wake up get up take a shower

get dress clean his teeth go to work

Monday

wake up get up take a shower

get dress clean his teeth go to work

Tuesday

wake up get up take a shower

get dress clean his teeth go to work

Wednesday

wake up get up take a shower

get dress clean his teeth go to work

Thursday

Monday

Monday Friday

He has a morning routine from Monday to Friday

every week because he always does the same things at

the same time.

Tuesday

Wednesday Friday

I./ Grammar: The present simple tense

Unit 1: Everyday life

1./ Read the text and answer the questions

1. What do you do everyday?

2. Do you like to have routines? Why?

3. Do you think routines are good or bad?

1. Why do we have routines?

- Because they save the time and energy. We

can follow them without thinking.

2. Who describes her routines?

- Jo, a woman.

3. Are routines good or bad.

- In general, they are good, but according to the

article they can also make you uncreative.

- Why are routines important in the morning?

- Do you do things faster when you have routines?

1./ Does anyone in our class have a routine similar

2./ What other routines do you have in your life?

2./ Work with a partner. Discuss these questions.

Rules

1. Look at the tablea. Complete the second column, using she (Joe)

SheI

SheI

She always does exactly ……

She wakes up at seven o’clock.

She doesn’t get up till quarter past 7.

She switches on the radio.

She listens to the news.

She goes to the loo.

She brushes her teeth.

She has a shower.

She dries her hair.

She chooses her clothes.

She gets dressed.

She doesn’t have any breakfast.

I always do exactly the same things

I wake up at seven o’clock.

I don’t get up till quarter past 7.

I switch on the radio.

I listen to the news.

I go to the loo.

I brush my teeth.

I have a shower.

I dry my hair.

I choose my clothes.

I get dressed.

I don’t have any breakfast.

he/she/it + V

When the verb ends in –se we add

- choose- chooses; cause - causes

Verb ending in -sh; -ch; -s add

- finish-finishes; watch-watches; miss-misses

Verb ending in o add

- go - goes

Verbs ending in consonant + y,

- dry – dries, try - tries

“s”

“es”

drop the “y”

“es”

Look at the table again

and add “ies”

SheI

She always does exactly ……

She wakes up at seven o’clock.

She doesn’t get up till quarter past 7.

She switches on the radio.

She listens to the news.

She goes to the loo.

She brushes her teeth.

She has a shower.

She dries her hair.

She chooses her clothes.

She gets dressed.

She doesn’t have any breakfast.

I always do exactly the same things

I wake up at seven o’clock.

I don’t get up till quarter past 7.

I switch on the radio.

I listen to the news.

I go to the loo.

I brush my teeth.

I have a shower.

I dry my hair.

I choose my clothes.

I get dressed.

I don’t have any breakfast.

4. When do we use the present tense?

I wake up at seven o’clock every morning.

a routine or a thing happens regularly

Routines save time and energy.

general truths

Practice

1. Describe Ken and his friends’ routines.

a. Put the verbs in the box in the correct from to complete

the text. Some are in the negative. Use some more than one.

turn up like come down miss watch stay have get

up hurry listen to go wake up switch on run take start

Christine ………..first at about seven o’clock. She ……….. downstairs and …… break- fast early, because she …….….. work at eight o’clock. When I …..…….., I ………… the radio and ………….the news. Then I ……….and ……… a shower. I ……….. downstairs at about a quarter past seven. Sam ……………..at about half past seven. She …… ….…….. the radio, so she ………… the television and ………. the breakfast programme. She always …………...the volume too loud, so we usually ……..… an argument about that.

Colin …………to college and he’s always late. He ……… usually ………breakfast. He …………….downstairs at the last minute, and …………….out to the bus. But he usually ……… it, so then I ………him in my car and I’m late for work. I ………. the weekends, because everyone …………..in bed late. But I …………..in bed. I …………..first and …………..my breakfast in peace!

turn up like come down miss watch stay have get

up hurry listen to go wake up switch on run take start

gets up goeshas starts

wake up switch on

listen to get up havego

comes down doesn’t like switches watches

turns uphave

goes doesn’thave hurries/runs

hurries/runs missestake

like staysdon’t stay get up have