EXPRESSING PERSONAL AND GROUP ROUTINE /HABITS

Topic 4: EXPRESSING PERSONAL AND GROUP ROUTINE /HABITS

Every person or group of people who stay together (school) has daily routine or activity. This can be expressed by different works, everyday, often, usually, daily, every month.

Usually action is expressed in present simple tense or habitual aspect. The social area/ focus is on the following.

BREAK TIME

At 10:00 A.M break starts. We go out for a break of 30 minutes. During break time, I drink tea with some snacks. At 10:30 A.m. I go back to class. Classes end at 2:00 p.m.

After classes I go home at 2:45 P.M. I eat lunch.

Exercise

As a student’s what is your Daily Routine?

Vocabulary

Take a shower - wash the whole body

Attendance - counting people

Supper - food eaten at the right (a right meal)

Structure

Prepositions

“ON” –is used with days and dates

Examples

- I go to church on Sundays.

- I go to the Mosque on Friday

- I was born on 03 rd May 1978

“AT” –is used with exact time

Examples:

- He come at six o’clock

- We traveled at night

- The lesson starts at 8:00 am.

“IN” –is used with parts of the day, months and years

Examples:

- He came in the evening

- School will be closed in December

- He was born in 2009

Asking questions.

We can also ask questions using does, do

Note: Does –is for singular nouns and pronouns

Do –is for plural nouns and pronouns.

Examples:

(i) Does she speak English?

(ii) Does he come to school late?

(iii) Does she smoke?

(iv) Do they speak English?

(v) Do they come to school late?

(vi) Do we have to write our names?

Exercise

Make question using does and do

1. Does …………………………..? 2. Does …………………………..? 3. Do ….…………………………..? 4. Do ….…………………………..?