Have

Routines
1st PARAGRAPH
Think about your daily life. Do you
follow the same route to work every day?
Do you sit in the same place in class?
When you get dressed, do you always
put the same leg or arm in first? You
probably do, because we all have
routines in our lives.
Imperatives
USE : si usa per dare ordini, consigli o
per invitare qualcuno a fare qualcosa.
FORM : è uguale alla forma base del
verbo.
Turn left at the next crossroads.
Pay here.
Try again.
Come and have dinner with us.
Have some more meat.
To have
(da non confondere con HAVE GOT)
AFFERMATIVA
INTERROGATIVA
NEGATIVA
I have
You have
He has
She has
It has
We have
You have
They have
Do I have?
Do you have?
Does he have?
Does she have?
Does it have?
Do we have?
Do you have?
Do they have?
I don’t have
You don’t have
He doesn’t have
She doesn’t have
It doesn’t have
We don’t have
You don’t have
They don’t have
IL PLURALE
(exercises)
REGOLA GENERALE: si aggiunge –S
book
books
thing
things
ECCEZIONI
 Le parole terminanti in:
S
SH
CH
aggiungono –ES
X
bus – buses
dish - dishes
church - churches
box - boxes
 Le
parole
terminanti
in
CONSONANTE+Y
trasformano la Y in I e aggiungono –ES:
city
cities
lady
ladies
 Le parole terminanti in –F o –FE trasformano -F o
FE in -VES:
shelf
shelves
wife
wives
PLURALI IRREGOLARI
Mouse – mice
Foot – feet
Tooth – teeth
Man – men
Woman – women
child - children
penny – pence
person - people
sheep – sheep
fish - fish
–
Aggettivi possessivi
AGGETTIVI POSSESSIVI
sono sempre seguiti da un sostantivo
MY
YOUR
HIS
HER
ITS
OUR
YOUR
THEIR
mio/a, mie, miei
tuo/a, tuoi, tue
suo/a,suoi/sue
suo/a,suoi/sue
suo/a,suoi/sue
nostro/a, nostri/e
vostro/a, vostri/e
loro
(exercises)
DI UN MASCHIO
DI UNA FEMMINA
DI COSA O ANIMALE
2nd PARAGRAPH
Routines save time and energy because
you do them without thinking. That’s
why they are so important in the
morning when your brain isn’t very
active. Here’s Jo talking about her
morning routine.
Pronomi personali (exercises)
PRONOMI SOGGETTO
Vanno prima del verbo
PRONOMI COMPLEMENTO
Seguono verbo o preposizioni
Ex. THEY want your
Ex. Don’t tell THEM anything
address.
I
You
He
she
It
We
You
They
Me
You
Him
Her
It
Us
You
Them
3rd PARAGRAPH
‘Oh yes, I always do exactly the same things. I
wake up at seven o’clock every morning, but I
don’t get up till quarter past seven. I switch on
the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to
the loo and I brush my teeth. I have a shower
and dry my hair. Then I choose my clothes and
I get dressed. I don’t eat anything for breakfast.
I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work.
Yes, it’s always the same.’
Common expressions with have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
Have
breakfast, lunch, dinner,
(a cup of) tea/coffee, a drink,
something to eat/drink
eggs/toast for breakfast, fish for lunch
a shower, a bath
a good time, a bad day, a nice evening
a party, a holiday
a good flight/trip
a conversation
a baby
Mary had a baby in June.
What time do you have lunch on Sundays?
4th PARAGRAPH
Routines are very useful, but they also
make you uncreative. So sometimes
it’s a good idea to break your routines.
Get out of bed on the opposite side.
Listen to a different radio station.
Take a different route to work. Eat
something different for breakfast.
Change your routine. You never know
it could change your life.
Summary
– If we think about our every
day life, we’ll realize that we all do things in
a regular and fixed way.
2ND PARAGRAPH – Routines are useful because
you can do things without thinking.
3RD PARAGRAPH – Jo describes her morning
routine: she gets up and gets ready for
work.
4TH PARAGRAPH However, routines are also
bad because when we do things without
thinking we don’t use our creativity.
1ST PARAGRAPH