Routines 1st PARAGRAPH Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same route to work every day? Do you sit in the same place in class? When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have routines in our lives.
Imperatives USE : si usa per dare ordini, consigli o per invitare qualcuno a fare qualcosa. FORM : è uguale alla forma base del verbo. Turn left at the next crossroads. Pay here. Try again. Come and have dinner with us. Have some more meat.
To have (da non confondere con HAVE GOT) AFFERMATIVA INTERROGATIVA NEGATIVA I have You have He has She has It has We have They have Do I have? Do you have? Does he have? Does she have? Does it have? Do we have? Do they have? I don’t have You don’t have He doesn’t have She doesn’t have It doesn’t have We don’t have They don’t have
IL PLURALE (exercises) REGOLA GENERALE: si aggiunge –S book books thing things ECCEZIONI Le parole terminanti in: S bus – buses SH dish - dishes CH aggiungono –ES church - churches X box - boxes Le parole terminanti in CONSONANTE+Y trasformano la Y in I e aggiungono –ES: city cities lady ladies
Le parole terminanti in –F o –FE trasformano -F o –FE in -VES: shelf shelves wife wives PLURALI IRREGOLARI Mouse – mice child - children Foot – feet penny – pence Tooth – teeth person - people Man – men Woman – women sheep – sheep fish - fish
Aggettivi possessivi AGGETTIVI POSSESSIVI sono sempre seguiti da un sostantivo (exercises) MY mio/a, mie, miei YOUR tuo/a, tuoi, tue HIS suo/a,suoi/sue DI UN MASCHIO HER suo/a,suoi/sue DI UNA FEMMINA ITS suo/a,suoi/sue DI COSA O ANIMALE OUR nostro/a, nostri/e YOUR vostro/a, vostri/e THEIR loro
2nd PARAGRAPH Routines save time and energy because you do them without thinking. That’s why they are so important in the morning when your brain isn’t very active. Here’s Jo talking about her morning routine.
Pronomi personali (exercises) PRONOMI SOGGETTO Vanno prima del verbo Ex. THEY want your address. PRONOMI COMPLEMENTO Seguono verbo o preposizioni Ex. Don’t tell THEM anything I You He she It We They Me Him Her Us Them
3rd PARAGRAPH ‘Oh yes, I always do exactly the same things. I wake up at seven o’clock every morning, but I don’t get up till quarter past seven. I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to the loo and I brush my teeth. I have a shower and dry my hair. Then I choose my clothes and I get dressed. I don’t eat anything for breakfast. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it’s always the same.’
Common expressions with have Have breakfast, lunch, dinner, Have (a cup of) tea/coffee, a drink, Have something to eat/drink Have eggs/toast for breakfast, fish for lunch Have a shower, a bath Have a good time, a bad day, a nice evening Have a party, a holiday Have a good flight/trip Have a conversation Have a baby Mary had a baby in June. What time do you have lunch on Sundays?
4th PARAGRAPH Routines are very useful, but they also make you uncreative. So sometimes it’s a good idea to break your routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a different radio station. Take a different route to work. Eat something different for breakfast. Change your routine. You never know it could change your life.
Summary 1ST PARAGRAPH – If we think about our every day life, we’ll realize that we all do things in a regular and fixed way. 2ND PARAGRAPH – Routines are useful because you can do things without thinking. 3RD PARAGRAPH – Jo describes her morning routine: she gets up and gets ready for work. 4TH PARAGRAPH - However, routines are also bad because when we do things without thinking we don’t use our creativity.