Read the descriptions below of a normal day in the lives of two children.

Abbey gets up at 7:00 am, feeds the dog, and has cereal and a glass of juice for breakfast. She walks to school with her friend, Julia. She has a package of chips for a morning snack; drinks water from the water fountain, and have a chicken and lettuce sandwich with a banana for lunch. She likes to play soccer with her friends at lunch and morning break time. She walks home with Julia, has some crackers with cheese and fruit juice for afternoon snack and plays with the dog for a while. She plays computer games for an hour or two before dinner, then has a shower and does her homework. She watches her favorite television show for an hour, then usually goes to bed at about 9:30 pm.

Carl gets up at 8:30 am and has two slices of toast with jam with a glass of milk for breakfast. His mother drives him to school on her way to work. He eats cookies and a packaged fruit drink for morning snack and a pot pie ordered from the school cafeteria with a fruit drink for lunch. He likes to play card games with his friends at lunchtime and climb the fixed equipment at morning break time. He catches the bus home, has a cereal bar and a can of soda for afternoon snack, and then watches some television. He has a shower before dinner, and then plays the computer for an hour or two. He goes to bed at about 10:30 pm.

 

Use the key below to rate the different aspects of the two lifestyles, then suggest possible improvements.

1—healthy	2—could be improved	3—unhealthy
Health aspect	Abbey	Carl	You	Any suggested improvements?
Diet
Sleep
Exercise
Relaxation

4. Record a day in your own life and complete the table above to rate your own lifestyle.

Question Formation

We make questions by:

1: moving an auxiliary to the front of the clause:

Everybody is watching	>>	Iseverybody watching?
They hadworked hard	>>	Hadthey worked hard?
He's finished work	>>	Hashe finished work?
Everybody hadbeen working hard	>>	Hadeverybody been working hard?
He hasbeen singing	>>	Hashe been singing?
English isspoken all over the world	>>	IsEnglish spoken all over the world?
The windows havebeen cleaned	>>	Havethe windows been cleaned?

2: … or by moving a modal to the front of the clause:

They willcome	>>	Willthey come?
He mightcome	>>	Mighthe come?
They willhave arrived by now	>>	Willthey have arrived by now?
She wouldhave been listening	>>	Wouldshe have been listening?
The work willbe finished soon	>>	Willthe work be finished soon?
They mighthave been invited to the party	>>	Mightthey have been invited to the party?

3: The present simple and the past simple have no auxiliary. We make questions by adding the auxillary do/does for the present simple or did for the past simple:

They live here	>>	Do they live here?
John lives here	>>	DoesJohn live here?
Everybody laughed	>>	Dideverybody laugh?

EXERCISES

1. Write the questions for these answers:

1. ________________________________________________

Five times a week.

2.________________________________________________

Green.

3._______________________________________________

About 100 Kilometres.

4._______________________________________________

Susan's.

5._______________________________________________

30 waist, 32 leg.

6._______________________________________________

Five times.

7. _______________________________________________

$900 a month.

8. Which___________________________________________

TV Globo.

9._________________________________________________

It takes me half an hour if the traffic isn't too bad.

At that strange animal over there.