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1 Everyday life

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1 nead the text and answer these questions.
2 Work with a partner. Discuss these questions.
I Why do we have routines?
I How is your morning routine different from Jo,s?
2 Who describes her routine?
2 What other routines do you have in your 1ife?
f Are routines good or bad?
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1 look at the table.
Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same route
a Complete the second column, :using She.
to work every day? Do you sit in the same place in class?
When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg
I She
or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have
routines in our lives. I always do exactly the same things. She always
I wake up at seven o'clock.
Routines save time and
I don't get up till quarter past seven.
energy because you do
I switch on the radio.
them without thinking.
I listen to the news.
That's why they are so
important in the morning I go to the ioo.
I brush my teeth.
when your brain isn't very
active. Here's Jo talking I have a shower.
about her morning I dry my hair.
routine. I choose my clothes.
I get dressed.
'Oh yes, I always do exactly
I don't have any breal<fast.
the same things. I wake up
at seven o'clock every
morning, but I don't get b ffi l.l Listen and check.
up till quarter past seven.
2 Look at your table from 1.
I switch on the radio and
a What normally happens to the verb in the third
listen to the news. Then !
go to the loo and I brush person singular?
my teeth. I have a shower What happens
and dry my hair. Then I c when the verb ends in -se, -sh, -ch, e.g. brush?
choose my clothes and t
How do we pronounce these words?
get dressed. t don't eat
o when the verb ends in -0, e .g. go?
anything for breakfast. t
r when the verb ends in consonant +y, e.g. dry?
just have a cup of coffee.
. with t]ne verb have?
Then I go to work- Yes,
it's always the same.' 3 How do we make negatives and questions in
the present simple tense
Routines are very useful, but they also make you
o for the third person singular?
uncreative. 50 sometimes it's a good idea to break your
o for all other subjects?
routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a
different radio station. Take a different route to work.
Eat something different for breakfast. Change your
routine. You never know, it could change your life.