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Daily Activities
Daily activities are routine activities that people tend do everyday without needing assistance. They include eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking), etc (Investopedia, 2016)
1. Study the following words or phrases related to Daily activities.
I wake up at . . .
I have my morning prayers at . . .
I take a bath/shower.
I brush my teeth.
I have . . . for my breakfast.
I go to school/work at . . . by . . .
It takes . . . minutes to go by . . .
2. Work in pairs to ask and answer the following questions.
a. What time do you wake up?
What time do you normally get up?
Do you take a bath/shower in the morning?
What time do you usually take a bath/shower?
Do you have morning prayers?
b. Do you always have breakfast?
What time do you usually eat breakfast?
Do you have breakfast with your family at home or at your office/school canteen?
What do you have for breakfast?
c. What time do you go to school or campus? (for students)
What time do you go to work?
How do you go to school or to work?
How long does it take to go to your office or school?
d. What time does your office or business open?
What are your main activities at school or at work? Please explain!
What other activities do you have?
Do you talk a lot at work or at school?
Whom do you talk to? ?
Do you seldom talk? Why is it so?
Do you use computer quite often?
Do you sometimes have a meeting?
When do you usually have a meeting?
How long does it normally take?
What do you discuss in your meeting?
e. When do you have a break: tea break, lunch break?
Do you go out for lunch?
Whom do you go out with?
Where do you have your lunch?
What do you usually have for lunch?
Do you always have good food?
Do you buy the food?
How much do you spend for buying food?
What is your typical day of work?
What time do you go home from school or work?
Do you go home directly or do you go somewhere else?
f. (For those who stay at home.)
What do you do? Please explain!
Do you cook?
What do you cook?
Do you do any house work?
What housework do you do?
What time do you start and finish your housework?
Can you explain your housework?
Give some tips how to do it.
g. Activities after school or work.
What are your most routine activities after school or work?
What time do you have dinner?
Who prepares the meal for you? something ?
What time? Which channel? do
Whom do you have dinner with?
What do you do after dinner?
What time do you go to bed?
Describe what you like to do most after work.
Why do you like that?
Do you spend a lot of time watching TV or do you else?
If you watch TV, what do you watch?
What time?
Which channel?
How do you like it?
h. What do you do in your free/spare time? Please describe!
What do you usually do on the weekend?
Do you go jogging, sightseeing, swimming, window shopping or just stay at home? Please explain!
Do you often stay at home repairing household goods, gardening, reading, or watching TV, etc? Please describe!
Do you go somewhere else?
Where do you go?
What do you do there?
What else ......?
When do you do that?
Do you like sharing or chatting with the members of your family?
What do you share or chat about?
What are their reactions?
Do the members of your family also share with you? What do they share?
i. Do you sometimes meet and talk to your neighbour?
What do you talk about with them?
Do you have any special activities you do with your neighbours?
What do you do?
Do the activities involve many people?
Who are they?
j. Do you sometimes have guests who come to your house?
Who are they?
Why do they visit?
Do you serve them some food and drink?
What food and drink do you serve?
What do you normally talk about with your guests?
3. Work in pair to practice speaking about daily activities. Please, refer to the following pictures and feel free to add more information. For examples:
a. My sister wakes up at seven in the morning.
b. His brother washes his face after waking up.
4. Talk about your daily activities to another students.
For example:
I always get up at five o'clock in the morning. Then I take a bath before doing my morning prayers. Next, . . .