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A DAY IN FREDS LIFE.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION. (Taken from http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_low_intermediate.php?id=13279)

1. Listen and number.

2. Listen again and fill the gaps with times.

My name is Fred. I live in London and I m seventeen years old.

I wake up at________and I usually get out of bed at about _________and then I come down the stairs andhave breakfast. Usually I have cereal for breakfast with orange juice but sometimes I have toast with usually jamor honey. Then I pack my bag for school.

I walk because my school is only in the centre of the town where I live. So it s only a fifteen-minute walk in the

morning which is good because it means I can sleep later. The school is quite old. It s been a school for abou

four hundred years and its got about a thousand students there in seven age groups. And it s only boys there.

School starts at________and then we have two lessons which go until________________we have break fofifteen minutes. Then eleven to twelve forty we have two more lessons and then lunch time.I can go into town to get my lunch but most people have to stay in the school and eat the school food. Andpurchased school food isnt very nice. Then we have two more lessons after lunch and we finish school a

________.

Usually I come home and I just sit or relax for a bit and thats usually for maybe an hour. And I read or I watch

television. My mom gets home about, usually between________or six and so well usually eat dinner a

about________.

3. Look for this information in the text (Scanning)

A. How old is the boy?

B. What time does he wake up?

C. What does he usually have for breakfast?

D. How old is his school?

E. What time does the school start?

F. How many lessons does he have after lunch?

G. What time does he have dinner?

4. Visit the website and check your answers. http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_low_intermediate.php?id=13279

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7/26/2019 A Day in Freds Life Routines Time

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My name is Fred. I live in London and I m seventeen years old.

I wake up at sevenand I usually get out of bed at about seven thirtyand then I come down the stairs and havebreakfast. Usually I have cereal for breakfast with orange juice but sometimes I have toast with usually jam orhoney. Then I pack my bag for school.

I walk because the school only in the centre of the town where I live. So it s only a fifteen minute walk in the

morning which is good because it means I can sleep later. The school is quite old. It s been a school for about

four hundred years and its got about one thousand students there in seven age groups. And its only boys there

School starts at eight thirtyand then we have two lessons which go until quarter past ten. Ten forty-fivewehave break for fifteen minutes. Then eleven to twelve forty we have two more lessons and then lunch time.I can go into town to get my lunch but most people have to stay in the school and eat the school food. Andpurchased school food isnt very nice. Then we have two more lessons after lunch and we finish school at threethirty.

Usually I come home and I just sit or relax for a bit and thats usually for maybe an hour. And then I read or I

watch television. My mom gets homes about usually between half past fiveor six and so well usually eat dinne

at about six thirty.