Level I – Project Guide

How do you live?

Time: 12 hours

Along this Project, we will talk about how our culture affects the way we live.

1. Click on the image and take a look at the following video. What’s the video about?

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2. Now, complete the expressions below with help of the video.

GET UP WASH MY FA E EAT BREAKFAST

GO TO UNIVERSITY GET WORK GO TO BED

 3. What time is it in Paris? What time is it in Mumbai? Click on the image and learn how to tell the time. Then,
answer the questions below.

a. What time is it in Rio de Janeiro? It´s a nineteen past nine

b. What do Brazilians do at this hour? _________________________________________________.
c. What time is it in Sydney? It´s a nineteen past ten
d. What do Australians do at this hour? _______________________________________________.

4. Answer the questions about the time you perform daily activities. Then, interview a classmate and write
his/her answers on the right column. Report yours and your classmate’s answers. Example: I take a shower
at 5:40, but Brenda doesn’t
Question My answer My classmate’s answer

What time do you take a shower on I take a shower at 5:40 am. Brenda takes a shower at 5:50 am.
Monday?
What time do you have lunch on
Tuesday? I have lunch at 1:00 pm Camila has lunch at 2:00 pm

What time do you do homework on

Wednesday? I do the homework at 10:30 pm Camila does homework at 5:00 pm

What time do you go to the

university on Thursday? I go to the university at 6:00 pm Camila goes to university at 5:40 pm

1. Taken from http://bossnepal.com/daily-life-ordinary-nepali-family/

What time do you have dinner on
Friday? I have dinner at 10:50 pm Camila has dinner at 10:30 pm

What time do you go to bed on

Saturday? I go to bed at 11:50 pm Camila goes to bed at 11:40 pm

What time do you wake up on

Sunday? I wake up at 8:30 am Camila wakes up at 10:00 am

5. Write a short paragraph talking about your daily life. Introduce yourself, say where you are from and what a
typical day in your life is like.
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6. Read the following text and answer the questions below.
Daily life in Nepal1.

Nepal is a developing country and its people are very

simple. They have a comfortable life with whatever they
have. The happy personality of the Nepalese helps them
live a comfortable life in the middle of the scarcity. An
ordinary day of an ordinary Nepali begins at about five or
six in the morning. They take a shower and sit for puja
(pray). After the puja, the mother prepares tea and serves
it to the family members. After their tea and breakfast,
people in the family do homework, read the newspaper or
help the mother in the kitchen while she prepares the
morning meal. The morning meal consists of dal (lentil
soup), bhat (rice), tarkari (vegetable), spicy achar
(condiment in a bottle) or chutney (fresh condiment).

2. Do Nepalese families have a difficult life according to

the text?

1. Taken from http://bossnepal.com/daily-life-ordinary-nepali-family/

After the morning meal, the mother cleans the dishes and kitchen, the children go to school and the father goes to the
office. The grandparents go for a walk, visit people or read religious books. Grandmothers often prepare batti out of
cotton or make typical snacks. If the mother works, then she finishes all her housework before she goes to the office. The
kids always take home-made snacks for their school lunch.

The lunch is ready by the time everyone returns home and after lunch, the
children play for an hour or two and then do homework. The mother cooks
dinner and sometimes the daughter helps her mother. The father enjoys TV
until dinner is ready and the whole family sits together to eat. After dinner, the
father and kids watch TV and the mother joins them only after she finishes her
kitchen work. They drink a glass of milk before they go to bed because they
believe that milk helps to sleep well. They go to bed usually after 9 or 10 pm.
And the next morning, the same routine starts.

1. What is the text about?

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3. What’s the role of the mother in the family?_____________________________________

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4. What do people in Nepal do for fun at home?

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5. Do people drink tea before they go to bed? Explain your answer.

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6. Do you find any difference between a Nepalese family routine and yours? Explain your answer.
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Statements Negations

I WAKE UP at 6:00 am. I DON’T wake up at 6:00 am.

1. Taken from http://bossnepal.com/daily-life-ordinary-nepali-family/
 You STUDY in the evening. You DON’T study in the evening.
My dad WAKES UP at 8 o’clock. My dad DOESN’T wake up at 8 o’clock.
María PLAYS volleyball. María DOESN’T play volleyball.
It often RAINS in Manizalez. It DOESN’T always rain in Cali.
We LIVE in Cali. We DON’T live in Cali.
They WORK in Yumbo. They DON’T work in Yumbo.

Rule: In the present simple tense, the VERB for the Rule: For negative sentences we use the auxiliar
grammatical persons I, YOU, WE, THEY __________ with I, YOU, WE, THEY and the verb
________________. ___________ change.

For HE, SHE, IT, the verb changes. We must add For HE, SHE, IT, we use the auxiliar ____________
____, ________, or _________ depending on the verb and the verb ____________ change.
ending.
Yes/No questions Information questions
DO I wake up at 6:00 am? WHAT TIME DO I wake up?
DO you study in the evening? WHEN DO you study?
DOES your dad wake up at 8:00 o’clock? WHAT TIME DOES your dad wake up?
DOES María play volleyball? WHAT DOES María play?
DOES it rain in Cali? HOW OFTEN DOES it rain in Cali?
DO you live in Bogotá? WHERE do you live?
DO you work in Jamundí? WHERE do you work?

Rule: for making questions we place the auxiliar Rule: For asking for specific information, make a
_______ or ________ at the beginning of the sentence YES, NO question and add a WH question at the
and write an affirmative sentence. Note: for HE, _______________ of the sentence.
SHE, IT the verb ________ change.
7. Take a look at the grammar chart and complete the rules. Then, complete the sentences below with the correct
verb form given in parenthesis.

a. Nepalese people _______HAS _______(have) a very cheerful personality.

b. An ordinary Nepali __________ (start) his/her day early in the morning at about five or six.
c. They ____TAKES _____ (take) a shower and sit for puja.
d. After breakfast, the mother ___DOES__ (do) the dishes and the father ____LEAVES ______ (leave) for work.
e. When the family members ___________ (come back) home, lunch _______ (be) ready.
f. The father ______WATCHS ___ (watch) TV after dinner and the whole family _____________SITS ___ (sit)
together to eat.
h. Nepalese people_____________________ (not/have) a lot of money.
i. The father in a Nepali family ____________________________ (not/ wash) the dishes.

1. Taken from http://bossnepal.com/daily-life-ordinary-nepali-family/

 8. Do you know how people in different countries live? Try to complete the chart below with your own ideas.
For example: People in Amazonas take a shower in the river.

Kenya Amazonas Ireland Japan

Sleep

Brush their teeth

Cook

Go to school

Celebrate

FINAL PROJECT: PRESENT SIMPLE TENSES; DAILY ROUTINES

INSTRUCTIONS: WORK IN GROUPS OF MAXIMUM FIVE MEMBERS

1. Now, let’s look at how people really live. Listen to the following video. Discuss with your group members and
answer the following questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4L130DkdOw

Do you think there aren’t differences in the way we live according to our culture?

Do you think your life is very different from the life of a person in Egypt?

What do you think could be so different?

2. Visit the site for seeing more pictures: https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/matrix

3. Choose one of the countries on the website and explore the way they live. Write a short paragraph telling how a
person in that country would live.

4. Now, personify that person and make a short presentation to the class.

1. Taken from http://bossnepal.com/daily-life-ordinary-nepali-family/

1. Taken from http://bossnepal.com/daily-life-ordinary-nepali-family/