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Lesson 02 / Activities
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
From the moment you wake up to the moment you leave the house, tell about your morning.
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I wake up when my alarm rings.
I wake up when my alarm rings.
Please wake me up at seven.
Please wake me up at seven.
“Wake up” describes the end of sleep. You can be awake while still in bed.
Cambridge Dictionary · wake up
I get up ten minutes after my alarm rings.
I get up ten minutes after my alarm rings.
We get up early on school days.
We get up early on school days.
“Get up” emphasizes getting out of bed; different from just waking up (“wake up”).
Put on your jacket. It is cold outside.
Put on your jacket. It is cold outside.
These shoes are new. Can you help me put them on?
These shoes are new. Can you help me put them on?
“Put on” describes the action of dressing; “wear” describes having clothes on your body.
Please take off your shoes at the door.
Please take off your shoes at the door.
My jacket is wet, so I will take it off.
My jacket is wet, so I will take it off.
This sense means remove clothing. Say “Take it off”, not “take off it”.
Cambridge Dictionary · take off
I usually go out after breakfast.
I usually go out after breakfast.
Do you want to go out for a walk?
Do you want to go out for a walk?
“Go out” here means to leave the house to do something. There is no object in between.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 137, 53, 102, 128, 56. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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The alarm rings. An opens her eyes while still lying in bed.
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An sat up, placing her feet on the floor next to the bed.
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An puts on a green jacket before going out.
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An took off her coat after returning to the warm room.
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An put on her bag and walked through the door to the street.
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Have you woken up yet?
Have you woken up yet?
Yes, but I haven't got up yet. It is warm in bed.
Yes, but I haven't got up yet. It is warm in bed.
Please get up. We're going out for breakfast.
Please get up. We're going out for breakfast.
Should I put on my coat?
Should I put on my coat?
Yes. You can take it off when we get to the café.
Yes. You can take it off when we get to the café.
“Wake up” describes the end of sleep; here “get up” describes leaving the bed. You can say: “I woke up at seven but got up at half past seven.”
“Put on” describes the action of dressing; “wear” describes having clothes on your body. With pronouns, use “put it on” and “take it off”, not “put on it” or “take off it”.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
A night worker opens her eyes at noon but stays under the blanket. Her coat is beside the door.
Describe the first change with wake up.
She has woken up but is still in bed.
Her eyes are open but she remains under the blanket: she has woken up, not got up.
Correct: She put on it before leaving.
She put it on before leaving.
“It” refers to the coat and must go between “put” and “on”; past-tense “put” stays unchanged.
Write a short instruction before she leaves home.
Get up, put on your coat, and take your keys.
The reminder links leaving bed with putting on the coat before going out; “put on” describes the action.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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