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Ideas for Practicing English at Home
Try some of the following fun ideas to practice your English. Check off the ideas you try. When
you are done with one, try another! Show off your English!
❏ Draw a picture, write about your picture, share your picture with someone. ❏ Have someone read you a story, or read a story to them, and then talk about the story and ask each
other questions. ❏ Play a game/sport indoor, or outdoor. Explain the steps, or rules, of the game to someone. ❏ Read aloud to a stuffed animal, or a pet. Tell your stuffed animal, or pet, who the author is and the
details of what you read. ❏ Create a map of your backyard, or your house/apartment, and label your map. Add a map key at the
bottom. Give someone directions using your map. ❏ Make a picture using things from nature (use leaves, grass, acorns….) and label your picture, or write
about your picture. Share with someone. ❏ Give the steps/directions to someone on how to make something you love to eat. ❏ Watch one TV show or movie and make a story map (beginning, middle, end) that shows the main idea
and details of the show or movie. Share with someone. ❏ Interview someone about their favorite thing to do at home. What do they like to do? Where do they like
to do it? When do they do it? Why do they do it? How do they do it? ❏ Write a letter to a friend, a family member, or your teacher. Share with someone. ❏ Sing a favorite song. Teach someone your favorite song. Sing it together. ❏ Train a pet. Give them directions on what you want them to do. ❏ Create a card for a friend with drawings and a message inside. Share with someone. ❏ Create and illustrate a family tree. Share with someone. ❏ Draw, color, and label what is in your fridge or pantry. Share with someone. ❏ Sort your socks, silverware, or other items in your house/room. Explain to someone why you sorted the
way you did. ❏ Identify the text features (diagrams, headings, table of contents, maps….) of a newspaper, magazine,
or book. Share with someone. ❏ Alphabetize the names of the people in your house, including pets. Share with someone. ❏ Highlight chronological words (first, next, last, etc..) in newspapers, magazine articles, stories. Share
with someone. ❏ Talk about the similarities and differences between two rooms in your house, two family members, your
day at home with a school day, two characters from a book or movie, your classroom and bedroom. Share with someone.
❏ Create a web for a story you would like to write. Draw a picture about your story and then write your story. Share with someone.
❏ Describe things around the house using some of your 5 senses (What do they look like? How do they smell? What do they feel like? How do they sound? If it is food, how do they taste?) See if someone can guess what you are describing.
❏ Draw your friend, a family member, or a pet. Tell someone about their looks and personality. Then write sentences to describe what you like about your friend, family member, or pet? How do they make you feel?
❏ Read your favorite book. Tell someone why it is your favorite book. Find another favorite book!
6. How often do you
………… the Internet?
a. connect
b. play
c. surf
d. watch
1. How often do you
………… to the
cinema?
a. go
b. see
c. visit
d. watch
2. How often do you
………… shopping?
a. buy
b. do
c. go
d. go to
a. bored
b. boring
3. How often do you
………… eggs for
breakfast?
a. cooks
b. eaten
c. have
d. swallow
4. How often do you
………… your teeth?
a. cleaned
b. brush
c. polish
d. whitening
5. How often do you
………… aerobics?
a. do
b. go
c. play
d. dance
9. How often do you
………… by train?
a. drive
b. go
c. move
d. travel
13. How often do
you ………… online
games?
a. log on
b. play
c. surf
d. sign up
17. How often do
you ………… a horse?
a. drive
b. eat
c. ride
d. sail
7. How often do you
………… your bicycle?
a. cycle
b. play
c. practise
d. ride
8. How often do you
………… volleyball?
a. do
b. go
c. play
d. practise
10. How often do you
………… your email?
a. check
b. log on
c. reply
d. send
11. How often do you
………… to Facebook?
a. check
b. log on
c. play
d. sign up
12. How often do you
………… for viruses?
a. delete
b. detect
c. scan
d. watch
14 How often do you
………… a computer?
a. check
b. play
c. surf
d. use
15. How often do you
………… fast food?
a. go
b. order
c. pay
d. eating
16. How often do
you ……… your
grandparents?
a. meeting
b. saw
c. visit
d. wrote a letter
18. How often do
you ………… your
shoes?
a. brush
b. polish
c. sweep
d. wash
19. How often do
you ………… before 6
AM?
a. get up
b. stay up
c. stand up
d. woke up
d. hasn’t it?
20. How often do
you ………… your
parents?
a. argue with
b. disagree for
c. fight on
d. go under
Step 1 : Complete the questions with the correct question words.
Step 2 : Interview a friend using your questions. Record the answers.
Step 3 : Tell the class some things about the person you interviewed.
Step 4 : Write a paragraph about one of the topics you asked about.
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6. How often do you
………… the Internet?
a. connect
b. play
c. surf
d. watch
1. How often do you
………… to the
cinema?
a. go
b. see
c. visit
d. watch
2. How often do you
………… shopping?
a. buy
b. do
c. go
d. go to
a. bored
b. boring
3. How often do you
………… eggs for
breakfast?
a. cooks
b. eaten
c. have
d. swallow
4. How often do you
………… your teeth?
a. cleaned
b. brush
c. polish
d. whitening
5. How often do you
………… aerobics?
a. do
b. go
c. play
d. dance
9. How often do you
………… by train?
a. drive
b. go
c. move
d. travel
13. How often do
you ………… online
games?
a. log on
b. play
c. surf
d. sign up
17. How often do
you ………… a horse?
a. drive
b. eat
c. ride
d. sail
7. How often do you
………… your bicycle?
a. cycle
b. play
c. practise
d. ride
8. How often do you
………… volleyball?
a. do
b. go
c. play
d. practise
10. How often do you
………… your email?
a. check
b. log on
c. reply
d. send
11. How often do you
………… to Facebook?
a. check
b. log on
c. play
d. sign up
12. How often do you
………… for viruses?
a. delete
b. detect
c. scan
d. watch
14 How often do you
………… a computer?
a. check
b. play
c. surf
d. use
15. How often do you
………… fast food?
a. go
b. order
c. pay
d. eating
16. How often do
you ……… to your
grandparents?
a. meeting
b. saw
c. visit
d. wrote a letter
18. How often do
you ………… your
shoes?
a. brush
b. polish
c. sweep
d. wash
19. How often do
you ………… before 6
AM?
a. get up
b. stay up
c. stand up
d. woke up
d. hasn’t it?
20. How often do
you ………… your
parents?
a. argue with
b. disagree for
c. fight on
d. go under
Step 1 : Complete the questions with the correct question words.
Step 2 : Interview a friend using your questions. Record the answers.
Step 3 : Tell the class some things about the person you interviewed.
Step 4 : Write a paragraph about one of the topics you asked about.
Answer Key
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. d
8. c
9. d
10. a
11. b
12. c
13. b
14. d
15. b
16. c
17. c
18. b
19. a
20. a
always – usually, normally – often – sometimes – not often – rarely – hardly ever – never
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 10% 5% 0%
Once day / week Twice a week / month Three times year
Pre-teach or rehearse answers to
the interview questions:
1. Jeff is wearing sunglasses, and he is sitting on the window.
2. Bryan has a blonde hair, and he’s watching his students.
3. John is lying on the floor, and he looks like very happy.
4. Melisa has a blonde hair, and she is sleeping.
5. Kate has a long brown hair, and she’s drawing a circle with a yellow crayon.
6. Manuel has a big smile on his face, and he’s drawing a cloud with a blue crayon.
7. Robert is wobbling, and he’s making gestures.
8. Julio is wearing white shoes, and he’s reading a fairy tale about three bears.
9. Albert is between Kate and Manuel, and he’s wearing a red T-shirt.
10. Ronald has a short brown hair, and he’s reading a green book.
11. Peter is holding a red cube on his left hand, and he is opposite Ronald.
12. Jorge is between Peter and Samantha, and he is raising his two hands.
13. Jimmy is next to Ronald, and he’s sitting on a yellow rug.
14. Samantha is pointing out the cubes, and he is wearing a pink blouse.
15. Junior has a short blonde hair, and he is between Ronald and Susana.
16. Susana is near the teacher, and the board is behind her.
17. Johanna is has a blonde hair, and his crayon and blouse are the same colour.
KEY
1
2
16
15
10
14 12 11
3
4
13 8
7
17
6
9
5
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The Clock behind Your Cell Phone
For many Americans carrying a cell phone has replaced the need for
wearing a wrist watch. If you need to know what time it is, just flip open
your cell phone. But have you ever wondered how your cell phone knows
what the correct time is? The sophisticated technology behind the time in
your cell phone is the atomic clock. Atomic clocks allow for precise
synchronization of timing across
the earth and into space that
powers the Internet, GPS devices
and all satellite communications.
Atomic clocks for home and office
use receive signals from the U.S.
Atomic Clock and automatically set
the correct time, date, and year.
The atomic clock was made
possible by research performed
during the 1930s and 1940s to
improve radio communications for the U.S. military during World War II. In
1949, the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now called the National
Institute of Standards and Technology) announced the world’s first atomic
clock. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the National Bureau of Standards
regularly replaced and advanced the models of atomic clocks regulating time
in the United States. The standard atomic clock for the United States called
NIST-F1 (pictured thanks to www.tf.nist.gov) was introduced in 1991 is
accurate to 1 second every 20 million years.
Besides the U.S. standards, world time is standardized by 80 atomic
clocks that are scattered across 24 countries. Coordinated Universal Time, as
this standardization is called, is maintained by the Bureau International de
l’Heure (International Bureau of Time) in Paris, France.
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Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______
Multiple Choice Questions
Circle the correct answer.
1. Atomic clocks control timing for
a. Satellite communications b. School bells c. Fire sirens d. Church bells
2. Atomic clocks for home and office use receive signals from
a. Bureau International de l’Heure b. The U.S. Atomic clock c. The Internet d. GPS device
3. The first atomic clocks arose from research into
a. Clockmaking b. Physics c. Astronomy d. Radio communications
4. The world’s first atomic clock was announced in 1949 by what country?
a. United States b. France c. Canada d. Great Britain
5. How accurate is the current atomic clock?
a. Within 1 minute per year b. 1 second every 20 years c. 1 second every 20 million years d. 1 millionth of a second every 20 years
6. How many atomic clocks are used to standardize world time?
a. 20 b. 24 c. 80 d. 100
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Answer Key Multiple Choice 1. a. 2. b. 3. d. 4. a. 5. c. 6. c.
