MODULE 3
EVERYDAY
L I F E
CONTENTS
Present simple (positive, negative, questions and
short answers): I, you, we, they
Vocabulary: Common verbs
Reading and vocabulary: Life in Britain
Listening: Life in Australia
Real life: Days and times
Vocabulary and speaking: Daily routines
Task: Find things in common
Vocabulary
Common verbs
Collocations (common word combinations), including:
• verbs + nouns (leave school, have a drink)
• adjectives + nouns (best friend, bad news)
• verbs + adverbs (work hard)
• verbs + prepositions/particles, including phrasal verbs (listen to, wait for)/
adjectives + prepositions (interested in)
1 Write the verbs in the circles below.
go
(UK) = an apartment
study
work eat
drink
speak
2 Listen and check. Practise saying the sentences.
Which verbs in the box do the photos show?
1
go
eat
live drink
work study
speak
3 Add these words and phrases to the diagrams in exercise 1.
Chinese meat law with my parents in an office
beer lemonade in a small town to the cinema a lot
live with my parents, in a small town
work in an office
speak Chinese
go to the cinema a lot (chunks of language in spoken E)
study law
eat meat
drink beer, lemonade
Language focus 1
5
4 6
3 7
KEYS
2 8
1 9
Present simple questions
a. Do you live in a big city? e. Do you speak Russian?
b. Do you go to English classes? f. Do you eat in restaurants a lot?
c. Do you live with your parents? g. Do you study at university?
d. Do you work long hours? h. Do you drink tea?
work in pairs
a. Do you live in a big city? e. Do you speak Russian?
b. Do you go to English classes? f. Do you eat in restaurants a lot?
c. Do you live with your parents? g. Do you study at university?
d. Do you work long hours? h. Do you drink tea?
We use the Present simple:
a. for things that are generally/ always
true
Ex: Do you work for a big company?
b. for habits and routines.
Ex: Do you study at the weekend?
work in pairs
go
study
work eat
drink
speak
Do eat
I don’t eat
Do you live in
a
we don’t live in
Do speak
they do
work for
don’t work for
Do you go to
the
we do
Reading and vocabulary
a pub
the beach
a pub (N) a building where
peoplego to drink and meet
friends, serve alcoholic and
other drinks.
the city centre
a shop
a flat
a school
a restaurant
a garden
a house
Most + plural nouns
in the evening
a snack
finish/ go home
start
open
close usually
LISTENING
Life in Australia
7
5
3
4
2
6
Language focus 2
Present simple (positive and negative)
Look back at the text about life in Britain.
Find three positive sentences and two
negative sentences.
in the evening
a snack
finish/ go home
start
open
close
positive
don’t
don’t
negative
don’t
don’t
Practice
live
1 Complete the sentences for your have
country. Use either the positive or
negative form. Correct the don’t start
information, where necessary.
Real life
Days and times
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
twenty-five twenty-five
seven o’clock
to twelve past twelve
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
twenty past a quarter twenty
nine to four to nine
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
ten to one ten past one five past two
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
twenty-five twenty-five a quarter
to three past three past five
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
a quarter a quarter a quarter
past three past nine to three
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
twenty past
half-past eight twenty to six
six
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
twenty past
ten past four ten to four
ten
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
five past
one o’clock five to twelve
twelve
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
twenty to twenty past a quarter to
nine nine eight
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
a quarter a quarter twenty-five
past seven to seven to three
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
twenty-five twenty-five
five to seven
past eleven to eleven
What’s the time?
It’s …
NEXT
half-past
five to six five past six
eleven
What’s the time?
It’s …
twenty-five thirty-five
to three to two
NEXT
What’s the time?
It’s …
fifty-five to two five to three
NEXT
What’s the time?
It’s …
twenty to five twenty to four
NEXT
What’s the time?
It’s …
fifty to ten ten to eleven
NEXT
What’s the time?
It’s …
a quarter a quarter
to six to seven
NEXT
O’CLOCK
When it is 15 minutes,
we use “a quarter”
A QUARTER TO PAST A QUARTER
REMEMBER!
When it is 30 minutes,
HALF-PAST
we use “half”
d e
f a
b c
quarter to three
quarter past seven ten past three
half past nine twenty five past nine
twenty to nine ten to eight
quarter to seven five to three
five past twelve twenty-five to ten
quarter to three
quarter past seven ten past three
half past nine twenty five past nine
twenty to nine ten to eight
quarter to seven five to three
five past twelve twenty-five to ten
Ask and answer with your partner to complete the gaps
KEYS KEYS
KEYS
Student A
p.140
Student B
p.142
Student A
p.140
Student B
p.142
Real life
Daily routines
Work in pairs
Task: Find things in common
Preparation: listening
Guessing Game
at home in the morning
hungry
breakfast
meal
in the coffee shop
early with friends
Guessing Game
dad
parents
sibling
family
aunt
grandparents
uncle son & daughter
Guessing Game
at home in the evening
hungry
dinner
meal
with family
early with friends
Guessing Game
play games listen to music
ride bikes
hobbies at the
weekend
eat out
play chess hang out
6 7 2
5 4 1
3
Conversation 1 breakfast X
Conversation 2 age ✓
Conversation 3 married or single ✓
Conversation 4 meat X
Conversation 5 where you live X
Conversation 6 nationality X
Conversation 7 brothers and sisters ✓
the same
the same
different
different
Task: speaking
PRACTICE
finish
go to bed
go home have breakfast
study read a book
don't
Have
haven’t
do
are
aren’t
eleven o'clock
half past three quarter to six
quarter past six twenty-five to ten
ten past five five to four
at in
at
on
at
THANK YOU
