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In 8A we learn about the rest of Fernanda's typical day and study How often? plus expressions of frequency.
1 How much do you remember about Fernanda's morning routine from Unit 7? Listen and check. 2 Look at these sentences. Guess if they are Right (R) or wrong (W).
1. She eats lunch at school.
2. She usually has a salad.
3. She doesn't like red meat.
4. She teaches forty-nine classes a week.
5. She likes the soaps on TV.
6. Thiago doesn't like cooking rice.
7. They don't eat at the same time every evening.
8. She likes more than six hours sleep at night.
3 Listen, check and correct the wrong ones. 4 Listen again. What do these numbers and times refer to?1. two
2. once a week
3. 7.00pm
4. 8.30pm
5. twice a week
6. 11.30pm
5 Read and complete with at, for, in, on, or or to. Listen again to check.Every day I have lunch __ the same restaurant near the school. It's a self-service restaurant, a ´por kilo´ - you pay according __ how much your food weighs. All the teachers __ my school eat there. I usually only have a salad with either chicken __ fish. I can't eat two big meals a day. I'm careful about what I eat and try __ have red meat only once a week if I can. Then it's back __ work __ another school. I normally teach eight __ nine classes a day. __ the evenings I get home __ about 7.00. Like most Brazilians I have __ watch the soaps so we generally have dinner after the first one, __ about 8.30. Thiago has football training twice a week so we eat later __ Tuesdays and Thursdays. If we have meat, vegetables __ feijoada, Thiago cooks. If we want rice I do it because he hates cooking rice. After dinner, we just relax and watch TV __ listen __ music. We hardly ever go out during the week. We don't usually go __ bed before 11.30. Six hours' sleep is enough __ me and I can't sleep if I go __ bed too early.
6 Complete with at or in. What are the rules? Listen and check.1. She was __ the shop waiting for the manager.
2. We arranged to meet __ the cinema after school.
3. We usually spend our weekends __ the beach __ the summer.
4. I grew up __ Mato Grosso but now we live __ Recife.
5. He's __ class 3A and he normally sits __ the back.
7 What question do you need to ask to get this answer?
She eats red meat once a week.
And what pronunciation features could you highlight in the question for your students?
8 Complete other possible answers to the question.
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Expressions of frequency How often does Fernanda eat red meat? O___ a day T____ a week T____ times a month F____ times a year E____ Monday / weekend |
9 Order the sentences with the verb in the correct form.
Example: she/eat/always/lunch/restaurant/same. She always eats lunch in the same restaurant.
1. often/do/do/exercise/how/she?
2. yoga/hardly/do/breakfast/before/ever/she.
3. mark/evening/homework/Fernanda/every/do/have to?
4. Thiago/do/always/be/sports/different.
5. he/training/football/have/week/twice/a.
6. often/do/Tai Chi/he/do/how?
7. or/go/six/she/shopping/month/a/times/five.
8. traffic/mornings/awful/is/the/sometimes/the/in.
9. set/classes/my/written/once/I/homework/week/a.
10 Listen and answer the questions. Then compare your answers with those in the Key.1. How often do you have a big breakfast?
2. How often do you have a sandwich for lunch?
3. How many times a day do you have a shower?
4. Do you often go to work by car?
5. How often do you get a taxi?
6. How many days a week do you get a newspaper?
7. Are you getting fatter?
11 Update your Portfolio. Go back to Vocabulary Builder 7C. Using the pictures, ask yourself more How often? questions with the verbs have, go and get and give your answers. Record at least three minutes of this onto your Portfolio cassette.
How often do you have cereals for breakfast?
Time for a break!
à go to Unit 8 B