What do you usually do?

Listen for frequency words and times. Decide which activity is daily, frequent, occasional, or absent.

Full recording

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What do you usually do?

Listen for frequency words and times. Decide which activity is daily, frequent, occasional, or absent.

  • Interviewer: Che cosa fai di solito la mattina?

    What do you usually do in the morning?

  • Nina: Mi alzo alle sette e faccio colazione.

    I get up at seven and have breakfast.

  • Interviewer: Come vai al lavoro?

    How do you go to work?

  • Nina: Prendo sempre l’autobus.

    I always take the bus.

  • Interviewer: Pranzi a casa?

    Do you have lunch at home?

  • Nina: No, mangio spesso in ufficio.

    No, I often eat at the office.

  • Interviewer: E la sera?

    And in the evening?

  • Nina: Qualche volta esco, ma non torno mai tardi.

    Sometimes I go out, but I never return late.

Before you listen

Read the task, but do not read the transcript. On the first listening, identify the situation and result. On the second listening, note the target details.

  • Che cosa fai di solito la mattina?· What do you usually do in the morning?
  • Mi alzo alle sette e faccio colazione.· I get up at seven and have breakfast.
  • Come vai al lavoro?· How do you go to work?
  • Prendo sempre l’autobus.· I always take the bus.

Transcript check

Use the transcript only after the two listening passes. Read each line aloud and compare its rhythm with the recording.

  • Pranzi a casa?· Do you have lunch at home?
  • No, mangio spesso in ufficio.· No, I often eat at the office.
  • E la sera?· And in the evening?
  • Qualche volta esco, ma non torno mai tardi.· Sometimes I go out, but I never return late.

In context

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