1. Your daily routine.

Write six sentences about your daily routine. Include eight different daily activities from VOCABULARY.

For example:

On Monday morning I get up at 8 a.m.

2. Compare your routine.

Read about Maria's day. Find six differences with your daily routine.

For example:

I don't get up at 6:00. I get up at 7:30.

Maria works in a bank in Madrid, the capital of Spain. She gets up at 6:00 in the morning, has a coffee, then takes the bus to work. She gets to work at 8 a.m. and works until 3 p.m., with a short break for breakfast. She goes home for lunch. After lunch she normally works from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., but on Friday she doesn't work in the afternoon. She normally has dinner at 10 p.m. and goes to bed at 12:00.

3. Other people.

Write sentences about the daily activities of another person.

For example:

My friend Scott works in a shop.

Post your sentences in the Pre-Elementary Forum. Read and comment on what other students write.

2. Time and sequencing expressions.

Use the expressions to complete the description.

3. After and then.

Write after or then in the sentences.

4. Write.

1. Write about your day.

Write a description of a typical day in your life. Write between 75 and 100 words. Include these expressions:

• on weekdays
• at about (+ time)
• in the morning/afternoon
• after
• then
• between (time) and (time)
• from (time) to (time)

1. Post your sentences in the Pre-Elementary Forum.

2. Go to the Pre-Elementary Forum. Read and comment on what other students write.

5. Write and reply.

1. Choose a country. Write six to eight sentences about customs in that country. Use the verbs:
eat / drink / celebrate / wear / live / have / speak / play / work / go

For example:

In this country, people drink tea and beer.
They speak English.
They eat fish and chips.
People have dinner at 6 p.m.
People have a big breakfast on Sunday.
They celebrate Guy Fawkes Night on 5th November.
They don't have a siesta.
People normally work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
People normally go to work by car or by train.
People don't work on Sunday.
What country is it?

Post your sentences in the Pre-Elementary Forum.

2. Go to the Pre-Elementary Forum. Read the sentences from the other students. Do you know the country? Click on "Write a reply" and write the answer.

For example:
I think this country is Britain.