english in use 1 self study class 6 describing routines (1).docx

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Describing routines

Routines are things that you do regularly. This means things you do every day, every week,every month or even every year. We use present simple tense to describe routines becausethey are things you do at any time rather than a particular time- so they indicate past, presentand future activities. Write the names of these household chores under each picture using agerund (i.e. verb + ing)

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Household chores are one e ample of a routine.

*ere are some other e amples of things that you do regularly


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NOTE be careful when you use !at last"

!at last" does not mean the same thing as !lastly"

*ere is an e ample of how to use 2at last3 correctly.

We agreed to meet at Burger King at 6pm. I arrived at 5.50, but you were not there. At six o’ !o ", you had sti!! not arrived. I

ontinued to wait. At 6.#0, I was starting to get angry. At 6.$0, Iwas beginning to thin" you had %orgotten or that something hadhappened. At last, at 6.50, you arrived.

!#t last" indicates that a period of time had passed after thee pected time of arrival. 4t indicates that the person who waswaiting was feeling frustrated and annoyed because the other

person was late.

!#t last" indicates that someone had been made to wait forsomething to happen.

$% you are

making a cupo% instantco%%ee& theseare the thingsyou do

Task 'rite a number in the bo( to indicate the order in hich you do these things tomake a cup o% co%%ee

5dd some milk

6ut one spoon of coffee in a cup

5dd the hot water

7tir the coffee, the sugar, the milk and the hot water together

8oil some water in a kettle

5dd some sugar


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Task 'rite a short paragraph using sequence markers to describe hat you do everyday in the evening hen you come home %rom university

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Then 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999,

and then 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.

:e t,99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.

5fter that, 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.

0inally, 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.

'e use ordinal adverbs hen e ant to make a series o% points

0or e ample, !There are many reasons hy people ant to learn English"

0irstly, it is useful when you meet people from other countries

7econdly, it is useful for business.

Thirdly, it is useful when we study.

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0ourthly, you can get a bigger salary if you can speak ;nglish.

0ifthly, you have more


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+repositions o% time

We usually use three different propositions to describe time 2at3, 2on3 and 2in3

,) 'e use !at" to identi%y a particular time

at ' o3clock at !=.#= at night at $pm at eight-thirty

-) 'e also use !at" %or the eekend ./ritish English)

e.g. /I wi!! meet you at the wee"end.’

0) #nd e also use !at" %or %estival days

at >hristmas at ;aster at ;id at 7ongkran at ?oi @ratong

'e use !on" to describe a particular day or date

,) 'hen e do things regularly on a particular day

on 7undays e.g. /I a!ways go shopping on 'undays’

(:otice that it is plural because it is every 7unday)

-) On eekends .#merican English)

0) On a particular day

on Aonday on 0riday on my birthday e.g. /I wi!! meet you on riday’

1) On a particular date

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on Bune #th on the !$ th of 5pril on >hristmas day on the first day of school

'e use !in" to describe a period o% time

,) $n the %uture

in a few minutes 1 in an hour 1 in three days 1 in two weeks 1 in three months1

in a few years

e.g. /I wi!! do in the next day or two’ (future intention)

/+ur !ass starts in ten minutes’ (in the future)

/I an %inish it in three days’ (an estimate of the time it will take to complete)

-) To identi%y a part o% the day

in the morning 1 in the afternoon1 in the evening

e.g. ’I a!ways study in the morning’

0) To identi%y a month

in Aarch, in 5pril e.g. /*y birthday is in *ar h.’ /)he semester starts in August’

1) To identi%y a year

in '& e.g . /I was born in 1234’

2) To identi%y a season

in the spring1the summer1the autumn1the winter1the rainy season

e.g. /)he weather is hot in the summer.’

3) To identi%y a decade


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in the %=s, &=s e.g./)here was an e onomi rash in the 1220s’

Task 'rite the correct preposition in the %ollo ing sentences*

) 4 will visit my aunt and uncle 9999999 Wednesday.

!) We will get paid 999999999 three days.

") 4 went to :ew ork 999999999999 >hristmas day.

#) 43ll stay at home 9999999999 7ongkran.

$) Ay favourite TC show is on 9999999999 &."=pm.

%) *is birthday is 9999999999 Dctober.

&) We have a test 999999999 0riday.

') 4 can meet you 999999999 the afternoon.

) our birthday is 9999999999 Dctober st.

=) 4 have an appointment 9999999999 three hours.

) Ay friend will get married 9999999999 Buly.

!) 4 was born 99999999999 ".

") 4 always go to bed 9999999 midnight.#) 4 want to buy a house 999999999 a few years.

$) >an 4 call you back 999999999 ten minutes

Task Write five sentences about your life and study using 2in3, 2at3 and 2on3

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#dverbs o% %requency

Task 6ut the adverbs from the bo into the table to indicate the degree of fre/uency.

Dften 7eldom1rarely Esually1normally 7ometimes Dccasionally

5?W5 7 ( ==F)

:;C;G (=F)

'e also use some other adverbial phrases to indicate %requency

Every hour, morning, afternoon, evening, night, day, Wednesday, week, month, Buly,summer, year, >hristmas, 7ongkran etc.

Dnce8 t ice8 three times an hour 1 a day 1 week 1 month 1 year,

:DT; Ese an adverb of fre/uency or an adverbial phrase, but not both.

4 sometimes go shopping at 8ig >.

4 go shopping at 8ig > once a week.

Task Read the %ollo ing t o paragraphs to see ho by using di%%erent adverbs andphrases& the meaning can be dramatically changed*

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NOTE /+%ten’ can be modified to show degrees

:ot very often Huite often

Dften Cery often

/A!ways’ and /-ever’ can also be modified

5lmost always 5lmost never

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The 9ood :other

aweena is a housewi%e. 'he !ives in 7oi et with her husband and two hi!dren. 8er husband

wor"s in a government o%%i e and her hi!dren are at s hoo!. aweena a!ways gets up at 4am

and prepares brea"%ast %or her %ami!y. 'he !ears away the p!ates and washes the dishes. 8erhusband ta"es the hi!dren to s hoo! on his way to wor". aweena sometimes goes to the

mar"et in the morning to buy %ood %or the day, but she never spends time p!aying ards and

gossiping with her %riends. aweena usua!!y does the !aundry in the morning and then she

puts the washing out to dry. 'he o%ten has !un h at about 1# pm and usua!!y spends the

a%ternoon !eaning the house and preparing %ood %or the evening. -orma!!y, she oo"s dinner

%or her %ami!y. )hey usua!!y eat at about 6pm. A%ter dinner, she !ears up and o%ten she he!ps

her hi!dren with their homewor". 'he a!ways goes to bed at ten o’ !o ". 9veryone thin"s sheis a wonder%u! mother.

The /ad :other

aweena is a housewi%e. 'he !ives in 7oi et with her husband and two hi!dren. 8er husband

wor"s in a government o%%i e and her hi!dren are at s hoo!. aweena rare!y gets up at 4am

and doesn’t usua!!y prepare brea"%ast %or her %ami!y. 'he o%ten doesn’t !ear away the p!ates

and never washes the dishes. 8er husband ta"es the hi!dren to s hoo! on his way to wor".

aweena a!ways goes to the mar"et in the morning to buy %ood %or the day, but she usua!!y

spends time p!aying ards and gossiping with her %riends. aweena :uite o%ten doesn’t do the

!aundry in the morning or put the washing out to dry. 'he a!ways has !un h at about 1# pm

but rare!y spends the a%ternoon !eaning the house and preparing %ood %or the evening. +n e

a wee", she might oo" dinner %or her %ami!y. )hey usua!!y have to %ind something to eat at

about 6pm. A%ter dinner, she never !ears up and she rare!y he!ps her hi!dren with their

homewor". 'he never goes to bed at 10. 9veryone thin"s she is a terrib!e mother.

Task 'rite a paragraph about you normal routine*


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Ese se/uence markers (0irstly, then, ne t, after that, finally etc), adverbs of fre/uency

(sometimes, usually, always etc.) adverbial phrases, (every day, once a week etc.) and

propositions of time (in, at, on)

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Home ork task 5sking about routines


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5sk another person, maybe a family member or friend, the following /uestions

) What time do you get up!) What time do you have breakfast

") What time do you leave the house in the morning#) What time do you arrive at school1work$) What time do you have lunch%) What time do you usually finish study1work&) What time do you arrive home') What time do you have dinner

) What do you usually do in the evenings=) What time do you go to bed

ou can ask additional /uestions about things of your choice

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