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ENGLISH
Unit 5
YOU MADE MY DAY

Objetives:
At the end of the unit you will be able to:
Recognize language related to time, habitual actions and
entertainment in order to establish a conversation about daily
routines, schedules, frequency of activities, personal hobbies and
leisure time activities.
Use vocabulary and structures learned, by exchanging oral
and written language, in order to talk about daily routines, daily
schedules, frequency of habitual activities, personal hobbies and
leisure time activities.
 Unit 5
You made my
day!

Listening Grammar
Speaking Vocabulary
Reading
Pronunciation
Writing

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5

Telling time Daily activities Frequency Hobbies and Past activities: Use
adverbs entertainment of the
auiliary “did”

Unit Guidelines
In this unit you will learn how to ask and tell the time properly. Besides that, you’ll talk about different activities or
routines that you perform every day. In addition, you’ll learn how to ask about people’s hobbies and leisure time
activities. Finally, you’ll learn how to use vocabulary and structures in order to talk about daily routines and schedules,
as well as the use of past tense verb forms to express past activities.

Introduction: Hands on!

In this unit you will work on the last project called “My monthly agenda”. You will write down your agenda for a month
and include all of the dates and activities which are carried out. You should include your weekly routines or activities in a
schedule or timetable. At the end of the unit you will be able to make a complete monthly agenda to better organize your
time. This project is going to be beneficial to you because you will be able to organize and distribute your time efficiently
and effectively. You might even find that you have more time each day to do extra things!

Look at the following websites to find sample forms:

http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/work-schedule-template.html
http://www.nadsa.org/docs/sample_daily_schedule.pdf
http://www.centerforhopeofthesierras.com/pdf/Sample_Schedule.pdf

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What time is it?
Getting started!

C
¿ uáles son las diferentes formas de preguntar y responder la
hora en Inglés?

¿Cómo se dicen las diferentes horas del día en Inglés?

¿Por qué algunos países tienen diferentes horas en comparación

con la de El Salvador?

¿Cuáles son tus rutinas o actividades semanales?

Achievement indicators
I can use appropriate expressions to tell the hours, half hours, quarters I can identify and associate time expressions from audio sources to
and minutes. different moments of the day.
I can clearly recognize different forms to tell the time of the day.

Which of the following are different moments of a day?

1. morning 2. hour 3. afternoon 4. day 5. evening
6. minutes 7. night

Conversation and more

Listen to and read the following conversation and then
identify moments of the day that are mentioned. Look
up any new words in a dictionary.

A: Good morning, Julio. Where are you going?

B: Hi, Gabriela. I am going to work, and I am very late.
A: Oh. But today is Sunday. Do you work

B:
on Sundays?
No, but today is inventory day. And we have to Activity 1
begin today and finish by tomorrow afternoon.
A: Wow! Sorry about that! Answer the following questions according to the
B: By the way, what time is it now? previous conversation.
A: It’s eight o’clock.
B: Eight? I have to be there at eight thirty. 1. Who is going to work?
A: Where is your office? 2. Does he work on Sundays?
B: It’s on 25th Avenue North. 3. What time is it now?
A: If you want, I can give you a ride. I’m going to play 4. What time does he have to be at work?
soccer near there. 5. Where is his office?
B: That would be great! Thanks a lot, Gabriela.
Glossary: Give a ride: to go or travel by car or any vehicle for free.
O’clock: the contraction form for the expression of the clock.
Inventory: a detailed list of goods and materials in a business.

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A. Day and night

There are 24 hours in a day. The day is divided into “day

(time)” and “night (time)”. Daytime is from sunrise (this
varies but we can say approximately 6 a.m.) to sunset (we
can say approximately 6 p.m.). Nighttime is from sunset
to sunrise.
Every day starts precisely at midnight. AM (Ante-
Meridiem = before noon) starts just after midnight. PM
(Post-Meridiem=after noon) starts just after midday.

B. The time
We measure time mainly with seconds, minutes, hours,
days, weeks, months and years. Study the following tables.
Time expression Description Moments of a day
1 second 1000 milliseconds afternoon
1 minute 60 seconds dawn
1 hour 60 minutes dusk
1 day 24 hours evening
1 week 7 days midnight
1 month 28, 29, 30 or 31 days morning
1 year 365 or 366 days night
1 year 12 months noon (midday)
1 decade 10 years sunrise
1 century 100 years sunset
1 millennium 1000 years

v 2 Activity

Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.

Word Definition
1 night A The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below
the horizon.
2 midnight B The first light of day; the daily event of the sun rising above
the horizon.
3 morning C The middle of the day.
4 noon D The time period between dawn and noon.
5 sunrise E 12 o’clock at night; the middle of the night.
6 sunset F The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark.

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Time to read Another way to start adjusting to the new time is to find
out when the hours of light and dark will be in your
Listen to and read the following excerpt from the article new home. What you want to do is start to pull the shades
called “How to Deal with Time Differences When You at your current location to start to mimic this new day and
Live Abroad” carefully. Look up any new words in night pattern. Your body is ruled by the light that it sees, so
a dictionary. once you start to change that, the circadian rhythms that
guide your sleep and wake cycles will also change.
One of the most frustrating parts about living abroad is Emotionally speaking, your friends and family will have a
the significant time change for some people. You are not lot of trouble adjusting to your new time zone as well.
only physically moving away from what is comfortable,
but you also need to change the way that you look at your While you used to be able to talk whenever you wanted
time both physically and emotionally. to, now you will need to consider the various time zones
and what is too late or too early. You can help to ease this
First of all, you will need to physically prepare yourself by keeping two clocks in your new home to remind you
for your new time schedule. If you are moving to an area of what time it is where your family and friends are. You
that is eight or more hours different than your own time, might also want to discuss good times to call in order to
you will find that you need a long period of adjustment keep in touch without disrupting anyone’s sleep.
before you settle into a new routine. You can help this
process along by trying to adjust to the new hours before
you even move. Set your clocks to the new time and try
to follow the schedule on that schedule. Some people
swear that using medicine helps to reset their internal
Activity 3
clocks as well. By simply taking one supplement about a
half an hour before bed, the body can learn to go to sleep Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
at that time, rather than when you were going to
sleep before. 1. One of the most exciting parts about living abroad is
the significant time change for some people.
2. You do not need to physically prepare yourself for a
new time schedule.
3. Another way to start adjusting to a new time is to
find out when the hours of light and dark will be in
the new place.
4. Emotionally speaking, your friends and family will
have a lot of trouble adjusting to your new time zone
as well.
5. You might want to discuss good times for family
and friends to call in order to keep in touch without
disrupting anyone’s sleep.

What for?

What for? The world is divided into 24 time zones spaced at

intervals of 15 degrees in longitude. The zones start
The word “day” can have two meanings: 1) the 24 at 0 with Greenwich. Within each time zone, the
hours between one midnight and the next and 2) hour and minute of the day is defined to be the same.
the time between sunrise and sunset (as distinct Time zones are usually specified by the number of
from night). hours they differ from GMT. EST is GMT 5 hours.

Glossary: Mimic: imitate.

Excerpt: a piece or a portion of something. Circadian: biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals.
Significant: important. Consider: think about.
Adjustment: modification. Ease: relieve or alleviate.
Reset: reorganize.
Supplement: a type of medicine.
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Conversation and more

Listen to and read the following conversations carefully and then repeat them out loud. Look up any new words in
a dictionary.
Conversation 1 Conversation 2
A: David, what time do buses leave for Chalatenango? A: What time is it?
B: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. B: It’s 11:30. I’m getting hungry.
A: Really? I thought it was 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. A: Me too. Let’s go eat.
B: Perhaps you are right. I’ll just ask that man. B: Do you know of a good place to eat?
A: What did he say? A: Yes, the Salvatrout is not far away from here.
B: Both of us are wrong. They leave at 6 a.m. B: Do they have Salvadoran food?
and 4 p.m. A: Yes, I think they do.
A: All right. Then we’ll go in the afternoon. B: Can we go by taxi or bus?
B: What time does the bus arrive at Citala? A: We can go on foot. It will only take us five minutes.
A: Probably at 7 in the evening. B: Are you sure?
B: That is convenient. We do not need to eat on the bus. A: Yes, I am. Let’s go now.
B: Okay.

4 Activity

Answer the following questions about conversation 1.

1. Where are they going?
2. What time does the first bus leave?
3. What time does the last bus leave? Activity 6
4. When will they take the bus?
Answer the following questions about the conversation 2.

5 Activity 1.
2.
What time is it?
Are the two people hungry?
3. Where are they going to eat?
Answer the following questions with your own information.
4. Does the restaurant sell Salvadoran food?
1. Do you travel by bus or car? 5. How will they get to the restaurant?
2. What time do you go to work?
3. What time does the last bus leave for your hometown?
4. What time does the first bus leave in your hometown?

Glossary: Perhaps: maybe or possible.

Thought: the past tense of “think”.

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Language in use
Telling time: Part 1 Activity 7
A. Asking the time
Study the following phrases you can use when you want Write the time in numbers.
to know the time:
1. What’s the time?
1. a quarter past one
2. What time is it? 2. twenty-five past seven
3. Do you have the time? 3. a quarter to three
4. three o’clock
B. Telling the time
5. twenty to eleven
To tell someone what the time is, we can say “The time 6. five past eight
is...” or, more commonly, “It’s...”. Study the a typical
question and answer below: 7. five to four
8. twenty past eleven
Question: What’s the time, please? 9. ten past two
Answer: It’s three o’clock.
10. noon

The chart below shows you two different ways to tell

someone what the time is.

Hour It’s... It’s...

Activity 8
7:00 seven o’clock seven Write the following times in words.
7:02 just past seven o’clock seven oh two
7:03 three minutes past seven seven oh three 1. 7:00
7:05 five past seven seven oh five 2. 8:10
7:09 nine minutes past seven seven oh nine 3. 9:25
7:10 ten past seven seven ten 4. 10:30
7:15 a quarter past seven seven fifteen 5. 11:40
7:20 twenty past seven seven twenty
6. 12:35
7:21 twenty-one minutes past seven twenty-one
seven 7. 1:55
7:25 twenty-five past seven seven twenty-five 8. 2:05
7:30 half past seven seven thirty 9. 3:15
7:35 twenty-five to eight seven thirty-five 10. 4:45
7:40 twenty to eight seven forty
7:45 a quarter to eight seven forty-five
7:50 ten to eight seven fifty
7:55 five to eight seven fifty-five
7:57 three minutes to eight seven fifty-seven
7:58 nearly eight o’clock seven fifty-eight
8:00 eight o’clock eight

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Language in use
Telling time: Part 2 Activity 9
Match the times in numbers on the left to the time on words
on the right.
1 3:55 A It’s twenty-five past four.
2 1:45 B It’s ten past four.
3 2:40 C It’s twenty to three.
4 11:30 D It’s half past eleven.
5 4:25 E It’s twenty past six.
6 4:10 F It’s five to four.
7 6:20 G It’s a quarter to two.

Study the following table of rules for telling the time

in English.
Rules Examples
Say the hours first and then It’s seven forty-five.
the minutes.
In English we use “past/after” It’s seven past ten.
to say times after the hour It’s seven after ten.
until half past, or 30 minutes
past the hour.
We use “to/before” to say It’s twenty-nine to five.
times before the hour from It’s twenty before
31 minutes until the full hour. five.
In English we use o’clock It’s eight o’clock.
only at the full hour.
We can also just say the It’s seven twenty-five.
numbers in groups of two.
When speaking about the I work in the
different times of the day we morning/afternoon/
often use: in the morning, in evening.
the afternoon, in the evening.
Be careful! In English we use I work at night.
at night NOT in the night.
More formal expressions to It’s three fifteen a.m.
indicate whether a time is It’s four a.m.
before noon or after are a.m. Don’t forget!
(also: am - ante meridiem, It’s five thirty p.m.
before noon) and p.m. (also: It’s six p.m.
pm - post meridiem, after There are two types of clocks: A clock with hands, called
noon). Use these expressions an analog clock, and a clock with numbers only, called a
only with the formal way of digital clock.
telling the time.

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10 Activity

Hands on! 4A
Listen to the statements and choose the letter with the
correct time. In order to complete the unit project, you have to know
1. Our class begins at __. how to express the time correctly so that you can write
A. 4:05 down the dates and times of the activities properly on
B. 4:15 your agenda or schedule.
C. 4:50

2. My mother works this morning at __.

A. 9:03
B. 9:13 Activity 11
C. 9:30

3. I’m going to catch my bus at __. Listen to and repeat the following questions, and then
A. 3:40 answer them.
B. 4:20
C. 12:04 1. What’s the time?
2. What time is it?
4. Let’s get together at __. 3. Do you have the time?
A. 12:05 4. Could you tell me what time it is?
B. 5:12
5. Can you tell me the time, please?
C. 5:22
6. Do you know what time it is?
5. The store opens at __.
A. 4:06
B. 5:45
C. 6:15
Lesson core
6. The movie starts at __.
A. 7:04
Conociste las diferentes formas de decir la hora
B. 7:14
en Inglés. Practicaste como escribir las diferentes
C. 7:40 horas del día, ya sea en forma numérica o usando
palabras. Además, conociste algunas reglas que
7. The internet cafe closes at__ . se siguen para decir la hora en Inglés en forma
A. 10:00 apropiada. Finalmente, conociste y practicaste
B. 10:05 varias formas gramaticales de cómo formular
C. 10:10
preguntas para saber la hora en Inglés.

8. I will work at __ tomorrow.

A. 8:05
B. 8:15
C. 8:25

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Self evaluation
Choose the letter that best answers each question.

1 Which of the following words is not

a part of a day? 3 Which time stands for 8:45?
a) eight forty
a) morning b) fifteen to eight
b) night c) a quarter before nine
c) sunny d) a quarter after eight
d) afternoon

2 What does GMT stand for?

a) Western Countries 4 Which hour stands for ten to ten?
a) 10:00
b) Greenwich Mean Time b) 9:50
c) Universal Co-ordinated c) 10:10
d) General Mean Time d) 11:50

4. b 3. c 2.b 1. c Answers:

TIME ZONES
The United States spans six time zones. It
shares the main four time zones with Canada
(Eastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time and
Pacific Time).
Daylight saving time is observed in the U.S. and
its territories, except in American Samoa, Guam,
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the states
of Hawaii and Arizona. However, the Navajo
Nation, which is partially contained in the state
of Arizona, participates in the daylight saving
time policy due to its large size and location in
three states.

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What do you do in the morning?
Getting started!
¿Qué actividades realizas en la mañana?

¿Cuáles son las actividades principales que realizas

en la semana?

¿Cómo distribuyes tu tiempo?

¿Cuáles expresiones de tiempo utilizas para decir las

acciones que realizas cotidianamente?

Achievement indicators
I can confidently exchange information about the daily schedule for I can successfully read vocabulary classified by categories, related to
personal activities at home, work and school. daily activities.
Which of the following activities do you do in the morning?
1. wake up 2. study 3. eat 4. sleep 5. work 6. play 7. exercise 8. rest

Conversation and more

Listen to and read the following conversation and
identify the months of the year that are mentioned. Look
up any new words in a dictionary.
A: Hey! Carlos! Carlos, wake up! Wake up! B: Thanks a lot. Hold on! Hold on, grandma! What
B: What? Oh grandma, give me five more day is it today?
minutes please. A: Today is Monday the 5th.
A: Carlos, come on! It’s late. B: Oh no, grandma!
B: What time is it? A: What’s wrong?
A: It’s 6:45. The store opens at 7:30 a.m. B: Today is my day off!
B: It’s too late now. I will not be on time.
A: Don’t say that. I’ll give you a hand. Go and take a
bath. I’ll iron your clothes.
B:
A:
Okay. Thanks a lot.
Carlos, hurry up! Activity 1
B: I am ready now but I am still sleepy.
A: I made some sandwiches for you. Answer the following questions about the previous conversation.
B: Thanks a lot.
A: Carlos wait, wait! 1. Who is late for work?
B: Why? 2. Who wakes him up?
A: You forgot to put on your belt.
B: You’re right. Where is it? 3. What time does the store open?
A: It’s on the night table. I’ll bring it. 4. Is today his day off?

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Daily activities: Part 1
What do you do every day?
Study the list of common daily activities.

get up wash your face take a bath/ shower get dressed

brush your teeth dry your hair go to school eat

drink take a bus listen to music watch tv

clean the house wash the dishes read a book go to bed

2 Activity

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Follow 3. What time do you brush your teeth?
the example below. 4. What time do you eat breakfast?
5. What time do you have lunch?
Example: What time do you wake up? 6. What time do you eat dinner?
Answer: I wake up at 6:00 a.m. 7. What time do you watch TV?
1. What time do you get up? 8. What time do you listen to music?
2. What time do you take a bath? 9. What time do you go to work?

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Time to read
Listen to and read the following narration carefully. Look Listen to the following narration carefully.
up any new words in a dictionary.
Narration 2
Narration 1
Rutilio Martinez wakes up at six o’clock every morning.
He gets up at six fifteen. Then he takes a hot shower at
six twenty. At about six thirty he gets dressed and eats
breakfast. After breakfast he reads the newspaper until
Activity 4
seven, and then he leaves for work at a quarter past seven.
After that he gets on the bus at the bus stop, rides it to El Choose the letter that best answers each question about
Roble Avenue, gets off, and walks to his office. He works narration 2.
until five o’clock. At five thirty he usually goes to play 1. What time does she wake up?
soccer with friends. Then he goes home at about seven. A. 7:00
Rutilio leads a very boring life. B. 7:15
C. 7:30

2. What time does she get up?

A. 7:00
B. 7:15
C. 8:00

3. What time does she eat breakfast?

A. 8:00
B. 8:15
C. 8:30

4. What time does she leave her apartment?

A. 8:00
B. 8:15
C. 8:30

5. What time does she get to work?

A. 9:00

3 Activity
B. 9:15
C. 9:30

Match the hour with the activity according to narration 1.

Hour Activity Don’t forget!

1 5:30 p.m. A He goes home.
2 4:30 p.m. B He wakes up. Each sleep cycle lasts 90 minutes. There is a 20-minute
3 6:30 a.m. C He gets up. grace period before you restart your sleep cycle. If you
4 6:15 a.m. D He gets dressed.
can, try and set your alarm clock to go off in 5 sleep cycles.
For example, if you go to bed at 10:00 set it for 5:30. five
5 6:00 a.m. E He works in his office. times ninety minutes in advance. This will allow you to
6 7:00 p.m. F He plays soccer with make a fresh start to the day.
his friends.

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Conversation and more

Listen to and read the following interview carefully. Look
Activity 5
up any new words in a dictionary.
Choose the letter that best answers each question about the
A: So, what’s your usual day like? You always seem previous conversation.
so busy.
B: Well, I usually get up around 5:30 a.m. 1. What time does she usually get up?
A: Why do you get up so early? A. 5:30
B: Well, I have to clean my house and leave home at B. 5:00
six thirty so I can catch a bus at about 7:00 o’clock. C. 6:00
A: And what time do you get to work?
B: Well, my bus takes about an hour to get there, but
it stops near my office so I get to work at 2. What time does she get to work?
about 8:00. A. 7:00
A: That’s nice. And what time do you get off of work?
B: Around 5:00 o’clock. I take the bus to get back B. 8:00
home at 5:15 in the afternoon. C. 9:00
A: What do you do then?
B: When I arrive home, I check my children’s
homework. 3. What time does she get off of work?
A: What time do you have dinner? A. 4:00
B: At 7:00, but I have to cook it. B. 4:15
A: What do you do then? C. 4:55
B: I talk and play with the kids until 8:00 p.m. or so.
A: What do you do after that?
B: Well, I often watch TV or listen to music until 4. What time does she have dinner?
10:00 o’clock. Then I sometimes stay up until A. 7:00
11:00 because I have to finish washing the dishes
and the kid’s dirty clothes. B. 7:30
A: What time do you go to sleep then? C. 8:00
B: At about 11:30.
5. What time does she go to bed?
A.10:00
B. 10:30
C. 11:30

What for?

Exercise regularly. Not only will it improve your

health, but better circulation will improve your
complexion, and pushing your body to the limit
will also ensure better sleep that night. However,
do not exercise vigorously right before bed or your
body will not be ready to calm down or relax.

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Daily activities: Part 2
Here is another list of activities which can take place throughout the day. Study the table below. How many of these
things do you do?
To begin my day My day In the morning In the evening
wash one’s face listen to the radio get up lock the door
wash one’s hands eat breakfast stretch draw the curtains
brush one’s teeth feed the pets yawn close the blinds
wash one’s hair water the plants oversleep go to bed
take a shower get ready open the curtains set the alarm
have a bath go to work open the blinds fall asleep
soap oneself down go to school switch the light on
dry off go home make one’s bed
dry one’s hands get back from school
shave do one’s homework
use the toilet have a rest
get dressed take a nap
do one’s hair have a cup of tea
brush/comb one’s hair have dinner
put on make-up watch television
put in contact lenses watch a movie
put on glasses read a book
invite guests over

6 Activity Activity 7
Match the pictures with the daily activities below.
Answer the following questions about your daily routine.
A. read a book D. water the plants
1. What do you do in the morning? B. shave E. wash your hands
2. What do you do in the afternoon? C. put on make up F. brush your hair
3. What do you do in the evening? 1. 2. 3.
4. What do you do on Saturdays?
5. What do you do on Sundays?

4. 5. 6.

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Language in use
To express daily activities in English, verbs are used in the simple present tense. If you want to know what people do in a
day or specific time or moment of a day, you can use the following questions:

Question word Auxiliary Subject Verb Complement

What time do I go to bed?
do you have breakfast?
does he go to work?
does she take a bath?
do we watch a movie?
do you study English?
do they come from work?

You can use prepositions of time to respond to these kinds of questions.

Study the following table:

Questions Prepositions in answers

What time do I go school? at seven o’clock
What time do you have lunch? at about twelve
What time does he go to study? by nine
What time does she come from work? around eight
What time do we do our homework? from three to five
What time do you use the computer? before nine
What time do they take a shower? after six thirty
When do you have your next vacation? in August
When does she talk to her parents in the evenings

8 Activity

Match the questions on the left with their corresponding answers on the right.

Questions Answers
1 What time does she get up? A He meets clients in the afternoon.
2 Who does he have breakfast with? B They have lunch in the office cafeteria.
3 How does he go to work? C He has breakfast with his wife.
4 What time does she get to the office? D He goes to work by bus.
5 Where do they have lunch? E She gets up at about 6 o’clock.
6 What does he do in the afternoon? F She gets to the office just before nine.
7 What time do you finish work? G I finish work at about six.

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9 Activity Activity 11
Write original questions using the phrases given below. Read the following narration carefully. And then answer the
questions below.
Example: brush your teeth in the morning
I get up very early, at about 5 o’clock. I have breakfast
Answer: What time do you brush your teeth in with my wife and then leave for work at 7:00. I go to
the morning? work by bus and get to the office just before eight. When
I arrive at the office, I always check my email. I get a
1. have dinner lot of messages from our other offices. I usually have
a meeting with my boss from 10 to 11 o’clock. I have
2. talk to your friends lunch in the office cafeteria at noon. The food isn’t very
3. do the English homework good but it’s cheap. After lunch I either meet new clients
4. exercise or write reports. I usually finish work at about 5 o’clock,
although I occasionally work overtime. I get home about
5. have a coffee break at work an hour later and have dinner with my family. In the
evening around 7:00 p.m., I help my children with their
homework and watch television with my wife.
10 Activity 1.What time do I get up?
A. at five
B. at six
Choose the word that best completes each statement. C. at seven

1. John is arriving on January 26 (at/in) 2 o’clock in 2. What time do I leave for work?
A. at seven
the afternoon. B. at seven thirty
2. It snows here every year (in/on) December. C. at seven fifteen
3. Michael is leaving on Friday (at/in) noon. 3. What time do I have a meeting with my boss?
4. Franco started working (at/in) the evening. A. at from nine to ten
B. at eleven to twelve
5. The last bus leaves tomorrow morning (at/in) C. from ten to eleven
8:00 a.m.
4. What time do I help my children with their homework?
6. We met at the restaurant at 6:30 and stayed A. at five thirty
(until/on) 10:30 p.m. B. at seven
C. at eight

Hands on! 4B Lesson core

For the next part of your project, you should know how Conociste como expresar las actividades más comunes
to say and write different kinds of activities that you que realizas durante un día completo con sus respectivas
perform regularly in a week or a month. Start making horas. También, practicaste como se pregunta a qué
a list of these activities. If you don’t know the words in hora realizas esas actividades cotidianas en Inglés,
así como escribirlas. Además, leíste acerca de varias
English, look them up in a dictionary! personas expresando sus actividades diarias que
realizan en un día y contestaste varias preguntas
acerca de esas actividades. Finalmente, practicaste
algunas preposiciones de tiempo que se utilizan
para decir la hora en que realizas las acciones o
actividades diarias.

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Self evaluation
Choose the letter or letters that best answer each question.

1 Which of the following is not a daily

activity? 3 Which of the following questions are
incorrect?
a) What time does he starts to work?
a) have lunch
b) come back from work b) What time do they practice English?
c) brush your teeth c) What time does we take a bath?
d) go to parties d) What time do you listen to music?

2 Which of the following activities is

not performed in the morning? 4 Which of the following statements
are correct?
a) get up a) She wake up at eight.
b) wake up b) I take a shower at five.
c) have dinner c) He catch the bus before seven.
d) go to sleep at night d) They work from eight to five.

4. b, d 3.a, c 2. c, d 1. d Answers:

DAILY ROUTINES
Once people leave full-time education and start
working, the most common complaint seems to
be following the same daily routine: getting up
at the same time, getting to work at the same
time, eating lunch at the same time, leaving
work at about the same time, looking at the
same faces during the morning commute, etc.
Some people seem crushed by this. Holiday and
travel ads try to exploit this feeling with themes
of escape and freedom, and it’s fascinating to
watch a commuter take in one of these ads and
see the excitement in his face at the idea of a
break from his daily routine.

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How often do you go out with
Getting started! your family?
¿Cuál es tu rutina diaria, semanal o mensual?

¿Cómo se expresa frecuencia en Inglés?

¿Elaboras un horario de actividades en tu vida social,

laboral y familiar?

¿Con que frecuencia planificas tus actividades semanales?

Achievement indicators
I can appropriately ask and answer questions dealing with daily I can accurately tell the frequency of some habitual activities in
routines and habits. El Salvador.
I can write an 8 to 10-line description of daily routines incorporating I can confidently exchange information about my daily schedule for
frequency adverbs and affirmative, negative and interrogative personal activities at home, work and school.
sentences in the present tense.
Which of the following words are adverbs of frequency? B: I’m sorry! Tell him to
1. never 2. habit 3. always 4. routine 5. sometimes have a romantic date
6. schedule 7. often with you. To keep love
alive, you know.
A: Yes, I totally agree with
Conversation and more you. I’ll tell him to plan
Listen to and read the following conversation carefully a date, only he and I.
and identify the adverbs of frequency. Look up any new B: That sounds better.
words in a dictionary. Well, I have to go.
Miguel is waiting for
A: Hi, Michele. Where are you going? me at Titanic’s.
B: Oh, hi Ana. I am going out to eat with my husband. A: Have a nice evening.
A: How about your daughter? I don’t see her. Is she B: Thanks a lot, Michele.
going with you?
B: No, my younger sister is going to babysit.
A: And how often do you go out with your husband?
B:
A:
We usually go out after payday.
Wow! I wish my husband could do the same.
Activity 1
B: What about you? How often do you go out Answer the following questions.
with John? 1. Who is going to eat out?
A: Well, we never go out alone. He always takes his
mother with us. 2. How often does she go out with her husband?
B: His mother? Is she living in your house? 3. How often do Ana and her husband go out alone?
A: No, but every time we decide to go out, he always 4. Who is going to babysit Michele’s daughter?
calls to invite her. 5. Where is Michele’s husband waiting for her?

Glossary:
Out to eat: eat in a restaurant.
Babysit: to take care of children.

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Enrich your vocabulary

When people talk about their daily schedules or
weekly routines, they use time expressions. Adverbs of
Activity 2
frequency are used to indicate how often you do things.
Read and study the following chart containing Answer the following questions using frequency adverbs.
frequency words. Follow the examples below.
Example: What time do you get up on Sundays?
100% always Answer: I usually get up at nine on Sundays.
90% usually Example: When do you eat breakfast?
80% normally / generally Answer: I always eat breakfast at six thirty.
70% often / frequently
50% sometimes 1. What time do you go to bed on Saturday nights?
30% occasionally 2. Where do you study English on the weekdays?
10% seldom / rarely 3. When do you take a shower?
5% hardly ever
4. What time do you get up on Mondays?
5. Who do you eat dinner with on Sundays?
0% never
6. When do you watch TV?
7. How often do you exercise?
Study the following examples using adverbs of frequency.

1. I always brush my teeth before I go to bed.

(every night) What for?
2. I usually have toast for breakfast.
(happens most days but not every day)
Getting up at a good time is a great habit, especially
3. I frequently watch the news before dinner. for those with early schedules. You should set your
(it’s common but not every night) clock an hour and a half earlier than the time you
need to be at work. If your job starts at 7:00, then
4. I often go to the park with my dog. you should set your alarm for about 5:30 to give
(many times) yourself time to do things and avoid being late.
5. I sometimes go to church on Sundays.
(on particular occasions but not regularly)
6. I occasionally visit my hometown.
(not happening often or regularly)
7. I rarely drink coffee.
(it is not common and only on special occasions)
8. I seldom have a chance to go to the movies.
(almost never)

9. I hardly ever travel abroad.

(almost never)
10. I never work on weekends.
(not at any time or not on any occasion)

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Time to read
Listen to and read the following paragraph carefully.
Activity 3
Look up any new words in a dictionary. Choose the letter that best answers each question.
1. Does Marcos like his job?
A. Yes, because he likes working at night.
B. No, because it’s difficult to stay up all night.
C. Yes, because he gets a lot of money.

2. Which duty is not in the paragraph?

A. checking the patients
B. writing reports
C. feeding the patients

3. Which word in the paragraph means “sick people”?

A. doctors
B. patients
C. nurses

4. How many hours does this nurse work each day?

A. nine
B. eight
C. ten

5. What does he usually do at 9 p.m.?

A. He takes a shower.
Marcos usually gets up at about 9 p.m. every day. He B. He goes to sleep.
rarely gets up earlier. He takes a hot shower, and then C. He gets up.
he eats breakfast and drinks hot chocolate. Sometimes
he drinks orange juice because it is healthier than hot
chocolate. He always begins work at 10 p.m. He is a 6. What does he generally do at 8:30 a.m.?
nurse, and he works the night shift. He likes it because the A. He eats breakfast.
hospital is quiet at night and most patients are sleeping. B. He listens to music.
Nurses check on the patients and help anyone who has a C. He gets home.
problem. There are hardly ever problems, but the nurses
need to talk about problems with the doctors. They also
write reports about the patients. Marcos often has lunch 7. What does he do at 2 p.m.?
at about 3 a.m. He drinks a big cup of black coffee. At A. He relaxes and has dinner.
7:30 a.m. the day nurses come in, and they talk about the B. He goes to bed.
patients with the night nurses. He generally gets off of C. He drinks a big cup of black coffee.
work at 8:00 and is home by 8:30 a.m. Then he relaxes
and has something to eat. He goes to bed at around 2
p.m. Most people think Marcos has a difficult lifestyle,
but he really likes staying up all night and sleeping in
Activity 4
the afternoon. Write your complete daily routine. Use adverbs of frequency and
approximate times. Use the previous paragraph as an example.

Glossary: Stay up: not sleep.

Quiet: silent.
Check on: make sure the patients are fine.

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Conversation 2
Conversation and more Listen to the following conversation carefully.
Conversation 1
Listen to and read the following conversation carefully.
Look up any new words in a dictionary.
A: What time do the local shops usually open here in
San Vicente?
B: They usually open between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m.
A: Do they open at the same time on Saturdays
and Sundays?
B: Yes, most of the shops open at the same time on
the weekends.
A: When do the local people eat dinner?
B: Most people eat dinner between 6 and 7 p.m.
A: Is lunch usually between noon and 1:00 p.m. or
between 1:00 and 2:00.
B: Lunch is always between noon and 1:00.
A: How often do they change the movies at the local
B:
movie theater?
Movies are usually changed once a week.
Activity 6
A: Do they show a lot of English language movies?
B: Many of the movies are the latest Hollywood Answer the following questions about conversation 2.
blockbusters, which are subtitled in Spanish.
A: How many times a week does the hotel clean the pool? 1. Is he free on Saturday?
B: The pool is cleaned every day, sometimes twice a 2. Does he see his grandmother on Sundays?
day depending on the circumstances.
A: What time is it usually cleaned? 3. What does he do on Sundays?
B: Usually early in the morning before the guests 4. Does his grandmother usually visit his parents?
wake up. 5. What does he usually do on Saturdays?

Activity 7
Match the questions on the left with their corresponding
answers on the right.

Questions Answers
1 What do you do A Yeah, almost always. But
on Saturdays? she sometimes visits my
cousins.
2 Really? Why? B First, I do my homework.
Then I always have
5 Activity soccer practice. After
that, I spend time with
my grandmother.
Answer the following questions about conversation 1. 3 Do you always see C I never do anything on
1. What time do the shops usually open? your grandmother Sundays.
on Saturdays?
2. What time do people eat dinner?
3. What do they usually do between 12 and 1p.m.? 4 What about D I am usually busy.
Sundays?
4. Does the local cinema show English movies?
5. When is the pool cleaned at the hotel?

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Enrich your vocabulary

A timetable or schedule is an organized list, usually set
out in tabular form, providing information about a series
of arranged events. It particularly shows the time at which
planned events will take place.

To keep track of your daily routine during a week you can

use the following schedule:

Hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

6:00-7:00 work study swim work study

Read the following timetable carefully.

Person Time Monday Wednesday Saturday
John 8:00 a.m. works at the Grand studies plays baseball
Bank
Jim 12:00 a.m. studies has basketball works at the gym
practice
Luis 2:00 p.m. studies has soccer practice plays baseball
Manuel 4:00 p.m. works at the works out at the visits friends
supermarket gym

8 Activity

Choose the letter that best answers each question.

1. Who works at 8:00 a.m.? 3. What time does Manuel visit friends on Saturday?
A. Manuel A. 8:00
B. Jim B. 2:00
C. John C. 4:00

2. Who studies on Monday? 4. Who plays baseball on Saturday?

A. John and Manuel A. Jim and Manuel
B. Jim and Luis B. John and Luis
C. Luis and John C. Luis and John

9 Activity

Write your weekly routine in a schedule.

Hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

6:00-7:00

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Language in use
Position of adverbs of frequency in English
The basic rule is that adverbs of frequency go before a verb, except the verb “be”. Frequency adverbs go after the verb
“be” (am, is, are) and they go after auxiliaries “don’t” and “doesn’t”. The following tables show the position of the
adverbs of frequency.

A. Adverbs of frequency answering the question: How often . . . ?

Adverbs in affirmative sentences Adverbs in negative sentences

I always go to the supermarket. I don’t always go to the gym.
You often visit my grandparents. You don’t often visit the doctor.
She is sometimes at her mother’s house. She is never at her mother’s house.
We are rarely ready on time. We aren’t ever ready on time.

B. Adverbs of frequency in question forms.

Questions Answers
How often do you go to the movies? I almost always go there.
What time does he usually go to work? He usually goes to work at 8 o’clock.
Do they always study English? No, they never study English.
Do you frequently get up early on vacation? Yes, I frequently get up early.
Does she ever go to the gym? No, she never goes to the gym.

10 Activity

Place the following frequency adverbs in the sentences in the

correct position.
1. They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)
2. Pablo gets angry. (never)
3. Tomas is very friendly. (usually)
4. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)
5. They read a book. (sometimes)
6. Cristina smokes in her house. (never)
7. William helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)
8. He listens to the radio. (often)
9. My grandfather goes for a walk in the evening.
(always)
10. Raul and Rosa are hungry. (often)

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6. Iris is not a pleasant person. She is __ in a bad mood.

11 Activity A. never
B. seldom
Choose the letter that best complements each statement. C. often

1. Carlos is an excellent student. He __ goes to class.

7. My sister usually drives to work with a friend. She __
A. always drives alone.
B. seldom A. never
C. never B. always
C. hardly ever
2. I hate vegetables. I __ eat carrots.
A. generally 8. I never lend money to Karla. She __ pays me back.
B. frequently A. sometimes
C. never B. never
C. usually
3. Rosa goes to the gym only two or three times a year.
She __ goes to the gym.
9. Susan goes to the beach whenever she can. She __
A. never misses a chance to go there.
B. usually A. rarely
C. seldom B. often
C. frequently
4. Jaime never leaves the college on Friday. He __ eats
at the cafeteria on Fridays.
A. always
B. never Hands on! 4C
C. seldom
For the third part of your project, make a time
table or schedule for you to distribute and organize
5. Ms. Ayala is usually in a good mood. She is __ sad. your daily and weekly activities that you have
A. normally planned for a month.
B. generally
C. rarely

Lesson core
12 Activity
Conociste diferentes formas de expresar las
actividades que con frecuencia realizas durante
Rewrite the following statements by adding a frequency adverb la semana. También, aprendiste a escribir
that makes each statement true for you. y responder con qué frecuencia haces las
1. I play video games in the morning. actividades cotidianas, así como pronunciar los
adverbios que se utilizan para tan fin. Finalmente,
2. My family goes to the beach. practicaste como pronunciar estos adverbios
3. My friends play soccer on Sundays. de tiempo y escribir tus actividades habituales
4. I watch TV at night. durante una semana.
5. I practice sports on vacation.

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Self evaluation
Choose the letter or letters that best answer each question.

1 Which of the following words is not

an adverb of frequency? 3 Which adverb of frequency expresses
one hundred percent?
a) never a) usually
b) today b) frequently
c) always c) almost always
d) sometimes d) always

2 Which adverb of frequency

expresses zero percent? 4 Which of the following statements
are incorrect?
a) She always is very angry.
a) always
b) seldom b) She never goes to parties.
c) never c) Mike sometimes doesn’t go to
d) rarely
work on Saturdays.
d) They usually visit me on the
weekends.

4. a, c 3. d 2. c 1. b Answers:

TOURISM

Tourists who visit new cities, foreign countries

or touristic places and stay in hotels may
sometimes ask hotel staff the general routine
of the area they are visiting. Tourists may ask,
for example, when local shops usually open
and close, when the months of the high or low
seasons are, what time it gets dark and light
outside, or the times that local people usually
eat meals. These routines are important for
tourists so they can blend in and make the most
of their time.

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What are your favorite hobbies?
Getting started!

¿ Cuáles son tus pasatiempos favoritos?

¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre?

¿Qué actividades realizas para entretenerte?

¿Cuáles actividades deportivas culturales o sociales realizas?

Achievement indicators
I can eagerly ask and answer questions about hobbies and I can list peoples’ favorite hobbies and recreational activities by
recreational activities. categories and with the correct spelling.`
I can skim a text about hobbies and leisure time activities.

Are any of these activities your favorite hobbies?

1. collecting things 2. reading a book 3. practicing a sport 4. dancing 5. surfing the net

Conversation and more A: I learned to do it when I worked in Ilobasco.

Listen to and read the following conversation, and B: That’s nice.
identify the hobbies that are talked about. Look up any A: If you want, I can teach you how to make figures
new words in a dictionary. with clay and you can teach me how to
make origami.
A: Good evening! B: That’s a deal! We can begin next weekend.
B: Hi, Gloria. Come on in. A: Okay. You teach me origami on Saturday
A: Thanks. Hey! What’s that? What are you mornings, and I can teach you on
doing, Iris? Saturday afternoons.
B: Oh. This is origami. It’s my favorite hobby. B: No problem!
A: Ori… what?
B: Origami! It’s the Japanese art of folding paper into
shapes representing objects. Flowers or birds
for example.
Activity 1
A: Wow! That’s awesome. Where did you learn to
do that? Answer the following questions according to the previous
B: I learned when I worked with a Japanese family in conversation.
San Salvador last month. How about you? What is 1. What is Gloria’s favorite hobby?
your favorite hobby?
A: I like to make figures with clay.
2. What is Iris’ favorite hobby?
B: Hey! I didn’t know that. Where did you learn to 3. What is origami?
do that? 4. Where did Iris learn to make origami?
Glossary: Worked: the past tense of “work”.
Folding: double. Teach: to instruct or train.
Did and didn’t: the auxiliaries used to express past time.

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Enrich your vocabulary Activity 2

Outside of school and work, many people enjoy
spending their free time doing hobbies or other Choose the letter that best answers each question using the
recreational activities. Hobbies can provide ways to pictures to help you.
develop our talents, relieve stress, and even get exercise.
Look at the following list of common activities
or hobbies. 1. What does she like to do
Listen to and repeat each activity out loud. in her spare time?
A. She likes cycling.
camping B. She likes painting.
hiking C. She likes photography.
swimming
surfing
shopping 2. What does she like to do in her spare time?
bowling A. She likes shopping.
roller skating B. She likes listening to music.
jogging/running C. She likes watching TV.
playing video games
surfing the internet
reading a book
collecting coins/stamps
playing soccer
practicing martial arts
listening to music
gardening
3. What does he like to do
in his spare time?
A. He likes playing football.
B. He likes dancing.
C. He likes fishing.

4. What do they like to do in their spare time?

A. They like playing soccer.
B. They like playing basketball.
C. They like eating pupusas.

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Time to read
Listen to and read the following article carefully. Look up
any new words in a dictionary.
One of my favorite hobbies is origami, or Japanese paper
folding. Origami is the art of folding paper in different
ways to make beautiful objects such as a bird, box, frog,
or balloon. The origin of origami dates back hundreds
of years, and origami is still a popular pastime today. You
can either use origami paper specifically designed for
paper folding, or you can use ordinary paper. There are
several keys to doing origami correctly. First, you should
use a very flat surface to create your origami shapes to get
Activity 4
the best results. Next, you should follow the directions
carefully for making any object. Otherwise, your shape Answer the following questions with your own information.
or design might not turn out the correct way. Next, be
sure to make strong creases in the paper with a fingernail 1. Do you have hobbies?
when folding the paper. This will help make sure that the 2. What are you favorite hobbies?
paper folds always line up. Furthermore, use scissors to 3. How often do you practice them?
cut your paper into the desired shape before beginning. 4. Do your family members have any hobbies?
Sometimes I create origami objects to give away as gifts
to friends and family. 5. Would you like to learn origami?
6. What do you do you in your free time?

3 Activity

Choose the letter that best answers each question. 5. Who does the narrator sometimes give the origami to?
A. friends
1. Where is origami originally from?
B. family
A. El Salvador
C. A and B
B. Japan
C. USA
6. What is origami?
A. the art of folding cardboard in different ways to
2. What kind of paper can you use to make the objects? make beautiful objects
A. ordinary paper B. the art of folding paper in different ways to make
B. origami paper beautiful objects
C. A and B C. the art of folding plastic in different ways to make
a beautiful object
3. How many ways are there to do origami?
A. one
B. several
C. tons Don’t forget!

4. What can you use to cut the paper? Hobbies are practiced for interest and enjoyment rather
than to earn money. Engaging in a hobby can lead
A. only your hands to acquiring new skills, knowledge, and experience.
B. scissors However, personal fulfillment is the ultimate goal.
C. A and B

Glossary: Otherwise: if not.

Dates back: the time something began or originated. Turn out: produce or make.
Designed: intended to do something. Creases: folds.
Flat: a level or plane. Line up: to assemble or gather together.

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Conversation and more

Listen to and read the following conversation carefully
and practice it out loud. Look up any new words in
a dictionary.

A: Hey, Miguel. I hear you and your girlfriend are

really getting serious in your relationship.
B: Yeah, Alex. And I am pretty sure she’ll be
impressed with my new exercise program.
A: What? What are you talking about? What
exercise program?
B: Well, you know, I enjoy staying in shape as a
hobby. First, I usually get up every morning
at 5:00 a.m.
A: Oh, yeah. Since when? You never wake up early.
B: No, no, I’m serious. I began last week.
A: Ah, not another one of your unbelievable stories.
B: Well, I almost always go jogging for about a half
hour, you know, to increase my energy.
A: Maybe jogging to the refrigerator for a glass
of milk!
B: No, it’s true. Before I leave, I usually make sure I do

A:
some stretches so I don’t pull a muscle on my run.
Right. One jumping jack!
Activity 5
B: Come on! I usually lift weights on Tuesdays and
Thursdays for about an hour after work. Choose the letter that best answers each question.
A: Oh.
B: This really helps me build muscle strength. 1. Who has a new exercise program?
A: Okay, if you say so. A. Miguel
B: Also, I often go hiking on Saturdays with my B. Alex
brother. I like hiking because it helps me reduce C. A and B
stress and anxiety that builds up during the week.
A: Oh yeah, those lies.
B: As for Fridays, sometimes I just relax at home by 2. What time does he usually get up?
watching a movie or inviting you over to visit. A. seven
A: If I buy the pizza. B. eight
B: And on Sundays, I take the day off from exercising.
But I usually take my dog for a walk. C. five

3. When does he go hiking?

Hands on! 4D A. Saturday
B. Sunday
C. Tuesday
For the fourth part of your project, include in your
agenda all hobbies, free time and leisure activities
that you like to do regularly in a week or month. 4. What does he do on Friday?
A. watch a movie
B. lift weights
C. hike
Glossary: Strength: power or potency.
Unbelievable: incredible or difficult to believe. Build up: to increase or amplify.
Stretch: to extend. Day off: free day.
Lift: to elevate or pick up.

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Time to read
Read the following article carefully. Look up any new
words in a dictionary.

Centuries ago people didn’t have much free time

because everybody was working too hard. In Britain in
the nineteenth century, people had more spare time. But
because the Victorians hated relaxing and doing nothing,
they invented football, rugby and cricket. People took up
more gentle activities too, like gardening, bird-watching
and train spotting. It was even possible simply to watch
a sport and give the impression that you were actually
doing something. Gradually, leisure activities have
become less and less demanding and most people have
a variety of more or less energetic interests and hobbies.
But now there is a new type of person who thinks
that lying on the sofa watching television on Sunday
afternoon or reading the newspaper from cover to
cover is the most exciting activity they can manage. This
is the twentieth-century couch potato! For them, every
activity is too much trouble and laziness is an art form!
Activity 7
So how do you spend your free time? Are you a Decide which hobby each description is about. Use the words
couch potato? given below.
chess jogging shopping
sewing saxophone photography

6 Activity 1. I usually use color, but sometimes you get a better

effect with black and white. It really depends on
the subject.
Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 2. I really enjoy going around to the shops and
markets looking for a bargain.
1. Centuries ago people didn’t have much free time. 3. I try to practice every day, but sometimes it’s
2. In Britain, Victorians invented football, rugby difficult because I don’t like to disturb my
and cricket. neighbors. And one neighbor gets very angry if I play
3. People took up more gentle activities too, like the same thing over and over again!
gardening and bird-watching. 4. The great thing is you can do it when you like. I
4. Leisure activities have not become less and usually do it three or four times a week, either early
less demanding. in the morning or after school. I only go for about
25 minutes but it really keeps me fit.
5. For couch potatoes, every activity is not too
much trouble. 5. Obviously it saves me a lot of money. And in any
case, I hate buying things in boutiques because so
many clothing items are badly made.
6. I joined a club because I wanted to get better, and I
now play twice a week in the evenings. It has helped
me a lot and I have a much better memory for all the
different moves and strategies.
Glossary: Took up: the past tense form of “take up” which means engage in.
Centuries: hundreds of years. Become: turn out to be.
Had: the past tense of “have”. Lying: reclined or stretched out.
Victorians: people from the Victorian era of the United Kingdom.

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Language in use
A. When expressing some hobbies and free time
activities, you can use the following verbs:
Activity 8
To go + activity To play + sport
Listen to the response made by someone when asked,
to go camping to play basketball “What are your hobbies?” and then choose the letter that
to go climbing to play billiards best answers each question.
to go dancing to play chess
1. What is his favorite sport?
to go fishing to play football
A. tennis
to go hunting to play hockey
B. football
to go on a picnic to play the drums
C. cycling
to go bowling to play the guitar
to go skating to play the piano
2. Which sport does he hate?
to go shopping to play tennis
A. tennis
to go swimming to play with the computer
B. football
to go walking
C. cycling
Read and study the following examples:
I go camping on the weekends. 3. Which other activity does he like?
You play soccer with your friends. A. walking
My sister goes shopping on Saturdays. B. going to the movies
They play the guitar.
C. going to the supermarket
We go dancing on Friday nights.

B. When expressing which hobbies you like and dislike, 4. Which other activity does he dislike?
you can use the following verbs: A. cycling
B. going to the supermarket
Verbs Verbs + ing (activities) C. going to the movies
like, love, enjoy She loves going on a picnic.
He likes going to clubs.
They enjoy going ice skating.
dislike, detest, hate I dislike playing basketball.
You detest playing billiards.
They hate going bowling.

C. When asking about free time activities or hobbies,

you can use the following questions:

Questions Answers
What do you do in your free time? I usually play video games.
What is your favorite hobby? My favorite hobby is jogging.
Do you like collecting coins? Yes, I like collecting them.
What do you like doing in your spare time? I like listening to music and dancing.

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9 Activity Activity 10
Write original sentences expressing preferences for the
Listen to the following statements, and then choose the following hobbies. Follow the examples below.
hobby that is described.
Example: go swimming
What hobbies are they talking about? My brother dislikes going swimming.
1. A. gardening
B. hiking Example: play football
C. swimming I like playing football.
1. go to the movies
2. A. reading 2. play basketball
B. swimming 3. go jogging
C. painting 4. play chess
5. go hiking
3. A. golf 6. do karate
B. bike riding 7. surf the internet
C. swimming

4. A. painting Activity 11
B. chess
C. reading
Listen to and repeat the following questions, and then
answer them with your own information.
5. A. photography
B. hiking 1. What do you do in your free time?
C. bird watching 2. What is your favorite hobby?
3. Do you like playing video games?
6. A. golf 4. What do you like doing in your spare time?
B. gardening 5. What do you dislike doing?
C. photography 6. Do you watch TV every day?

7. A. chess
B. bicycling Lesson core
C. gardening
Conociste diferentes actividades que se pueden
8. A. reading realizar en tu tiempo libre. Además, practicaste
B. sleeping la pronunciación de diversos pasatiempos en
C. watching TV ingles, asi como se escriben y se usan en contexto.
También, estudiaste los verbos que se pueden
utilizar en combinación con algunas pasatiempos,
9. A. painting y practicaste como elaborar preguntas que se
B. drawing realizan para conocer los pasatiempos favoritos
C. photography de otras personas. Finalmente, leíste y escuchaste
acerca de varias actividades que realizan otras
personas en sus tiempos libres.

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Self evaluation
Choose the letter or letters that best answer each question.

1 Which of the following activities is

not a traditional indoor activity? 3 Which of the following statements are
incorrect?
a) surfing the internet a) She go hiking every Sunday.
b) watching a movie b) He hates play softball.
c) swimming c) They dislike dancing.
d) playing computer games d) We like going shopping.

2 Which of the following activities is not a

traditional outdoor activity? 4 Which of the following questions are
correct?
a) What is your favorite pastime activity?
a) playing soccer
b) going jogging b) Do you like go swimming?
c) going to a night club c) What does she dislikes doing?
d) running d) What are their favorite hobbies?

4. a, d 3. a, b 2. c 1.c Answers:

LOVE FOR FOOD

Food as a hobby? People love to eat. Some

people consider food their hobby because they
are lovers of different cuisines from around
the world and love trying new food. Some
people express their love for food in different
ways. Some people have their own restaurant
or cafe where they can prepare lovely, creative
dishes and serve them to their clients.Others
express their love for food by being a food critic,
writing about different cuisines, and getting
them published in online journals, magazines,
or newspapers.

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What did you do last weekend?
Getting started!

Q
¿ ué actividades recuerdas que hiciste en tu
niñez o juventud?
¿Cómo expresas actividades en tiempo pasado
en Inglés?
¿Cuáles son los verbos regulares e irregulares
en Inglés?
¿Cómo se pronuncian los verbos regulares e
irregulares en pasado simple en Inglés?

Achievement indicators
I can narrate an exciting experience in the past, using the correct I can write a 6 to 8-line paragraph describing a perfect day I had, with
form of the most common regular and irregular verbs and the right unity, correct spelling and the accurate use of the past tense.
intonation to communicate meaning.
I can correctly pronounce the phonemes /t/, /d/, and /id/ of the
regular past tense.
Which of the following verbs are in the past tense form?
1. stay 2. went 3. enjoyed 4. play 5. invite 6. saw 7. go 8. was 9. do 10. said

Conversation and more

Listen to and read the following conversation carefully.
Look up any new words in a dictionary.
A: Hi, Saul. How was your vacation?
B: Hi, Frank. It was wonderful and unforgettable!
A: Really? Where did you g o?
B: We went to El Refugio River.
A: Where is that?
B: It’s in La Palma, Chalatenango.
A: I didn’t know that. What is it like?
B: The river is long and very cold, and it has crystal
clear water. Activity 1
A: Wow! What did you do there?
B: We went camping and swimming in the river. We Answer the following questions.
also went hiking.
A: And what else did you do? 1. Whose vacation was wonderful?
B: Well, at lunch we had a barbeque. Later we took many 2. Where did he go?
pictures of the river, mountains, and my family. 3. Where is it located?
A: That’s why you said it was wonderful 4. What did he do there?
and unforgettable. 5. What did he do after lunch?

Glossary: Had: the past tense of “has”.

Was: the past tense form of “is”. Took: the past tense of “take”.
Unforgettable: memorable. Said: the past tense of “say” which means speak.
Else: in addition.
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Language in use
Simple past tense
Use the simple past to express the idea that an action that started and finished at a specific time in the past. In English
there are regular and irregular verbs. Regular past tense verbs are formed by adding –ed to the end of a verb. If the verb
already ends in –e, just add a –d. Regular verbs in past tense have three ending pronunciations.
Listen to and repeat each verb out loud.
Voiceless sounds: – p – k – s – ch Voiced sounds: – l – v – n – m – r Verbs ending with T or D
– sh – f – x – h – pronounce “ed” – b – v – g – w – y – z – and vowel sounds, pronounce “ed”
as /t/ sounds pronounce “ed” as /d/ as /id/
brush brushed allow allowed attend attended
cook cooked answer answered collect collected
dance danced arrive arrived count counted
dress dressed call called decide decided
fix fixed change changed end ended
help helped clean cleaned expect expected
jump jumped decribe described hate hated
kiss kissed earn earned invite invited
laugh laughed enjoy enjoyed need needed
pass passed happen happened present presented
push pushed listen listened protect protected
pronounce pronounced live lived rent rented
relax relaxed love loved repeat repeated
stop stopped open opened respect respected
shop shopped plan planned rest rested
talk talked play played skate skated
walk walked stay stayed shout shouted
wash washed study studied visit visited

2 Activity Activity 3
Write ten sentences about what you did last weekend using
verbs in the simple past tense. Listen to and classify the following regular verbs
according to their –ed pronunciation.

Verbs /t/ /d/ /id/ Verbs /t/ /d/ /id/

invited listened
missed kissed
loved graduated
wanted worked
talked cleaned

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Time to read
Read the following passage taken from “Gratitude: It’s A
Perfect Day” by Carol Guy
carefully. Look up any new words in a dictionary.

Today I woke up at 6:00 a.m. and headed to the gym.

I took my dog Michael with me because the gym is in
a park. I thought we could run first. It was so beautiful
outside. The air was cool and fresh. The park was full
of runners, walkers, bikers and dogs. It was nice to see
so many people out enjoying nature and taking care of
themselves.

Michael and I had a great run, and then he waited in the

car for me while I worked out. It was cool enough for
him to do so and I was grateful. I don’t normally take him
with me due to the weather. I had a great workout and
then decided to take Michael for a walk around the lake
and meditate. The weather was so “perfect” I just wanted
to enjoy it. We had been having 90-100 degree weather
lately, so today felt nice.

As I meditated, all I could think was “It Was A Perfect

Day”. I was enjoying the gift of a cool day, taking care of
my body and Michael’s, and connecting with nature.
I couldn’t think of a better way to start the day. It was a
blessing to enjoy this great gift that was being given. I
even started singing to myself “It’s a perfect day.”

All day seemed to be just that. I took my time to enjoy Activity 4

the day. It stayed cool outside with a few clouds but I
was like a kid enjoying every moment of the day. During Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
the middle of the day, something flowed in that wanted
to steal my perfect day from me but I stopped it in its 1. Today she woke up at 6:00 a.m. and headed to
tracks. It was something that I had to change my thinking the market.
about. I made a choice to say “NO” and continue having
a perfect day. 2. The weather was so “perfect” she just wanted to
enjoy it.
When you really take the time, the little things are what 3. She started singing to herself “It’s a terrible day.”
make a day perfect. Tomorrow and the rest of this week, 4. When you really take the time, it is not the little
see if you can make a perfect day. Take the time to make things that make it a perfect day.
all of your days perfect or find something great that you
can make perfect just by being with it. 5. You should take the time to make all of your
days perfect.

Glossary: Due: because of.

Headed: went, the past tense od “go”. Being given: provided.
Thought: the past tense of “think”. Flowed: run.

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Conversation and more

Listen to the following conversation carefully.
Activity 6
Choose the letter that best answers each question.
1. How old was John when he came to El Salvador?
A. five
B. six
C. seven

2. Where are John’s parents from?

A. El Salvador
B. Spain
C. America

3. What did they do in Costa Rica?

A. They worked as teachers.
B. They took specialized courses.

5 Activity
C. They worked as translators.

4. Did they work in El Salvador?

A. yes
Listen to the passage again, and then put the following B. no
statements in the correct order. C. It doesn’t say.
__ That’s right, as English teachers.
__ It was in order to help developing countries train 5. What did they do in Europe?
professionals. In this case, training them how to
teach the English language. A. They studied specialized courses.
__ Yeah. I was about six. B. They worked in Spain.
C. A and B
__ And your parents, are they Salvadorans?
__ How do you spell that?
__ E-D-U-C-A-M-E.
__ Ok. Hands on! 4E
__ So they worked in Costa Rica as teachers?
__ Yeah. Teaching teachers how to teach. For example,
they taught methodology. For the last part of your project, include a section
__ Teacher trainers, right? Okay. for evaluating your schedule. This should be
__ And then they went to Europe. done at the end of every day or week to make the
__ Yes, they went there. necessary changes in things that went wrong and
__ They were doing the same thing in Europe? that can be improved or modified for future events
__ Yes, in Europe they studied some specialized courses, or activities.
and then they worked for one year in Spain.
__ They are both Americans. They were trained as
teachers in the U.S., and they joined the government
program called Educame in El Salvador.
__ So, John, you came to El Salvador when you were
about six years old?

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Study the following examples:

1. I was in Zacatecoluca last weekend.
Enrich your Vocabulary 2. You went to El Pital last month.
Past tense of irregular verbs 3. She bought some souvenirs for her family.
The past form for irregular verbs is variable. You need to 4. The store opened at seven in the morning.
memorize them. Study this list of common irregular verbs. 5. We took many pictures in La Palma.
Listen to and repeat each irregular verb out loud. 6. They ate tamales at the festival.

Present tense Past tense Present tense Past tense

be was, were have had
become became hear heard
begin began keep kept
break broke know knew
bring brought leave left
build built make made
buy bought meet met
cath caught pay paid
choose chose read read
come came ride rode
cut cut run ran
do did say said
drink drank see saw
drive drove sell sold
eat ate send sent
fall fell sit sat
feed fed sleep slept
feel felt speak spoke
fight fought spend spent
find found swim swan
fly flew take took
forget forgot teach taught
forgive forgave tell told
feeze froze think thought
get got understand understood
give gave wake woke
go went wear wore
grow grew write wrote

7 Activity Activity 8
Write the past tense of the following irregular verbs. Write ten original sentences about what you did last week
using irregular verbs in the past tense.
1. drive 4. do
2. fly 5. teach
3. grow 6. make

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Language in use
Simple past tense
A. Affirmative and negative statements.
To make the negative forms of past tense use the auxiliary “did not” or the contracted form “didn’t” after all of the
subjects and the verb in the base form. Study the table below.
Affirmative sentences Negative sentences
I visited many places on my last vacation. I didn’t visit many places on my last vacation.
You went to Suchitoto last week. You didn’t go to Suchitoto last week.
He studied English to work in the U.S. He didn’t study English to work in the U.S.
She played softball last night. She didn’t play softball last night.
We saw many people in that place. We didn’t see many people in that place.

B. Yes/ No questions
To make Yes/No questions, put the auxiliary “did” at the beginning with the base form of the verb. Study the table below.
Auxiliary Subject Verb Complement Affirmative and negative answers
Did you go to the U.S.? Yes, I did. I went to the U.S.
No, I didn’t. I didn’t go the U.S.
Did she see her friends? Yes, she did. She saw her friends.
No, she didn’t. She didn’t see her friends.
Did they watch the movie? Yes, they did. They watched the movie.
No, they didn’t. They didn’t watch the movie.

C. Information questions
To make Wh- word questions, put the question words first and then the auxiliary “did”. Study the table with
examples below.
Question word Auxiliary Subject Verb Complement Answers
What did you do last week? I visited my family in Gotera.
Where did she go on vacation? She went to New York.
When did he come here? He came here last month.
Why did we eat that? Because we were hungry.
How did they travel to El Pital? They traveled by bus.

9 Activity

Fill in the blanks using the question and negative form of the 1. __ you __ dinner at 7 o´clock? (question: to eat)
past tense. 2. Michele __ __ her homework. (negative:
to finish)
Example: __ Liz __ at 5 o’clock?
3. __ Boris at the office late? (question: to be)
(question: to take a bath)
4. I __ __ you when I arrived home.
Answer: Does Liz take a bath at 5 o’clock? (negative: to call)
Example: They __ to the meeting. 5. __ Alice __ you at the restaurant ?(question:to see)
(negative: to come)
Answer: They didn’t come to the meeting.

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10 Activity Activity 12
Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense forms of the Write your own sentences in past tense using the following
following verbs. information. Follow the examples below.
Yesterday I _(1. do)_ not have much fun. I _(2. go)_ for a Examples: question: to go
bike ride around three in the afternoon. Some guy Did you go to San Miguel yesterday?
_(3. come)_ up behind me and _(4. say)_, “I bet you negative: to sleep
twenty bucks I can beat you in a race.” I _(5. say)_, “No She didn’t sleep last night.
way!” and we _(6. take)_ off. 1. question: to drink
I never _(7. see)_ the old lady crossing the street. She
_(8. have)_ a cane and _(9. be)_ really slow. When I 2. negative: to work
_(10. hit)_ her, we both _(11. go)_ flying. I _(12. fly)_ 3. negative: to study
about ten feet and _(13. land)_ on my face. 4. question: to have
The guy I was racing _(14. know)_ I was hurt, but he 5. question: to drink
_(15. ask)_ me for the twenty bucks anyway.
I _(16. tell)_ him to go call an ambulance but he kept
saying, “I _(17. win)_.” Finally, I _(18. give)_ him the
money and he _(19. go)_ and _(20. make)_ the call.
Activity 13
Listen to repeat the following questions, and then
11 Activity answer them with your own information.
1. Did you go out yesterday?
Complete the sentences using the simple past tense of the 2. What did you do yesterday morning?
following verbs. 3. What did your family do last weekend?
rain study arrive open see 4. What was the best day last month? Why?
What happened?
play call greet want live
5. Did you do anything interesting last Friday?
end fix close
1. Yesterday morning, I __ the Christmas lights.
2. We __ a movie last night.
Lesson core
3. My sister __ me from Japan.
4. When I was a child, I __ to be a movie star.
Conociste dos diferentes clases de verbos
5. My father __ soccer last Sunday. en Inglés: regulares e irregulares. Además,
6. Luis __ English in school. practicaste la pronunciación y escritura de los
7. When we __at the party, everyone __ us. verbos irregulares, los cuales tienen formas
diferentes tanto en presente como en el pasado.
8. The room was so hot that we __ the window to get También, estudiante los verbos regulares, los
some air. cuales tienen tres formas de pronunciar el sonido
9. The Martinez family __ in California for 3 years. final en el pasado simple. Finalmente, aprendiste
10. The concert __ at 10:30 p.m. a elaborar y responder preguntas utilizando el
11. She __ the door after the last guest left. auxiliar “did” que se utiliza para expresar tiempo
pasado simple en Inglés.
12. It was a terrible weekend. It __ the entire time.

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Self evaluation
Choose the letter or letters that best answer each question.

1 Which of the following are not

regular verbs? 3 Which of the following statements
is incorrect?
a) be a) I did not visited my family in Sonsonate.
b) want b) She went to Tazumal.
c) have c) They traveled to Mexico.
d) play d) He ate two big tamales.

2 Which of the following are not

irregular verbs? 4 Which of the following questions
are incorrect?
a) see a) What did you did on Monday?
b) cry b) Did she take a lot of pictures?
c) eat c) Where they went on vacation?
d) think d) Did he stay in a hotel?

4. a, c 3. a 2. b 1. a, c Answers:

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

What effect does your past have on your

future? Most of us base the majority of today’s
decisions on our experiences from the past. We
learn things from our past and we make today’s
decisions based on those lessons learned. Using
lessons we have learned in the past can be a
good thing if it helps us to grow. The only time
that people around the world should look back
to yesterday is to look at the positive things that
were accomplished to encourage us to do better
things today, tomorrow and in the future.

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Lesson 1 Lesson 3
Activity 1: 1. Julio 2. No, he doesn’t. 3. It’s 8 o’clock. Activity 1: 1. Michele and her husband 2. usually
4. at eight thirty 5. 25th Avenue North after payday 3. never 4. her younger sister
Activity 2: 1 . F 2. E 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. A 5. at Titanic’s
Activity 3: 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. True 5. True Activity 2: Answers may vary.
Activity 4: 1. Chalatenango 2. at 6 a.m. 3. at 4 p.m. 4. in Activity 3: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. B
the afternoon Activity 4: Answers may vary.
Activity 5: Answers may vary. Activity 5: 1. between 9 and 10 2. between 6 to 7
Activity 6: 1. 11:30 a.m. 2. yes 3. at the Salvatrout 3. They eat lunch. 4. yes 5. early in
4. Yes, they do. 5. on foot the morning
Activity 7: 1. 1:15 2. 7:25 3. 2:45 4. 3:00 5. 10:40 Activity 6: 1. no 2. no 3. He doesn’t do anything. 4. no
6. 8:05 7. 3:55 8. 11:20 9. 2:10 10. 12:00 5. He does his homework, has soccer practice,
and spends time with his grandmother.
Activity 8: Possible answers: 1. seven o’clock 2. ten after
eight 3. twenty-five past nine 4. ten thirty Activity 7: 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C
5. twenty to twelve 6. twenty- five to one Activity 8: 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. B
7. five to two 8. five past two 9. a quarter after
three 10. a quarter to five Activity 9: Answers may vary.
Activity 9: 1. F 2. G 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. E Activity 10: 1. They never watch TV in the afternoon.
Activity 10: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. C 2. Pablo never gets angry. 3. Tomas is usually
very friendly. 4. I sometimes take sugar in
Activity 11: Answers may vary. my coffee. 5. They sometimes read a book.
6. Cristina never smokes in her house.
7. William usually helps his father in the
kitchen. 8. He often listens to the radio.
9. My grandfather always goes for a walk in the
Lesson 2 evening. 10. Raul and Rosa are often hungry.
Activity 1: 1. Carlos 2. his grandma 3. at 7:30 4. Yes, it is. Activity 11: 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. A
Activity 2: Answers may vary. Activity 12: Answers may vary.
Activity 3: 1. F 2. E 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. A
Activity 4: 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C
Activity 5: 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C
Activity 6: Answers may vary. Lesson 4
Activity 7: 1. F 2. E 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. A
Activity 1: 1. to make figures with clay 2. origami
Activity 8: 1. E 2. C 3. D 4. F 5. B 6. A 7. G
3. The Japanese art of folding paper into
Activity 9: Answers may vary. shapes. 4. in San Salvador with a
Activity 10: 1. at 2. in 3. at 4. in 5. at 6. until Japanese family
Activity 11: 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. B Activity 2: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C

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Activity 3: 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. B
Activity 4: Answers may vary.
Activity 10: 1. did 2. went 3. came 4. said 5. said 6.took
7. saw 8. had 9. was 10. hit 11. went 12. flew
Activity 5: 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. A 13. landed 14. knew 15. asked 16. told
Activity 6: 1. True 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. False 17. won 18. gave 19. went 20. made
Activity 7: 1. photography 2. shopping 3. saxophone Activity 11: 1. fixed 2. saw 3. called 4. wanted 5. played
4. jogging 5. sewing 6. chess 6. studied 7. arrived, greeted 8. opened
Activity 8: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 9. lived 10. ended 11. closed 12. rained
Activity 9: 1. B 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. C 8. A 9. C Activity 12: Answers may vary.
Activity 10: Answers may vary. Activity 13: Answers may vary.
Activity 11: Answers may vary.

Lesson 5
Activity 1: 1. Saul’s 2. El Refugio River 3. La Palma,
Chalatenango 4. He went camping,
swimming in the river, and hiking. 5. He took
many pictures of the river, mountains, and
his family.
Activity 2: Answers may vary.

Activity 3: /t/: missed, talked, kissed, worked; /d/:

loved, listened, cleaned; /id/: invited,
wanted, graduated
Activity 4: 1. False 2. True 3. False 4. False 5. True
Activity 5: 12, 8, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16,
4, 1
Activity 6: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. C
Activity 7: 1. drove 2. flew 3. grew 4. did 5. taught
6. made
Activity 8: Answers may vary.
Activity 9: 1. Did you eat dinner at 7o´clock ? 2. Michele
didn’t finish her homework. 3. Was Boris at
the office late? 4. I did not call you when I
arrived home. 5. Did Alice see you at
the restaurant?

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Hands on!
“My monthly agenda”
Purpose
With this project you will be able to improve your English skills on how to fill out specific sections of a simple
description of your weekly schedule for a month. In it you will include all of the activities or events that you
perform in that period of time.

Theory and practice

The different phases of the unit 5 project (from Hands on! 4A to Hands on! 4E) gave you ideas on how to
understand the concepts or sections which are included in the description of a monthly agenda.
With these different project phases, you should have kept track of key elements or aspects to have a clear picture
of which different parts of a weekly schedule should be included in your project.

Development
You should have noticed that when completing different activities, you were gaining or obtaining the basic
knowledge to create a simple description of your monthly agenda or schedule.
Remember or take a look again at the activities which gave you some good practice and an idea on how to write
or what to include in your project.
The activities provided you with good background, and with this you will be able to perform or do your project
efficiently.

Wrap up
To complete the unit 5 project, fill out the sections of your weekly schedule with the activities that you will
perform in a month. Keep this template in mind and complete it with more information, as it will help you on
future projects. You may also want to include some pictures or photos of events that you attended.
Study the following chart as a reference for the project of weekly agenda for a month. You can add more elements
if you want or create one on your own.

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 Resources

For use of a bilingual dictionary:

http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-spanish/

For the complete article on “How to Deal with Time Differences When You Live
Abroad”:
http://www.canuckabroad.com/living-abroad/how-to-deal-with-time-differences-when-you-live-abroad

For more about telling the time in English:

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/

For more practice with daily activities:

http://www.teachersdesk.com/lessons/esl/Daily%20Activities/daily_activities__esl_lessons.htm
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-40212.php

For more on adverbs of frequency:

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/freq-adv01.html
http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit23_index.htm

For more on hobbies and entertainment:

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/vocabularysheets.html

For more practice with the simple past tense:

http://eslbears.homestead.com/Contact_Info.html

For the complete article on “Gratitude: It’s A Perfect Day”:

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/its_a_perfect_day.html

For more on time zones:

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/

For more information contained in the “Language in use” sections of each lesson,
take a look at the following English grammar books:
Basic Grammar Use by Cambridge University Press
Fundamentals of English Grammar by Longman

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