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Daily routine, good habits

Present Simple Tense Chart

Auxiliary
- Subject - Main Verb -
Verb

I - live in New york.

+ We - play football.

She - plays outside.

I do not live in New York.

- You do not live in London

He does not live in a big house.

Do I - make a lot of money?

Do you - learn English in school?

?
the house everyday
Does she - clean
or once a week?

Exercise 1 Are you a morning person? Think about the first hour of your day. Tick
what you usually do.

-get up quickly
-sing in the bathroom,
-talk to people,
-have a good breakfast,
-get dressed quickly,
-start work quickly
-wake up slowly
-lie in bed and think
-don’t talk to people
-don’t have breakfast
-read a newspaper
-start work slowly

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Make questions using expressions above.

Example: Do you usually have a good breakfast in the morning? It depends/I don’t have
time.

Exercise 2 Communication
Fill in the questionnaire about yourself and then ask questions to your colleague.
+ always ++ usually +++ sometimes ++++ seldom/rarely/occasionally +++++ never

Activity You Your colleague

tidy the rooms
do the washing up
listen to music
take the dustbin out
cook
walk the dog
do the shopping
iron clothes
water the plants
go to parties

Exercise 3 Read the poem about a hard worker. Can you guess the missing parts?

That’s the way the day goes

I get up in the morning,
I have a cup of ............,
I sit and read the paper,
I get to work at three.
So that’s the way the day goes,
Yes, that’s the way the day just....goes.

I get a cup of coffee,

I tidy up my desk;
I look at all my letters,
It’s time to have a.......
And that’s the way the day goes,
Yes, that’s the way the day just.....goes.

I make a few quick phone calls,

I write a word or two;
I have a chat with old friends,
I sit and think of..........
So that’s the way the day goes,

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I get home in the evenings,
I’m tired, it’s getting late;
I sit and watch a programme,
And go to bed at ...........
And that’s the way the day goes,
Yes, that’s the way just ......goes.

Exercise 4 Find the right endings for each question offered below

1.What time do you............?

Oh, never before 8 a.m.

2.How often do you............?

Erm...usually three times a day.

3.How often do you............?

Once a year, to a cottage by the sea.

4.Why does he ,.....................?

Because he likes the spices.

5.What does he ....................?

He watches the news.

Go shopping in the market, have a meal, cook curry, do at nine, know so much, have
a cup of tea, get up in the morning, leave the house, go on holidays, go away.

Reference: True to Life. English for Adult Learners. Class book. Elementary. UK:
Cambridge University Press.

Exercise 5

Choose a day in an ordinary week. Read the expressions, and add a few more to the list.
Write some of them on the time line, to show when you do these things.

Go to bed, go for a walk, have lunch, leave the house, watch TV, go shopping, have
breakfast, wake up, get dressed, read the newspaper, have a shower, tidy up the
room, go to work, listen to music. 

Put as many expressions as you can into these categories:

I do this in the morning:

I do this in the afternoon:
I do this in the evening:
I do this at home:

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I do this at work:
I never do this:

Exercise 6 Grammar Part I

Tick the correct answer – a, b, or c.

1 What’s __________ name?

a yours
b your
c you

2 Where ____________ from?

a you are
b is you
c are you

3 A What _____________________ ?
B I’m a student.
a you do
b do you work
c do you do

4 Whom ___________________for?
a you are work
b do you work
c you work

5 Sonia ___________________ a job.

a doesn’t have
b hasn’t
c don’t have

6 Linda _____________________ at a primary school.

a teach
b teachs
c teaches

Part II Use the questions from the above task and ask your partner. Then change the
roles.
Example:
What’s your name? My name is Diana.
Where are you from? I am from Talsi.

Exercise 7 Sarah’s morning.

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Here is a description of a typical morning for Sarah. Put the verbs into the correct form.
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g62-elementary-sarahs-morning-gap-
fill.php

Sarah (get up) (1)________ at six o'clock. She (have) (2)________ her breakfast and then
she (go) (3)________ to the bathroom. She (take) (4)________ a shower and (brush)
(5)________ her teeth. Then, she (put) (6)________ on her clothes.

Sarah (leave) (7)________ her house and (close) (8)________ the door. She (go)
(9)________ to the bus stop and (wait) (10)________ for the number 32 bus. When the
bus (arrive) (11)________, she (get on) (12)________ the bus and (go) (13)________ to
her job at the hospital.

Exercise 8
Now form 5 negative and 5 interrogative sentences about Sarah’s morning. Use the
correct form of the auxiliary verb ‘do’ to make sentences.

Exercise 9
Ask Sarah 5 questions about her daily routine? Role play asking your partner these
questions. (He or she pretends to be Sarah.)
Example: What time do you get up in the morning?

Exercise 10
Find as many prepositions of time and place in the text as you can. Underline them. Then
use them to continue a story about Sarah’s day.
Start like this: Sarah usually finishes work at five o’clock. Then she goes to the bus stop
and goes home

Exercise 11 Listening
Listen to the dialogue; revise verb forms in the Present Simple tense. The task has several
stages. NB! The task is designed for absolute beginners.
Participants work on the website http://www.english-online.org.uk/beginners/beg1_1.htm

Dialogue 1: For her school newspaper, Susie is interviewing Peter, a boy from Slovenia.

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Exercise 12 Present Simple Quiz
Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs in the brackets.

1 I do yoga every morning. (do yoga)

2 My parents ______________________ . (not work)
3 What time ____________________ lunch? (you/ have)
4 I _______________ meat. (not eat)
5 When _________________ to go shopping? (you/ want)
6 Jim _____________________ television every morning. (watch)
7 My mother and I ___________________ very well. (get on)
8 _________________________ to the gym every day? (they/ go)
9 Excuse me, ___________________ here? (you/ live)
10 She always ____________________ a shower before breakfast. (have)
11 How much coffee ______________ ? (you/ drink)
12 We __________________ at work. (not smoke)
13 He __________________ by plane very often. (not travel)
14 Why _________________ at 6.00? (Linda/ get up)
15 They sometimes ________________ a taxi home. (get)
16 He ____________________ work at 5.00. (finish)
17 What kind of music ________________ ? (you/ listen to)
18 They _________________ away at the weekend. (not go)
19 She ___________________ him very often. (not see)
20 Why ________________ me? (your father/ not like)

16 – 20 Excellent. You can use the present simple very well.

11-15 Quite good, but check the rules (see Theory) and look at the exercise again.

1 - 10 This is difficult for you. Read the rules (see Theory). Then ask your teacher
for help, print another photocopy and do the exercise again at home.

Different types of questions about your job

I
Asking about a type/a name of a company/ organisation: Who do you work for?
Where do you work?
Anticipated answer: I work for IBM.
I work at school.

II
Asking about company/ organisation size: How many people does your school
employ?

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 How many people work in your school?
Anticipated answer: We have about forty employees.
We employ 40 people in our Liepaja factory/technical school.
There are about forty people working here.
It’s a medium – sized firm.
It’s a family – owned business.
III
Asking about one’s profession/ position:
What do you do?
What do you do for a living?
What’s your job?
What’s your position?
Anticipated answer: I’m an engineer.
I’m in construction. I work on building projects in the Far East.
I work as the Project Manager./ I’m the Project Manager.
I am the teacher of Business and Accountancy.
IV
Asking about one’s responsibilities: What does your job involve?
Anticipated answer: My job involves ordering spare parts.
I’m responsible for the quality of the goods we
produce.
I take care of after – sales service.
I’m in charge of about twenty factory workers.

Exercise 13 Relative clauses – describing professions and workplaces

Complete the definitions with WHO, or WHERE and the correct form of a verb in the
box.

keep buy borrow write write answer cut relax build

1 A builder is a person who builds houses.

2 A library is a place______________ you ____________ books.
3 A hairdresser is somebody ____________ ______________ hair.
4 A bank is a place _____________ you ______________ money.
5 A receptionist is a person _____________ ______________ the phone.
6 A composer is a person _____________ ______________ music.
7 A journalist is a person ____________ _____________ for a newspaper or
magazine.
8 A bookshop is a place _____________ you _____________ books.
9 A health spa is a place _____________ you ______________ and feel good.

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Exercise 14 Surveys: Work
Conversation Questions: Work
What's your ideal job? Why?
Is it typical for men and women to have
the same jobs in your country?
Describe the first job you had for money.
In your opinion, which jobs are most
prestigious? Why?
Would you like a job that involved a lot
of travel? Why or why not? Have you
ever known anyone with one of these
jobs? Talk about them.
What three things are most important for
you in a job? Why?
Who in your family or among your
friends has the most interesting job?
What about the most boring?
Exercise 15 Online resources
Part I Professions. Multiple choice: http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/jobs.htm
Part II Professions. Matching: http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary/1v6-
elementary-job-definitions-exercise.php
How important are clothes at work?
How does your job determine what you
wear in your country?
Would you prefer to have an easy
routine job or a job in which you made a
lot of decisions?
Do people usually work for one
company for a long time in your country
or is it common for people to change
jobs every few years?
Would you prefer to work four ten-hour
days or five eight hour ones?
How do people address each other at
work in your country? How do you
address your boss? Your co-workers?
What do you think of the idea that at
most offices in the US nearly everyone
goes by their first names?
Do women usually work after they get
married in your country?
If you could own your own business,
what would it be?
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Part III Professions. Multiple choice: http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary/1v7-
which-job.php
Part IV Professions. Listening, filling in gaps
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/englishforwork/business-english/vocabulary-
quizzes/entrepreneur.html

Exercise 16 Telling about one’s typical morning

What is your typical morning like?

1 What time do you wake up in the morning?
2 Do you use an alarm clock to wake – up?
3 Do you turn off the alarm clock immediately?
4 What’s the first thing you turn on after you wake up?
5 Do you get up immediately after you wake up?
6 How do you feel when you first get up?
7 When you get dressed, what’s the last thing you put on?

Reference:
Oxenden, C., Latham – Koenig, Ch. & Seligson, P. (2010) Workbook. New English
File. Pre – Intermediate. Oxford University Press.