Exercise routine and family time

1. Exercise Routine and Family Time

Present Simple ... 3rd Person
EXERCISE ROUTINE AND FAMILY TIME

2. Look for these time Phrases

At ... At the time, at that moment, at 9:00
On ... On Tuesday, On a school day
Every ... everyday, every time
In the ... In the morning, in the meantime
Sometimes ... Sometimes we wait,
Before ... Before we leave, before breakfast
After ... After lunch, after you do your work

3. Family Time

Carl Chang (live) in Toronto with his wife Deborah
and their two children.
Carl is a freelance graphic designer and also
(teach) part-time at a community college.
Deborah (work) for a number of clients. She’s an
accounting consultant. She (set) up books and
software systems for companies to organize their
work.

4. Family Time ... Carl’s family

Carl’s mother Mary is from Edmonton, Alberta
and his father Tony is from Xiamen in China’s
Fujian province. They (live) close to Carl’s family
in Toronto.
At least once a month the children (spend) a
weekend with them.

5. Family Time ... Deborah’s family

Deborah’s family (live) in Denmark.
Deborah was born in Copenhagen. She came to
Canada to study business and met Carl at
school.
Deborah’s father Villy and her mother Linda
(visit) Canada once a year. The family (has/have)
only been to Denmark once.

6. Family routine

Carl (get) up before Deborah and the children. He
(like) the quiet time. Sometimes he (exercise)
before anyone else (wake) up.
Deborah usually (wake) up next and (drink) a glass
of warm water before she (brush) her teeth.
At 6:00am they (have/has) to wake up the
children so the family can exercise together.
Calvin is the oldest, but always the most difficult
to wake up.
Christine sometimes (has/have) to be called
twice.

7. Family Time ... differences

Christine (get) up and usually (make) her bed.
Calvin rarely (make) his bed. In fact, his room is
so messy it is difficult to find his bed.
In the time it (take) for Calvin to get out of bed,
Carl is able to organize his work for clients and
the books and notes for his classes.
Deborah (work) at home, but usually (have/has)
things sorted the night before.
Although Deborah (work) from home, her
mornings are filled with client meetings. So, her
afternoons and evenings can be free.

8. Family Time

They always (prepare) the garbage from the
kitchen, and sometimes there’s some from the
bedrooms, the living room, their small office, or
the bathroom. They (take) the elevator down and
(walk) out to the apartment complex’s courtyard.

9. Family Time

Once they arrive at the courtyard, they stretch.
They always have to remind Calvin to stretch.
They always walk 4 laps around the complex
which is about 2.5 km. Carl usually (stop) at 2
laps so he can exercise quickly, (go) upstairs,
(shower), and then eat breakfast with Deborah
and the children. He then (drive) the children to
school. They have to be at school at 8:00 am. He
(like) to start work by 8:30am.

10. Family Time

On the days they don’t exercise, Carl (check)
mail, (send) a few messages to clients, and even
(post) a few photos on his blog.
These are his days to do design work, and so his
small home office (become) an art studio.

11. Family Time ... Carl’s basic routine

Carl’s basic routine is not difficult, but it requires
repetition and consistency. He (walk) at least one
km in the morning and then again in the evening.
He doesn’t drink coffee or eat anything until after
he (exercise). He always (has/have) a glass of water.

12.

Family Time ...
Carl’s basic routine
When he (wake) up in the quiet dark apartment he
(pick) up his dumbbells. He (do) one hundred
standing curls with both arms, and then one
hundred movements where his arms are outstretched and then he (bring) them together near
his chest.
Then he (do) 100 seated curls for each arm.
At this point he sometimes (need) to do some light
stretching.

13. Family Time ... Carl’s basic routine

He then (do) 50 push ups, usually using the coffeetable.
Then he (do) 100 stomach crunches with his legs
resting on a chair or the sofa. In the same positions he
(do)20 same elbow to knee, and then 20 opposite
elbow to knee.
He (do) some leg stretches and then really (need) a
shower.

14. Family Time ... Exercise

What is your routine?

15. Family Time

1. Where does the family live?
a. Calgary b. Mumbai c. Toronto d. Beijing
2. Do they live in a house or an apartment?
3. How many children are there?
4. How many bedrooms in the apartment?
5. What is Carl’s job?
a. Doctor b. Designer c. Lawyer d. Superhero
6. What is Deborah’s job?
a. Astronaut b. Assassin c. Accountant d. Apothecary
7. Where did Carl and Deborah meet?
a. College b. Work c. Football d. Movie
8. Where is Deborah from?
a. Columbia b. Denmark c. Laos d. Spain
9. Where is Carl from?
a. Canada b. Myanmar c. Togo d. Bhutan

16. Family Tree

Who are the
members of this
family?
Create a simple
family tree