I Don’t Like Tuesdays

Topic: Daily Activities

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will listen to someone describe their Tuesday routine and answer comprehension questions.

Components of the activity: Script, recording, worksheet

Instructions to the teacher

Either make a recording of the following script in advance or read it aloud to the class at a relatively normal pace. Make a worksheet similar to this one. The answers appear in bold below.

Script

I don’t like Tuesdays. They are so busy for me. First, I have to wake up at 6am and make breakfast. Then I take a shower, brush my teeth, and get dressed. At 7:30, I bike to the university to make it in time for my 8am history class. After that, I have a math class that ends at noon. I eat lunch very quickly and go to work from 12:30 until 2:30. At 3pm, I have a three hour long psychology class. After class, I go back home, cook dinner, eat, and wash the dishes. When the dishes are clean, around 9pm, I start my homework for the next day. Finally, at 11:30, I go to sleep. 

Instructions to students

Listen to the speaker talk about her Tuesday routine and circle ALL of the activities that the speaker does at various times.

  1. What does the speaker do at 6am?

    wake up    make breakfast    bike to the university        work

  1. Which classes does the speaker attend on Tuesdays?

    history    math        psychology        biology

  1. What does the speaker do from 12pm to 2:30pm?

    eat lunch    work        do homework        wash dishes

  1. What does the speaker do from 6pm to 9pm?

    cook dinner        wash the dishes    do homework        work

  1. From 9pm until midnight, what does the speaker do?

homework    wash dishes    cook breakfast    bike to the university