UNIT 4 SPENDING HABITS

DAILY ROUTINES AND HOUSE STUFF

EVIRTUAL. LISTENING 1. Watch the video and Answer the questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IacjiYGj9l4

What time does Mr. Bean wake up?

What does he do after waking up?

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What does he do in the car?
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Is he late for work?
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What time do you wake up?
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What do you do after you wake up?

LISTENING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Autn4ipqk
1. Watch the video and write sentences about your routine similar to those ones of the video.
In a piece of paper.
Oral lesson, describe your routine.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Autn4ipqk

Activity 1: Habits and Routines

1. 1. Before listening:

1. Number the following activities according to your own routine (1 for the activity you
do first and 6 for the activity you do last).

Go to the university Have lunch

Take a shower

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 Get dressed Have breakfast Do homework

2. Discuss the questions with a classmate:

✰ What is your favorite part of your routine? Why?

✰ When do you do more activities?

In the morning? In the afternoon?
In the evening?

2.2. Grammar focus:

2.2.1. Frequency Adverbs.

Hardly
Always Usually Never often sometimes
ever

Write the adverbs in order of frequency from never to always

0% 100%

never __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

Expressing Frequency
She always gets up at six thirty
We usually go to the library in the morning
She is never asleep before midnight
Do you ever lift weights at the gym?
Yes, I always / usually/ often / sometimes lift weights at the gym.
No, I never lift weights at the gym.
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How often do you exercise?
I always / usually / often / never exercise.
I exercise everyday / week / month / year
I exercise once / twice / three times a week
I don’t exercise very much / at all.

1. Complete the sentences with an adverb of frequency. Make the sentences true for
you.

a) I _______get up at 7:00

b) I ______ ___ have a short breakfast.

c) I ____________ play sports on weekends.

d) I ____ _____ snack late at night.

e) I _________eat junk food at home.

f) I _______ go out at night.

g) I _________ go to bed before midnight.

h) I ____sometimes_____ get home before 7:00.

2. Write sentences about how often Sebastian does each of these activities. Use each
frequency adverb above once.

Activity Frequency Sentence

smoke in class 0 times a week (1) He never smokes in class

wake up before 7:00 am 1 time a month (2)

take a nap in the afternoon 6 times a week (3) .

visit relatives 4 times a month (4)

be at home in the
every day (5)
evening
do homework. 4 times a week (6)

3. Speaking production:

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 1. Answer the following questions by using ADVERBS of FREQUENCY. Share your
answers with the class.
HOW OFTEN do you practice English? I usually practice English.
 How often do you order delivery food?
 How often do you run?
 How often do you eat junk food?
 How often do you drink?
 How often do you travel?
 How often do you visit your family?
 How often do you eat vegetables?
 How often do you go to the dentist?

a) How often do you practice a sport?

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b) How often do you visit your grandparents?
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c) How often do you clean your house?
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d) How often do you wash your dog?
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e) How often do you sleep late?
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f) How often do you take the bus?
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g) How often do you cook at home?
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LISTENING 3 https://www.englishlistening.com/index.php/listen-to-passages/Listen and choose the

best answer.

Nancy's Schedule
Nancy talks about her complicated schedule as a dental hygienist.

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 Accent: General American
Gender: Female
Speed: Very Slow  
Words/Minute: 114
Length: 2:1
After Listening
* What hours does the speaker work on Monday?

 7 AM to 12 PM
 5 PM to 9 PM
 8:15 AM to 5 PM
 Noon to 6 PM
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* On which two days does the speaker have the same schedule?

 Monday and Tuesday

 Wednesday and Thursday
 Thursday and Friday
 Tuesday and Thursday
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* What is the main purpose of the speaker's talk?

 To describe a typical week at work

 To explain the details of a day at work
 To discuss the importance of the job
 To compare the work of doctors and dentists
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* What does the speaker think of her work?

 She enjoys helping the patients.

 She enjoys sleeping late every morning.
 It is too complicated to remember.
 It is difficult to describe her schedule.

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Imagine you are Laura. Match the correct sentence with each picture. Rewrite
the correct the sentences in the correct order.

1. 2. I take a shower and get dressed.

2. 4 I usually go to the library in the morning.
3. 5 I have lunch at a coffee shop.
4. 6 I go home at five o’clock.
5. 1. I always get up at six thirty.
6. 8 I go to bed at eleven thirty, but I am never asleep before midnight.
7. 7 After dinner, I go out with my friends.
8. 3 I have breakfast at 7:15. 7.45

SPEAK. Describe your routine during the day. Is it the same as Laura’s?
3. WORK IN PAIRS. Ask and answer about Laura.
Example:
A: What time does Laura get up? What time do you get up?
B: She gets up at six thirty.

A: What does she do after that? What do you do after that?

B: She takes a shower and gets dressed.

Use these cues to make questions,

1. What time / have breakfast?
2. What / do in the morning?
3. Where / have lunch?
4. What time /go home?
5. What / do after dinner?
6. What time / go to bed?

4.Look at your partner’s answers. Do you do the same things at the same time?

Tell the class.

Carlos gets up at six thirty, but I get up at seven…..

We both have lunch at twelve thirty. ……………
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LISTENING. Listen to Rick and Alicia talking about their daily routines. How often do they do these
things? Put a check ( ) mark. Track 21. CD1Open Mind 1

ACTIVITY Always usually often sometimes Rarely Never

Rick:

Free time

Work in the morning

Study in the
afternoon

Have time to go out

Alicia:
Get up late

Study in the
morning

Relax in the
afternoon.

Go out in the
evening

SPEAK. WORK IN PAIRS. Describe your usual weekend routine.

On Sundays, I usually get up late. I …………………..

Prepositions of time

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 Cómo se usan las preposiciones IN – ON – AT (Tiempo y Lugar)

1. Cuándo utilizar la preposición “IN”: “Dentro de”, “en (interior)”

 Espacios cerrados: in my room, in the living room, etc.

 Dentro de objetos: in the box, in the book, etc. My id is in the drawer
 Lugares con límites definidos: in the park, in the football pitch, etc. (at the park)
 Ciudades y países: in London, in Germany, etc.
 Largos períodos de tiempo (siglos, décadas, años, estaciones y meses): in 2012 in 2021,
 in December, in Spring.
 Partes del día: in the morning/afternoon/evening. In the afternoon, in the evening
 Esquina dentro de una habitación: in the corner.

2. Cuándo utilizar la preposición “ON”: “Sobre”, “encima de”

 Días especiales: on my birthday, on Christmas Day, etc.
 Días de la semana: on Monday, on Sunday, etc.
 Sobre superficies: on the table, on the beach, etc. over the bed
 Direcciones: on the right, on the left, etc.
 Partes del cuerpo: on the arm, on the head, etc.
 Medios de transporte: on a bus, on a plane, etc.
 Esquina exterior como la de un edificio: on the corner.
 Fin de semana: on the weekend, on weekends…on weekdays (*) Solo en inglés americano.
 Haciendo referencia a una página específica de un libro o revista: on the page 347.

3. Cuándo utilizar la preposición “AT”: “En”, “junto a”, “al lado de”
 Lugares comunes: at home, at school, etc. at the church, at the hospital. At the park
 Lugares específicos: at Natural History museum, at the Cambridge University, at the University
of Cuenca. etc.
 Direcciones y domicilios: at 2393 Colon Square, at 14-15 Bolívar Street, at 23-14 Solano
Avenue. I live on Solano Avenue
 Sitios concretos de un establecimiento: at the door, at the window, etc.
 Citas y acontecimientos: at the party, at the meeting, etc.
 Posiciones: at the top/bottom, at the front/back, etc.
 Horas y momentos determinados del día: at 4:00 am, at midnight, at night
 Períodos vacacionales: at Christmas, at Easter, etc.

In the night

I EAT MY LUNCH AT MIDDAY At noon.

At night I watch TV at night 9.30- 10-11 .59) in the evening ( 6-9)

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I eat my dinner in the evening

I watch Netflix at night

At midnight 12:00 pm

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

PREPOSITIONS of TIME

AT IN ON
 night  the morning  Sunday
 10:30  the afternoon  Monday morning
 noon / midday  the evening  Tuesday afternoon
 midnight  February  Wednesday evening
 bedtime  (the) spring  my birthday
 sunrise  (the summer)  a holiday
 sunset  (the) fall / autumn  Christmas day
 the weekend (U.K.)  (the) winter  May 5
 2013  a weekday
 the 1990s  time
 a (few) minute(s)  the weekend (U.S.)

 Fill in the blanks below with the correct prepositions of time.

1. My brother has a new job. He works the evening.

2. We’re going to have a picnic Saturday afternoon. Would you like to come?
3. I’ll be finished my work an hour. Then, I can go home.
4. When is the meeting? Is it 2:00?
5. I like to get up really early, sunrise, when the birds start to sing.
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 6. Tom’s birthday is next week, January 14.
7. My grandfather was born the 1950s.
8. Will we be time, or will we miss our flight?
9. My family and I like to ski winter.
10. Are there any holidays October?
11. Our school cafeteria opens for lunch noon.
12. What time does your son go to bed night?
13. We moved to this city 2012.
14. Are you going to do anything special your birthday?
15. I’m not going to watch that TV show. It starts midnight!

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 Read the following paragraph and identify the sequence words and frequency
words.

My daily routine:

My name is Adam. I always wake up at 7 o’clock in the morning then I wash my

face and brush my teeth. After that,  I do some exercises, then I put my clothes
on and prepare my school bag. Next, I have my breakfast and wait for the
school bus. At 8 o’clock I go to school and start my first class then I go to the
second class. After that, I often take my lunch break and talk with my friends. At
around 12 noon I go back home and take a rest. Next, I usually watch some TV
and chat with my family then I do my homework and help my mother in the
house. At  9 o’clock I read a book and go to sleep.

Also your daily routine essay or the sentences in the paragraph should
have some of the following:

Conjunctions needed:

 Then, next, after that

 And, or, because, so
 In, on, at, above, under
 Always, usually, often
 First, second, finally

Exercise 1. Choose the correct Word

1. (That, Those) movie tell about the flight of Apollo 13

2. (This, these) story shows how astronauts survived.
3. (That, This) picture I am holding is dramatic
4. It was the 1960’s, and in (those, these) days space travel was new.

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 5. Look at (these, this) pictures of a space capsule.
6. The first astronauts lived in (that, these) tiny space.
7. (These, this) report deserves a 20/20

Transition words.

READING

Read about a nurse working that night shift.

“I am a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital. This week I’m working the night shift. First,
I start work at 10:00 p.m., and I leave at 6:00 a.m. Then I go home and have
breakfast. I usually read the newspaper and watch television a little and later I go to
bed. Next, I get up at about four in the afternoon. I sometimes go shopping before I
have dinner. After that, I go to the hospital. Finally, that’s a typical day – or night-
for me”

Answer questions.
What is the main idea?
a. A nurse’s hobbies
b. A famous hospital
c. A nurse’s daily routine
d. A nurse’s favorite job

1. Where does she work?

2. When does she start to work?
3. What dime does she leave?
4. What does she do after she leaver her work?
5. How often does she read the newspaper?
6. What time does she get up?
7. How often does she go shopping?
8. When does she go to the hospital?

WRITING

Write a paragraph about your typical day. Do it in 120 words. Start new sentences
with Then I…., After that, I ……., After lunch, I …….

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Now read this paragraph and change from ‘I’ to ‘she’.

My name is Marsha Adams and I’m twenty-three years old. I usually get
up at half past six and then I have a shower. I have breakfast at seven and
at twenty past seven I go to the office by car. My job starts at nine o’clock.
At half past one I have lunch in the office canteen. I go home at ten past
five. When I arrive home, I take my dog to the park for a walk. Next, I
usually meet my friends for dinner in a vegetarian restaurant. After that, I
watch TV in the living room. Finally, I brush my teeth and at about ten
o’clock I go to bed.
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Look at the pictures and write a paragraph about the man’s daily
routine.

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 Mr. Smith wakes up at 6
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SPEAKING
1. What time do you usually get up in the morning?
2. What do you do after that?
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 3. What time do you have breakfast?
4. What do you do in the morning?
5. Where do you have lunch?
6. What do you do after dinner?
7. What time do you usually go to bed at night?
8. What do you often do on the weekends?

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