Lesley Reading Listening

Reading Comprehension Lesley’s Day A. Read about Lesley Lesley is an ESOL teacher at Hackney College in London. On weekdays she always gets up at about 7 o’clock. She has a shower and then she has breakfast with her husband and daughter. After breakfast she brushes her teeth and gets dressed and then she takes her daughter to school. She goes to college by bicycle at 8.30 and she starts work at 9 o’clock. At about 1.30 she usually has lunch. She has a sandwich and some fruit in her office. She finishes work at 5 o’clock and picks up her daughter from her after-school club. She usually has dinner at about 7 o’clock and then she has a cup of coffee. In the evening she s he watches television or sometimes she listens to the radio. She likes listening to music. She usually goes to bed at about 11.30. Then she reads her book for about half an hour. She goes to sleep at midnight. B. What is this text about? Tick ( ✓) one box. What Lesley does every day. What Lesley likes doing in her free time. C. Circle TRUE or FALSE. 1 Lesley gets up at seven o’clock. TRUE 2 She has a shower in the morning. TRUE 3 She goes to college by bus. TRUE 4 She picks up her daughter after work. TRUE 5 She likes listening to music on the radio. TRUE 6 She goes to bed at eleven o’clock. TRUE

FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE

D. Answer the questions. 7 Who does she have breakfast with? ...........………………………………………….. 8 How does she go to college? ……...............………………………………………….. 9 Where does she have lunch? .......................………………………………………….. 10 What does she have for lunch?...................…………………………………………..

E. Answer the questions about you. 1 What time do you get up? .............................................................................................. 2 Do you usually have a shower in the morning? …...................................................... 3 How do you go to work or college? .............................................................................. 4 What time do you start work or college? ...................................................................... 5 Where do you usually have lunch? ……........................................................................ 6 What do you have for lunch? ......................................................................................... 7 What time do you have dinner? .................................................................................... 8 Who do you have dinner with? .................................................................................... 9 What do you do in the evening? ................................................................................... 10 What time do you go to bed? ...................................................................................... F. Now cover the questions. Can you remember them? G. Practice the questions. Then ask your partner. Write short answers. Don’t read the questions. 1 What time……………………………get up? ..................................................................................................................... 2 Do……………………..shower ………..…morning? ..................................................................................................................... 3 How………………………………………..work or college? ..................................................................................................................... 4 What time……………………………………..start work or college? ..................................................................................................................... 5 Where…………………………………………….lunch? ..................................................................................................................... 6 What……………………………………………for lunch? ..................................................................................................................... 7 What time………………………………………….…dinner? ..................................................................................................................... 8 Who…………………………………………………..dinner with? ..................................................................................................................... 9 What…………………………………………………..do in the evening? ..................................................................................................................... 10 What time…………………………………………………bed? .....................................................................................................................

Now Write about your partner Source: http://www.pearsonlongman.com/uk-ireland/pdf/esol/photodict/new_photodict/m02_lpd_wks_glb_5650_drt.pdf

Listening and Reading Comprehension Mike’s daily routine

A. Listen and complete the missing words with the words from the box. aerobic

daily

abroad

around surfing

turn on

until

routine

Hi, I'm Mike and this is my 1. ………… routine. I get up early every day 2. …………6:30 and I go to the gym for a work -out before I go to work. I usually do 3. …………. exercise for a while and then do some weight lifting for maybe half an hour at the gym, then I'll return home, and as I work from my home, I 4. …………my computer and start working on what needs to be done. I usually skip breakfast and I'll work until about 12:00 then I'll prepare lunch and have a fairly big lunch because I don't eat breakfast. Then after lunch, I'll go back, continue working on Internet or whatever I have to do for work, 5. ………. about 6:00 when I usually start getting phone calls from friends of mine who live 6. ………….. and then in the evenings if I'm not using my time doing things with the Internet or 7. ………… the web, then I'm speaking to people on the Internet or on my phone and that pretty much sums up my usual daily 8. ………….

B. Answer the following questions about the interview. 1) Mike gets up _______. a) at 5:30 b) at 6:30

c) at 7:30

2) After he wakes up, Mike _______. a) goes for a walk b) makes breakfast

c) goes to the gym

3) Mike eats a _______ lunch. a) big b) average

c) small

4) Mike works _______. a) at a school b) at an office

c) at home

5) In the evening, Mike often _______. a) goes to internet cafes b) talks to friends

c) works overtime

C. Listen again and practice your pronunciation Source:

http://www.elllo.org/english/0351/388-Mike-Routine.htm aperalta 2014