Talk about Time and Daily Routines.

Vocabulary. (Track 41 express. P 38)

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A. Listen and repeat these times.

1. 2:00
2. 2:05
3. 2:10
4. 2:15
5. 2:25
6. 2:30
7. 2:45

B. Look at the times in exercise A and match them with the

written form.

1. ___
a. It’s two twenty five
2. ___ b. It’s two fifty five
c. It’s two o’clock
3. ___
d. It’s two fifteen
4. ___
e. It’s two thirty
5. ___ f. It’s two ten
g. It’s two twenty
6. ___
h. It’s two oh five
7. ___
i. It’s two forty

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 C. What time is it? Write the time.

2.
1. ______________________ Página | 2
______________________

3. 4.
______________________ ______________________

5.
______________________ 6.
______________________

D. Find out more examples with the help of your teacher.

Examples:  12:15 It’s a quarter past twelve.
 2:00 It’s two o’clock. It’s twelve fifteen
 3:20 It’s twenty past three  2:30 It’s half past two
It’s three twenty It’s two thirty

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 E. Write the times in two different ways. Remember to start with
It’s …

1. 7:20 __________________________/____________________________
2. 5:35 __________________________/____________________________ Página | 3

3. 3:45 __________________________/____________________________
4. 5:05 __________________________/____________________________
5. 10:30 _________________________/____________________________

Daily routines.
A. Match the pictures with the routines.

a b c d

f g h i

get up go to school have breakfast take a nap

have dinner have lunch start work
take a shower finish work do the homework go to bed

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 B. Look at the pictures and complete these sentences with
your own information.
1. I get up at_______________________________________.
2. I take a shower every ___________________________. Página | 4

3. I start work at __________________________________.

4. I finish work at __________________________________.
5. I go to bed at ___________________________________.
6. I take a nap in ___________________________________.

c. Work with a partner. Take turns asking and answering

about a person you know. Use these cues:

Example: What time does he/ she start work?

She/He starts work at 8 o’clock.

What time / have breakfast?

What / do in the morning?

Where/ have lunch?

What time/ go home?

What time/ go to bed?

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D. Complete the sentences with the simple present tense. Use
the verbs in parentheses.
1. Jenny __________________ (get up) at eight o’clock.
2. I __________________ (start) work at half past seven in the evening. Página | 5

3. My father __________________ (not take a nap) at noon.

4. Cecil and Fred__________________ (not have lunch) at one fifteen
5. The English teacher _______________(finish her class) at eleven forty-five.
6. She ___________________(not have dinner) at a quarter to one.

E. Look at the time people do their routines in exercise D

and draw the hands in these clocks.
1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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F. Unscramble the sentences.
1. take-- a nap—I—in-- the afternoon
_____________ _____________________________________.
2. does—not—at—eight-- o’clock—Mary—finish—work Página | 6
___________________________________________________.
3. at—one—thirty—have—lunch--We
____________________________________________________.
4. morning—Ela—every—takes—the-- bus
____________________________________________________.
5. classes—finishes—at—five-- o’clock-- Tanya
_____________________________________________________.

Listening. Look at the photos and guess what Joel’s job is.
Then listen and check your answer.

Listen again and answer the questions about his routines.

1. What does he do? ____________________________________.

2. What time does he get up? _____________________________.
3. What time does he get a nap? ___________________________.
4. Does he take photos at noon? ___________________________.
5. What time does he take photos? _________________________.

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Describe what you do at work.
A. Let’s check the vocabulary. Repeat after your teacher.

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B. Classify the activities.

Things I do everyday Things I do every week Things I don’t do

I check my emails

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|Look at sentences. Look at the position of the adverb of
frequency in each sentence.
Adverbs of frequency
I always get up at 6:45. Página | 8

Tom sometimes does his homework.

Susan is never late.
They are always the first in my class.

1. Talk about your day as a student. Complete these

sentences with Frequency Adverbs.
1. I _____________________ check my emails twice a day.
2. I _____________________ go to English class on Sundays.
3. I _________________ have lunch with my friends at the university.
4. I _____________________ watch TV at night.
5. I _____________________ go to bed late.

2. Complete the sentences. Use the adverb of frequency and

the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
a. Barbara _________________ (never/ be) late for her piano lessons.
b. I ________________________ (often/ wash) my car
c. Erick ___________________(sometimes/be) bored in class.
d. We ______________________ (usually/ play) cards on weekends.
e. My friends and I _____________________(never/ buy) old books
f. Helen _______________________ (always/ starts) work early.
g. They __________________________ (often/ drive) to school.
h. Our group __________________________ (never/ go) to the gym.

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Reading. Read about a nurse and her daily routine.
Complete the text with the verbs in bold. You can use
them more than once.
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watch finish start have is

go read get up

My name _____ Alissa and I’m a nurse at Washington Hospital. At the

moment I’m on night duty. I ______ work at 9:30 p.m. and _______ at
8:00 a.m. Then I _____ home and _______ breakfast. I usually
______the newspaper and ________ television a little and then I
______ to bed. I _______ at about 4 p.m. I sometimes _____
shopping, then ________ dinner. After that I ____ to the hospital.
That’s a typical day – or night- for me!

Writing. Write a paragraph about your typical day. Start

new sentences with Then I…, After that I.., After lunch / work
I ….

I always get up at seven and take a shower, Then I …

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