Daily Routine and Work

1 Time to read!
Her name is Rachel. She's 29 and lives alone in Boston. She has a little cat, called Mimi. She
works in a big company from Monday to Friday. She usually gets up at 7 am. She always feeds
my cat before she eats breakfast. She doesn't eat much for breakfast - just some fruit and a
glass of orange juice.
She goes to work by subway. She's never late for work because She's very organized. She
usually leaves home at 8:15 and gets to the office at 8:45. She takes a shower and gets dressed
very quickly in the morning.
At lunchtime, She often goes to the gym near her office. She likes meeting her friends there.
On Fridays, They go to a café for lunch. In the evening, she often meets her friends after work
for a drink. Sometimes they have dinner together. If she stays at home, she usually orders
takeaway food because she's not very good at cooking. She only cooks at weekends.
On Saturdays, She usually goes shopping in the morning and then she watches a movie in the
afternoon. In the evening, she often has dinner with her parents. They live near her. On
Sundays, she studies English in the morning. She takes English classes every Sunday. In the
afternoon, she usually does the laundry and tidy her apartment. She doesn't like housework!
2 Let's match these halves!
1 She works in a home at 8:15 and gets to the office at
8:45.
2 Sometimes they have b her friends there.

3 She usually leaves c at home, she usually orders takeaway

food because she's not very good at
cooking.
4 On Saturdays, She usually goes d at 7 am.
shopping in the morning and then she
watches
5 In the afternoon, she usually does e dinner together.

6 She usually gets up f to work by subway.

7 If she stays g a movie in the afternoon.

8 She takes a shower and gets h a big company from Monday to Friday.

9 She likes meeting i the laundry and tidy her apartment.

10 She always feeds j my cat before she eats breakfast.

11 She goes k dressed very quickly in the morning.

12 On Sundays, she studies l English in the morning.

3 Can You Fill in the Blanks?

up, her, to, cooks, does, called, drink, parents, takeaway, office, takes, has, gets, watches, like,
lives, tidy, feeds, by, home, good
_______________(1) name is Rachel. She's 29 and _______________(2) alone in Boston. She
_______________(3) a little cat, _______________(4) Mimi. She works in a big company from
Monday _______________(5) Friday. She usually gets _______________(6) at 7 am. She always
_______________(7) my cat before she eats breakfast. She doesn't eat much for breakfast - just
some fruit and a glass of orange juice.
She goes to work _______________(8) subway. She's never late for work because She's very
organized. She usually leaves home at 8:15 and gets to the office at 8:45. She
_______________(9) a shower and _______________(10) dressed very quickly in the morning.
At lunchtime, She often goes to the gym near her _______________(11). She likes meeting her
friends there. On Fridays, They go to a café for lunch. In the evening, she often meets her
friends after work for a _______________(12). Sometimes they have dinner together. If she stays
at _______________(13), she usually orders _______________(14) food because she's not very
_______________(15) at cooking. She only _______________(16) at weekends.
On Saturdays, She usually goes shopping in the morning and then she _______________(17) a
movie in the afternoon. In the evening, she often has dinner with her _______________(18).
They live near her. On Sundays, she studies English in the morning. She takes English classes
every Sunday. In the afternoon, she usually _______________(19) the laundry and
_______________(20) her apartment. She doesn't _______________(21) housework!
Correct Answers
2 Correct matches:
1 h 2 e 3 a 4 g 5 i 6 d 7 c 8 k
9 b 10 j 11 f 12 l

3 Correct Answers:
1 her 2 lives 3 has 4 called 5 to 6 up
7 feeds 8 by 9 takes 10 gets 11 office 12 drink
13 home 14 takeaway 15 good 16 cooks 17 watches
18 parents 19 does 20 tidy 21 like