Daily Routine Text

A.

Read the text and complete it with the Simple Present of the verbs in brackets. I ______  (be)  Spike. She

 ______  (be)  Desiree. We  ______  (be)  classmates and we  _________ (live)  in the same neighbourhood. On weekdays, we  ________  (get up)  early, around 7 o’clock. We  _________ (have) (have) a shower,  ________  (brush)  our teeth and  _______  (eat) breakfast. I  ________  (drink) a glass of milk and  ________  (have)  a sandwich, but Desiree  ________  (prefer) orange juice and cereal. At 8 o’clock she  ________  (knock)  on my door and off we  ______  (go)  to school. Well, sometimes she  ________  (be) late because of her hair. She  ________  (like) to create a different style now and then. Anyway, it  ________  (take) us about ten minutes to get to school. Half the way, our friend Mary  ________  (join) us. We  ________  (have) lessons from 8:30 to 3 o’clock. The three of us  ________  (go) together back home except on Tuesdays and Thursdays because I  ________  (have) Judo lessons in a Gym  ________  (love) nearby. Desiree also  ________  (have)  music lessons on the same days. I l ________  seeing her play the violin! B.

Answer these questions on the text.

1. Who is Spike?  ________________  ______________________  ______    ______________________________________

2.  What time do Spike and Desiree get up?  ______________  _______________________ ________________ ___________ ____

C.

Now ask questions for these answers.

1.  ________________  ________________________ ________________ __________? __? Desiree is Spike’s classmate. 2.  _______________  ______________________ ________________ _____________? ____?

3. What does Spike have for breakfast? __ 

Yes, they do. They live in the same neighbourhood.

 ________________  ________________________ _______________ _______________  ________ 

3.  _______________  ______________________ ________________ ____________? ___?

4. How do Spike and Desiree go to school?  ________________  ________________________ _______________ ______________ _______

5. Why is Desiree sometimes late?  ______   ________________  ________________________ _______________ _______________  ________   ________________  ________________________ _______________ ______________ _______

6. How long does it take them to get to school?  ________________  _______________________ _______________ ________  ________________  ________________________ _______________ _______________  ________ 

7. How many hours do they spend at school?  ________________  _______________________ _______________ ________ 8. On which days don’t they go together back home? Why?  ________________  ______________________  ______   ________________  ________________________ _______________ _______________  ________ 

Desiree has cereal for breakfast. 4.  _________________  _________________________ ________________ __________? __?

She knocks on Spike’s door at 8. 5.  _________________  _________________________ ________________ __________? __?

No, school is not far from their home. 6.  _______________  ______________________ ________________ _____________? ____? Mary does. She joins them on the way to school. 7.  _________________  _________________________ ________________ __________? __?

He goes to the gym after school.

8.  _______________  ______________________ ________________ _____________? ____? Desiree plays the violin.