Unit 16: Daily routines

English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate » Unit 16: Daily routines

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Exercises

16.1 ‣ Match the words on the left with the words on the right.

get up
fall _____
make _____
put on _____
go _____
clean _____
feed _____
once _____

a) the dog
b) my teeth
c) make-up
d) a week
e) the bed
f) to sleep
g) early
h) asleep

16.2 ‣ One word is missing in each sentence. What is it and where does it go?

Does it cost much to have a cleaner to the housework?
My mother usually me up around 7:30, then I get up about 7:45.
If I have a in the afternoon, I usually eat fruit instead of chocolate.
I always go on Friday and Saturday, often to the cinema or a club.
Sometimes friends round to the flat and we play computer games.
I eat at the weekend, usually in a local Italian or French restaurant.
I don’t with a full meal at lunchtime; I usually just have a light lunch, like a salad.
I often have for breakfast – usually cornflakes or something like that.
I don’t like doing housework; I have a husband who does most of it.
When I get emails, I try to reply to them straight.

16.3 ‣ Complete the dialogue with a word or phrasal verb from the opposite page in each gap.

A: Don’t ¹ bother to cook dinner tonight.
B: Why not?
A: We could go out ²_____ of eating here.
B: Yeah. Where?
A: Well, I’d like to try that new Korean restaurant.
B: That’s miles away. No, I think I’d rather ³_____ and have an ⁴_____ night.
A: But it’s Friday.
B: Yes, I know, but I’m tired. Why don’t we ask Ryan and Charlotte to ⁵_____? You don’t have to cook, we can order a ⁶_____. And we can have a nice ⁷_____ round the dining table; much better than a noisy restaurant.

Answer Key

A ‣ Sleep

A ‣ Head and face

“During the week I usually wake up¹ about 7.30 am. If I don’t, my mum wakes me up. I get up² a few minutes later. In the evenings I go to bed about 10.30 pm, and usually go to sleep³ straight away⁴. If I have a late night⁵ I try to have a sleep⁶ in the afternoon when I get home from college.”

¹stop sleeping
²get out of bed
³start sleeping; syn fall asleep
⁴immediately
⁵go to bed very late; opp have an early night
⁶a short period of sleeping, e.g. half an hour

B ‣ Food

B ‣ Food

“I have coffee and cereal for breakfast, then have a light lunch¹, maybe a sandwich and an apple, and a snack² in the afternoon. We have our main meal in the evening. If Mum’s late home from work, she doesn’t bother³ to cook; we just get a takeaway⁴ instead. One of us has to feed⁵ the cat as well.”

¹have a small meal
²a small amount of food you eat between meals
³doesn’t do something because there is no reason or because it is too much work
⁴a meal you buy in a restaurant but eat at home
⁵give food

C ‣ Bathroom routines

C ‣ Bathroom routines

“I usually have a shower when I get home from college because my sister, Rosie, and my brother, Marcus, spend so much time in the bathroom in the morning. I only have time to have a wash and clean my teeth (syn brush my teeth), before Rosie comes in to put on a bit of make-up. In the winter I sometimes have a bath instead of¹ a shower. I like to lie in the bath and listen to music. ”

¹in place of (a shower)

D ‣ Housework*

D ‣ Housework*

“Fortunately¹ we’ve got a cleaner² who does a lot of the housework, and that includes doing my washing³. But I still have to make my bed and do some of my ironing, and I sometimes do the shopping with Mum.”

*the work of keeping a home clean and tidy
¹happening because of good luck; syn luckily
²a person who cleans
³washing my clothes

Language help

When we do the shopping, we buy food at the supermarket; when we go shopping, it is a leisure activity and we perhaps buy clothes, DVDs, books, etc.

E ‣ Spare time*

E ‣ Spare time*

“On weekdays I usually stay in¹ and watch TV in the evening. At the weekend I go out quite a lot with my friends, either to the cinema or just to a café, and I eat out² once a week. Sometimes friends come round³ and we chat⁴ about clothes, music and college.”

*time when you are not working
¹stay at home
²eat in a restaurant; opp eat in
³visit me in my home
⁴have an informal conversation

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