Present simple - Routines

Luca’s family
Read the text and underline their daily actions
Me
My name is Luca and I am an Italian boy. I am 8 years old
and I live in Rome.
I usually wake up at 7.30 am and I have breakfast with my
mother and sister. After I brush my teeth and I go to school.
At school I play football because I like doing sports!

When I don´t play sports, I help my mother at home. I always tidy
my bedroom but I hate dusting the furniture so I hardly ever do it! In the afternoon
I always study and for homework, this week, I interview my family: my father, Paolo,
my mother, Maria and my older sister Giulia.
My father:
My mother:
My sister:

I am a computer programmer and I like working in a office.
I usually wake up very early in the mornings I
rarely have breakfast with my children. I go to work by bus and I
start work at 7.30.
I am always very busy in the morning and I never have lunch at home.
I usually finish work at 5.00, but I often stay in the office longer
because I have lots of work.
After work, I sometimes go to the gym to relax. In the
evenings I am happy to get home. I always set the table and I
have dinner with my children and my wife.
I am a housewife, so I do all the housework. I
wake up early and I prepare breakfast for my
children. After I take them to the bus stop. In
the mornings I vacuum the floors and I often mop

them. I cook lunch because my children eat at
home. I always do the washing up after lunch and
I sometimes iron in the afternoon.
I do the laundry twice a week and I often go
shopping to the supermarket. My children eat a
lot!
I am Giulia. I am 13 years old. I am a student and I
like going to school because I have got lots of friends.
In the afternoons, I always do my homework. I usually
study with my friend Caroline. She is my best friend!
After we often play volley-ball but we never watch
TV.
I hardly ever help my mother with the chores but I
sometimes sweep the floor!
Giulia
Paolo
Luca
Mari
a
Exercise 1: housework
Match the housework with the correct picture
Exercise 2 – adverbs of frequency
Match the adverbs of frequency with the percentage
1. cook dinner/lunch
2. dust
3. mop the floor
4. do the shopping
5. do the washing up
6. set the table
7. do the laundry

8. sweep the floor
9. iron
10. vacuum/hoover the floor
Exercise 3 – frequency adverbs – how often does ……?
Answer the questions about Luca and his family
1. How often does Luca go to school? ________________________
2. How often does Luca dust the furniture? ____________________
3. How often does Paolo have breakfast with his children? _________
4. How often does Paolo have lunch at home? ___________________
5. How often does Maria iron? ______________________________
6. How often does Maria do the washing up?____________________
7. How often does Maria do the laudry?________________________
8. How often does Giulia do her homework?_____________________
9. How often does Giulia watch TV?___________________________
Exercise 4 – how often do you do your housework?
Write complete sentences about yourself
1. iron: _________________________
2. do the washing up: ______________
3. dust:_________________________
4. mop the floor:__________________
5. vacuum: ______________________
6. do the laundry: _________________
Exercise 5 – present simple- 3rd singular person
Re write the texts using the he/she form
100% - _______
75% - _______
50% -
_______________
25% -
_______________

15%
_____________________
5
%
_______________________
0% - _____________
always – never – often – hardly ever – usually – sometimes – rarely/seldom
1) Luca
2) Father
3) Mother
4) Sister
His name is Luca and he _____________________
________________________________________
______________________________________________
He is a computer programmer and he _____________________
________________________________________
______________________________________________
She is a housewife, so she _____________________
________________________________________
______________________________________________
She is Giulia. She __________________________
________________________________________
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