Present Simple/ adjectives/ daily routines vocabulary
Look at pictures of these Mr Men and try to match the names and the pictures:
- Mr Bump
- Mr Greedy
- Mr Impossible
- Mr Lazy
- Mr Messy
- Mr Silly
- Mr Small
- Mr Strong
- Mr Tall
Ask about any names you don’t understand, then check your matches as a class.
Imagine the typical day of one of the Mr Men above and describe it with “I…” until your partner guesses who you are talking about. Then take turns doing the same.
When your teacher stops you, ask about anyone above whose day you cannot imagine, working together as a class to make suitable daily routines sentences each time.
Write the name of one of the Mr Men next to each description below. Some Mr Men have more than one sentence.
- I sleep in a bed which is too short.
- My alarm clock wakes up everybody in my town.
- I wake up and go back to sleep and wake up and go back to sleep and then get up.
- I drink coffee with marmalade in the morning.
- I eat seven slices of toast and one packet of cornflakes for breakfast.
- I break my toothbrush every time I brush my teeth.
- I leave cornflakes on the floor after breakfast.
- I break my front door when I leave my house.
- I walk to work in one minute.
- I work on a farm, bumping into apple trees to make the apples come off.
- I have half a pea for lunch.
- I eat breakfast in the evening.
- I sleep standing on my head.
Optional: Your teacher will give you ten minutes to check your answers with Google, check read throughs of the books on YouTube, look at the books, etc.
Check as a class or with the answer key.
Answers
- I sleep in a bed which is too short. – Mr Tall
- My alarm clock wakes up everybody in my town. – Mr Noisy
- I wake up and go back to sleep and wake up and go back to sleep and then get up. – Mr Lazy
- I drink coffee with marmalade in the morning. – Mr Silly
- I eat seven slices of toast and one packet of cornflakes for breakfast. – Mr Greedy
- I break my toothbrush every time I brush my teeth. – Mr Strong
- I leave cornflakes on the floor after breakfast. – Mr Messy
- I break my front door when I leave my house. – Mr Strong
- I walk to work in one minute. – Mr Tall
- I work on a farm, bumping into apple trees to make the apples come off. – Mr Bump
- I have half a pea for lunch. – Mr Small
- I eat breakfast in the evening. – Mr Lazy
- I sleep standing on my head. – Mr Impossible
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Without looking above, fill the gaps below with suitable verbs:
- I _____________________________________ in a bed which is too short. – Mr Tall
- My alarm clock _________________________ up everybody in my town. – Mr Noisy
- I wake up and go back to sleep and wake up and go back to sleep and then ________________________________________________________ up. – Mr Lazy
- I ____________________________ coffee with marmalade in the morning. – Mr Silly
- I _________________________________________________________________ seven slices of toast and one packet of cornflakes for breakfast. – Mr Greedy
- I break my toothbrush every time I ______________________ my teeth. – Mr Strong
- I leave cornflakes on the floor after breakfast. – Mr Messy
- I break my front door when I ___________________________ my house. – Mr Strong
- I __________________________________________ to work in one minute. – Mr Tall
- I ___________________________________________________________________ on a farm, bumping into apple trees to make the apples come off. – Mr Bump
- I __________________________________________ half a pea for lunch. – Mr Small
- I ________________________________________ breakfast in the evening. – Mr Lazy
- I sleep standing on my head. – Mr Impossible
Check above.
Make up similar sentences or whole stories for:
- another Mr Men character
- a Little Miss character
- a Mr Men or Little Miss character which you totally make up yourself (including your own idea for a name)
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