UNIT 3: DAILY ROUTINES

WEEKENDS
CONSOLIDATION

I. Match the words/phrases on the left and their meaning on the right.

Words/phrases Meaning
1. spare time a. a day when you do not work
2. account for b. very rarely
3. schedule c. to be a particular amount or part of something
4. social networking sites d. to look after someone
5. chill out e. time you are not working
6. chit-chat f. to spend time relaxing
7. see someone g. to talk about things that are not important
8. day off h. online platforms where people interact with each other
9. barely i. a list of what you have to do and the time you do each of them
10. take care of someone k. to visit someone

 Talking about preferences

- prefer somebody/something to somebody/something: I prefer Facebook to Instagram. (NOT I prefer

Facebook than Instagram.)

- would rather…than…: I would rather (=I’d rather) listen to the radio than watch TV. (NOT I’d rather
listening to the radio than watching TV or I’d rather to listen to the radio than to watch TV.)

- rather than…: I decided to take guitar lessons rather than join/joining a sports club.

II. Look at the following part 1 questions and do the tasks.

1. Rearrange the sentences to make a complete answer.

1.1. Which do you prefer, Saturday or Sunday?

1. I have a group of friends and we like to meet up on Saturday night.

2. I definitely prefer Saturday because I can go out in the evening and do whatever I enjoy.

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3. More importantly, I hate Sunday evening because I know I have to go to school the next morning.

4. We usually have a great time chilling out.

1.2. What part of the day do you like best?

1. I can also spend some time in the afternoon on my real passion: badminton, and I have the evening to look
forward to.

2. My favorite part of the day is late afternoon.

3. I like it more than any other part of the day because it’s when I get home from school after studying hard.

1.3. What do you do on the weekend?

1. I usually go to bed early on Sunday night.

2. I’m quite an introvert but sometimes on Sunday morning I go out for a coffee with some close friends,
especially if we haven’t met for a long time.

3. Usually I prefer staying at home, I spend most of my Saturday on my hobbies such as gardening and pottery.

4. On Saturday evenings I like listening to music and going onto some social networking sites such as
Facebook or Instagram.

2. Match the sentence halves on the left with sentences/words or phrases on the right.

2.1. What did you do last weekend?

1. Like every weekend, I had a big sleep and got up a. and cooked myself a big yummy meal and watched
quite late some TV until late at night.

2. I spent most of the Saturday chilling out b. and at night I went to bed early.

3. I spent most of my Sunday online chatting with c. on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.
my friends

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2.2. What are you going to do next weekend?
1. I don’t have any actual plan for this weekend, a. since we don’t see each other often during
weekdays.

2. If the weather is nice, I will probably have a b. to be honest.

barbeque and chit chat with my friends,

3. Otherwise, if it’s wet, I’ll just stay home, c. continue with my homework and watch a bit of
TV.

2.3. Do you feel that weekends now are more important to you than when you were a child?
1. Yes, weekends or days off a. I barely have time for family or friends, not to
mention taking care of ourselves.

2. Since working time accounts for a higher b. and I also had my parents take care of me.
proportion of my schedule,

3. Back then I was of course more relaxed c. are becoming more important to me.

4. I had a lot of free time, d. because there was no pressure and no deadlines.

III. Exam practice

1. What is your daily study routine?

2. Have you ever changed your routine?

3. Do you think it is important to have a daily routine for your study?

4. What part of your day do you like best?

5. What do you usually do on weekends?

6. Did you do anything special last weekend?

7. What will you do next weekend?

8. Do you prefer studying in the morning or in the afternoon?

9. What do you usually do in the evening?

10. What did you do in the evening when you were little? Why?

11. Are there any differences between what you do in the evening now and what you did in the past?

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