ACTIVITY 3: DAILY ROUTINES

Names: __Adiela Marulanda. Program name’s: _confeccion industrial de ropa exterior_

1. Read Sarah Anderson's talk about her daily routine. Is your daily routine similar to
hers? / Lea a Sarah Anderson hablar acerca de su rutina diaria. ¿La rutina de Sarah
Anderson es parecida a la suya?

Script / Guión:

Good morning. My name´s Sarah Anderson. I am a business manager. I think I have a

busy schedule. I get up at half past four and make some coffee. At five, I take a shower
and get ready for work. I usually have a light breakfast and leave home. If I am in a
hurry, I prefer to take a taxi, but if I have time, I take the bus. I get to work at half past
seven and prepare my agenda for the day. On Mondays and Tuesdays, I write reports
for my supervisor. On Wednesdays, I make a lot of phone calls and schedule meetings.
On Thursdays and Fridays, I have to call about twenty clients before noon. At one
o’clock, I have lunch with my co- workers at the cafeteria. In the afternoon, I work on my
projects and assign responsibilities to the members of my team. At half past five, I go
back home. I get home at around seven o’clock. My husband and I make dinner, help
our children with their homework, and put them to bed. After that, we watch the news.
Before I go to bed, I go on the computer and check my mail. This is my life from Monday
to Friday.

Read again and decide if the following statements are true or false: / Lea una vez
más y decida si los enunciados son verdaderos o falsos:
T F
1. Sarah is married.

2. Sarah gets up at four am. T F

3. Sarah writes letters to her supervisor on Mondays and Tuesdays. T F

4. Sarah takes a taxi if she doesn’t have time. T F

5. Sarah uses the phone a lot on Thursdays and Fridays. T F

6. Sarah has lunch at home. T F

7. Sarah’s husband helps her prepare dinner. T F

8. Sarah and her husband watch movies in the evening. T F

9. Sarah uses her computer before she goes to bed. T F

10. Sarah has a lot of free time on Weekdays. T F

A.Match each picture with its corresponding activity. / Relacione cada imagen con
su actividad correspondiente.

Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA
Take a shower Work Play the guitar Do homework
Talk on the
phone

Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA Fuente: SENA
take the bus Surf the web Go to bed Study Exercise

f. Exercise
a. Surf the web
g. Play the guitar
b. Do homework
h. Take a shower
c. Study
i. Go to bed
d. Work
e. Take the bus

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb or the correct preposition. Conjugate the
verb if necessary. You can use the propositions more than one time. / Llene los
espacios con el verbo o la preposición correcta. Conjugue el verbo si es
necesario. Puede usar las preposiciones más de una vez.

Choose from the box below: / Escoja de la tabla que está a continuación:

Verbs Prepositions
Get up
Go jogging In
Surf the web On
Have lunch At
Have dinner
 Shane usually (1__ Get up (2) at 7.00 am. He likes to start the day early.
Mary and her husband (3) Go jogging after work. They don’t have time to exercise (4) in the
morning.

Angela (5) Surf the web 12 hours per day. Her mom says she is addicted to
Facebook.

John is not very hungry (6) at noon. He prefers to (7) Have lunch (8) at 2.00
pm.

Laura hardly ever (9) Have dinner. She doesn’t like to eat before going to bed.

Louise goes to bed (10) at midnight. He loves how silent the night is.

A. Unscramble these words to form sentences. Type the words in the space
provided. / Organice las palabras para formar oraciones. Escriba las palabras
en el espacio provisto.

1. doesn’t, get up, usually, Joe, early

Joe usually doesn’t get up early.

2. go swimming, never, in winter, they

They never go swimming in winter

3. hungry, often, are, Peter, Brandon, and

Peter and Brandon often are hungry

4. helps, always, his kids, their homework, Ray, with

Ray always helps his kids with their homework

5. read, in the evening, hardly ever, novels, my parents

My parents hardly ever read novels in the evening

6. listens to, rarely, Gregory, salsa music

Gregory rarely listen to salsa music.

7. in the morning, seldom, watches TV, Frank

Frank seldom watches TV in the morning

B. Put the following frequency adverbs in the correct order from the most often to the
least often. / Ponga los siguientes adverbios de frecuencia de manera correcta desde
el más frecuente hasta el menos frecuente.

Usually 1.always
Never 2.usually
Always 3.sometimes
Seldom 4.often
Sometimes 5.seldom
Often 6.never

C. Complete the sentences. Use the adverb and the correct form of the verbs in
brackets. / Complete las oraciones. Use el adverbio y la forma correcta de los
verbos en paréntesis.

1. Our teacher, Mrs Jones, is never (never / be) late for class.
2. I often clean (often / clean) my garage on weekends.
3. My sister hardly ever helps (hardly ever / help) me with my homework.
4. I am sometimes (sometimes / be) bored in history class.
5. We rarely watch (rarely / watch) soap operas on TV.
6. You and John never play (never / play) soccer with me.
7. Jane is usually (usually / be) at the sports center on Saturdays.
8. The school bus always arrives (always / arrive) at seven o’clock.