Takeaway Sally's Week English > Level A1.

1 Starter > Meeting New People

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CONTENT
• Let’s Start! •
Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

Sally has a new job! What is her routine like? Let's find out!

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Exchange personal information about • I can ask and tell time.
the home and family in communicative • I can talk about the frequency of some actions
situations.
and events.
• I can talk about daily routines.
Ask your partner:
• What is your daily routine like?
• What do you usually do on
weekends?

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Let’s Explore!

Sally writes an e-mail* to her friend about her routine**.

* A message that is sent using the internet and a computer.

** A regular or fixed way of doing things.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Hi Ana,

I have a new job! I wake up at half past 6 every morning. What time do you wake up? I go
to the gym and exercise for an hour. Then, I get ready and go to work.
I have to do many things every day. I take a yoga class twice a week. It is on Monday and
Thursday evenings at 5.30 p.m. My instructor is great!
How often do you go to yoga? I take a night class from a quarter to 6 to a quarter past 8. I
go three times a week. I study Spanish.
Before class, I go for a walk. I have a busy day. I go to bed at midnight!

Sally

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Let’s Practice!

How often do you go?

Instructions: Organize the mystery sentences. Write each word in the correct order.

1. wake / up / I / every / 6:30 / at / morning.

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2. yoga / I / take / class / week. / every

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3. night / class / I / take / a / three / times / week.

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4. usually / for / walk. / I / class, / Before / go / a

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Let’s Practice!

Did you understand the e-mail? Let’s find out!

Instructions: Read the e-mail again. Select all the correct answers.

1. Select the things Sally does every day.

 She takes a night class.

 She goes to yoga class.
 She goes to work.
 She wakes up at 6 a.m.
 She goes to the gym and exercises.

2. Select the things Sally does every week.

 She takes a night class.

 She does yoga.
 She has tea with her friend.
 She goes to the gym after work.

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Extension Activity

Let's talk about routines!

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Write an e-mail to your partner.

Self-Assessment YesNo
b) Describe your day by writing about
what you do.
I write an e-mail about my daily routines.
c) Talk about how often you do
some things.
d) Read it aloud to your partner. I describe what I do each day.

I explain how often I do something.

I read the e-mail to a partner.

Target Words

• before (preposition): when an event

• to take (a class) (expression): to
happens ahead of another
join a class to learn a skill
e.g. Before the class, I go for a walk.
e.g. I take an English language class
• instructor (noun): a person who teaches
every week.
a practical skill • yoga (noun): a set of exercises for
e.g. I am a yoga instructor.
mental and physical health
• night class (noun): classes held in the
e.g. I do yoga every day.
evening usually from 5 to 10 p.m. • midnight (noun): 12:00 p.m. (at night)
e.g. I take a night class every Tuesday
e.g. I go to bed at midnight.
evenings.

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Learning Points

Expressions of Frequency
You use expressions of frequency to say how many times you do an

activity. You ask the question:

How often do you ... ?

Expressions of Frequency Examples

every ... (day of the week)
on ... (day of the week)
nights once (=one time) a
week twice (=two times) a
week (#) times a month
Every Friday, I meet my friends for dinner.
I play tennis on Wednesday nights.
I meet my friend once a week.
I take a yoga class twice a week.
I watch a movie three times a month.

Examples:
• Tom: How often do you go to the gym?
Sam: Three times a week.

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Learning Points

Telling the Time

Look at the chart. You can use these expressions to tell the time. You use the Simple
Present tense of the verb to be in sentences where you tell time.

Time Expression Example

It's 1 p.m. It's 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

It's 3:35 a.m. It's twenty-five minutes to 4 in the morning.

It's 3:35 p.m. It's twenty-five minutes to 4 in the afternoon.

It's 9:15 p.m It's a quarter past 9 in the evening.

It's 9:15 a.m. It's a quarter past 9 in the morning.