practice describing your daily routine • learn vocabulary of routines, time, days and dates • practise using the present simple • practice giving more detailed information about what you do
Learn numbers between 10 and 100 and say different times.
Read about life in countries on the Meridian line.
Practise days and months and learn to talk about daily activities and school subjects.
Study time prepositions and learn to use the present simple.
Two people talk about their daily routines.
Review what you have studied so far.
Tell other students about customs in your country. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra writing practice.)
Write sentences about your daily activities.
Learn to ask and tell the time in English.
Learn to pronounce days, months and dates.
Find information about countries on the Web. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra reading and writing practice.)
Describe a typical day in your life.
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Review the work in the unit.
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Test what you have studied in this unit.
Practise the language you study in this unit, and improve your reading, listening and speaking skills.
after
after (prep)
follows; b is after a in the alphabet, and the number 2 is after the number 1
apprentice
apprentice (n)
a person who studies a job or profession
bank
bank (n)
an organisation where you put your money
before
before (prep)
precedes; a is before b in the alphabet, and the number 1 is before the number 2
car
car (n)
a form of private transport; a taxi is a type of car
carpenter
carpenter (n)
a person who works with wood and builds furniture (tables, chairs, cupboards, etc.)
cycle
cycle (v)
to travel on a bicycle
games
games (n)
entertaining activities
maths
maths (n)
mathematics; for example, 2 x 2 = 4
midday
midday (n)
12 o'clock in the middle of the day
read
read (v)
the verb that describes what you do with a book, newspaper, letter, email, etc.
siesta
siesta (n)
a little sleep after lunch
tube
tube (n)
the metro, or subway, in London – an underground train system
twice
twice (adv)
two times
weekdays
weekdays (n)
Monday to Friday (not Saturday and Sunday)