This document contains an English worksheet with activities about daily routines. The worksheet includes speaking, writing, reading and listening activities. Students are asked to find classmates with similar routines, write about their own and others' routines, read about sample routines of people like Federica and Marco, and listen to routines of people like Giovanni, Paola and Tanya. The activities focus on common daily activities and use of the present simple tense when describing routines.

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Unit Daily Routines
I. SPEAKING
Activity 1
Find someone who... Student's name
 gets up early in the morning
 has the same number of children as
you
 works long hours
 eat at least two of the same things as
you for breakfast
 gets to work by bus
 does shift work
 has lunch at work
 goes to the supermarket on Saturday
morning
 doesn't mind doing housework
 goes to bed very late
Activity 2
Talk in pairs about your routine. When possible, try to answer the
questions in a personal way.
What time do you get up?
What do you have for breakfast?
How do you get to work?
Where do you usually have lunch?
Do you usually do the housework?
What time do you go to bed?
Do you watch TV?
What do you usually do at weekends?
Activity 3
Work in pairs. Ask your partner questions about her/his daily routine and
take notes of what she/he says. Then tell the class about your partner’s
daily routine.

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II. WRITING
Activity 1
Write sentences about your daily routine using the following verbs:
 wake up
 get up
 have
 leave
 go
 arrive
 start
 finish
 get
 cook
 watch
 sleep
Activity 2
Write questions about people's routines in the week or at the weekend.
Use the following words and phrases:
get up
go to bed
leave home
start work
finish work
get dressed
have a shower
read
cook
have breakfast
have lunch
have dinner
write e-mails
do the housework.
Activity 3
Write an e-mail (30-35 words) to your English speaking friend. Tell
him/her:
1) what you do
2) what time you start and finish work
3) if you have lunch at home or at work
4) what time you usually go to bed.

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Activity 4
Write an e-mail to your English speaking friend and tell him/her about
your daily routine. Tell him/her what you like/don't like about it and try to
add some personal details.
Write about 100 words.
Activity 5
Write your best friend's or partner's daily routine. Include the following
points:
what he/she does
what time he/she gets up
what time and where he/she has lunch
what he/she does in the afternoon and when he/she gets home
what he/she does after dinner
what time he/she goes to bed.
III. READING
Activity 1
Read the text and answer the questions.
Federica is 30 and lives in Arezzo, a nice town in Tuscany, with her son Luca,
aged 8. She is a shop assistant in a department store in the town center. Every
morning she gets up at 6.30 and does some housework. Then she wakes up
Luca and makes his breakfast. She is always in a hurry and she doesn't have
time for breakfast at home.
At 8.00 they cycle to school and then Federica cycles to work. When it's rainy
they go by bus. She usually has breakfast in the cafè next to the department
store. At 9.00 she starts work and she finishes at 1.00pm. She picks up Luca at
1.10 and they go home.
They have lunch together and then they have a rest. At 3.00pm Federica's
mother arrives and helps Luca with his homework. She stays with him until
Federica comes back from work.
At 3.10 Federica leaves home and at 3.30 she starts work again. The
department store closes at 8.00pm but she is never back home before 8.30.
At home she cooks dinner and checks Luca's homework. After dinner she
answers e-mails and watches TV. At 10.00 Luca goes to bed and she reads him
a story. Then she goes to bed because she's really tired.
Where does Federica live?
What does she do?

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What time does she get up?
Does she have breakfast at home?
How does she get to work when it's rainy?
Where do Federica and Luca have lunch?
Who helps Luca with his homework?
How many hours does Federica work in the afternoon?
What does she do after dinner?
What does she do before going to bed?
Activity 2
Read Marco's daily routine and mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
My name's Marco and I'm Italian. I'm 28 and I'm an office worker. My working
time is 9.00am-6.00pm and I have one hour break from 1.00pm to 2.00pm. I
work for a company in Florence and my responsibility is handling our company's
eBay account, in fact my job is customer service of the Italian market. I get up at
6.45am and prepare my breakfast. At 8.20 I leave home and I drive to work. I
arrive at the company at 8.50am. Then I start work: I reply emails from the
customers and process orders, as well as upload items to eBay. Between 1.00-
2.00pm is my lunch time. I always cook my own lunch and bring it to the
company where I heat it in the microwave oven. After lunch I have a walk
around the company till 2.00pm and then I start to work again.
Working time is over at 6.00pm and I drive back home. When I arrive at home I
cook dinner and I also prepare lunch for the following day. After dinner I take a
30 minute walk outside and when I come back I watch TV. I go to bed at 11.00.
Marco works six hours per day
He has an hour break every day
He works for a company in Pisa
He gets to work by bus
He has lunch at home
He has a walk after lunch
He finishes work at 6.30
He prepares lunch for the following day
He meets friends after dinner
 He goes to bed at 11.00.
IV. LISTENING
Activity 1
Listen to Giovanni’s daily routine and mark the statements T (true) or F
(false).
Giovanni lives in Arezzo
He gets up at 7.00 a.m.
He has a big breakfast in the morning

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He always drives to work
He works 8 hours a day
He has lunch at the factory canteen
He wants to get a diploma in accountancy
He comes back home at 11.30 pm
He watches TV before going to bed
 He never goes to the disco.
Activity 2
Listen to Paola’s daily routine and answer the questions.
What does Paola do?
Where does she live?
Where does she work?
Where's the school she goes to?
What time does she start work in the morning?
When can she take her children to school?
What time does she get home when she works in the afternoon?
Can she attend classes when she works in the afternoon and at night?
What does she do in the morning when the weather is fine and she's not
working?
 Does she like her routine?
Activity 3
Listen to Tanya’s daily routine and answer the questions.
Where does Tanya live?
Where is she from?
How many children has she got?
Has she got any pets?
How does she get to work?
What time does she finish work?
What does she study?
Does she like her job?
What does she do when she comes back home at night?
What time does she go to bed?
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