Let’s review some of the structures and vocabulary we learned in the

first part of the year

Vocabulary: time expressions

Write the time expressions below under the correct column.

At On In From ….. to No preposition

midday next Saturday August-November 4 o'clock

the afternoon 4.00-6.00 the evening Tuesday evening

0.30 a.m. weekend July Friday-Sunday

the weekend Wednesday the morning morning

Grammar: the Present Simple

I- Read about Timo Kekkonen's typical day. Complete the information about his day on the chart below.

“Hi. My name's Timo Kekkonen. I'm Finnish and I live in Espoo. I live with my
wife, Seija. She's a receptionist at a hotel. We have a son, Matti. He's two. I
work for a bank in Helsinki. I get up very early - at six o'clock, and I leave home
at 6.30. I go to work by train. It takes an hour and it's very crowded. The
normal time to start work at my company is eight o'clock. I get to work at
7.30 because I always have a lot of work. I finish work at 7 o'clock every day.
I get home an hour later. It's a long day, but I don't work at the weekend.”
 Timo Stephanie Karin
Get up
Leave home
Go to work
Get to work
Finish work
Get home

II- Listen to an interview with Stephanie, Timo’s friend. Then complete the chart in exercise I with her
information.

III- Karin Fisch is Timo and Stephanie’s friend. Complete the description of her day. Choose a verb to
complete each gap using its correct form. Then complete the chart in exercise I with her information.

go not go out come start not have develop be paint eat work live work have

Karin Fisch ………………… from Germany. She ………………… in

Hamburg and ………………… for a company which …………………
computer software. She ………………… to work by car and
………………… work at 8.00. At work she ………………… time for lunch,
so she usually ………………… a sandwich at her desk. She
………………… late so she ………………… a lot in the evenings. Her
hobby ………………… painting. She ………………… landscapes and she
………………… exhibitions of her paintings in Hamburg.

IV- Make questions about Karin’s day

1- Where/come from? 6- Where/have lunch?

2- live/in Hamburg? 7- What/eat/for lunch?
3- work/for a bank? 8- go out a lot/in the evenings?
4- How/go to work? 9- What/paint?
5- What time/start/work? 10- Where/have/exhibitions?

V- What do Timo and Karin look like? What do you imagine Stephanie looks like? Write their description
and what they like doing in their free time.
VI- This chart shows the number of days the employees were late for work last month in the Company Timo
works for. Write sentences about the employees using the words the frequency adverbs in the list as in
the example.

sometimes never hardly ever always usually often

Example: Paul is never late for work.

1- Sandra ……………………………………..
2- Zoran ……………………………………..
3- Vincenz ……………………………………
4- Randa ……………………………………...
5- Rafael ……………………………………...

VII- Put the words in the right order.

1- She / break / takes / always / a / at 10 o'clock

2- We're / sick / rarely
3- They / never / seven / days / work / a / week.
4- They / the / on / take / usually / train / Friday .
5- We / finish / work / sometimes / at / 16.00.
6- He's / late / for / work / often