UNIT 8 TUTOR’S HANDOUT DAILY ROUTINES

UNIT 8 TUTOR’S HANDOUT
DAILY ROUTINES

I.

VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION
1. Listen and repeat:

Have a shower

Do housework

Cook a meal

Do homework

/hæv/ /ə/ /ˈʃaʊə(r)/
Sleep

/du/ /ˈhaʊswɜːk/
Have breakfast

/kʊk/ /ə/ /miːl/
Have lunch

/du/ /ˈhəʊmwɜːk/
Have dinner

/sliːp/
Get home from work

/hæv/ /ˈbrekfəst/
Have a coffee

/hæv/ /lʌntʃ/
Watch the news

/hæv/ /ˈdɪnə(r)/
Get up

/ɡet/ /həʊm/

/hæv/ /ə/ /ˈkɒfi/

/wɑːtʃ/ /ðə/ /njuːz/

/ɡet/ /ʌp/

/frɒm/ /wɜːk/
Finish school

Go to bed

Drink whisky

/ˈfɪnɪʃ/ /skuːl/

/ɡoʊ/ /tu/ /bed/

/drɪŋk/ /ˈwɪski/

2. Use the above words to complete the following passage:

I _______(1) at half past seven and I ___________(2) with my parents and my younger sister
Paula. I like cereals but my sister likes bacon and eggs. My father ___________(3) and bread.We
go to school by bus, but my father goes by train. My mother works at home, she is a journalist.
We ___________(4) at school, because in the afternoons we do activities: I sing in the choir and
play basketball, my sister goes to art class and plays badmington. We go home when we
___________(5) and ___________(6). We also ___________(7), I clean the rooms and my sister
washes the dishes while my mother prepare dinner. My father ___________(8) at 5 p.m. He helps
our mother to ___________(9). Before having dinner, ___________(10). In the evenings we
___________(11) play games and talk about our day. My sister and I ___________(12) at nine
o'clock. My parents watch TV and ___________(13) until 10 and they go to bed.
On weekends we get up later, around nine o'clock. We play outdoors games, in the park or our
garden. Then we visit our grandmother, I like her very much! She makes us cakes and we play all
afternoon with our cousins. It's great fun!


GRAMMAR

II.

Exercise 1: Put the following adverbs in the correct positions. (Đặt trạng từ đúng
vị trí trong câu)
1. I am busy on weekdays. (always) ........................................................................................................................................
2. Do you read a newspaper in the morning ? (often) ....................................................................................................
3. Lan listens to music in her free time. (usually) .............................................................................................................
4. Where does she have breakfast ? (sometimes) ..............................................................................................................
5. Minh goes fishing. (never) ......................................................................................................................................................
6. I go to the cinema. (often) ......................................................................................................................................................
7. She is a good student. (always) ...........................................................................................................................................

8. He drinks coffee (every morning, at home) ....................................................................................................................
9. My mother goes swimming. (never) ..................................................................................................................................
10. My parents go to work on Mondays. (usually) ...........................................................................................................

Exercise 2: Write the times
1. It’s half past three.

7. It’s ten past eight.

2. It’s twenty to six.

8. It’s quarter past one.

3. It’s ten to eleven.

9. It’s twelve o’clock.

4. It’s five past two.

10. It’s twenty-five to one.

5. It’s quarter to seven.

11. It’s half past five.

6. It’s nine o’clock

12. It’s five to seven.

13.

READING
14.

III.
15.

Exercise 1: Read the text. Are the statements true (✓) or false
(✗)?

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18.

THE LONG - DISTANCE TEACHER
Mr Frank Garret, 65, is a schoolteacher. He is English, but he lives in France, in

the village of Yerville. Mr Garret lives in France, but he works in England. Every Monday he
leaves home at 2.30 in the morning and drives 101 miles from his village to Boulogne, where he
leaves his car and goes by boat to England. He teaches French from 9.00 in the morning to 3.30
in the afternoon, and then he leaves school. He arrives home at 9.30 in the evening. The journey
there and back isn’t expensive. Mr Garret works in England only one day a week. And what does
he do on the other days? He teaches English! He has a class of French students in Yerville. He
says, ‘I love my job in England and I love my home in France. I’m a happy man.’
19.

1. Mr Garret is 65 years old. ___
2. Mr Garret is French. ___
3. Mr Garret has a house in France. ___
4. Mr Garret goes by bus to Boulogne. ___

5. Mr Garret learns French in England. ___
6. Mr Garret leaves school at 9.30. ___
7. Mr Garret’s journey is cheap. ___
8. Mr Garret works in France one day a week. ___
9. Mr Garret teaches French in Yerville. ___
10. Mr Garret likes working in England and living in France. __
20.

Exercise 2: Read the text and answer the questions:

Lan has three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. She usually has breakfast
at home. She has bread, eggs and milk for breakfast. At school Lan and her friends always
have lunch at one o’clock. They often have fish or meat, vegetables and soup for lunch. Lan
has dinner with her parents at home at 7 o’clock. They often have meat or fish, bread,
chicken and vegetables for dinner. After dinner, they eat some fruits or cakes. Lan likes
dinner because it is a big and happy meal of the day. Her family goes out for dinner once a
month.
21.

1.How many meals does Lan have a day?

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………………………………………………………………………………………………
2.What does she have for breakfast?

24.
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………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3.What time does she always have lunch?

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………………………………………………………………………………………………
28.

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4.What do Lan and her parents often have for dinner?

………………………………………………………………………………………………
30.

31.

…………………………………………………………………………………………….

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IV.

5.Is dinner a happy meal of the day?

SPEAKING


1. Answer the questions in “YOU” column and ask your friend to complete the

table
39.
40. How often do you …?
43. Go dancing
46. Have a coffee
49. Go to a concert
52. Watch the news
55. Do homework
58. Drink whisky
61. Go to the movies
64. Go out for dinner
67. Meet new people
70. Chat on the internet
73. Do sports
76. Play computer games
79. Go swimming
82. Practice speaking

41. You

42. Your partner

44.

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50.
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56.
59.
62.
65.
68.
71.
74.
77.
80.
83.

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66.
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72.
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English
85. Take selfie

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2. Talk to the class about a daily routine of an English teacher


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V.

WRITING


91. Exercise 1: Write questions. And use the word in (..) to answer
Example: Where / John / come from? (America)
=> Where does John come from?
John comes from America

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93.

1. Where / Alison / learn Japanese? ( Language Center)
94. 2.What / your husband / do? (doctor)
3. How much / this book / cost? (three pounds seventy-five)
4. What time / Mark / leave in the mornings? (7.00)

5. How many children / your sister / have? (3)
95.

Exercise 2: Write the questions and the negative form of the sentences:

96.

Example: Keiko works at weekends.
=> When does Keiko work?

97.

=> Keiko doesn’t work at weekends.

98.

1. Barbara drives to work.
2. She watches TV every morning.
3. He goes to the supermarket every day.
4. My brother wears a uniform at work.
5. He has a lot of free time in the evenings.
99.
Exercise 3: Write about your own daily routine, using as many adverbs of
frequency as you can
100.

101.

Some adverbs of frequency: usually, often, sometimes, never,…

102.

Some structures and phrases: before/after + V_ing / after that / and then

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I.

II.
116.

KEY

VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION
115.
1. get up
2. have breakfast

3. has a coffee
4. have lunch
5. finish school
6. do homework
7. do housework
8. gets home from work
9. cook a meal
10. have a shower
11. watch the news
12. sleep
13. drink whiskies
GRAMMAR
Exercise 1:
117...................................................................................... 1. I am always…
118................................................................................. 2. Do you often…..?
119...................................................................................... 3. Lan usually….
120........................................................ 4. Where does she sometimes…..?
121...................................................................................... 5. Minh never….
122............................................................................................... 6. I often….
123................................................................................... 7. She is always….
124....................................... 8. He drinks coffee at home every morning.
125.................................................................... 9. My mother never goes…
126................................................................. 10. My parents usually go….

127............................................................................................................................................
1. 3h30

7. 8h10

2. 5h40

8. 1h15

3. 10h50

9. 12h

4. 2h5

10. 12h35

5. 6h45

11. 5h30

6. 9h

12. 6h55

Exercise 2:


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III.

READING
14. Exercise 1:
15. 1 ✓
6✗

2✗
7✓

3✓
8✗

4✗
9✗

10 ✓

Exercise 2:

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17.

3
She has bread, eggs and milk for breakfast
1
They often have meat or fish, bread, chicken and vegetables for dinner
Yes
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WRITING:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

IV.

5✗

20. Excercise 1:
1. Where does Alison learn Japanese?
21. Alison learns Japanese at the Language Center
2. What does your husband do?
22. He is a doctor
3. How much d oes this book cost?
23. It is three pounds seventy-five
4. What time d oes Mark leave in the mornings?
24. He leaves at 7.00
5. How many children d oes your sister have?
25. She h as 3
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Exercise 2:

27. 1. How does Barbara go to work?
28.

Barbara doesnt drive to work.
2. How often does he watch TV?

29.

She doesn’t watch TV every morning.
3. How often does he go to the super market?

30.

He doesn’t go to the supermarket every day.
4. What does your brother wear at work?

31.

My brother doesn’t wear a uniform at work.
5. When does he have a lot of free time?

32.

He doesn’t have a lot of free time in the evenings.

33.

Exercise 3: VARIED