir de copas
go to the cinema	/gəʊ tʊ ðə ˈsɪnəmə/	ir al cine
go to concerts	/gəʊ tʊ ˈkɒnsəts/	ir a conciertos
go shopping	/gəʊ ˈʃɒpɪŋ/	ir de compras
phone friends	/fəʊn frendz/	telefonear a los amigos
visit friends	/ˈvɪzɪt frendz/	visitar a los amigos
have coffee with friends	/hæv ˈkɒfɪ wɪθ frendz/	tomar café con los amigos
do sport	/du: spɔːt/	hacer deporte
watch TV	/wɒtʃ tɪvɪ/	ver la televisión / DVDs

What about you? What do you do in your free time? 

¿Y tú qué? ¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre?

PRESENT SIMPLE ACTIVITIES

PRESENT SIMPLE ACTIVITIES
(If you want to print the activities, click on the tittle)

1.       Write the third person singular of the following verbs.

a)      watch b)      listen c)       study d)      work e)      read f)       like

g)      get h)      finish i)        sleep j)        live k)      clean l)        cook

m)    have n)      leave o)      start p)      go q)      play r)       make

2.       Complete the sentences with the Present Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

a)      My parents ....................... (start) work at half past eight.

b)      John usually ....................... (finish) classes at a quarter to three.

c)       My cousin ....................... (do) his homework in the afternoon.

d)      Our son never ....................... (clean) his room.

e)      Britney Spears ....................... (live) in the USA.

f)       I always ....................... (make) my bed before I ....................... (leave) home.

g)      We ....................... (play) football after school.

h)      Mike often ....................... (watch) TV at night.

i)        Her daughter ....................... (go) to Polígono Sur High School.

j)        My brother and I ....................... (have) breakfast in the college cafeteria.

k)      Our mother ....................... (read) the newspaper every day.

l)        My cat always ....................... (get) up at the same time.

3.      Translate the sentences above into Spanish. Use the dictionary if it's necessary.

4.       Rewrite these sentences using the adverbs and time expressions in the correct position.

a)      Carol gets up at half past seven. (usually)

b)      She has a shower. (always/at night)

c)       Dinner is at eight o'clock. (often)

d)      I help my mother in the kitchen. (sometimes)

e)      We do our homework. (in the afternoon)

f)       I am sick. (hardly ever)

5.       Write six sentences about your daily routine. Use the vocabulary from unit 3.

Example: I get up at half past seven.

6.       Put a frequency adverb in these sentences and make them true for you.

a)      I get up at eight in the morning.

I never get up at eight in the morning.

b)      I have breakfast before 9 a.m.

c)       I'm tired on Friday evenings.

d)      I study English in the evening.

e)      I'm happy on Monday mornings.

f)       I go to the cinema at the weekend.

g)      I'm late for my English class.

h)      I watch TV on Sundays afternoons.