UNIT 5: DAILY ACTIVITIES

VOCABULARY: TELLING TIME

ON THE TIME (1 – 29 MINUTES)

A QUARTER PAST
O’CLOCK PAST/AFTER
THIRTY (31 -59 MINUTES)
A QUARTER TO
HALF PAST TO

6: 00 = IT’S SIX O’CLOCK

6: 10 = IT’S SIX TEN. / IT’S TEN PAST SIX.

8: 12 = IT’S EIGHT TWELVE. / IT’S TWELVE PAST EIGHT.

8: 15 = IT’S EIGHT FIFTEEN. / IT’S A QUARTER PAST EIGHT.

4: 30 = IT’S FOUR THIRTY. / IT’S HALF PAST FOUR.

5: 35 = IT’S FIVE THIRTY- FIVE. / IT’S TWENTY - FIVE TO SIX.

7: 45 = IT’S SEVEN FORTY - FIVE. / IT’S A QUARTER TO EIGHT.

6: 50 = IT’S TEN TO SEVEN.

10: 10 = IT’S TEN PAST TEN.

11: 15 = IT’S A QUARTER PAST ELEVEN.

I GET UP AT HALF PAST SEVEN. / I GET UP AT ABOUT A QUARTER PAST SIX.

12PM. = MID DAY/ NOON 12 AM. = MIDNIGHT

I GO TO BED AT MIDNIGHT.

Am.
Meals (verbs) Pm.
Have breakfast
Have lunch
Have dinner
Grammar: simple present tense
Use: activities/ actions/ habits / routines
Structure : form

AFFIRMATIVE MARIA CLEANS THE HOUSE

EVERY MORNING. 3RD PERSON = HE, SHE, IT

3RD PERSON = S, ES, IES THE VERB CHANGES

WE STUDY ENGLISH EVERY
O, SS, SH, CH, X = -ES AFTERNOON.

KISSES, WATCHES, FIXES, MY FATHER WASHES HIS

I, WE, THEY, YOU =
GOES CAR ON SUNDAYS.
THE VERB DOESN’T
CONSONANT +Y = IES
JOHN STUDIES ENGLISH CHANGE/ BASE FORM
VOWEL + Y = S
AT WEEKENDS.
STAYS, CARRIES
THEY WORK ON
SUNDAYS.

NEGATIVE WE DON’T STUDY ENGLISH JOHN DOESN’T STUDY

EVERY AFTERNOON. ENGLISH AT WEEKENDS.

DON’T + VERB BASE MY FATHER DOESN’T WASH

HIS CAR ON SUNDAYS. THEY DON’T WASH HIS
FORM
CAR ON SUNDAYS.
DOESN’T + VERB BASE
FORM

INTERROGATIVE/ DOES MARIA CLEAN THE WHAT DO YOU DO AT

QUESTIONS HOUSE VERY MORNING? THE WEEKENDS?

DO YOU STUDY ENGLISH WHY DO YOU STUDY

AT THE WEEKENDS? ENGLISH?
 DO + S + VERB BASE FORM

DOES + S + V. BASE FORM

SHORT ANSWERS

YES, + S + DO/ DOES.

NO, + S + DON’T/
DOESN’T

TIME EXPRESSIONS EVERY (DAY, MORNING, ADVERBS FREQUENCY

TUESDAY, CHRISTMAS …
How often you do a specific
IN (THE MORNING, THE activity
AFTERNOON, THE
EVENING)
ALWAYS
ON (SUNDAY, APRIL, USUALLY
OFTEN
VALENTINE’S DAY …
SOMETIMES
NEVER
AT (TIME, NIGHT)

Take the shower Clean the house Visit relatives Follow a diet
Have breakfast Listen to the class Go to the hairdresser Smoke
Brush teeth Watch movies on TV. Travel Look after my
Feed the cat Buy food nephews
Use the cellphone Go to the gym
Use the laptop Play videogames
Surf in the Internet
Listen to music
TINA ALWAYS COOKS THE DINNER AT HOME.
MY FATHER RARELY GOES TO THE SUPERMARKET.
JOHN IS ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC.
I AM NEVER LATE.
SOMETIMES, SHE TRAVELS TO MEET CLIENTS.
I DON’T USUALLY GO TO THE SUPERMARKET. = SOMETIMES, I GO TO THE
SUPERMARKET