Ask your teacher about regular activities
go to the hairdresser’s
eat chocolate
go to the theatre
be late for work / school
get a taxi
do housework
see your best friend
read the newspaper
go to the dentist’s
eat in a restaurant
go to the cinema
listen to the classical music
have a holiday
cook
do sport or exercise
drink tea
Complete the You column in the chart. Then complete the sentences with a verb and an adverb of frequency. Who lives the Okinawa way?
- always +++++
- usually ++++
- often +++
- sometimes ++
- hardly ever +
- never —
Steffi — Robert — You
Example: Steffi sometimes eats fruit and vegetables.
Adverbs of frequency
Write the adverb of frequency in the correct place in the sentence
Example: Tom sometimes rides his motorbike to work. (sometimes)
Complete the sentences
Example: Chinese people eat a lot of rice.
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Time words and expressions
The time quiz
Example: How many minutes are there in an hour? sixty
Complete the sentences with one word
Example:
Nurses sometimes work all week and at weekends.
Nurses sometimes work every day.
Look at the pictures and the transcriptions, and write the words
Remember!
The «h» is not pronounced in hour [‘aʊə].
Try to remember the words
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Match the words to complete the collocations
Complete the sentences with one of the highlighted words or phrases from the previous step
Read the interview. Mark the sentences True or False
Interview with Esther Armstrong, 94
I — Interviewer| E — Esther
I: How do you spend your day, Esther?
E: My day is very normal, really. I get up, I get dressed, I have breakfast. Then I go to work.
I: What do you do?
E: I’m an accountant.
I: Why do you still work, Esther?
E: To have an interest. Also, my job is quite exciting.
I: What time do you start work?
E: I start between 9 and 10 every day and I finish at 4 o’clock. It isn’t very stressful, really.
I: What do you usually do after work, Esther?
E: I go out for dinner with friends two or three times a week, and we go to the cinema or the theatre, or to the ballet.
I: Do you live alone?
E: Yes, I do. I have quite a big apartment and someone helps me with the housework for four hours a week. I do everything else myself.
I: Do you have children, Esther?
E: Yes, I do. Both of my daughters live here in New York. One daughter works very near, and she comes and has lunch with me. And I work with the other daughter, so we eat together two or three times a week, too. I’m very, very happy with my life.
Glossary
an accountant = a person whose job is to make lists of all the money that people or businesses receive and pay
Example: Esther thinks her day is normal. (True/False)
Listen to a radio programme about being healthy. Mark the sentences True or False
Example: Robbie doesn’t think he’s healthy. (True/ False)
Prepare your 1-minute speech on the topic «My Daily Life»
Give full answers to the questions:
1. How often do you use public transport?
2. Are you often late for work?
3. How often do you see your friends?
4. Do you often go abroad? Where?
5. How often do you do sport? What kind?
Allow your browser access to your microphone, press the button «Record» and record the speech you have prepared
Listen attentively to the audio
Now listen to each sentence separately and write them down in the boxes below. If you hear a contracted form (e.g. didn’t), then use it instead of the full one.
If you hear a full form, use this full form. If you hear a number, write it down in letters.
Listen and check
Can you answer these questions?
1. How often are you in a hurry?
2. How often do you do exercise?
3. How often do you have English classes?
4. How often do you eat meat?
5. How often do you go to the theatre?
Answer the questions in writing
Советы по написанию задания
1. Прочитайте внимательно задание и/или вопросы.
2. Составьте план того, о чем хотите написать.
3. Напишите текст по составленному плану.
4. Перечитайте написанный текст перед отправкой на проверку.
5. Здесь вы найдете правила написания и пример задания.
6. Воспользуйтесь программой Grammarly, которая поможет избежать опечаток и исправит некоторые грамматические ошибки.
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