Elementary A1

Unit 5
Daily routines

Learning objectives

 Talking about daily routines of other people

 Asking about daily routines of other people
 Expressing how some actions are done
 Expressing simple sequences of actions
 Understanding a video with a description of work places
 Reproducing a simple e-mail

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Class activities 5.1
Reading

I. Read this text about a gentleman’s daily activities.

Marc is a professor at UNAM. He always gets up very early, shaves, takes a shower
and has breakfast. Then he prepares his class because he prefers to do it at that time.
He drives to the university. It takes him about an hour to get there. When he arrives,
he goes straight to the library and reads some material for his class. He teaches small
groups of students from 11:00 to 2:00 Later he has lunch at a school restaurant with
some of his colleagues. He takes some rest, and in the afternoon, he sometimes gives
a couple of more classes, and some other times he does research. After that, he goes
back home at about 7:00
II. Answer True or False.
1. Marc teaches at university. True
2. He prepares his work in the evening. false
3. He has a car. true
4. | lives near his work. false
He
5. He has a library at home. false
6. He has lunch at work. true
7. He only works in the morning. false

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Grammar

Simple present of content verbs

Edna works at a very good company.

Her husband drives there every day.
She leaves at about 6:00. Then she goes to the gym.
Does her husband work at the same company?
No, he doesn’t.
Does he drive to work?
Yes, he does.
How often does she go to the gym?
She goes twice a week.
What does her husband do?

What do you observe in the form of the verbs?

In English for she, he and it, we add an –s or –es to the verbs in simple present.
What auxiliary do you see in the interrogative, negative, and in the short answers?

Auxiliary does only has a grammatical function. It shows that the sentence is in simple present
third person singular.

In What does her husband do?, auxiliary does only has a grammatical function to make the
sentence interrogative. The second do is the principal verb of the sentence (hacer)

Speaking

III. In pairs use these verbs, expressions of time and frequency adverbs to make a
narration about a person’s daily activities. Then share your narrations with the
class.

Verbs Expressions of time Frequency adverbs

wake up - get up - take a shower every day - at X o’clock - later - always - sometimes - usually -
- shave - dress - prepare/have then - after that - in the morning generally - often - never
breakfast - go to work/school - / afternoon / evening
arrive at work/school - begin to
work - have lunch - finish work -
go home - have dinner - rest -
watch TV - go to sleep/bed

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Extra class activities 5.1
I. Choose the most appropriate options. Then read the paragraph out loud.

My family and I have lots of activities every day. We wake up early, and my wife (prepare
- prepares - to prepare) breakfast. We all (has – to have - have) breakfast together. My
daughter Claudia generally (takes - take - taking) longer to get ready, but my son Bill is
always by the door before all of us to go to school. I (drives - to drive - drive) them to
school, but my wife (prefer - preferring - prefers) to take the metro to her work. She
(have - has - having) lunch at a restaurant near her work, but I generally only have a
sandwich at the office. In the evening we all have dinner at home. We really love the
way my wife (cooking - cooks - cook)

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Class activities 5.2
Video

I. Watch Viewpoint 1: 3 & 4 (2, optional)

Grammar

Object pronouns

Could you send it to me later?

Send him the short one.
Send it to her.
Tell me if you think it’s OK.

Me, you, him, her, it are object pronouns. They are used to refer to things and people
mentioned before, not to repeat them. In the first sentence, it refers to the presentation. In the
second sentence, him refers to Mr. Gleason; in the third sentence, her refers to the secretary.

II. Complete these sentences with me, you, him, her or it. Then read the sentences
out loud.

1. her
Meryl Streep is my favorite actress; I like ___________ a lot.
2. him
Mr. Wilson, the new manager, is not very nice at all. Do you like ___________?
3. it
Ted hates that kind of music. Do you like ___________?
4. me
Could you give ___________ the dictionary back. I need it.
5. her
Sandra is our new director. I report to ___________.
6. him
Mr. Wilson’s son is not very sociable. We prefer not to speak with ___________.
7. her
That's Tony's daughter. He wants to give ___________ a laptop as a birthday
present.
him
8. Susan often talks about her husband; we want to meet ___________.
you
9. I often call ___________; but you’re never t home.
it
10. That e-mail is very long; I need to check ___________.

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Pronunciation

3rd person singular /s/ & /ɪz/ -s & -es

Listen to these sentences:

John works at a very important company.

Stella studies Spanish at school.
Sean watches TV series every day.
Susan usually passes by my school in the morning.
Does Bill have a nice house?
What does Martha do in the evening?

III. Dictation.

Mr. Smith wakes up very early every day. He has breakfast at his place, and goes to
his office at eight. He works until two, and always eats at a very nice restaurant near his
company. When he finishes, he drives back home at about six. He does exercise; has
dinner; watches TV, or reads a book. He goes to sleep at about eleven.

Grammar

Adverbs of manner

Take a look at these sentences.

Anna does her work very professionally, and efficiently.

She writes all her reports very carefully
In the meetings she speaks clearly and directly.

What do professionally, efficiently, carefully, clearly and directly express?

They are adverbs of manner, and they answer questions with how?
How does Anna write her reports?
How does she speak at meetings?

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 IV. Answer these questions.

1. How do you generally speak in Spanish?

2. How does an old man walk?
3. How does a slow employee work?
4. How does a careful driver drive?
5. How does an intelligent executive take his decisions?
6. How does a nice manager speak to his team?

Speaking

V. Describe the daily routines of a person you know.

VI. Answer Progress Test 1: Nationalities & jobs. Be S. present. Object Pron. Poss.
Adj. Speaking

VII. Answer Progress Test 2: Third person singular. Speaking.

my boyfrien gets up very early, always wake up at 6:00 a.m., takes a shower ans shaves, Then he breakfast and
prepares breakfast for me. Then he drives to my office, we usually arrive 7:50 a.m. and then he drives his office.
He starts his work at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 6:00 or sometimes 7:00.
He likes to exercise, he usually does it 3 times a week

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Extra class activities 5.2
I. Read and reproduce Sample email, Unit 7 (change some elements as necessary)

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