Everyday Activities

Topic: Daily Activities

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will match the activity with the corresponding photo.

Components of the activity: Worksheets, script

Note: There are two versions of this activity below, each with slightly different vocabulary words. Version 1 is a standard matching activity, while version 2 requires students to choose between two photos based on the activity they hear. 

Version 1

Instructions to the teacher

Make a matching worksheet for the following words and phrases about activities. Below, the vocabulary words are already matched with the corresponding picture. Mix them up when you make the worksheet. 

Instructions to students

Look at the vocabulary words on the left and match them with the corresponding picture on the right. 

brush teeth
cook
eat lunchactivites_havelunch_1.JPG
studyactivities_studying_1.JPG
sleep
ride bikes
walk the dogactivities_walkdog_1.JPG
wash dishesactivities_washdishes_1.JPG
go to the gym / exerciseactivities_weightlfiting_1.jpg
drink coffeeactivities_drink_1.JPG

Version 2

Instructions to the teacher

Make a recording of the following script or read it aloud to the class at a relatively normal speaking speed. Also, make a worksheet for the students using the pictures below. 

Instructions to students

You are going to hear a series of sentences. For each one, you have two possible pictures to choose from. Choose the picture that corresponds to the sentence you hear.

Script

  1. I am brushing my teeth. 
  2. I am talking on the phone.
  3. I am cooking dinner.
  4. I am listening to music.
  5. I am studying. 
  6. I am relaxing.
  7. I am sleeping
  8. I am singing.
  9. I am walking the dog. 
  10. I am playing a game. 

activities_brushteeth_1.JPG
activities_washface_1.JPG


activities_texting_1.JPG


activites_havelunch_1.JPG

activities_listentomusic_1.JPG
The cast of "Garden of Joy" rehearses on Monday March 11, 2013. The play, about a radio broadcast on New Years Eve during the Harlem renaissance, is the first commisioned by the MSUFCU Institute of Arts and Creativity of the Wharton Center.

activities_studying_1.JPG
activities_gotoschool_1.JPG

Ellen Velie, associate professor of epidemiology, and Zhenzhen Zhang, epidemiology ph.d canidate, discuss thier work on Friday October 5, 2012.

Ellen Velie, associate professor of epidemiology, and Zhenzhen Zhang, epidemiology ph.d canidate, discuss thier work on Friday October 5, 2012.
activities_sleep_1.jpg


activities_listentomusic_2.JPG

activities_gotoschool_1.JPG
activities_walkdog_1.JPG

The cast of "Garden of Joy" rehearses on Monday March 11, 2013. The play, about a radio broadcast on New Years Eve during the Harlem renaissance, is the first commisioned by the MSUFCU Institute of Arts and Creativity of the Wharton Center.