PRE IELTS UNIT 1 DAILY LIFE A Grammar Vocabulary Exercise 1 Match the digital times with the times in words 1 05 15 ● 2 ● It’s twenty past eight 2 08 20 ● 4 ● It’s half past two 3 06 45 ● 3 ● It’s a.
PRE IELTS UNIT DAILY LIFE A Grammar & Vocabulary Exercise 1: Match the digital times with the times in words 05:15 08:20 06:45 14:30 20:50 09:10 15:35 10:05 12:00 10 16:55 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 10 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● It’s twenty past eight It’s half past two It’s a quarter to seven It’s twenty – five to four It’s five past ten It’s ten to nine It’s ten past nine It’s twelve o’clock It’s a quarter past five It’s five to five Exercise 2: Rearrange the letters in brackets to complete the text When I get up in the morning, the first thing that I is to have (vahe) a shower I then go to the kitchen and make breakfast After breakfast, I _brush _ (hrbus) my teeth Then I meet (mtee) my friends and we catch (atchc) the bus to college At college, we study all day, but have a break for lunch at twelve o’clock At four o’clock, we leave (elave) and go (og) home by bus In the evenings, I usually watch (htawc) TV unless I have a lot of homework I always _do _ (od) my homework in the evenings At night, I _go _ (og) to bed and quickly _fall _ (lfal) asleep UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS Exercise 3: Complete the table using the words in the box a mess lunch the housework the bed a cake the cleaning the laundry the shopping some homework dinner Make dinner lunch The bed A cake The housework Do The laundry Some homework The shopping A mess The cleaning Exercise 4: Complete the email Use the words in the box catch finish get up walk go out meet have leave live work Hi Sam, I’m having a great time here in France and I’m learning lots of French My host family are very nice They live in an apartment in an area called Pantin, and they both work as journalists They _get up _ very early and go home before me I _have _ breafast at about a.m and then go to the language school I usually go out there, but if I’m late I catch a bus Lessons at the school finish at p.m The other students are very nice and I have made lots of new friends We _leave _ after school in a café or meet in the evening to the cinema Harry Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with the third person forms of the verbs in brackets My dad ……washes…… (wash) his car every weekend Jim ………watches… (watch) too much TV Adrian’s baby ……cries…… (cry) a lot My brother is good at chess and ……practises…… (practise) every day Olga ……goes…… (go) jogging most evenings after work Tom’s wife cooks and Tom ……does…… (do) the washing up UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS Anna ……catches…… (catch) the 253 bus to college each morning Nadia ……relaxes…… (relax) by doing yoga I think our teacher …gives……… (give) us too much homework 10 My brother ……]switches off…… (switch off) his light at about midnight Exercise 6: Read the sentences and choose the correct answers My brother (work/ works) for a computer company in the city My friends and I often (play/ plays) basketball together at the weekends I go to a college where everyone (study/ studies) different languages My grandparents (come/ comes) from a small village in Germany My lunch break (begin/ begins) at 12 p.m and (finish/ finishes) at 12:45 p.m In the evenings, I (like/ likes) to chat to my friends online In my family, only my sister (get up/ gets up) before a.m She (have/ has) a dance class every Wednesday evening My friend is good at baking and (make/ makes) amazing cakes 10 In Britain, most school students (wear/ wears) a uniform Exercise 7: Put the words in the correct order to make sentences Always my room his friend tidies My friend always tidies hís room I football at I play football at the weekend weekend Take I to college I take a sandwich to college for lunch the a play sandwich Minutes five my checks My brother checks his phone every minutes brother Shower in have I have the a shower in the evening the Go I the six I go to the dentist every months Does most My mother does my evening months mother lunch for his a every housework phone every I dentist the to of UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS Weekend visit I visit my family at the weekend my family I at Exercise 8: Complete the email Use the words in the box Clean enjoy shouts finish start gets tells have work opens Hi Anna, I’ve got a new job! It’s in a supermarket and I _there every Saturday I _at a.m and the shop _at a.m I tidy and fill the shelves, _the floors and work at the check out My manager is very nice She _me what to and never _ The other workers are really friendly, too We _three breaks a day and _at p.m It’s hard work because the shop _very busy, but I really ẹnoy _it Sarah B Language Builder Exercise 1: Match the words with the pictures Use the words in the box building cash machine office toilets reception stairs _office _rêception toilets _ _stairs building _ cash machine _ UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS Exercise 2: Match the words with the pictures Use the words in the box bank car park chemist’s sport center library post office supermarket 1.library 2.sport center supermarket 5.car park _bank chemist’s post office Exercise 3: Match the opposite words Use the words in the box early full large left near far near _ right left _ late early _ small large _ closed open _ empty _full open Exercise 4: Complete the conversations Use the words in the box big closed full late near right A: Are there any spaces in the car park? B: No, it’s usually _full _by nine o’clock in the morning UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS A: Is the cafeteria open now? B: No, it’s always _closed _at this time A: Are there any shops near the college? B: No, they are all about ten minutes away by bus A: Are the toilets on the left? B: No, they’re on the right A: Is the library small? B: No, it’s very _big _ A: Am I _late _for the first lesson? B: No, you’re five minutes early Exercise 5: Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences This the is reception This is the reception We are in main the office We are main in the office These are toilets the These are the toilets Are stairs the there over There are over the stairs A café is a there computer room and There is a computer room and a cafe There small car park one is only UNIT 1_STUDENT There is only one small car park There is drinks machine a ? Is there a machine drinks? Isn’t a there bank There isn’t a bank There are any supermarkets ? PRE IELTS Are there any supermarkets? 10 A chemist isn’t no, there C Reading Exercise 1: Match the activities with the pictures Use the words in the box homework go to the gym the housework shopping make dinner computer games 1.do the housework homework go for a walk meet friends go play 2.play computer games 3.go shopping meet friends make dinner UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS 4.go for a walk 5.go to the gym Exercise 2: Read the text Then complete the exercise on the next screen HOW TO HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERY DAY Many people want to know how to work harder and feel better How can you have a great day at school or at the office? A good daily routine can help you to have a great day every day A Get up early Many people want to stay in bed in the morning, but it is best to get up before 7:00 a.m If you start working or studying early, you will have more ideas and you will be able to work faster Many well-known writers and musicians from the past believed that it was important to get up early – and to go to bed early too You should also try to get up at the same time every day, because this is good for your body and brain B Eat breakfast Breakfast is the most important meal of the day People often say that they don’t have time to eat breakfast, but they will find it more difficult to start work, and they will soon feel very hungry A healthy meal of toast, eggs, and fruit juice will help you to work well all morning – and stop you from eating unhealthy food like crisps and chocolate later in the morning! C Go for a walk If you usually spend a lot of time in your office or in the classroom, it is very important to go outside and get some fresh air If you spend just 30 minutes a day walking outside, you will feel less tired and you will be able to more when you get back to work or school A walk in the park every day will make you feel much healthier and will help you to your best work Choose the correct paragraph to match the information Read the text on the first screen again to help you A lot of people don’t have time to this ○A ○B ○C This will stop you from feeling tired UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS ○A○B○C This will stop you from eating food that is bad for you ○A○B○C In the past, famous people thought that this was a good idea ○A○B○C You should this at the time every day ○A ○ B ○ C Many people don’t want to this ○A○B○C Exercise 3: Choose the correct verbs to complete the email Dear Jane, Thank you for your email It was very interesting to hear about your daily life in Cambridge, England I am writing to tell you about my typical day in Rome On school days I usually (do/get/have) up at 7:00 a.m I have a shower and (do/get/make) In Italy, we don’t have to wear a school uniform, so I normally wear jeans and a tee-shirt Then I (do/have/take) breakfast with my parents and sister I usually eat bread with jam and drink orange juice My school starts at 8:30 a.m., so I leave my house at 8:00 a.m I don’t live far from the school, so I walk there with my friends My sister’s school is far away, so she takes a bus I have lessons in the morning until 1:00 p.m and then I go home and (do/go/have) lunch with my mum In Italy we often eat a lot for lunch, including pasta, meat and salad, but we have a much smaller dinner In the afternoon I my homework and help my mum to (do/have/make) the housework I the washing up and (do/have/take) out the bins I have football practice on Tuesday afternoons and a piano lesson on Thursday afternoons I have dinner at about 7:00 p.m Every day after dinner, I (go/have/take) for a walk with my family around the town We often stop and have an ice cream in my favourite ice cream shop I usually (go/have/make) to bed at about 10:00 p.m., because I have school the next day Hope to hear from you soon Best wishes, Alessia Exercise 4: Read the email Then complete the next exercise UNIT 1_STUDENT PRE IELTS Dear Jane, Thank you for your email It was very interesting to hear about your daily life in Cambridge, England I am writing to tell you about my typical day in Rome On school days I usually get up at 7:00 a.m I have a shower and get dressed In Italy, we don’t have to wear a school uniform, so I normally wear jeans and a tee-shirt Then I have breakfast with my parents and sister I usually eat bread with jam and drink orange juice My school starts at 8:30 a.m., so I leave my house at 8:00 a.m I don’t live far from the school, so I walk there with my friends My sister’s school is far away, so she takes a bus I have lessons in the morning until 1:00 p.m and then I go home and have lunch with my mum In Italy, we often eat a lot for lunch, including pasta, meat and salad, but we have a much smaller dinner In the afternoon, I my homework and help my mum to the housework I the washing up and take out the bins I have football practice on Tuesday afternoons and a piano lesson on Thursday afternoons I have dinner at about 7:00 p.m Every day after dinner, I go for a walk with my family around the town We often stop and have an ice cream in my favorite ice cream shop I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m., because I have school the next day Hope to hear from you soon Best wishes, Alessia Choose the correct answers Read the email on the first screen again to help you Jane lives in Cambridge/ Rome On school days, Alessia usually wears a school uniform/ jeans and a T-shirt Alessia lives close to/ far from her school Alessia normally eats a big/ small lunch Alessia plays football/ the piano on Thursdays Alicia always/ sometimes goes for a walk after dinner Exercise 5: Read the text about professional swimmer Michael Daley’s day Then complete the next exercise UNIT 1_STUDENT 10 PRE IELTS I usually get up at around 6:00 a.m Before I became a professional swimmer, I got up late most days, but I don’t ever stay in bed now, even on Sundays! I always go to the gym in the mornings I spend about 30 minutes on the running machine, and then another 30 minutes doing other exercises It is very important for me to stay fit and healthy I only spend two hours at the gym when I have a big swimming competition I get home from the gym at about 8:00 a.m., have a shower and get dressed I always have a big breakfast of cereal with banana, toast, eggs, coffee and orange juice Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for me because I a lot of swimming every day After breakfast, I go for a long walk in the park near my house The exercise helps me to relax and feel prepared for the rest of the day Then it’s time for me to start work From 10:00 a.m until 1:00 p.m I normally go to the swimming pool and train for two hours with my personal trainer I swim about five kilometres, and practise diving After my training, I usually have a meeting with my trainer to talk about how well I’m doing and what I still need to work on I sometimes have lunch at the pool café with my trainer, but if I have a television interview, I’ll walk over to the TV studio All my friends think that it’s exciting to be on television, but it takes a long time to film, so it can be a bit boring It’s not difficult to TV interviews, but it takes a long time to get ready At home, it takes me about 20 minutes to have a shower, get dressed and my hair, or maybe half an hour if I’m going somewhere special, but at the TV studio it takes an hour! If I have a big competition coming up, then I more training in the afternoon, or have more meetings with my trainer In the evenings, I usually relax at home with my wife, Emma I quite enjoy cooking, so we often eat at home together Emma hated my cooking at first, but now she thinks it’s OK Her father is a chef at a top restaurant, so she loves good food We sometimes go to a restaurant for dinner We both love Korean food, and there’s a great place near my house I never eat fast food like burgers and kebabs, or my trainer will get angry with me Then Emma and I usually watch a film on television We both love comedy films, and Emma also likes romantic films, but I’m not a big fan – I prefer action films I usually go to bed at 10.00 p.m because I need to be back in the gym by 7.00 a.m the next day! UNIT 1_STUDENT 11 PRE IELTS Choose the correct answers Read the text on again to help you When does Michael get up late now? ○Most days ○On Sundays ○Never ○30 minutes ○1 hour ○ hours Michael usually exercise at the gym for After breakfast, Michael ○gets prepared for the day ○ goes for a walk house Michael says that TV interviews are sometimes ○exciting ○ boring ○relaxes in his ○ difficult When Michael gets ready at the TV studio, it takes him ○20 minutes ○ 30 minutes ○She loves it ○She hates it ○1 hour What does Michael’s wife, Emma, think about his cooking now? Michael often eats ○dinner at home ○ She doesn’t mind it ○dinner in a restaurant ○burger and kebabs Both Michael and Emma like watching ○comedy films ○ romantic films ○ action films Exercise 6: Complete the sentences Write the verbs in brackets in the correct form of the present simple tense The first question has been done for you I usually _ (get up) at around 6:00 a.m I always _ (drink) orange juice for breakfast Breakfast _ (be) the most important meal of the day for me My sister’s school is far away, so she _ (take) a bus I usually _ (wear) jeans and a tee-shirt I never _ (eat) fast food like burgers and kebabs We both love tennis and Jane also _ (like) football We sometimes _ (go) to a restaurant for dinner Exercise 7: Complete the sentences with the words in the box always never often sometimes usually UNIT 1_STUDENT 12 PRE IELTS I walk to school with my friends most days I _ walk to school with my friends I have a cup of coffee every day at 11:00 a.m I _ have a cup of coffee at 11:00 a.m Some weekends, I go to a museum or art gallery I _ go to a museum or art gallery at the weekend I don’t watch TV at all I _ watch TV I go to the gym a lot I _ go to the gym C Listening & Speaking Exercise 1: Match the activities with the pictures Use the phrases in the box drive to work go to the gym have dinner use a computer play chess read in bed UNIT 1_STUDENT 13 PRE IELTS Exercise 2: Listen to five people talking about doing activities Complete the sentences with the words in the box always never often sometimes usually (Track 1.1): She _uses computers (Track 1.2): I play chess (Track 1.3): I go to the gym (Track 1.4): She drives to work (Track 1.5): He _reads in bed Exercise 3: Listen to five people talking about things they every day Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box drives makes moves play reads (Track 1.6): Every morning he his children to school (Track 1.7): When she’s at the office, she _her emails immediately (Track 1.8): Everyday she computers from the storeroom to the shop (Track 1.9): Most evenings, she _dinner (Track 1.10): Every lunchtime, they _basketball Exercise 4: Listen to Sanjay talking to a friend, Tom, about his flatmates’ daily routines Match each person to the activity (Track 1.11) Marc ● ● gets up early Blas ● ● teaches French classes in the morning Luke ● ● cooks every evening UNIT 1_STUDENT 14 PRE IELTS John ● ● works part time in the evenings Sam ● ● studies in the afternoon Exercise 5: Listen to Mary talking about what her family does every day Choose the correct answers (Track 1.12) Mary gets up at ○7 o’clock ○ 7:15 ○7:30 Julia is usually late for college because she always ○does the washing up after breakfast ○gets up late ○ watches TV after breakfast Mary’s office is ○at home ○in a bank ○in the city center On his way home from work, Mary’s husband, Jack, often ○Goes shopping ○goes to the gym ○plays chess Jack goes to watch Simon play ○Basketball ○Football ○Tennis Before going to bed Julia usually ○Takes out the bins ○Uses her computer ○Watches TV Exercise 6: Put the words in the correct order to make sentences Practise saying the sentences College The To Early often sometimes the arrive usually he for late I’m to go you gym work always drives tries ? to UNIT 1_STUDENT 15 PRE IELTS The never Always Never The TV in prepare dinner we in library study I home Always evenings bus morning sometimes in he she watches together the they teaches catch the Exercise 7: Match the sentence halves to make sentences describing daily activities Practise saying the sentences My brother cleans ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● My mother prepares ● ● I ● ● ● ● I wake My father has My sister goes I play My sister takes out the washing- up a shower before breakfast to work the house up at 7:30 dinner chess the bins Exercise 8: Complete the plan with the expressions for talking about a family’s daily routine Use the expressions in the box After dinner, mother … We … After lunch, my mother … Before she goes to bed, my After dinner, mother … We … After lunch, my mother … Before she goes to bed, my UNIT 1_STUDENT 16 PRE IELTS What I like about my day is … When my sister gets home after school, she … My Family’s Daily Routine In the morning _ _ In the afternoon _ _ In the evening _ _ Conclusion _ _ Exercise 9: Describe what people in your family every day Look at the ideas below Spend a few minutes thinking about what to say Talk about: • • • • what they who they it with where they it how often they it Remember: • to use the correct verbs forms • to put adverbs in the correct place in the sentences • you can invent things if you like! Exercise 10: Listen to Sandra talking to some new college students Choose the correct answers (Track 1.13) Sandra Field works in the café/ library/ office She is talking to people in the library/ main entrance/ room for student UNIT 1_STUDENT 17 PRE IELTS The toilets are in the corner/ on the left of the reception/ on the right of the reception The room for students is in the corner/ on the first floor/ on the ground floor The car parks are usually full by nine o’clock/ seven o’clock/ ten o’clock At the top of the stairs there are about 10 classrooms/ 20 classrooms/ 30 classrooms Near the college there are some bookshops/ some small supermarket/ two banks The sports center is near the bookshop/ chemist/ supermarket Exercise 11: Listen to the first part of the audio again Complete the paragraph with the correct words (Track 1.14) Welcome to the Let me introduce myself My name is Sandra Field and I work in the main here I’m going to show you round the building this morning We are now in the main This is the reception here and that is the main office You can go there if you have any questions or problems These are the on the left of the reception and those are the over there in the corner Here on the ground floor there is also a room for students and a For those of you who drive, there are two large to the right and left of the main But you must arrive early to find a place to park The car parks are usually full by nine o’clock Exercise 12: Listen to the second part of the audio again Complete the sentences with the words in the box (Track 1.15) Are there Is there there isn’t There’s there are there aren’t there is Sandra: OK, let’s go up to the first floor now At the top of the stairs there are abo ut 20 classrooms, the library and the computer room Any questions so far? Student: a drinks machine in the student room? Sandra: Yes, It sells drinks and snacks, so you can get something when the cafeteria is closed Student: Is there a cash machine? Sandra: No, a cash machine in the college, but two banks and a post office very near here Student: any shops near here? UNIT 1_STUDENT 18 PRE IELTS Sandra: Yes, there are a chemist, a bookshop and a small supermarket Student: Is there a sports centre? Sandra: Yes, there is It’s near the supermarket Student: Are there any public telephones in the college? Sandra: No, Nearly all students have mobile phones nowadays If there is a problem, you can use the telephone in the office OK? D Writing: Exercise Complete the sentences with and, but and or We speak English for one hour It’s not easy we know it’s good for us Do you play football on Saturday, you play tennis? Do you like meeting people watching movies with them? Exercise Complete each sentence in three different ways Use and, but and or I like listening to English… At the weekend, I go running… Exercise Read Charlie’s email The computer has found ten mistakes They are grammar, punctuation, or spelling mistakes Can you correct them? From: Charlie [barcacarlos @hotmail.com] To: Lucy [lucyathome1989@yahoo.com] Subject: Hi from Spain Hi Lucy My name’s Charlie Well, it’s really Carlos but everyone calls me Charlie I’m from Barcelona and I live at home with my parents and my dog I have 21 years old, and I’m at university I’m studing physics I’m in my last year and I really like it I’m going to tell you about myself As you can see from the foto I have black hair and brown eyes My father always says I have a big nose, but I don’t think so I think it’s a Roman nose! UNIT 1_STUDENT 19 I think I’m a positive person My freinds say I’m funny and it’s true, I like making people laugh But I can to be serious too when I need to be! I dont have many free time becuase when I’m not in class I have to projects or write PRE IELTS Exercise Read Charlie’s email again and answer the questions Where’s Charlie from? _ What’s his real name? _ Who does he live with? _ What does he do? _ What does he look like? What’s he like? What are his favorite free time activities? Exercise Write a similar email about you Write four short paragraphs Paragraph name, nationality, age, family, work/ study Paragraph physical appearance Paragraph personality Paragraph hobbies and interests UNIT 1_STUDENT 20 ... each person to the activity (Track 1. 11) Marc ● ● gets up early Blas ● ● teaches French classes in the morning Luke ● ● cooks every evening UNIT 1_ STUDENT 14 PRE IELTS John ● ● works part time... often sometimes usually UNIT 1_ STUDENT 12 PRE IELTS I walk to school with my friends most days I _ walk to school with my friends I have a cup of coffee every day at 11 :00 a.m I _... bed UNIT 1_ STUDENT 13 PRE IELTS Exercise 2: Listen to five people talking about doing activities Complete the sentences with the words in the box always never often sometimes usually (Track 1. 1):