ROUTINE AND

LEISURE
ACTIVITIES
Likes and Dislikes, Simple Present Tense, Time
Expression
WE ARE GOING TO LEARN

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

ROUTINE AND
LEISURE ACTIVITIES

LIKES AND DISLIKES TIME EXPRESSION

 ROUTINE LEISURE
• Activities that people do • Activities that people do when
everyday. they have free time.

• Example:
• Example: Listen to music
I get up at 5 am Watch a movie
I eat breakfast at 6 am Read a book/ novel/Comic
I go to campus/work at 7 am Go to cinema
Play football/ basketball
 ROUTINE
ASK RESPONSES
• Can you tell me about your • Sure. I start my day by ...
daily activity?
• Of course. Let me tell you
• What do you do on your about my routine.
weekdays?
• Okay. First, i wake up at 5
• Would you like to tell me am in the morning. Next...
about your daily routine?
 LEISURE
ASK RESPONSES
• What do you do in your free
• I listen to the music.
time?
• I see movie at cinema.
• What do you do during
holiday?
• I play volleyball.

• What do you do when you

are not busy?
 EXPRESSING
LIKE AND DISLIKE
 LIKES DISLIKES
• I like ... • I don’t like ...
• I love ... • I dislike ...
• I adore ... • I hate ...
• I am crazy about ... • I abhor ...
• I am mad about ... • I can’t bear ...
• I enjoy ... • I can’t stand ...
• I am keen on ... • I detest ...
• I loathe ...
EXAMPLES:
LIKES
• “I like travelling every weekend”.
• “I enjoy staying at home”.
• “I’m mad about my daily routine”.
• “He is keen on fishing during his free
time”.
• “She adores reading novels on
sunday”.
DISLIKES
• “I can’t bear going to crowded
place during my holiday”.
• “I loathe doing the housework
during weekend”.
• “She dislikes eating breakfast”.
• “My mother hates going outside
during her spare time”.
• “I don’t like staying at home”.
The expression of “Like” and “Dislike” are usually followed by Verb-ing

• I enjoy going outside during my free time.

• I dislike going outside during my free time.
• My sister dislikes going outside during her free time.
• I don't like going outside during my free time.
• She doesn’t like going outside during her free time.
• He hates going outside during his free time.
After the verbs "hate, "love", "like" or "can't bear" we can usually use both the
"Verb–ing" or "to + verb" pattern.

• I love going outside during my free time // I love to go outside during my free time.
• I like going outside during my free time // I like to go outside during my free time.
• She can’t bear going outside during her free time // She can’t bear to go outside during
her free time
• He hates going outside during his free time // He hates to go outside during his free
time.
If you neither like nor dislike something:
• “I don’t mind doing the housework on the weekend”.
• “My brother doesn’t mind doing the housework on the weekend”.
• “They don’t mind doing the housework on the weekend”.

Note that “very much” & “a lot” always come after the things you
like:
• “I like playing badminton very much”.
• “My brother adores reading comics a lot ”.
• “They love watching movie very much”.
 TIME
EXPRESSION
• In the morning / afternoon / evening /
midnight.
• Weekday / Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday.
• Weekend / Saturday, Sunday.
• Everyday / every weekend / etc.
• At 5 o’clock / at 7 am / at 6 pm / etc.
 TIME
EXPRESSION
• At (clock times / mealtimes)
• In (season of the year / years and centuries / months / parts of the day)
• On (days / dates)
ADVERB OF EXAMPLES:
FREQUENCY
• • I always go to market every sunday.
Always
• I usually go to market every
• Usually
sunday.
• Regularly
• I often go to market every sunday.
• Normaly • I sometimes go to market every
• Often sunday.
• Sometimes • I seldom go to market every
• Occassionally sunday.
• Seldom • I never go to market every sunday.
• Rarely
• Never
 ROUTINE ACTIVITIES

During the weekdays, I usually wake up at 6.30 a.m. I sometimes

lie in bed for five minutes but then I have to get up. I have
breakfast at 7.30 a.m. After that, i prepare to go to campus/work. I
regularly study/work from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. I leave work around
4.15 p.m. and get home about 5 p.m.

I had lunch at 1 p.m and dinner around 7 p.m. Next, I take a

shower. I wash my hair three or four times a week. In the evening,
I do my works until 10 p.m. At 10.30 p.m., I go to sleep and be
ready to face new experience for tomorrow.
 LEISURE ACTIVITIES

When weekend is coming, it is a happiness to me. On the

weekend, I like to wake up a little bit late because I don’t have to
go to campus/work. I like getting up at 7 a.m.

In my free time, I dislike to go crowded places. I like staying at

home. I love to spend my spare times by watching movies in the
TV. Besides, I like listening to the music or reading books. I enjoy
my leisure activities during the weekend because I can do
everyhting that I cannot do during the weekdays.