Private life

By Aleksandra Kumycz-Ochęcka

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Private life

• wake up, get up, make your bed

• brush (teeth/hair); have a shower

• get dressed

• have breakfast (luch, dinner)

• go (to school/to work/home); get home

• make dinner

• study

• stay up late

• relax, go to bed, sleep

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Daily routine

• always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely/seldom, never

• in the morning/afternoon/evening

• at 2 o'clock / PM / AM​

• every day

• on Mondays, Wednesdays..., at the weekend

• ​once a week/month/year; twice a week/month/year; three times a week/month/year

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• at the moment; today; tonight, this week/month/year​

Time expressions

Your turn!

Tell me about your daily routine

Examples: I always brush me teeth before breakfast.

I never make my bed.

I rarely stay up late.

I have dinner at 6 PM.​

I don't go to school at weekends.​

• go: for a walk, shopping, swimming, to the cinema, out with somebody​

• have: a chat, a good time

• play: chess, computer games, football, the guitar

• friends: meet f~, phone f~​​, visit f~​; come round

• listen to music, read books, watch TV, surf the internet​

• hobbies and sports: join a club, horse riding, ride a bicycle = cycle​

Free time activities

Your turn!

Tell me what you do in your free time.

Examples: In my free time I play computer games.

I always listen to music after school.

I go horse riding at weekends.

I usually meet friends on Friday afternoon.​

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• father (dad) and mother (mum); parents

• brother and sister; twin

• daughter and son; children

• ​grand~: grandmother, grandfather, granddaughter and grandson

• ​aunt and uncle; nephew and niece

• cousin

• wife and husband, married, divorced

• step-: step-mother, step-father

Family

• ​New Year's Day

• Easter: Easter Sunday, Easter bunny, egg hunt, church

• ​Halloween: dress up, fancy dress, costume

• Thanksgiving Day: roast turkey

• Christmas: Ch~ Eve, Ch~ Day, Boxing Day

• New Year's Eve: fireworks​

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• anniversary

• birthday​, Saint's Day/nameday

• wedding, christening

• national/bank holiday

• festival, ceremony, celebrate​

Festivals and celebrations

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Your turn!

Tell me about some traditions in your family

Examples: We always buy Christmas gifts.

We never have roast turkey at Easter.

My aunt from France always comes round for Christmas.​

• colleague; classmate; friend, best friend

• boyfriend and girlfriend, a couple

• ask somebody out, go out with somebody, date

• engaged; fiance(e), propose to

• married; get married; bride and groom​

• divorced; get divorced

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• get on (well) with somebody

• argue with somebody

• make up with somebody :)

• break up / slip up with somebody :(​

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Friends and reationships

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