Unit 10: Daily routine

Vocabulary:
- the hour
- everyday activities
- adverbs and expressions of frequency

Grammar:
- prepositions of time (at, in, on)
- prepositions of place (at, in, on)
- position of adverbs and expressions of frequency

At the end of this unit you will be able to:

- say the time
- tell about your daily routine using the hour and adverbs of frequency

Unit 10 - 1
 1. Listen and match the dialogues and pictures.

1. A. What time is it?

B. It’s half past six. Go back to sleep.
A OK. Have a nice day.
B You too.
2. A. Excuse me. What time is it?
B. Sorry, I don’t know. I don’t have a
watch.
A. Excuse me. What time is it?
C. Just a moment. It’s quarter to seven.
A. Thanks.
C. You’re welcome.

2. Listen and read.

Unit 10 - 2
THE TIME (part 1)
Use it’s + time to say what time it is.
You can ask What time is it? or What’s the time?

Use at + time to say when you do something.

Ex: A: What time do you get up?
B: I get up at half past seven.

o’clock

P
T A
(a) quarter O S (a) quarter
T

half

In English, we use the numbers from 1 to 12 (not 24) to talk about the hour.

a.m. = in the morning

p.m. = in the afternoon

12 a.m.: noon ( or midday)

12 p.m.: midnight

We use about after it’s to estimate the time.

It’s about three It’s about five

o’clock. o’clock.

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 3. Write the time you see on each clock.

1. 2. 3.

……………………………… ……………………………… ………………………………

……………………………… ……………………………… ………………………………
……………………………… ……………………………… ………………………………

4. 5.

……………………………… ………………………………
……………………………… ………………………………
……………………………… ………………………………

4. Listen and point the correct time.

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TIME (part 2)
1:00 one o’clock
2:05 two oh five
3:10 three ten
4:15 four fifteen
5:20 five twenty
6:25 six twenty-five
7:30 seven thirty
8:35 eight thirty-five
9:40 nine forty
10:45 ten forty-five
11:50 eleven fifty
12:55 twelve fifty-five

5. Match the times with the watches.

1. It’s twelve oh two.

2. It’s ten ten.
3. It’s three fifteen.
4. It’s nine twenty-five.
5. It’s three fifty.
6. It’s eight thirty.

Unit 10 - 5
 6. In pairs. Look at the TV programme and ask your partner what time your favourite
programme is on.

- What time is ”Pokemon”?

- It’s at 3.30 on Sky 1

Unit 10 - 6
 7. Look at the pictures and read about Karl’s day.

6.00 AM 6.45 AM 7.15 AM

9.15 PM
8.00 PM
1.00 PM

9.30 PM 11.30 PM 11.45 PM

Karl Wilk is 22 and he is a computer millionaire. He’s the director of nestore24.com, a 24-hour
shopping site on the Internet.

He gets up at six o’clock and he has a shower.

He has breakfast at quarter to seven.
He leaves home at quarter past seven and he goes to work by taxi.
He has lunch (a Coca-Cola and a sandwich) in his office at one o’clock.
He usually works late. He leaves work at eight in the evening.
He sometimes buys a pizza and eats it at home. He gets home at quarter past nine.
He never goes out in the evening. He works at his computer from half past nine to half past eleven.
He goes to bed at quarter to twelve.

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 8. Read the questions about Karl’s day (see Karl’s day, exercise 9). Complete the
answers. Listen and check.

1. What time does he get up? He ………………………. up at 6.00.

2. When does he go to bed? He ………………………to bed at 11.45.
3. Does he go to work by taxi?................................., he does.
4. Does he have lunch in a restaurant?..............................., he doesn’t.
5. Does he go out in the evening? No, he ……………………………..

9. Write questions about Karl’s day (see Karl’s day, exercise 7). Listen and check.

1. What time/have breakfast? ..................................................................................

2. When/leave home? ..................................................................................
3. Does/go to work by bus? ..................................................................................
4. Where/have lunch? ..................................................................................
5. Does/usually work late? ..................................................................................
6. Does/eat in a restaurant? ..................................................................................
7. What/do in the evening? ..................................................................................

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 10. Match the verbs and pictures. Listen and check.

……. have a shower

……. have a coffee
……. do the housework
……. start work at 8.30
……. finish work at 6.30
……. get dressed
……. wake up at 7.00
……. have lunch at work
……. go shopping
……. go to bed late
……. have pizza for dinner
……. get home late
……. go to work by bus
……. watch TV and check emails

……. go to Italian classes

……. do Italian homework
……. get up at 8.00
……. have breakfast
……. do exercise
……. go home early
……. walk to work
……. relax
……. take the dog for a walk
……. sleep for eight hours
……. make the dinner
……. have a bath

Unit 10 - 9
Have
Have has two meanings.

For family and possessions.

e.g. I have three children.
He has a big house.

For activities.
e.g. I have lunch at 1.30.
She has a shower in the morning.

Use have with food and drinks.

11. Work in pairs. Interview your partner about a typical weekday with the questions.

1. What time / get up?

2. / have breakfast in the morning? What / have?
3. How / go to work or school?
4. What time / start work or school? When you can’t be exact
5. / have long lunch break? How long? What time do you get up? At about 7.15.
6. What time / finish work or school?
What do you have for breakfast? It depends. If I
7. What / do after work or school? have time, I have toast or cereal.
8. / relax in the evening? What / do?
9. When / do your English homework?
10. What time / go to bed?
11. How / feel at the end of the day?

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 12. Complete the sentences from Karl’s day with the correct prepositions.

1. He gets up ………. six o’clock and he has a shower.

2. He has lunch (a Coca-Cola and a sandwich) ………. his office at one o’clock.
3. He usually works late. He leaves work at eight ………. the evening.
4. He sometimes buys a pizza and eats it ………. home.
5. He works at his computer ………. half past nine ………. half past eleven.

PREPOSITIONS
Time

in on at
the morning Monday three o’clock
the afternoon Tuesday morning midday / midnight
the evening April 25th lunchtime
the summer night
January the weekend
2016 Christmas

We use :
in à for parts of the day, seasons, months and years
on à for days and with dates
at à for times of the day, festivals, night, and the weekend

Movement and place

1. We use to for movement or direction.

e.g. She goes to the gym.

We don’t use to before home à go home, get home

2. We use at and in for position.

We use at + work, home, school, university.
We use in + other places: a flat, an office, a room,…
We can use in or at with some public places: a restaurant, the cinema, …

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 13. Prepositions of place and movement. Complete with to, at, in, or -.

1. Sorry, John’s not here. He’s …………. work.

2. It’s a lovely day. Let’s go …………. the beach.
3. Sally’s boyfriend works …………. an office.
4. My brother studies maths …………. the University of Manchester.
5. I go …………. the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
6. What time do you go …………. home?
7. We live …………. a flat.
8. It’s Monday. The children are …………. school.
9. My father’s a doctor. He works …………. a hospital.
10. Jack isn’t …………. home. He’s on holiday.

14. Listen and say the time phrases with the right preposition.

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 ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

15. Read the article. What is it about?

Mornings are different for different people. For some people, mornings are always easy. They
always wake up early. They eat breakfast, they read the morning newspaper and they go to work on
time. These are morning people.

For other people, mornings are often very difficult. They always go to bed late at night. They sleep
late and they wake up late. They sometimes drink a cup of coffee but they don’t often eat breakfast
(because they are usually late for work). These are night people.

You don’t decide to be a morning person or a night person. It’s genetic.

16. Decide if the following sentences are about morning people (R) or night people (‚).

1. ‚ R Mornings are easy.

2. ‚ R They go to bed late at night.
3. ‚ R They read the morning newspaper.
4. ‚ R They eat breakfast.
5. ‚ R Mornings are difficult.
6. ‚ R They don’t eat breakfast.

17. Look at the adverbs of frequency. Put usually and hardly ever in the correct place.

never sometimes always

0% .......................... ........................ 100%

18. Look at the position of the underlined words in the text (n°20) and circle the correct
rule.

Adverbs of frequency go
• before / after a main verb
• before / after the verb be

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GRAMMAR
Adverbs of frequency

We use adverbs of frequency to say how often you do something.

• Adverbs of frequency go before all main verbs (except be).

after be.
e.g. I’m always late.
I always go shopping on Friday.
• Use a positive verb with never and hardly ever
e.g. He never smokes
• In negative sentences the adverb of frequency goes between don’t / doesn’t and the
verb.
e.g. I don’t often wake up late.
• In questions the adverb of frequency goes between do / does and the verb.
e.g. Do you sometimes go shopping on Sunday?

Expressions of frequency

Expressions of frequency usually go at the end of a sentence.

e.g. I go to the cinema once a week.

Some expressions of frequency:

once a week, twice a month, three times a year, every day, every week, …

19. Put the adverb or expression of frequency in the right place.

1. Do you wear glasses? usually ………………………………………………

2. I’m bored. hardly ever ………………………………………………
3. She does housework. sometimes ………………………………………………
4. We go to the cinema. once a week ………………………………………………
5. Why are you late? always ………………………………………………
6. I walk to work. every day ………………………………………………
7. My girlfriend is stressed. never ………………………………………………
8. Does it rain in the winter? often ………………………………………………

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 20. Speaking. Make sentences about you with the verb phrases below and an adverb or
expression of frequency.

be late for work / school watch the news on TV

go to the hairdresser check our email
be tired in the morning go to the cinema
do housework chat online

21. Look at the table and make sentences about Morning Meg and Nightime Nick.

go to bed late wake up early have breakfast be late for work

Morning Meg never always every day hardly ever
Nightime Nick always hardly ever sometimes three times a
week

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 22. Watch the documentary The island of Okinawa. Mark the sentences true or false. Then
correct the false ones.

1. The island of Okinawa is north Japan. ………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. 70-year-old Okinawans have the bodies of 50-year-olds. ………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. Hara hachi means stop eating before you’re full. ………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. The Okinawans don’t eat meat or fish. ………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. They eat a lot of seaweed. ………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. They do yoga every day. ………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. The Okinawans are often in a hurry. ………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. When Okinawans reach 100 they have a ceremony called kajimaya. ………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

23. In what ways is your lifestyle similar or different from the life in Okinawa?

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 24. Final task. Writing. Daily routine.

Situation : A day in the life of an English teacher. Look at the pictures and tell his day. Say the hour
when indicated. Note : 12 :00 to 2 :00 you say : « From twelve o’clock to two o’clock »

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Checklist: Yes, I can!

Write a ✔ if you can do it!

I can … Yes, I can!

say the time
understand the right time
tell about my daily activities using the hour and adverbs of frequency
use the correct preposition of time

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