Luca’s family Read the text and underline their daily actions Me My name is Luca and I am an Italian boy. I am 8 years old and I live in Rome. I usually wake up at 7.30 am and I have breakfast with my mother and sister. After I brush my teeth and I go to school. At school I play football because I like doing sports! When I don´t play sports, I help my mother at home. I always tidy my bedroom but I hate dusting the furniture so I hardly ever do it! In the afternoon I always study and for homework, this week, I interview my family: my father, Paolo, my mother, Maria and my older sister Giulia. My father: My mother: My sister: I am a computer programmer and I like working in a office. I usually wake up very early in the mornings I rarely have breakfast with my children. I go to work by bus and I start work at 7.30. I am always very busy in the morning and I never have lunch at home. I usually finish work at 5.00, but I often stay in the office longer because I have lots of work. After work, I sometimes go to the gym to relax. In the evenings I am happy to get home. I always set the table and I have dinner with my children and my wife. I am a housewife, so I do all the housework. I wake up early and I prepare breakfast for my children. After I take them to the bus stop. In the mornings I vacuum the floors and I often mop them. I cook lunch because my children eat at home. I always do the washing up after lunch and I sometimes iron in the afternoon. I do the laundry twice a week and I often go shopping to the supermarket. My children eat a lot! I am Giulia. I am 13 years old. I am a student and I like going to school because I have got lots of friends. In the afternoons, I always do my homework. I usually study with my friend Caroline. She is my best friend! After we often play volley-ball but we never watch TV. I hardly ever help my mother with the chores but I sometimes sweep the floor! Giulia Paolo Luca Mari a Exercise 1: housework Match the housework with the correct picture Exercise 2 – adverbs of frequency Match the adverbs of frequency with the percentage 1. cook dinner/lunch 2. dust 3. mop the floor 4. do the shopping 5. do the washing up 6. set the table 7. do the laundry 8. sweep the floor 9. iron 10. vacuum/hoover the floor Exercise 3 – frequency adverbs – how often does ……? Answer the questions about Luca and his family 1. How often does Luca go to school? ________________________ 2. How often does Luca dust the furniture? ____________________ 3. How often does Paolo have breakfast with his children? _________ 4. How often does Paolo have lunch at home? ___________________ 5. How often does Maria iron? ______________________________ 6. How often does Maria do the washing up?____________________ 7. How often does Maria do the laudry?________________________ 8. How often does Giulia do her homework?_____________________ 9. How often does Giulia watch TV?___________________________ Exercise 4 – how often do you do your housework? Write complete sentences about yourself 1. iron: _________________________ 2. do the washing up: ______________ 3. dust:_________________________ 4. mop the floor:__________________ 5. vacuum: ______________________ 6. do the laundry: _________________ Exercise 5 – present simple- 3rd singular person Re write the texts using the he/she form 100% - _______ 75% - _______ 50% - _______________ 25% - _______________ 15% _____________________ 5 % _______________________ 0% - _____________ always – never – often – hardly ever – usually – sometimes – rarely/seldom 1) Luca 2) Father 3) Mother 4) Sister His name is Luca and he _____________________ ________________________________________ ______________________________________________ He is a computer programmer and he _____________________ ________________________________________ ______________________________________________ She is a housewife, so she _____________________ ________________________________________ ______________________________________________ She is Giulia. She __________________________ ________________________________________ ______________________________________________ . _________________ Exercise 5 – present simple- 3rd singular person Re write the texts using the he/she form 100% - _______ 75% - _______ 50% - _______________ 25% - _______________ 15% _____________________ 5 % _______________________ 0%. homework. I usually study with my friend Caroline. She is my best friend! After we often play volley-ball but we never watch TV. I hardly ever help my mother with the chores but I sometimes sweep. _______________ 25% - _______________ 15% _____________________ 5 % _______________________ 0% - _____________ always – never – often – hardly ever – usually – sometimes – rarely/seldom 1) Luca 2)