English 3

Unit

Monday to Friday

Professor: Carmen Castañeda Chau

Achievement
At the end of the learning unit, the student will able to talk about
his and other people’s daily routine. In addition, he will be able to
tell the time and to show interest in his listener making use of
pertinent vocabulary and expressions.

Importance
It is something common to talk about our daily routine and the
time. In order to do it with pertinence, it is useful to learn the
appropriate vocabulary and expressions.
General Content

4.1 Early mornings.

4.2 Early birds and night owls.

4.3 Language in action.

Early mornings.
• Always help the children.
 Vocabulary
Daily Routine
 Daily routine

He/ She gets up. He/She works out. He/she takes a shower.
 Daily routine

He/She has breakfast. He/She takes his/her daughter to school.

 Daily routine

He/she gets to the office on time. He/she looks at his/her e-mails. He/She works at his/her
desk.
 Daily routine

He/she has meetings. He/She goes home.

 Daily routine

He/she reads to his/her daughter. He/She puts his/her daughter to bed.

 Daily routine

He/she makes phone calls. He/She goes to bed.

 Grammar
Present Simple
Present Simple
Affirmative form
We use the present simple to talk about:
routines.
I/You/We/They

• I get up at 5:00 a.m.

• We have breakfast at 9:00 a.m.

He/She/It

• She gets up at 6:00 a.m.

• He has breakfast with his family.
Present Simple
Negative form
We use the present simple to talk about:
Routines.

I/You/We/They

We don’t get up at 5:00 a.m.

We don’t have breakfast at home.

He/She/It

He doesn’t get up at 6:00 a.m.

She doesn’t have breakfast.
Present Simple
Interrogative form
We use the present simple to talk about:
Routines

I/You/We/They

Do you get up at 5:00 a.m.?

Do they have breakfast at 9:00 a.m.?

Short answers:

Yes, I/you/we/they do.

No, I/you/we/they don’t.
Present Simple
Interrogative form
We use the present simple to talk about:
Routines
He/She/It

Does she get up at 5:00 a.m.?

Does he have breakfast with his
family?

Short answers:

Yes, he/she/it does.

No, he/she/it doesn’t.
Examples:

1. We go to work by train.
2. I don’t have breakfast at home.
3. Do you work out in the morning?

Short answers:
Yes, I / You / We / They do.
No, I / You / We / They don’t.
Examples:
1. She goes to bed very late.
2. He doesn’t finish work until 7:00 p.m.
3. Does she take a shower at night?

Short answers:
Yes, he / she / it does.
No, he / she / it doesn’t.
Let’s Practice
Exercises
COMPLETE the following sentences:

1. My sister ____________ (wash) the dishes after lunch.

2. Her parents _______________ (not like) loud music.

3. _________ Michael __________ (work) for a food company?

4. What time _________ you _________ (have) lunch?

5. Dad ________________ (watch) the news on TV.

Always help the children
Vocabulary
Adjectives
 Adjectives

sad happy tired

 Adjectives

good angry
 Grammar
Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of Frequency
We use an adverb of frequency to say how
often we do an activity.

ADVERB %
Always 100
Usually 90
Often 70
Sometines 50
Hardly ever 10
Never 0
Adverbs of Frequency

Position of an adverb of frequency in a

sentence:

- We use the adverb of frequency before the

main verb.

SUBJECT ADVERB MAIN VERB

She usually starts work at eight.

Adverbs of Frequency

Position of an adverb of frequency in a

sentence:

- We use the adverb of frequency after the verb

be.

SUBJECT BE ADVERB

She is often very tired.

Examples
1. He sometimes watches TV in the evenings.

2. My parents are never angry with me

3. Is she often tired?

4. Do you usually run on Sundays?

5. We don’t often go to work by bus.

6. She isn’t usually late.

Let’s Practice
Exercises

PUT the adverb of frequency in the correct place:

1. Marie is at home on the weekend. (hardly ever)

____________________________________________________

2. My Friends and I play tennis on Wednesday. (never)

____________________________________________________

3. Dad is tired in the evening. (always)

____________________________________________________

4. James and his family go shopping on Sunday. (usually)

____________________________________________________
Early birds and night owls.

• Vocabulary plus.
Vocabulary
Time
 Time

Small hand

to past
Big hand

Clock
 Time
o’clock

quarter to past quarter

half
Examples

It’s five o’clock It’s half past eight It’s quarter past twelve

It’s ten to two It’s ten past ten

Let’s Practice
 Exercises

______________________ _____________________ _____________________

 Vocabulary
Transportation
 Transportation

car bike bus

 Transportation

Motorcycle train
 Transportation

boat subway
 Transportation

plane helicopter
Language in Action

• Review
Review
Exercises
FILL in the blanks with to, at, on and from:

Doctors in a hospital work very hard. They often get up ________ six in

the morning and go to bed _________ midnight. They don’t always work

_________ Monday __________ Friday. They often work _________

weekends. And they often work twelve hours or more.

Exercises
COMPLETE the conversation with:
Great - Let’s - How about - That’s:

A: ______________ go out this evening.

B: ______________ a good idea.

______________ going to the movies?

A: ______________ idea!
Exercises
PUT the words in the correct order:
1. is / hardly ever / she / angry.
__________________________________________________
2. eat / Italian / sometimes / we / food.
__________________________________________________
3. time. / not / I / on / always / am
__________________________________________________
4. usually / on / does / he / ? / cook / Sunday
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Conclusions
In this learning unit we have learned to talk about:

• Time.
• Daily routines.
• Transportation.
• Adjectives.
• Present simple.
• Adverbs of frequency.
 Thanks
Professor: Carmen Castañeda Chau