Cutting Edge Elementary Worksheet

Module 3 – Life in my country

Looking at life and daily routine in a country

1 How much do you know about British life? Are the sentences below true (T) or false (F)?

a British people usually work from 9 to 5. ( )

b The shops open from 9 to 5, too. ( )
c The shops never open for lunch. ( )
d Children start school at 9, as well. ( )
e Children attend school from 4 years old to 16 or 18. ( )
f British people always go home for lunch. ( )
g British people never have dinner. ( )
h British people like gardens. ( )
i British people usually live in flats. ( )
j Pubs close at 11 pm. ( )

2 How much do you know about the routine of a Czech person? Read Pavel’s routine and
number the sentences in the correct order:

( ) Then he goes back home by bus.

( ) He takes a shower first thing in the morning.
( ) He goes to bed at 10.30.
( ) Then he has bread and cheese for breakfast.
( ) He leaves his house at 7 o’clock to go to work.
( ) Pavel usually gets up at 6.30.
( ) He works until 4 pm.
( ) He always has lunch at his work canteen, never at home.
( ) At home, he cooks his dinner.
( ) It takes Pavel about half an hour to get to work by bus.

3 Copy Pavel’s routine below in the right order:

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 Cutting Edge Elementary Worksheet

Module 3 – Life in my country

Looking at life and daily routine in a country

Teacher’s notes
These exercises should be done after students have completed pages 26 and 27.

1
a British people usually work from 9 to 5. (T)
b The shops open from 9 to 5, too. (T)
c The shops never open for lunch. (F)
d Children start school at 9, as well. (T)
e Children attend school from 4 years old to 16 or 18. (T)
f British people always go home for lunch. (F)
g British people never have dinner. (F)
h British people like gardens. (T)
i British people usually live in flats. (F)
j Pubs close at 11 pm. (T)

2
( 8) Then he goes back home by bus.
( 2) He takes a shower first thing in the morning.
(10) He goes to bed at 10.30.
( 3) Then he has bread and cheese for breakfast.
( 4) He leaves his house at 7 o’clock to go to work.
( 1) Pavel usually gets up at 6.30.
( 7) He works until 4 pm.
( 6) He always has lunch at his work canteen, never at home.
( 9) At home, he cooks his dinner.
( 5) It takes Pavel about half an hour to get to work by bus.

3
Pavel usually gets up at 6.30.
He takes a shower first thing in the morning.
Then he has bread and cheese for breakfast.
He leaves his house at 7 o’clock to go to work.
It takes Pavel about half an hour to get to work by bus.
He always has lunch at his work canteen, never at home.
He works until 4 pm.
Then he goes back home by bus.
At home, he cooks his dinner.
He goes to bed at 10.30.

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