TALK ABOUT LIFE AND DAILY ROUTINES

Hablar Acerca de la Vida y las Rutinas Diarias

 I live in Chicago.  Does Steve live in Chicago? No, he doesn’t.

Steve lives in New York.
 I usually work from Monday to Friday. I never
go to the gym.  He always goes to the gym on Wednesdays in
the morning.
 Remember
 he/she/it + s: I work, he works, I live, she lives.
 Verb to be + adverb of frequency: I am always at
work at 8 a.m.  Negative: don’t and doesn’t + base form of the
verb: I don’t work, he doesn’t work.
 Adverb of frequency + other verbs: I always
work from 9:00 to 5:00.  Questions: do and does + base form of the verb:
Do you work? Does he work?

 Vivo en Chicago. / Usualmente trabajo de lunes  ¿Steve vive en Chicago? No, no vive en Chicago.
a viernes. Nunca voy al gimnasio. Steve vive en Nueva York. / Siempre va al gimnasio
los miércoles en la mañana.

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WORK AND GYM ROUTINES
Rutinas de Trabajo y Gimnasio

Do you work? Do you and Dan go to the gym?

Yes, I do. I work in the mornings. Yes, we do. We always go to the gym at 6
I don’t work in the afternoons. p.m. on Mondays and we sometimes go at 7
a.m. on Wednesdays.

Does Dan work?

Yes, he does. He works from Monday to

Friday. He doesn’t work on the weekends.

 ¿Trabajas? / Sí, sí trabajo. Trabajo en las mañanas. No trabajo en las tardes. / ¿Dan trabaja? / Sí, sí trabaja.
Él trabaja de lunes a viernes. No trabaja los fines de semana. / ¿Dan y tú van al gimnasio? / Sí, sí vamos. Siempre
vamos al gimnasio a las 6 p.m. los lunes y a veces vamos a las 7 p.m. los miércoles.

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Use of the Present Simple
LANGUAGE BUILDER
Usos del Presente Simple
Facts Habits
Hechos Hábitos

Chile is in South America. I live in Chile. I go to work at 8 a.m.

The Present Simple: Questions and Answers

LANGUAGE BUILDER
El Presente Simple: Preguntas y Respuestas
I / you / we / they she / he / it

 I live in the city. She lives in the city.

 We don’t eat breakfast. He doesn’t eat breakfast.

 Do you drive to the mountains? Does he drive to the mountains?

Yes, I do. Yes, he does.
No, I don’t. No, he doesn’t.

Adverbs of Frequency
VOCABULARY BUILDER
Adverbios de Frecuencia
0% 100%
never sometimes usually always

I am never at work by 8 a.m. I always have coffee in the morning.

 Remember
 Verb to be + adverb of frequency: I am never  Adverb of frequency + other verbs: I always have

Prepositions of Time
VOCABULARY BUILDER
Preposiciones de Tiempo
Use with  Example Use with  Example

in months in February at specific time of day at 6 a.m.

seasons in the winter at night (irregular)
time of day in the morning

on days of the week on Mondays from... all of the above from Monday to Friday
on weekdays to... from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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