Tuesday 21st May

Oral Expression

1) Discussion: make these sentences true for you

1. I sleep a lot
2. Sleep is a waste of time
3. I can only sleep on a hard/soft bed

I don't sleep a lot, usually six hours

Listening and Reading Comprehensions

1) Listen to the video "Sleeping in Space" and tick the vocabulary that you hear.

sleep station

dream

bedroom

sleeping bag

mattress

nightmare

pillow

body

goodnight

pajamas

watch

laptop

bed

relax

night

• Why are the astronauts tired in space?
• How many bedrooms/sleep stations are there?
• Do the astronauts have a mattress and pillow?
• What do the astronauts wear to bed? 
• How long do the astronauts sleep each night?
• Where is the pod positioned? On the floor or next to the wall?

2) Match the questions to the answers

1. What time do you go to bed?
2. Do you have a snack before bed?
3. What do you do to help fall asleep?
4. How many hours do you sleep at a time?
5. How do you feel when you wake up?
6. What time do you get up?
7. What time do you have breakfast?
8. Do you have a shower in the morning or the evening?
9. Do you have a nap during the day?
10. Do you ever have a lie-in?

a) At about 7a.m

b) About eight hours

c) At about 11p.m

d) At about 7.30a.m, after i have a shower

e) i'm often a bit tired

f) I usually have one in the morning

g) i always have a lie-in on Sundays

h) No, I don't. I never have time

i) I hardly ever eat before bed

j) I sometimes listen to the radio

Listen and check your answers

3) Decide what the difference in meaning is between:

• to wake up/to get up
• to sleep/to fall asleep
• to have a snack/to have breakfast

Grammar Point - Present Simple; adverbs of frequency

1) Complete the sentences with do, does, don't or doesn't.

+(positive) I usually go to bed about 10.30

- (negative) They ................... have a nap 

   He ...................... have a lie-in during the week

?(question) ................ you wake up early?

  .............. she often have a snack before bed?

Use the present simple to talk about routines (things you do every day) and habits (things you do often). 

Use the adverbs of frequency to talk about habits:

always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never

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2) Choose the correct form.

Put in do or does into the gaps and then answer.

1)    Do Does  Marisa have brown hair? 2)    Do Does  you learn English? 3)    Do Does  Veronique and Richard work at MILI? 4)    Do Does  they live in France? 5)    Do Does  Damien have an allergy to fish? 6)    Do Does  you play a musical instrument? 7)    Do Does  we learn English using a laptop? 8)    Do Does  you like running? 9)    Do Does  Emilie come from England? 10)    Do Does  I watch English TV?

3) Now turn the statements into questions using "do" or "does". 


1. Babies drink a lot of milk. ?
2. My friends often help me. ?
3. The girls take dancing lessons. ?
4. The stars shine every night. ?
5. Your sister plays with Barbie dolls. ?
6. Lots of tourists visit this place every year. ?
7. Mike wants to come to the party. ?
8. His mum knows about the maths test. ?
9. They run the New York Marathon every year. ?
10. Mark rides his bike to work. ?
11. Mary and Joe like this new game. ?
12. The soup tastes good. ?
13. It rains a lot in summer. ?
14. Her room looks tidy now. ?
15. The trousers belong to Jane. ?
16. The baby sleeps a lot. ?
17. This road leads to Yellowstone Park. ?
18. Lucy brushes her teeth every evening. ?
19. The River Thames runs through London. ?
20. Richard and Sally want to come with us. ?


4) Now work in pairs to answer the following questions:

1. What time do you go to bed?
2. Do you have a snack before bed?
3. What do you do to help fall asleep?
4. How many hours do you sleep at a time?
5. How do you feel when you wake up?
6. What time do you get up?
7. What time do you have breakfast?
8. Do you have a shower in the morning or the evening?
9. Do you have a nap during the day?
10. Do you ever have a lie-in?