By the end of this exercise, you can talk about your daily routine using the present simple and words like always, usually and never.
Free Year 8 English practice (A2): read about an American teenager's school day and practise the present simple and adverbs of frequency.
Read the text and fill in each gap with the correct word.
Jake is 14 years old and lives in a small town in 1. On school days he always gets up at half past 2. First he has breakfast with his family — usually 3 with milk and orange juice.
Jake's school starts at eight o'clock. He goes there by 4 with his friends. Lessons finish at half past three. After school, Jake often plays basketball or meets his friends. Twice a week he has football 5.
In the evening, the family eats 6 together at six. Then Jake does his 7. He sometimes watches TV or plays video games. At half past nine he goes to 8. "School days are busy," says Jake, "but I like my routine."
Choose the correct present simple form. Remember the -s for he, she and it — and do/does in questions and negatives.
1. Jake up at half past six every morning.
2. His sister to a different school.
3. your brother play basketball after school?
4. We like homework, but we do it every day.
5. Jake TV in the evening.
6. your friends live near the school?
7. His mum in a hospital — she is a nurse.
8. Last Saturday, Jake to a baseball game with his dad.
Choose the correct word order. The adverb comes before a normal verb, but after the verb "to be".
1. Jake late for school.
2. He his homework before dinner.
3. They to the gym after school.
4. She tired on Monday mornings.
5. We pizza in the school cafeteria on Fridays.
6. My dad coffee in the morning — he doesn't like it.
7. I my teeth twice a day.
8. School open on Saturdays — it is closed!
Jake wants to know about YOUR day. Write him a short message (6–8 sentences): when do you get up, how do you get to school, and what do you do after school and in the evening? Use the present simple and at least three of these words: always, usually, often, sometimes, never.
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