MONDAY BLUES

All about daily life

 Listen to Part 1 of the
conversations. Choose the day of
the week that Emily and Frank
each talk about.

Emily: Sunday / Monday

Frank: Sunday / Monday

Listen to the audio in task 1a again. Check your

answers to Task 1 and choose the better
meaning for the words below.

1 Peppy lively and full of energyunhappy

2 Energetic passiveactive and full of energy
3 Exhausted very tiredactive and full of energy
4 Grumpy unhappy and a little angryhappy and
satisfed
5 Crabby motivated and talkativea little angry
because of small, unimportant things
 Are you crabby or peppy today

25%
75%
 Listen to the conversations. Then
look at the actions below and
choose the speaker / speakers that
talk about them.
1 oversleep
7 do a workout
EmilyFrank
EmilyFrank
2 put on make-up
8 get dressed
EmilyFrank
EmilyFrankBoth
3 make phone calls
9 be late
EmilyFrank
EmilyFrank
4 take a shower
10 check emails
EmilyFrankBoth
EmilyFrank
5 grab a (quick) bite
11 be busy
EmilyFrank
EmilyFrank
6 shave
12 take a (lunch) break
EmilyFrank
EmilyFrank

 Listen to the conversations

again, read the statements and
choose true or false.
1 Emily works on Sunday.
2 Emily wakes up early on Sunday.
3 Emily often cooks for friends.
4 Emily doesn’t usually stay at home
on Sunday.
5 Frank usually gets up at 6 on
Monday.
6 Frank doesn’t usually have
breakfast on Monday.
7 Frank usually drives to work on
Monday.
8Frank’s wife makes a sandwich for
him.
Tell how you usually feel on
Monday and describe your
routines. Use the words and
phrases
On Monday, I usually…
I have to…
I don’t have to…
 In the interview, the reporter says
Frank has the case of Mondays. What
do you think it means?

Intro

Do you have to go back to work and work routine on

Monday? Do you feel stressed and upset about it? Do
you believe that Monday is the worst day of the week?
If your answer is “yes” to all three, you’ve got the case
of Mondays or Monday Blues. And you’re not alone.
According to a study by Marmite in 2011, the average
person in the UK does not smile on a Monday until
11.16 am. To change the sad statistics, we offer you a
list of things you can do to energize your Monday!
1 Plan A Lunch With A Friend
You feel better about your day if you are with people who make you happy.

2 Take A Class
Mondays can be hard because you don’t do things you like. Go to a fun class after work with a friend or two.

3 Do Something Nice For A Coworker

Offer to help a coworker with a task or pay for their lunch when you, guys, go out. Helping others is one of
the best ways to make you peppy.

4 Focus On The Positive Things About Your Job

Stop thinking about things that make you crabby. Concentrate on what you love about your job to help fight
those Monday Blues.

5 Have A Rest At The Weekend

Some people do some work at the weekend because they’re sure it can make their Mondays easier. But the
result is just the opposite: they feel exhausted because they work non-stop and they don’t rest at all.

6 Dress Up
On Sunday night, choose your favourite clothes for Monday, because if you look good, you feel good!

7 Listen To Music
Listening to happy music can change your mood for the better. Bring your headphones with you and listen to
your favourite tunes on the way to work.

8 Watch A Cat Video

Watching silly cat videos makes you happy, says the study from the Indiana University Media School. And
when you are happy, you are more productive!

9 Smile More
Smile even if you don’t want to. The effect is the same: you feel better than before!
 Read the rest of the article and
complete the sentences.

In the UK, an average person smiles for

the first time

Mondays are hard because

Do something nice for a coworker

because
People who work at the weekend feel

If you dress up

Listen to happy music because

You are more productive when

Do you agree with the
recommendations from the article?
Work with your partner and share your
ideas. What is your advice to someone
who has got the case of Mondays?
Home tasks
Replace the underlined phrases with words and phrases
from the classes that have the same meaning.
Look at the pictures and write what Emily and Ben (+) have to / (-) don’t
have to do on different days of the week.

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 Use the words; make up questions and write full answers.
! For example: - Ben / take a shower / before / the work out.
- No / after.
Does Ben take a shower before the workout? – No he doesn’t. He doesn’t take a shower before the workout,
he takes a shower after the workout.
1- Ben / shave / every day.
- Yes.
2- Emily / put on makeup / every day
- No / only on workdays
3- Emily / usually / come to work / on time
- No / oversleep / often
4- Emily / take a nap / during the day / at the weekend

75% - Yes / when / exhausted

5- Ben / text / colleagues / at work
- No / send emails
6- Ben and Emily / have lunch together / on workdays
- Yes / often
7- Ben and Emily / feel grumpy / in the morning / usually
- Ben / no / but / Emily / yes
8- Ben and Emily / go out / at the weekend / often
- Yes / like clubbing
 Choose the correct option.
1. After a working day I am usually ___. 6. It takes me 15 minutes to ___ on make-up in the morning.
exhausted put
late make
shave do
drive take
2. In the morning the students are ___ and full of energy. 7. Do you ___ to shave every day?
grumpy have
exhausted has
peppy haves
shower does
3. I’m so hungry, let’s grab a ___. 8. __ your teacher ____ to check your homework every day?
bite Do ... have
food Does ... have
quick Does ... has
bitten
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4. To be fit you need to do ___ twice a week.
Has ... -
9. My brother and I ___ help our parents to do house chores.
works have
gym has
fit have to
workouts has to
5. Women usually get ____ faster than men. 10. Our grandma _____ _____ work, she is already retired.
dress has to
dressing doesn't has to
dressed doesn't have
clothes doesn't have to
THE END