 Reading comprehension:

Helen’s daily routine

 Answering questions
English Test – 7th about personal daily
routine
No.6  Present Simple
 Possessive case
 The time
 Writing activity: daily
routine

Name: _________________________________________
Date: __________________________________________

A. Read the following text carefully.

Helen’s daily routine
Dear pen pal,
I am writing to tell you about a typical day in my life.
My name’s Helen Kearns. I’m thirteen years old and I live in Birmingham.
My father is a businessman and my mother works in a hospital. I’ve got one
sister. She’s studying at the university here.
I think my day is very typical. I usually get up at 8.15 a.m. I have a shower
and I dress myself up. Before going to school I have breakfast: tea, toast
and marmalade. Then I go to school on foot. I have classes from 9 to 4
o’clock. I like school. I’ve got good friends there. I don’t like Maths, but
Geography and Biology are fun. When school finishes at 4 o’clock, I go
home and I help my mother in the house. We have dinner at 7 o’clock. After
dinner I sometimes watch TV or listen to music. I go to bed at 11 0’clock.
Best wishes,
Helen
B. Answer the questions. Use full answers.
1. What time does Helen usually get up?
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2. How does Helen go to school every day?
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3. What are Helen’s favourite school subjects?
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4. Does she like Maths?
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5. What does Helen do after dinner?
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C. Answer these questions about your daily routine:

1. What time do you get up?
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2. How do you go to school?
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3. How long do your lessons last?
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4. Do you have lunch in the school canteen?
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5. Do you like your school?
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II
A. Complete the text about Helen’s friend, Peter, with the
verbs in brackets in the Simple Present.
Peter ____________(be) a schoolboy. He usually _________(go) to school
by bus. He ____________(love) Science. He always __________(listen) to
the teacher. He ___________(have) his lunch at school but he always
____________(eat) dinner with his parents. In the afternoon, he
___________(play) the piano and on Saturdays he _____________
(practise) basketball. He ___________(collect) posters of his favourite
singers.

B. Build correct sentences.

1. I/ listen to music/ after dinner/ sometimes.
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2. she/ have breakfast/ usually/ before going to school.
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3. We/ often/ on foot/ go to school.
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4. She/ go to bed/ rarely/ after midnight.
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C. Write the following sentences in the negative form.

1. I wake up at 7.30 in the morning.
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2. They watch TV after dinner.
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3. We have got two pets: a dog and a cat.
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4. Helen and Peter are best friends.
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D. Use the information below to build sentences using the

possessive case. Follow the example.
1. Lisa has got a new computer. It is Lisa’s computer.
2. John likes his new house. _____________________________________
3. Susan has got three blue pens. ________________________________
4. John and Susan are at home. __________________________________
5. Rachel is sleeping on the net. _________________________________

E. Fill in the gaps with the prepositions of time.

1. __________ March is my mother’s birthday.
2. Harry wakes up __________ eight o’clock ________ the morning.
3. _________ night he likes to watch his favourite programme on TV.
4. I was born _________ the 20th century, ________ 21st May 1999.
5. _________ two days time my grandfather will celebrate his birthday.
6. _________ spring the days are longer.

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 F. What time is it? Write the time in full.
1. 7.00 ___________________________________
2. 7.20 ___________________________________
3. 9.30 ___________________________________
4. 8.10 ___________________________________
5. 5.15 ___________________________________
6. 11.45 ___________________________________

IV
A. Write a short text about your daily routine.
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