Present simple & daily routine A1-A2

1. Present simple: statements
la Read about Rani's day.
I vrork in a shop. I live near
th= shop, so I always walk
to vrork. I leave home at
6.30 and I start work at
nine o'clock. I finish work
at 5.45 and I sometimes
have a cup of coffee with
my friends after work. In
the evening I usually watch
TV. On Wednesdays I go
to an Italian class in the
evening, so on Tuesdays I
always do my homework.
b Describe Rani's day.
Rani 1 works in a shop. She near
the shop, so she always 3 to work. She
4 home at 830 and she 5
work at nine o'clock. She 6 work at 5.45
and she sometimes 7 a cup of coffee with
her friends after work. In the evening she usually
8 TV. On Wednesdays she 9
to an Italian class in the evening, so on Tuesdays she
always 10 her homework.
2 Complete the table.
3 Choose the correct words.
1 Kate like'/tikes her job. Shedon't like/doesn't like her
boss.
2 I go/goes to work on Saturday. I doesn't go/
don't go to work on Sunday.
3 We get up/gets up at 7.30. We doesn't get up/
don't get up at 7.30 on Sunday.
4 Colin have/has a shower in the morning.He
don't have/doesn't have a shower in the evening.
4 Make the sentences negative.
1 Rani drives to work.
Rani doesn't drive to work
2 We go shopping on Saturdays.
3 My friends live near here.
4 I work on Sundays.
5 John goes to a computer class.
6 He watches TV in the morning.
5a Read the email.
I'm an editor andI work for a magazine
company. I get up at six o'clock andI go
swimming. I don't have breakfast. I work from
Monday to Friday. I don't work at weekends.
I play tennis onThursdays.
My brother Filip is a shop assistant and he
works in a computer shop. He gets up at 7.30
and he has a big breakfast. He works from
Wednesday to Sunday. He doesn't work on
Mondays or Tuesdays. He studies French and
he goes running in his free time.
b Write a paragraph about your life. Use the first
paragraph of the email to help you. Replace the
words and phrases in bold.
I'm
practise and learn.
c Write a paragraph about a friend or a member of
your family. Use the second paragraph of the email
to help you.
He/She's
practise and learn.
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2. Talking about daily routines
Pronunciation: /i/ and /i:/
1 Read the first sentence of the text. Complete the
caption.
This is . He Lives in
M^[ name's Sam Oakley and I live in Los Angeles in the
USA. M^f da^f starts at nine o'clock, but that isn't nine
o'clock in the morning. It's nine o'clock in the evening. I
get up, have a shower and get dressed. I don't normally
have breakfast at home. I go to a cafe near rn^ house. At
half past ten I drive to work.
I work at a club in the crfy centre. I pla^f the piano there.
1 don't live near the dub. Houses are expensive in the
crfy centre. I drive to work. The traffic isn't bad in the
evening, so the journey is usually OK.
TVie club opens at eleven o'clock and I start work at half
past eleven. The music finishes at half past four, and
the club closes at five o'clock in the morning. I don't
normally go home then. I normally go to a restaurant
with rn^f friends from the club. Me go home at nine o'clock.
I don't earn a lot of mone^, but I love m^ job. A lot of
famous people come to the club. And I have a lot of free
time, too. I live near the sea, so I often go to the beach.1
watch TV a lot, too. I normally go to bed at three o'clock
in the afternoon.
2 Read the text. Match the halves of the sentences.
1 Sam works d
2 He piays
3 He has breakfast
4 He drives
5 The traffic isn't _
6 He often goes
7 He loves
8 He doesn't earn _
a very bad.
b to the beach,
c a Lot of money.
d at a club.
e to work.
f his job.
g the piano.
h at a cafe.
dont work on Sundays and Mondays, because the club
isnt open. On those always go to bed late - at
seven o clock in the evening.
3 What happens at these times?
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Complete the sentences about Sam. Use and, but, or
because.
I Sam doesn't often eat at home becau&e he goes to
cafes and restaurants.
2 He works in the city centre,
live there.
3 His journey to work is OK, _
bad in the evening.
4 The club closes at 5 a.m., _
home then.
5 Sam goes to the beach
of TV.
he doesn't
. the traffic isn't
he doesn't go
he watches a lot
6 He goes to bed late on Sundays and Mondays,
he doesn't work on those days.
j Complete the table. Use the words in
the box.
l-we leave beach chnldren these this
it eat teacher finish week with
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