Worksheet 03 a
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1. The document provides a reading and writing activity about a day in the life of an English teacher named Pete Phillips. It includes an article he wrote about his daily routine and questions from an interview. 2. In the article, Pete describes his morning routine of waking up at 7am, having toast and a banana for breakfast, and walking to work, where he arrives around 8:30am to prepare for lessons starting at 9:15am. He enjoys teaching but often feels tired in the evenings. 3. The second part provides Pete's answers to questions from an interview, including what time he wakes up, how he gets to work, what time he finishes work, and that he often goes out
Worksheet 03 a
- 1. 3A A day in the life Activity type: Reading and writing Writing an article Individuals / Pairs Aim: To practise reading an extended text; to practise freer writing; to practise using adverbs of frequency and forming questions Language: Adverbs of frequency Use at any point after 3.2. Preparation: Make one copy of the worksheet for each learner. Time: 3050 minutes 1 Give one copy of the worksheet to each learner. Explain that part 1 is an article from a magazine in which an English teacher talks about his life and daily routine. Learners read the article and complete it by putting phrases af in the correct spaces, 16. 1 c 2 a 3 e 4 f 5 d 6 b 2 Explain that a journalist wrote the article after she interviewed Pete Phillips about his life. Learners work in pairs and read the answers Pete gave to some of the journalists questions in part 2. Then they decide what the journalists questions were, and write the questions in lines 19. Suggested answers: 1 What time do you usually wake up in the morning? 2 Do you always have breakfast? 3 How do you get to work? 4 What time do you usually get to work? 5 Do you like your job? 6 What time do you finish work? 7 What do you do after work? 8 Do you usually go out in the evening during the week? 9 Do you often go out after work on Fridays? 3 Learners prepare some questions to ask their partner about their life and daily routine. They can use the questions in part 2 and can add other questions as well. 4 Learners take it in turn to interview each other and note down their partners answers. Then they write a similar article about their partners life and daily routine. This can be in the first person (I get up at ...) or in the third person (She gets up at ...). 5 Display the completed articles around the class and ask learners to read them and decide who has the most interesting life. Extension: Homework Learners choose someone in their family or a friend outside school to interview about their daily life and write about for homework. English Unlimited Elementary Teachers Pack Photocopiable 息 Cambridge University Press 2010
- 2. 3A A day in the life 1 a I always walk to work b Im usually quite tired c I never feel hungry d I often go out for a drink e the students often arrive late f I dont usually go out in the evening I always wake up when my alarm rings at 7.00, and I lie in bed for ten minutes before I get up. After a quick shower I have breakfast. 1 in the morning but I know I need to eat something so I have toast and a banana, and one or two cups of tea. 2 it takes me about 40 minutes. I cant drive and the buses are really expensive. My first lesson starts at 9.15, but I usually arrive at school at 8.30, so I have 45 minutes to prepare everything. I always try to start the lesson on time but 3 , particularly when the weather is bad. I love my job because every day is different. I meet a lot of people, and they come from all over the world, so I learn a lot about different cultures. The great thing about my job is that I finish work at 3.15, so I have most of the afternoon free to do normal things like shopping or cleaning my flat. Because I live far away from the city centre, 4 . I usually cook something for dinner, or if I feel lazy I have a pizza or something quick and easy like that. Then I watch a DVD or read a book. On Fridays 5 with friends after work. I love going to the cinema as well, but 6 in the Pete Phillips, 24, from Liverpool evenings, so I often fall asleep in the middle of the film. I love now an English teacher in London. sleeping its like a hobby for me! 2 1 What time do you usually ... ? 7.00, and I get up 10 minutes later. 2 Do you always ... ? Yes, always. Toast and a banana, and tea. 3 How ... ? I walk. 4 What time ... ? About 8.30. 5 ? Yes, I love it. Its different every day. 6 ? 3.15, so most of my afternoon is free. 7 ? Normal things like shopping and cleaning. 8 ? Not usually, because I live quite far from the city centre. 9 ? Yes, to have a drink with friends. English Unlimited Elementary Teachers Pack Photocopiable 息 Cambridge University Press 2010