Unit 7.

Activities and Routines

Learning outcomes: In this unit, you will be able to talk about morning and
evening activities, describe what you do in your free time and discuss
household chores. You will also be able to discuss daily activities you do at
home and leisure activities.
Look at the pictures. What activities do you know? What
words are difficult? What words are similar in spanish?
Name:

My daily routine.
Put your morning activities in order. Write ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, ext.) on the lines. Write an X next to the activities you don't do.

__ take a shower/bath Write about your day. What time do

you do these activities? Example: I
__ eat breakfast
get up at 7:00.
__ put on makeup
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__ brush my teeth
__ comb/brush my hair
 get up early/late.
Take a shower in the morning.
Always Start work at 9 in the morning.
Usually
Have lunch at 2 pm.
Sometime
I s Have dinner at 7 in the evening.
Seldom
Finish work at 5 pm.
Never
Go to bed early/late.
Play baseball on the weekend.
Check email in the evening.
Go dancing on the weekends.

I always play baseball on the weekend. I usually check e-mail in the evening.
I sometimes go dancing on weekends. I never get up late.
 Weekdays or Weekend?
Weekdays Weekends
Days of the Monday Saturday
week
Tuesday Sunday
Monday Wednesday
Tuesday Thursday
Wednesday Friday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
A: What's your typical day like? Watch TV
B: Well, I usually go to work at 9:00, and I come home Watch shows on Netflix
at 6:00. Play video games
Listen to music
A: And what do you do in your free time? Read
B: I sometimes read or watch TV. What about you? Chat with friends
Visit friends
A: I usually go to work at 7:00, and I come home at Call my family
5:00. In my free time, I normally listen to music or chat Play with my children
with my friends.
 Look at the activities. Look at the pictures. Select the correct option.
comes home at half past six.
come home at half past six.
makes breakfast at seven o`clock.
take a bath at quarter to nine.
takes a bath at quarter to nine.
gets undressed at quarter past eleven.
get undressed at quarter past eleven.

She comes home at half past six. He cooks breakfast at seven o`clock.

He gets undressed at quarter past eleven.

3. She takes a bath at quarter to nine.
 Household chores

Do the dishes Do the laundry Go (grocery) shopping

Clean the house Take out the garbage

I never do the dishes. I usually clean the Deyvis never does the dishes. He usually cleans the
house Ionnever do theI seldom
Wednesday. [Link] usually
the clean the house
house on Wednesday.
on Wednesday. He seldomI seldom
does thedolaundry.
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I always takeIout
always take out the garbage
the garbage earlytakes
He always in the
outmorning,
the garbagebefore
early in the
early inwork.
the morning, before
I normally dowork. I
grocery shopping morning,
in the evening, afterHework.
before work. normally does grocery
normally do grocery shopping in the shopping in the evening, after work.
evening, after work.
 Household chores
How often do you take out the garbage?

1. How often do you take out the garbage?

2. How often do you go grocery shopping?
3. How often do you do the dishes?
4. How often do you clean the house?
5. How often do you do the laundry?
 a) I clean the house once a week.
b) My father cooks on the weekend.
Look at the chart. Read the sentences. Match
c) My sister Ana does the dishes three times a week.
the sentences with the chart information. d) Sarah cleans the house once a week.
e) I go to work on weekdays, I never work on
weekends.
f) My brother Tito takes out the garbage every day.

1. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

I clean the house once a week

2. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

My sister Ana does the dishes three times a week.

3. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Sarah cleans the house once a week

4. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

My brother Tito takes out the garbage every day.

5. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

I go to work on weekdays, I never work on weekends.

6. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

My father cooks on the weekend.
Conversation practice. Speaking strategy. Read the Conversation.

A: So _______do
how often do youyou
dodo
____________?
the laundry?
____________?
B: _______
About twice
twice
a week.
a _______.
How
week. Howabout
How about
aboutyou?
you?______?
A: Me? I _______
never do do
thethe
laundry.
______.Could
laundry. Could
I ask
I ask
another
______
question?
question?
B: ________.
Sure.
A: Who ________
cleans the the
house?
_______?
_______?
B: Oh, that's _____
my brother's
_______'s
[Link].
brother's job.
 Work with a partner. Write the name of a classmate. Check his or her activities.

Questions:
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A: Are you a morning person or an evening person?
B: Well, I`m an evening person.
A: Why do you say that?
A: I usually get up late. I go to bed late, at about midnight. I`m very productive at night.
A: Are you a morning person or an evening person?
1. Are you a morning person or an
B: Well, I`m morning person.
A: Why do you say that?
evening person?
A: I usually get up very early, at about 5 in the morning. Then, I do the laundry, I clean
the house, make breakfast and do my homework. I have a lot of energy in the morning.
2. Why do you say that?
A: Are you a morning person or an evening person?
B: Well, I`m an evening person.
A: Why do you say that?
A: I never get up early. I go to bed really late, at about two in the morning. I usually
study and do my house chores at night. I also take English classes at night, on Tuesday
and Thursday. I normally do my homework in the evening. I love to be active during the
night.
A: Are you a morning person or an evening person?
B: Well, I`m morning person.
A: Why do you say that?
A: I like to start my day early. Then, I exercise, I take a shower, make breakfast and get
dressed and go to work. I feel energetic in the mornings.
About your weekdays and weekend.
Follow the link, flll out the form and get
ready to write about your weekdays and
weekend.
[Link]

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Who does the laundry? Answer the following questions about house chores.

1. Who does the laundry at home? Short answers

2. Who makes breafast?lunch?dinner?
3. Who takes out the garbage? I do
4. Who cleans the house? My mother (Name) does.
5. Who does the dishes? My father (Name) does.
6. Whos goes grocery shopping? Both my parents do.
7. Who wahes the dog? My sisters do
8. Who walks the dog? My brothers do.
My sister does.
My husband does.
My wife does.
My daughter (Name) does.
My daughters do.
My son (Name) does.
My sons do.