Vocabulary daily routines

3A My day Grammar Present Simple (1): positive and

Wh- questions (I/you/we/they)

QUICK REVIEW Prepositions of place

Work in pairs. Say where something is in the
classroom: A It’s on the floor behind the
teacher’s desk. Your partner guesses what it is:
B Is it a bag? A Yes, it is./No, it isn’t.
Behind
the C amera
This week I talk to Kari Matchett, star of the TV
by David Ross

shows 24 and ER, about a typical day at the studio

Vocabulary Daily routines and her glamorous life as an actress.
1 a Tick the words/phrases you know. Then do
the exercise in VOCABULARY 3.1 p132.
DAVID Where are you
get up go to bed leave home get home from, Kari?
have breakfast have lunch have dinner KARI I’m from Canada, but
start work/classes finish work/classes I live and work in Los
work study sleep live Angeles.
D Can you tell us about your
TIP • In these vocabulary boxes we only show the day-to-day life?
main stress in phrases. K Well, TV actors work very
b Match two of the words/phrases from 1a to long days and we start work
these times of day. very early.
1 in the morning get up 3 in the evening D What time do you get up?
2 in the afternoon 4 at night K I get up at 4.30 in the
morning.
c Work in pairs. Compare answers. Are they
the same? D Wow! You get up very early.

Reading and Speaking

2 a Look at the photos of Kari Matchett. What’s HELP WITH GRAMMAR
her job? Present Simple (1): positive (I/you/we/they)
b Before you read, check these words/phrases ● We use the Present Simple to talk about daily routines.
with your teacher.
4 a Find the verbs in these sentences. They are in
glamorous a TV show a studio the Present Simple.
hair make-up learn your lines 1 I get up at 4.30 in the morning.
2 You get up very early.
c Work in pairs. Guess the times that TV actors
3 We start work at about 7.00.
do these things.
4 They have an hour for lunch.
1 get up 3 start work
2 have breakfast 4 have lunch b Is the Present Simple the same or different after
I, you, we and they?
d Read the article and check your answers.
GRAMMAR 3.1 p134
3 Read the article again. Are these sentences true
(T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.
Canada
1 Kari Matchett is from Los Angeles. F
2 TV actors get up very late.
3 They have breakfast at the studio. 6 a Look at Kari’s answers in the article again. Underline all
4 They work for six hours before lunch. the verbs in the Present Simple.
5 They have half an hour for lunch. b Work in pairs. Compare answers.

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 HELP WITH GRAMMAR Present Simple (1):
Wh- questions (I/you/we/they)

9 a Look at the table. Notice the word order in questions.

question auxiliary subject infinitive

word
What time do you get up?
When do you have lunch?

TIP • Present Simple questions are the same for

I, you, we and they.
b Write questions 1– 3 in the table.
1 When do you finish work?
K Yes, and I’m not very good in the morning, so it’s always 2 What time do you get home?
difficult! I leave home at 5.30 and I get to the studio at 3 Where do you have dinner?
about 6.00. That’s when people do my hair and make-up. c Check in GRAMMAR 3.2 p134.
D What about breakfast?
K I have breakfast at about 6.15 in the make-up room. Then 10 a Make questions with these words.
we start work at about 7.00. 1 Where / live / you / do ? Where do you live?
D When do you have lunch? 2 you / do / Where / work ?
K We have lunch at 1.00 and we start work again at 2.00. 3 What time / get up / you / do ?
4 start / When / do / you / work or classes ?
5 do / What time / get / you / home ?
7 Read about Kari’s afternoon and evening routine. 6 dinner / do / When / you / have ?
Fill in the gaps with these verbs.

finish get go start finish sleep

D When do you finish work?

K Most days we 1 finish at about 9.00.
D You 2 work at 7.00 and you 3 work at 9.00!
K Yes, it’s a very long day, but sometimes I 4
for an hour in the afternoon.
D What time do you get home?
K I5 home at about 9.30.
D Where do you have dinner?
K Usually at home while I learn my lines for the next day.
Then I 6 to bed at 11.00.
D So do you have a glamorous life?
K Not when I’m at work, no – definitely not!

8 a Write six sentences about your daily routine. Use

words/phrases from 1a.
I start work at half past eight.
b Work in pairs. Compare sentences.

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