Conversation

Listen to the English teacher and the student talking about helping a classmate.

Teacher: What do you do in the afternoons, Reihaneh?
Student: Well, I go to the gym on Sundays and Tuesdays.
Teacher: How about Friday mornings?
Student: I stay at home and relax. Why?
Teacher: You know, Shiva is not very good at English. Can you help her?
Student: Oh, sure.
Teacher: That sounds great! When can you start?
Student: This Wednesday afternoon.
Teacher: That’s fine. Thank you. I’ll let her know.

Practice 1: Talking about Daily Activities (1)

Listen to the examples. Then ask and answer with a friend. 

- What do you do in the mornings?
- I go to school.

- What do you do in the afternoons?
- We play sports.

- What do you do in the evenings?
- I study my lessons.

- What do you do on Friday mornings?
- We watch TV.

- What do you do on Thursday evenings?
- I visit my relatives.

Practice 2: Talking about Daily Activities (2)

Listen to the examples. Then ask and answer with a friend.

- When/What days do you go to school?
- Every weekday.

- When/What days do you go shopping?
- Every Wednesday afternoon.

- When/What days do you play sports?
- On Saturdays and Tuesdays

- When/What days do you study English?
- On Monday mornings.

- When/What days do you go to the library?
- On Sunday afternoons.

Spelling and Pronunciation

Listen to a conversation between the teacher and the student.

Student: Excuse me, sir, what’s روزهای هفته in English?
Teacher: That’s ‘weekdays’.
Student: How do you spell it?
Teacher: W-E-E-K-D-A-Y-S.
Student: Thanks. And how do you say S-T in ‘study’?
Teacher: The correct pronunciation is ‘study’.
Student: There’s no /e / at the beginning, right?
Teacher: No, there isn’t.

Now find other words with ‘st’ at the beginning and practice saying them.

Listening and Writing

Listen to the conversations and fill out the table below.

Reading, Speaking and Writing

Group Work

Your teacher will give you cards about weekly activities. Ask 3 classmates what they do during the week and fill out the table below.

Model:

What do you do on weekday mornings, Mina?
I go to school.
What about the weekend?
I watch TV.

Role Play

Pair Work

Student A:

Take the role of a father/mother and answer your friend’s questions about your weekly activities.

Student B:

Prepare some questions and ask your friend about his/her weekly activities.

Then change roles.

Photo Dictionary

Review 1 (Lessons 1-2)

Talking about Nationalities

Check if

a) you can say what your nationality is.

I’m ... .
I am from ... .

b) you can ask about other people’s nationalities.

Where are ... ?
Are you ... ?

Talking about Daily Activities

Check if

a) you can say what you do in the week.

I ... in the ... .
 ... on ... .

b) you can ask other people about their week.

What do you ... ?
hen do you ... ?

Spelling and Pronunciation

Check if

a) you can write the names of 5 countries and nationalities 

Country      ..................... , ..................... , ..................... , ..................... , .....................
Nationality ..................... , ..................... , ..................... , ..................... , .....................

b) you can write the days of the week.

..................... , ..................... , ..................... , ..................... , ..................... , ..................... , .....................

c) you can say and write one word for each of the following.

ch ……………………………… , sh ……………………………… , fr ………………………………. , sp ……………………………… , br ……………………………… , st ………………………………. , ee ……………………………… , ay ………………………………