Listening-----At School
This is Lisa's daily schedule.
She goes to school five days a week.
She gets up at 6:30.
She gets dressed between 6:30 and 6:40.
Exercise:
1.When does she get up? (She gets up at 6:30.)
2. She (gets) dressed (between) 6:30 and 6:40.
At 6:45 she eats breakfast.
After breakfast she brushes her teeth.
She leaves for school at 7:00.
Exercise:
1. When does she leave for school? (She leaves for school at 7:00.)
2. After breakfast she (brushes) her (teeth).
Repeat ＆ Read Sentences:
1. After breakfast she brushes her teeth.
2. She goes to school five days a week.
It takes between 40 and 50 minutes to go to school.
Sometimes she takes the subway.
Sometimes she takes a bus.
She usually gets to school around 7:45.
Her first class begins at 8:00.
Exercise:
1. When does her first class begin? (Her first class begins at 8:00.)
2. How does she get to school? (She takes subway or a bus to school.)
3. It (takes) between 40 and 50 minutes to (go) to school.
At 12:00 she has lunch with her friends.
After lunch she has classes until 2:50.
She leaves school around 3:00.
Exercise:
1. What does she do after lunch? (After lunch she has classes until 2:50.)
2. When does she leave school? (She leaves school around 3:00.)
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. After lunch she has classes until 2:50.
2. She usually gets to school around 7:45.
Listening-----After School
After school she goes home.
She usually gets home around 3:45.
When she gets home, she cleans her room.
Exercise:
1. What does she do after school? (After school she goes home.)
2. What does she do when she gets home? (When she gets home, she cleans her room.)
Then, at 4:00, she sits down at the piano and begins to practice.
She usually practices for about 45 minutes, until around 4:45.
But sometimes she practices for an hour.
After practicing, she does some homework.
She does homework until dinner time, which is at 6:00.
Exercise:
1. When does she begin to practice the piano? (She begins to practice piano at 4:00.)
2. What does she do before dinner time? (She does homework until dinner time, which is at 6:00.)
3. Then, at 4:00, she sits (down) at the piano and (begins) to practice.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. When she gets home, she cleans her room.
2. But sometimes she practices for an hour.
3. After practicing, she does some homework.
After dinner, she washes the dishes.
Then she goes to her room and starts doing her homework.
From 7:00 until around 9:00, she does her homework.
She also talks with her friends on the phone.
Sometimes they work on their homework together.
Exercise:
1. What does she do after dinner? (After dinner, she washes the dishes.)
2. Besides homework, what does she do? (She also talks with her friends on the phone.)
3. (Then) she goes to her room and starts (doing) her homework.
Sometimes she has a lot of homework.
On those nights she does homework until 9:30 or later.
After finishing her homework, she likes to read.
Lisa loves to read good books in bed.
She usually reads until around 10:30.
Exercise:
1. What does she like to do after finishing her homework? (After finishing her homework, she likes to read.)
2. What does she love to do? (Lisa loves to read good books in bed.)
3. On those nights she (does) homework (until) 9:30 (or) later.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. She also talks with her friends on the phone.
2. Sometimes they work on their homework together.
3. Then she goes to her room and starts doing her homework.
She usually goes to bed between 10:00 and 10:45.
Sometimes she goes to sleep right away.
Sometimes she can't sleep, so she listens to some piano music.
She's usually sleeping by 11:00.
Exercise:
1. When does she usually go to bed? (She usually goes to bed between 10:00 and 10:45.)
2. What does she do when she can't sleep? (She listens to some piano music.)
3. She (usually) goes to (bed) between 10:00 (and) 10:45.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. Sometimes she goes to sleep right away.
2. What does she do when she can't sleep?
3. What is she usually doing by 11:00?
Vocabulary-----Jobs & Places
a bus driver: A bus driver drives a bus.
a fisherman: A fisherman catches fish.
policemen: Policemen catch people who drive too fast.
a farmer: A farmer grows food such as rice and tomatoes.
a thief: A thief steals things such as purses and wallet.
business people: Businesspeople often work in office buildings.
Exercise:
1. Who catches fish? (A fisherman catches fish.)
2. A fisherman (catches) fish.
3. what do policemen do? (Policemen catch people who drive too fast.)
4. Policemen catch people (who) drive too fast.
5. Who works in an office building? (Businesspeople often work in office buildings.)
6. (Businesspeople) often work in office buildings.
Repeat ＆ Read Sentences:
1. Businesspeople often work in office buildings.
2. Policemen catch people who drive too fast.
a coffee shop: You can have coffee and some food in a coffee shop.
a cinema: You can see a movie in a cinema.
a department store: You can buy clothes and many other things in a department store.
a supermarket: You can buy food, toothpaste and shampoo in a supermarket.
a stadium: You can watch sports in a stadium.
Exercise:
1. Where can you have coffee and some food? (You can have coffee and some food in a coffee shop.)
2. You can have (coffee) and some food in a coffee shop.
3. Where can you watch sports? (Many people go to a stadium to watch sports like football.)
4. Where can you see a movie? (You can see a movie in a cinema.)
5. You can (see) a movie in a cinema.
Repeat ＆ Read Sentences:
1. You can see a movie in a cinema.
2. You can buy clothes and many other things in a department store.
Vocabulary-----Daily Actions
wake up: She's waking up.
get dressed: He's getting dressed.
brush teeth: She's brushing her teeth.
take a shower: He's taking a shower.
eating breakfast: She's eating breakfast.
Exercise:
1. Who is brushing her teeth? (She's brushing her teeth.)
2. What is she doing? (She's brushing her teeth.)
3. Who is taking a shower? (He's taking a shower.)
4. What is she doing ? (She's eating breakfast.)
5. Who is getting dressed? (He's getting dressed.)
Repeat Sentences:
1. She's brushing her teeth.
2. She's eating breakfast.
Dialogue-----Tom's Invitation
Tom: Good morning, Lisa.
Lisa: Good morning, Tom.
Tom: What are you doing today?
Lisa: Nothing, it's Saturday, so I'm just staying home. Why?
Tom: I feel like seeing a movie. Why don't we go to the cinema this afternoon?
Question: What day of the week is it? (It's Saturday.)
Lisa: A movie?
Tom: Sure, there are several movies shown at the cinema. I can get tickets on-line.
Lisa: I don't know, maybe.
Tom: If the movies aren't good, we can do something else.
Lisa: Like what? It's cold and it might rain.
Tom: We can go to the mall and get a pizza.
Question: Where can he get tickets for the cinema? (I can get tickets on-line.)
Lisa: OK, I'll ask my mom and call you back.
Tom: Great, I hope your mom says OK.
Lisa: Yes, me too, bye, Tom.
Lisa: Tom.
Tom: Hi, Lisa.
Lisa: Sorry, but I can't go. My mom wants me to stay at home.
Tom: Why does she want you to stay at home?
Lisa: She wants me to finish my homework.
Tom: That's too bad.
Question: What does her mother want her to do? (Her mother wants her to stay at home.)
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. I can get tickets on-line.
2. I feel like seeing a movie.
3. She's staying home.
4. If the movies aren't good, we can do something else.
Lisa: Sorry, maybe we can see a movie next week, OK?
Tom: Sure, next week would be fine. Anyway, have a good day.
Lisa: Thanks, Tom. You too.
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. Sorry, but I can't go.
2. That's too bad.
3. She wants me to finish my homework.
4. My mom wants me to stay at home.
Letters & Numbers-----Letters, Times & Numbers
pl: plus plant
pr: practice price
tr: a triangle a train
sk: a skirt the sky
sp: speak sports
st:stop stars
Exercise:
1. plus
2. practice
3. a triangle
4. a skirt
5. speak
6. a crow
Sunday is the last day of the week.
Tuesday is the second day of the week.
If today is Monday tomorrow is Tuesday.
If today is Thursday the day before yesterday was Tuesday.
One minute is sixty seconds.
Thirty minutes is half an hour.
6:30 (Six thirty is half past six.)
6:45 (Six forty-five is a quarter to seven.)
January is the first month of the year.
February is the second month of the year.
0.1 = 1/10 (Zero point one equals one tenth.)
0.001 = 1/1000 (Zero point zero zero one equals one one thousandth.)
1000000 (one million)
350,000 (three hundred fifty thousand)
Exercise:
1. What is the first day of the week? (Monday is first day of the week.)
2. What is the second month of the year? (February is the second month of the year.)
3. an hour and a half (90 minutes)
4. What month comes after March and before May? (April is between March and May.)
5. 10,500,000 (ten million five hundred thousand)
6. 1,550 (one thousand five hundred fifty)
7. 250,000 (a quarter of a million)
8. 60 seconds
9. a quarter of an hour (A quarter of an hour is 15minutes.)
10. one point five (1.5)
