Workplace routines
Employees have schedules and workplaces also have their
own routines and timetables. It is useful to be able to talk to
colleagues about when things usually happen.
New language Prepositions of time
Vocabulary Commuting and transportation
New skill Describing routines
KEY LANGUAGE PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
Use prepositions to give more information about when something happens.
“On” is often used before days and
dates to say when something happens.
“At” is used to say what
time something happens.
When you use “on” with a day of the week, add “–s”
to the day to show that the thing happens regularly.
KEY LANGUAGE MORE PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
Use “by” to say when something will
be completed. It means “before.”
NOW
“Before” describes something that
happens prior to something else.
3PM
“After” refers to an event that
follows something else.
BREAK
REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER
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KEY LANGUAGE PREPOSITIONS SHOWING DURATION
“From” is used to say the
time something starts.
When used with “and,” “between” is
used to say when something starts.
“And” is used to say the
time something finishes.
“To” is used to say the
time something finishes.
9 AM
5PM
9 AM
"Until" is used to say when an
ongoing situation finishes.
9 AM
"Since" is used to say when an
ongoing situation started.
5PM
“For" describes how long
something has been happening.
6 HOURS AGO
5PM
9 AM
NOW
"During" describes when
something was happening.
NOW
BREAK
NOW
CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORD IN EACH SENTENCE, THEN SAY THE
SENTENCES OUT LOUD
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KEY LANGUAGE GETTING TO WORK
There are a number of ways to
describe how you get to work.
MATCH THE PAIRS OF PHRASES
THAT MEAN THE SAME THING
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Use “take” and “catch” with
forms of transportation that
you do not drive or control.
CROSS OUT INCORRECT
WORD IN EACH SENTENCE
You can’t “take” or “catch”
a car or a bike as these are
things you control yourself.
Use “go by” + the means
of transportation. The
exception is “go on foot.”
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO, THEN NUMBER THE PICTURES IN THE ORDER
THEY ARE DESCRIBED
CHECKLIST
Prepositions of time
Commuting and transportation
Describing routines
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