My Home

Warm-up: Your home, your day

2 warm-up questions

• Do you live in a house or an apartment? How many rooms does it have?
• Quick try: tell me about your morning in 30 seconds. Start with 'I wake up...'.

Reading: A Normal Day

Read a 127-word text about A Normal Day

A Normal Day I wake up at 7 o'clock. I get up and go to the bathroom. I have a shower. Then I get dressed. I eat breakfast at 7:30. I drink coffee and eat bread. I leave home at 8 o'clock. I go to work. I come home at 6 o'clock. I eat dinner and watch TV. I go to bed at 10 o'clock. Phrases you can use The reading is about MY day. Here are lines for YOU: Where you live: "I live in an apartment." / "I live in a small house." Your rooms: "My home has four rooms." / "My favourite room is the kitchen." Your day at home: "I have breakfast in the kitchen." / "I watch TV in the living room."

Vocabulary: Daily Routine Words

5 items

Practice: Complete the Routine

Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

• I ____ at 7 o'clock in the morning.
• I have a ____ in the bathroom.
• I eat ____ at 7:30.
• I ____ home at 8 o'clock.
• I go to ____ at 10 o'clock.

Practice: Make Sentences

Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

• at · I · seven · up · wake
• a · has · She · shower
• breakfast · eat · every · I · morning
• at · eight · He · home · leaves
• bed · go · late · to · We

Dialogue: A New Friend Asks About Your Home

Role-play: A new friend asks about your home and your day. (8 lines)

• Friend: Where do you live? Do you live in a house?
• You: I live in an apartment. It has three rooms.
• Friend: Nice! What is your favourite room?
• You: My favourite room is the kitchen. I eat breakfast there.
• Friend: What time do you wake up in the morning?
• You: I wake up at seven o'clock. Then I have a shower.
• Friend: And in the evening? What do you do at home?
• You: I eat dinner and watch TV. I go to bed at ten.

Discussion: Your Mission: Your Home and Your Day

3 discussion questions

• Mission: tell me about your home and your day, from morning to night. Use the frames: 'I live in ___.' / 'I wake up at ___.' / 'I go to bed at ___.' Say five sentences or more. (Tutor: count the sentences on your fingers — show them at the end!)
• Second try: now tell me about Saturday. What is different? 'On Saturday, I wake up at ___.'
• Remember your 30-second try at the start? Say your morning again — is it longer and clearer now?