ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS LESSON 1

THE WORKING DAY

1) Warm up
Match the words and pictures showing different jobs.

● actor/actress
● doctor
● journalist
● nurse
● police officer
● shop assistant
● student
● teacher

1. Which job(s) help people?

2. Which job(s) can you do at home?
3. Which job(s) make a lot of money?

Maybe 2-3 years ago, doctors made a lot of money. But now because of the crisis, they
don't make a lot of money.

What does a journalist do? He reports news, he writes news

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White coat, stethoscope, x-ray film

Televisions
She is showing something to the children
Pupils (young students)/students
A woman is reading books at the library = student
A man is a wearing a uniform
A lot of items next to him
Helps customers to find items they want to buy
The old man is sitting in a wheelchair because he cannot walk.
Women (plural) - we men
Woman (singular) - wa men
Police uniform, whistle
A man is showing the building behind him, and he is speaking, he is holding
microphone

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2) Listening/reading
Alice is talking about her working day. Listen to Alice and decide what job she does.

My name is Alice. I get up early at six o’clock, have breakfast and go to work at a quarter to
seven. I get to work before eight, and then I make coffee! I work from half past eight until
quarter past four, but I don’t really finish until five o’clock. When I leave work, I’m tired but
happy. I get home around six, and then I have dinner and take a shower. I also work in the
evening - sometimes I don’t go to bed until midnight! Do I work hard? Yes, I do. But I love
the
children. And I don’t work in the summer!

Tired = tai-yerd
Quarter to seven = 6:45
Half past eight = 8.30
Quarter past four = 4:15
Midnight = 12.00AM / 00:00
Summer = June, July, August

Listen again or read the text and decide if these sentences are true or false.
1. Alice goes to work an hour after she gets up. __false because she goes to work 45
minutes after she gets up____ 6:00AM = gets up, 7.00AM = goes to work
2. Alice takes a shower in the morning. __false because she takes a shower in the
evening____
3. Alice’s job is easy. _false_____
4. Alice can relax in the summer. __true____
5. Alice sometimes sleeps for six hours. _true_____

How many phrases in the text use the verb get?

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3) Language point
Study the sentences below.
● I also work in the evening. Sometimes I don’t go to bed until midnight!
● Do I work hard? Yes, I do.
We use the present simple to talk about things that happen regularly, or routines (things
we do the same way on most days).

1. I wake up at 6.00AM.
2. I go to work at 8.00AM
3. I have my lunch at 12.00PM
4. I swim three times a week
5. I jog/run five times a week
Walk = wok
Work = werk

Past simple
1. I woke up at 8.00AM yesterday because it was my holiday.
2. I went to work at ____ yesterday
3. I had my lunch at _____ yesterday
4. I swam yesterday
5. I jogged/ran yesterçç

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Study the table and then answer the questions below.

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4) Practice
Change the sentences to questions and write short answers based on the information
about Alice.

Alice gets up at six.

1. Does she get up at six? When does she get up?___________________________

I make coffee at work.

2. Do you make coffee at work? Yes, I do/ No, I don’t ___________________________

Alice works for six hours.

3. Does Alice/she work for six hours? How many hours does Alice/she work?
___________________________

Alice takes a shower after dinner.

4. Does Alice/she take a shower after dinner?___________________________

I go to bed early.
5. Do you go to bed early?___________________________

Teachers work hard.

6. Do teachers work hard?___________________________

Alice works in the summer.

7. Does Alice/she work in the summer?___________________________

Teachers love children.

8. Do teachers love children?___________________________

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5) Speaking/writing
Interview your partner about their routine. Make yes/no questions using the verbs in the
box. Then ask your partner and make a note of their answers. Write a short text about their
routine.

Example: get up / six

● Do you get up at six? No, I don’t. I get up at seven.
● Keiko is a student. She gets up at seven.

1. get up / six = Do you get up at ____?

2. have breakfast / every day
3. go to work or school / eight
4. get to work or school / nine
5. finish work or school / six = Yes, I finish work at six NOT work finish
6. leave work or school / tired (Do you leave work feeling tired?), Yes, I feel tired after work
7. have dinner / 7:30 (What time do you have dinner?)
8. go to bed / 10:45

When I have a late lunch, I don’t usually have dinner.

She/he is not a breakfast person.
It depends - sometimes I go to work at 8, sometimes at 9
Seven past, seven thirty
Ten forty five, quarter to 11

6) Extra practice/homework
Complete the text. Use the correct form of one of the verbs in the box. Be careful with
negatives and questions.

cook finish get not get home work

write get up go to bed not have leave

live

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Alan is from England but he _________ 1 in Tokyo. "I’m a journalist for an English language
magazine and I _________ 2 about life in Japan." Every morning, he _________ 3 early, and
_________ 4 home at 6:45. "I _________ 5 breakfast there’s no time. My home is very far from
my office and I _________ 6 to work two hours later." He _________ 7 work at six. "My wife
_________ 8 before eight - she’s a doctor. _________ she _________9 hard? Oh yes!" They
_________ 10 dinner and _________ 11 late - at 11 o’clock.

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