Find out your partner’s whole routine: Present Simple speaking and presentation

Find out your partner’s whole routine: Present Simple speaking and presentation

Write the name of one day of the week (e.g. “Sunday”) on a blank piece of paper. Write the time “00:00” at the top of the page and the time “23:59” at the bottom. Ask questions to find out what your partner (usually) does in all 24 hours of that day. Your partner will do the same with you. When your teacher stops the game, the person who comes closest to filling up the whole 24 hours wins. Your teacher will tell you if/ when you can use the questions and/ or verbs below to help.

Useful questions about routines

• Do you… before/ after…?
• Do you… before/ after you…?
• Do you… before or after you…?
• Do you… between… ing and …ing?
• Do you… in the morning/ afternoon/ evening?
• Do you… on… days?
• How long do you…?
• How long do you spend…ing (…)?
• How long does it take to…?
• What do you do at… (o’clock)?
• What do you do before/ after…ing (…)?
• What do you do between… ing and …ing?
• What time do you (start/ stop/ finish)…ing (…)?

Suggested verbs to talk about routines

• arrive + at school/ home/ at…
• brush + your teeth/ your hair
• do + PE/ your homework/ housework/ the washing up/…
• get + dressed/ undressed/ changed/ up/…
• go to + bed/ sleep/ school/…
• have + a shower/ a bath/…
• have + breakfast/ lunch/ dinner/ a snack/…
• leave + school/ your house/…
• listen to + music/ the radio/ CDs/…
• meet + friends/ your grandparents/ your cousins/…
• play + computer games/ soccer/ baseball/ cards/ board games/…
• practise + the violin/ soccer/ basketball/…
• read + a book/ comics/…
• study + English/ Japanese/ maths/ social studies/ science/ geography/ music/ history/…
• wake + up/ your brother up/…

Ask about any questions above you couldn’t understand, couldn’t make questions out of, etc.

Present Simple for routines grammar presentation

Without looking above, put one word into each gap below.

Do you ________________________________________ the washing up in the evening?

Do you brush ____________________________________________ hair after breakfast?

Do you do PE ________________________________________________ the afternoon?

How long ______________________________________________ it take to get dressed?

How long __________________________________________________ you have lunch?

How long do you ___________________________________________________ a bath?

How long do you listen ______________________________________________ music?

How long does it ___________________________________________ to have a shower?

What ________________________________________________ you do at seven thirty?

What do you do _________________________________________________ six o’clock?

What do you do before you __________________________________________ to sleep?

What time ________________________________________________ you study maths?

What time do you wake ___________________________________________________?

________________________ do you do between having breakfast and going to school?

________________________________________ you do your homework in the morning?

___________________________________________ time do you start studying English?

___________________________________________ you brush your teeth before lunch?

____________________________________________ long does it take to have dinner?

Check your answers on the previous page. Other answers might be possible, so check any different answers with your teacher.

Without looking above for now, brainstorm suitable words to go after each of the verbs below. Many words not above are also possible.

arrive +

brush +

do +

get +

go to +

have +

have +

leave +

listen to +

meet +

play +

practise +

read +

study +

wake +

Compare your ideas with the previous page, brainstorm more, then compare your extra ideas as a class.