Let’s practise

daily
activities!
PETER AND JAMES ARE BROTHERS
BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT.

A. 👉USE THESE PICTURES TO TELL ABOUT

PETER.
E.G. (1) PETER LIVES IN A HOUSE .
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05

04
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B. 👍 USE THE PICTURES TO TALK
ABOUT JAMES .
JAMES DOES YOGA IN THE MORNING.
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05

04
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What do they have in common?

They…..
 KEY

❏ Peter lives in a big house.

❏ Peter drives an expensive
car.
❏ Peter watches TV .
❏ Peter drinks wine.
❏ Peter eats pasta.
KEY

❖ James eats Chinese

food.
❖ James wears glasses.
❖ James drinks beer.
❖ James lives in a flat.
❖ James watches TV.
2. Work in pairs: interview your partner
about a typical weekday:
WHAT TIME /GET UP?
/HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING?
WHAT/HAVE?
HOW/GO TO WORK or SCHOOL?
WHAT TIME /START WORK or SCHOOL?
WHAT /DO AFTER WORK or SCHOOL?
/RELAX IN THE EVENING? WHAT/DO?
WHAT TIME /GO TO BED?
HOW /FEEL AT THE END OF THE DAY?
3. Imagine you meet an old friend after 10 months during
the pandemic and you go out for coffee together.

Use the following prompts to ask

the questions .
Make questions:

Where What
● Work ● Sports / series/
● Like languages/ car
● Watch ● Read / do / speak /
study
Make questions:

What kind of Who /what

● Food /films/ music ● Your favourite
● Play / have ● Actor
● TV programme
● Singer
● restaurant
4. Describe a photo
Perhaps the most natural situation in which to use a
mix of the two tenses is to describe a photo containing
people that you know, for example “The person
standing next to my brother is his girlfriend. She lives
in Canada, so they only meet a few times a year.”
5. Discussion questions:
You can easily make discussion questions with the Present Simple and
Present Continuous, e.g. “What things are getting better in your
country?” and “Do people in your country pay attention to government
campaigns? Why/why not?” You can also use both tenses for sentences
that students should agree or disagree with, e.g. “People buy brands
because they think they are better quality” and “People are slowly
becoming more ecologically friendly in their lifestyles.” Alternatively,
you can give questions which aren’t written in those tenses but should
elicit answers that are, e.g. “Describe the changes in the economy of your
country at the moment.”
T H A N K S!