Time

1. English file
Elementary
Unit 4B – Prepositions of time

2. • Lead in – photos of people doing daily activities (5 mins)
• Listening – daily activities – (5 mins)
• Speaking – discussing daily routine (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – Daily routine vocabulary (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – describing the days from the pictures (5 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – linking between words (10 mins)
• Reading (1) – checking new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Reading (2) – comprehension questions (5 mins) 50
• Listening (1) – completing sentences (10 mins)
• Grammar – prepositions of time – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – prepositions of time – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – prepositions of time – exercises (10 mins)
• Grammar – prepositions of time – speaking (5 mins)
• Grammar – making questions review (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – asking questions about daily routines (5 mins)
• Writing article – favourite day – new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Writing article – favourite day – comprehension (5 mins)
• Writing article – favourite day – linking words (5 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (10 mins)

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7. 1. wake up at seven o’clock
2. have a shower
3. get dressed
4. put on make-up
5. have a coffee
6. go to work by bus
7. get to work
8. start work at eight thirty
9. have lunch at work
10. finish work at six thirty
11. go shopping
12. get home late
13. do the housework
14. have pizza for dinner
15. check emails
16. go to bed

8. 17 get up at eight
o’clock
18 have a shave
19 take the dog for a
walk
20 have breakfast
21 walk to work
22 go home early
23 go to Italian
classes
24 see friends
25 make dinner
26 relax
27 have a bath
28 sleep for eight
hours

11. First,
After that
Then
Next
After that
Finally

14. He wakes up at eight.
She works in an office
She has a coffee at eleven.
He has a lot of homework
She has an interesting day.

19. She probably feels (very) tired, but
happy.

21. 1. Between 6.00 and 6.30 a.m.
2. She has meetings and lectures. She does
operations.
3. At her desk
4. She has dinner with her son. She does research.
She watches the news on TV. She plays the piano.
Sometimes she does operations.

22. 5. No. She works long hours, sometimes during the
night, and she often works at weekends.
6. She sees her son a lot, but not her husband.
7. She plays the piano every day, late at night. She
also goes to the hairdresser.
8. Yes, she loves it.

24. gets
four five
school
1.45
go
home
sings
Thursday plays

25. has
shower
two
three
10:30

27. at
to
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in
on

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32. at
to
in
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at

33. 2. the morning (pause) in the morning
3. seven o’clock (pause) at seven o’clock
4. Sunday (pause) on Sunday
5. night (pause) at night
6. the evening (pause) in the evening
7. midnight (pause) at midnight
8. the summer (pause) in the summer
9. Tuesday morning (pause) on Tuesday morning
10. Christmas (pause) at Christmas
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35. • What time do you get up?
• Do you have breakfast in the morning? What do you have?
• How do you go to work or school?
• What time do you start work or school?
• What time do you have lunch? Where do you have it?
• Do you have a long lunch break? How long do you have?
• What time do you finish work or school?
• Do you go out during the week? Where do you go?
• Do you relax in the evening? What do you do?
• When do you do (your) English homework?
• What time do you go to bed?
• How do you feel at the end of the day?

42. 1. Saturday, because it’s the first day of the weekend.
2. I stay in bed until about 10.30. Then I usually go shopping
with a friend.
3. I often have lunch at my mother’s house, with her and my
brother. After lunch I sometimes study from about 4.00 to
6.00.
4. I usually go out with my friends. We often go to the cinema,
and after that, we have a pizza or tapas.

44. Then
After
before
During from
to
that
until