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                 Writing Tip      Word order
                                                                                 Useful Language
                • In English the word order in positive sentences is:
                                                                       Greeting
                     Subject        Verb         Object                • Hi,/Hello, ...!  • Hey, ...!  • Dear ...,
                        I            do       my homework.             Opening remarks
                                                                       • How are you?/How’s everything?/How’s it
                • Adverbs of place (here, there, at school, in the park,
                  etc) usually go at the end of a sentence and before   going?/Hope you’re well.
                  adverbs of time (in the afternoon, now, today, etc).   • Thanks for your email./Great to hear from you!
                                                                       • I love hearing all your news.
                               adverb of place adverb of time          • Let me tell you a few things about my daily routine.
                   I have lunch   at school      at noon.              • Here’s what my daily routine is like.
                • Adverbs of time can go at the beginning or at the    Describing daily routine
                  end  of  a  sentence.  In  the  afternoon,  I  do  my  morning
                  homework./I do my homework in the afternoon.         • In the morning, I get up at ... and then I ... .
                                                                       • My day starts (early). I ... and then I ... .
                                                                       • I go to school by (train, bus, car, etc)/on foot.
               4        Read the theory. Make sentences. Write
                    in your notebook.                                  afternoon
                                                                       • After lunch/In the afternoon, ... .
                         1   I/in the school canteen/have lunch/at 12 o’clock  • I finish school at ... .
                               I have lunch in the school canteen at   • I get back from school at ... .  • After (that), I ... .
                       12 o’clock./At 12 o’clock, I have lunch in the  evening
                       school canteen.                                 • I usually ... in the evening.  • Next, ... .
                         2   has/in the morning/a shower/he            • I watch TV for a while.
                         3   at 9:30/goes/to bed/she                   • I go to bed at .../early/late.  • My days are busy.
                         4   in the afternoon/at school/they/do/their  Closing remarks
                                                                       • What about you?
                       homework
                                                                       • What’s your daily routine like?
                         5   in the park/she/in the evening/the dog/walks
                                                                       • Write back soon and tell me all about your daily
                    Your turn                                           routine.
                                                                       • Hope to hear from you soon.
               5      a)    Brainstorming: Copy the spidergram         Ending
                    into your notebook. Complete it with               • Lots of love,  • Bye for now!  • Take care!
                    information about your daily routine.

                             opening remarks                            Greeting + (e-friend’s first name)!
                                                                        opening remarks, reason for writing
                                                in the morning
                                                                        daily routine
              closing remarks
                                                                        closing remarks
                               My daily routine                         Sign off
                                                                        (your first name)

                   in the evening
                                              in the afternoon                 Checklist
                                                                       When you finish your email, check the following:
                          b)  Task: Use the rubric in Ex. 1 to write an  • opening and closing remarks
                    email to your English-speaking e-friend about      • capital letters, punctuation and linkers
                    your daily routine. Use your ideas from Ex. 5a     • word order
                    and phrases from the Useful Language box.          • number of paragraphs
                    Follow the plan.                                   • number of words
                                                                       • spelling and grammar
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