16 Daily routines

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

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

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. Marcus having Rosie putting
1 a shave on make-up
in place of (a shower)

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.
* 2
the work of keeping a home clean and tidy a person who cleans
1 3
happening because of good luck; syn luckily washing my clothes
ironing
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*
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.
* 3
time when you are not working visit me in my home
1 4
stay at home have an informal conversation
2
eat in a restaurant; opp eat in

38 English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate

16.1 Find seven more expressions with have + [noun] and do + [noun] from the opposite page.
have a shower have have have
do do do do

16.2 Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
g
1 get up a the dog
2 fall b my teeth
3 make c make-up
4 put on d a week
5 go e the bed
6 clean f to sleep
7 feed g early
8 once h asleep

16.3 One word is missing in each sentence. What is it and where does it go?
1 Does it cost much to have a cleaner to the housework? do
2 My mother usually me up around 7:30, then I get up about 7:45.
3 If I have a in the afternoon, I usually eat fruit instead of chocolate.
4 I always go on Friday and Saturday, often to the cinema or a club.
5 Sometimes friends round to the flat and we play computer games.
6 I eat at the weekend, usually in a local Italian or French restaurant.
7 I don’t with a full meal at lunchtime; I usually just have a light lunch, like a salad.
8 I often have for breakfast – usually cornflakes or something like that.
9 I don’t like doing housework; I have a husband who does most of it.
10 When I get emails, I try to reply to them straight.
16.4 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.

16.5 Over to you

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