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Giving Personal Information and Describing Your Routine
Giving Personal Information and Describing Your Routine
After
that, I have breakfast and use my phone. When I finish breakfast, I take the bus to work. I start work at
9 a.m. I have meetings, talk on the phone and prepare documents and reports. At 1 p.m I have lunch.
After lunch, I go back to work. I finish work at 6 p.m. After work, I go to the gym, I like to exercise. After
that, I go home. I get home around 8 p.m. Then I have dinner, take a shower and watch Tv. I go to bed
around 11 p.m
I wake up at 7 o’clock.
I take the car to work and get into the office at about 9.
At the weekend, I usually have breakfast on our balcony and talk with the kids.
I rarely go out during the week as I prefer to relax at home after work.
I sometimes go for a swim at the local pool.
I never eat breakfast at home as I’m often in a rush to get to catch the early train into town.
What about Prague for our next holiday? What do you think | reckon?
Texting/Telephoning/Emailing
Lots of phrases can be used in the present simple, just like in conversation:
Speculating
He seems to be more tired than usual.
She can’t be American – I think she’s Australian with that hat!
He’s probably in his 30’s. He can’t be older.
She must be late – her car’s not here yet.
1. What do you do for fun? (=another way of asking what someone does in their free
time).
2. How do you spend your week? (this could be an easier question to ask if you’re not sure
if the person has a job, as it opens up the conversation for them to answer how they wish)
3. How often do you go out? Where do you like to hang out?
4. What’s your favourite film | TV show | song | book..?
5. Are you a morning person?
6. What superhero do you like the most? Why do you admire them?
7. What’s your morning ritual like? Do you spend half an hour in the shower? (this
could be a fun way to ask a ‘boring’ question).
8. Is there any celebrity that you look up to?
9. How do you spend a rainy day?
10. What’s your biggest addiction? (if you ask this in a fun way, they’ll probably talk about
their coffee habit or spending time with their kids but maybe not something so serious)