English Speaking – Class: 1.

1 (3-5-CN)
Lesson 4
Daily life
In This Lesson:
• Lead-in
• Vocabulary
• Reading & Speaking
• Listening & Speaking
• You talk 1 & 2

Lead-in
1. What do you do? Do you like your job? Why?
2. Who are you close to at work? Why?

Vocabulary 1 – Daily Activities

I wake up at 6 o’clock. I get up at 6.50. I make a cup of tea and iron my

clothes. I have a shower and get dressed. I usually wear jeans, a blouse, a
jumper or cardigan and boots in the winter, or a skirt and blouse in the summer. I
brush my hair, put on my make-up. I pack my bag with all my teaching materials.
I then put on my coat and leave the house. I walk to the bus stop. I catch the
bus at 8.15, and then I pay my fare and sit down. It takes about 45 minutes to get
to my destination three miles away. I get off the bus and walk to the school where I
teach English. I have to sign in and get the key. Class starts at 9.25 and ends at
11.25.

Telling the time

2 ways to tell the time:
1. It’s 3.15 pm.
2. It’s quarter past three

Prepositions: AT / ON/ IN

Practice 1
Practice 2
Underline the daily activity verbs:
I have lunch at 12. I eat a baguette or sandwich at the local café. I sometimes do
some shopping before I walk back to school. I do some photocopying and go back
to my classroom. I teach in the afternoon from 1 to 3pm. I then catch the bus back
home and spend a couple of hours relaxing before I cook dinner.
My son goes to work shortly after I come home. Sometimes he cooks dinner
before I get home, and sometimes I cook. I like to eat rice or pasta with a sauce. I
chop the onions, fry them and then mix them with garlic, tomatoes, carrots,
spinach and chilies. I boil the rice and then add the sauce. After dinner I wash up,
sweep the floor, and tidy up a bit.
Then I make phone calls, mark my students’ work, do the laundry. Then I go on
Facebook, or watch TV until about 10.30 when my son comes home. We catch up
on our day, and at about 11 o’clock I go to bed.

Speaking questions
1. What time do you get up?
2. What do you do after you get up?
3. Do you have breakfast every morning? Where do you have breakfast? What
do you have have for breakfast?
4. Can you cook? What do you cook every day?
5. What time do you have lunch? Where do you have lunch?

Sentences to practice
1. I wake up at 7am every morning. I press the snooze button five times
every morning before I turn off the alarm and get up.
2. I have a cup of coffee and make breakfast. I usually read the
newspaper while I have breakfast. My children like to have a shower after
they have breakfast but I like to have a shower before I get dressed.
3. My wife brushes her long hair, and I have short hair so I comb my hair.
How do you do your hair in the morning?
It is important to brush your teeth, and some women like to put make-up
on.
 4. After I have finished work, I go home to cook dinner. In my house I
usually make dinner. The family eat dinner together at 7:30pm.
5. After dinner I make sure that my children do their homework, and then
I chill out on the sofa and watch television.
On television I usually watch the news. My wife usually comes to tell me
to take the rubbish out, or wash the dishes.
Our children feed the dog and the cat before they go to bed and I tell them
to go to the bathroom too.
If I am sick I have to take my medication, but then I get into my
pyjamas and set the alarm so I wake up in the morning.
The last things I do is lock the door, turn off the lights, and go to bed.
6. It doesn't take me long to fall asleep.

Reading/listening and Speaking

Listen and filling the blanks

How do you spend your days?
How many days a week do you work / study?
What time do you start work / study? Tell class about how you spend your day.

You talk 1
Talk about you
• who you are (name, age, where you live)
• what you do ( your job and work)
• Your day at work

You talk 2
Talk about your day
1. What do you do in the morning, afternoon and evening?
2. Do you like your day? Why or why not?
 Coming lesson

Your hobbies