School Life - A Day in My Life - Reading Task

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READING Practice your English with efriends.com. Read the messages from two different friends.
A. My Busy Day B. A Day in My Life

By Li Jung from Korea By Sandy Miller from US
I wake up at 6:30 a.m. every weekday. I eat a quick From Monday to Friday my alarm goes off at 6:30 a.m.; my
breakfast of rice and noodle soup at home. I put on my dog jumps up on my bed and I get up. At 7:30 a.m. my
uniform, and walk to school. Some of my friends have to mom starts up the car, normally I eat breakfast in the car
take the city bus, but I don’t. We start classes at 8:00 a.m. on my way to school. Around 8:45 a.m. my friends go to
Three days a week, I have English and math; two days a the school’s patio and we try to finish our math homework
week, Science and Korean. Math is my favorite class, but I and at 9:00 we start school. My favorite class is math, I
also like social studies. I do a couple hours of self-study in have it on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; I also like
the morning. During this time I usually work on science, geography and arts. Tuesday and Thursday I have
assignments from my afternoon classes. At lunch, I get to gym, which I don’t like at all. We always have lunch at
talk to my friends. I finish school around three. When I 12:30 p.m. and then we rest for a little while. We have
leave, I’m pretty hungry. Sometimes, when I have money, I more classes until 4:15 p.m. and then we’re free. Usually,
buy some food from the old lady’s snack cart. I don’t eat a my mom waits for me outside and we go home, except
big meal until I get home. From three until five, I study at when I have basketball practice and I have to stay at
the library. I try to finish my homework; some of it is school for an hour and a half more. When I arrived home
pretty hard. I get home at about 10:00 p.m. At home, I at 7:00 p.m. I help my mother with the house chores; I’m
always eat dinner with my family. Dad is usually home to in charge of taking the garbage every day and I have to
eat with us, but sometimes he has to work late and I don’t wash the dishes after dinner. We usually eat dinner
even see him; he leaves before I’m awake and gets home around 7:30 p.m. sometimes I have time to watch TV and
after I’m in bed. After dinner, I study and do homework. I eventually I go out and take pictures, one of my hobbies.
hardly ever watch TV on weekdays. When I finish, around On weekends I spend time with my friends; we go to the
midnight, I’m so tired all I want to do is sleep. On movies or skate at the park.
weekends, I have some free time and I like to spend it
with my friends.
Task adapted by Viviana Valencia Posso

COMPREHENSION PART 1 Your e-friends live in different countries. Complete the graphic organizer and find two
differences and two similarities in their routines. Use your ideas and write complete sentences. Use the example as a
guide:
1.
Similarities
Example: Li and Sandy study in the morning. 2.
1.
Differences
Example: Sandy watches TV in the evening but Li doesn’t 2.
have time to watch TV.
COMPREHENSION PART 2 You have some questions for Li and Sandy. Using the information from the messages, write L
for the questions that match Li and S for the questions that match Sandy.
How often do you practice basketball? Where do you go to take pictures?

Where does your father work? What time do you eat lunch at school?
Where do you like to go with your friends on weekends? What movies do you like to watch with your friends?
LISTENING One of your e-friends is Fred from London and he was interviewed for the school newspaper about his daily
routine. Listen to the conversation and do the exercises to practice and improve your listening skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP1AL2DU6vQ
1. Make sentences these times:

7:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 10:15 10:45 11:00 12:40 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. to 6:00
p.m.
SPEAKINI It’s your turn to describe a normal day in your life. Make an oral presentation and remember to:
 Include information about your routine, free time activities, and likes and dislikes.
 Name some of the places you visit during your routine or free time activities.
 Use appropriate pronunciation and vocabulary.
 Remember to use proper greetings and farewell to start and finish your oral presentation.
Task adapted by Viviana Valencia Posso

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A. My Busy Day B. A Day in My Life

Task adapted by Viviana Valencia Posso

How often do you practice basketball? Where do you go to take pictures?

1. Make sentences these times:

Task adapted by Viviana Valencia Posso

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