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Reading Comprehension: Mathew’s Daily Routine

Read the following passage and then complete the task below:
Hello everyone. My name is Mathew, and I am a chemistry
teacher. I also have a big family, so as you can imagine, I
have a very busy daily routine! First, I get up every
weekday at 5:30 am, shower, get dressed, have breakfast
and drive to work around 7:30 am. I arrive at school at 8
o'clock. I get my class and lessons ready and then teach
until lunchtime. All the other teachers and I eat lunch
together in the staff room. I then teach year 11 students
in the afternoon and finally correct my students’
homework and mock tests. I leave school at 4.30 pm and go straight home. Once I
arrive back home, the first thing I do is help my children with their homework. I
have twin daughters and a son called Michael. The girls' names are Sam and Dawn.
When I have finished with them, I spend some time cooking dinner for everyone in
the kitchen. My wife gets home from work just before we sit down to eat dinner
together. Every evening, we all watch TV before going to bed at about 11 o'clock.
My wife likes to read a bedtime story to the children. Finally, my wife and I chat
about our day in bed before we both fall asleep.

Answer the questions in full sentences:

1.Who is this story about? _______________________________________________________
2.What is his job? _________________________________________________________
3.What time does he wake up? _______________________________________________
4.What does he do before going to work? ______________________________________
5.How does he go to work? __________________________________________________
6. Who does he have lunch with? ______________________________________________
7. What does he do when he gets back home? ___________________________________
8.Who cooks dinner? _______________________________________________________
9.What do they do as a family after dinner? ____________________________________
10.What do the children’s mother like to do? _________________________________
11. When do they go to bed? _____________________________________________
12. What is the last thing they do before falling asleep? ________________________
Discussion: Do you have a daily routine during the week? What do you do?