Everyday Activities

Taking a bus

English Picture Dictionary for Everyday Activities

Jenny checked her bus schedule.
Her bus – a number 77 – was due at eight twenty
She walked to the bus stop and sat on a bench to wait for the bus.

The bus arrived on time (at eight – twenty).
The driver opened the door and Jenny got on the bus.

The showed the driver her bus pass.
Other passengers paid their fare.
All the seats were full, so Jenny stood in the aisle.
She held on to a strap on the overhead bars.
Soon, someone got off the bus, so a seat was empty.
Jenney sat down and read a book while she rode the bus.

Near her stop , she pressed a button to ring the the “stop” signal.
She walked to the exit and got off at her stop.

Paying Bus Fare

People pay bus fare in many ways:

– by dropping money into a fare box.
– by paying a conductor.
– by putting a fare card into a fare machine.

Sometimes, the driver conductor or machine gives a receipt.

Taking a shower – English Picture Dictionary for Everyday Activities.

Dan pulls the shower curtain shut.
By turning the knob,, he turns the water on.

He washes his hair with shampoo and the rest of his body with soap.
Then he rinses off with water.
After turning the water off, he steps out of the shower.

He takes a towel from the towel rack.
Then he dries himself off.
He wraps a towel around himself and he dries his hair.
He puts some deodorant under his arms.

For Special Attention

– Use dry off only if the water stays on top of the thing that is wet. You don’t “dry off” your hair or a towel. You “dry” them or “dry them out”.

– Pull something shut = pull it until it is shut.

– Take some students out of your classroom. The others (those still in the room ) are the rest of the class.

– After you turn something on, it rungs or works. After you turn it off, it stops.

– A deodorant is something that takes away bad smells.

 

Leaving the House

English Picture Dictionary for Everyday Activities

Tom puts on a jacket and zips it up.
He puts on his shoes and ties them.
He picks up his keys and wallet and puts them in his pockets.
He picks up his backpack.

Then he says goodbye to Jenny.
He opens the door steps outside and shuts the door.

Preparing Cold Cereal / Making Toast

English Picture Dictionary for Everyday Activities

Preparing Cold Cereal

Pam pours some cereal from the box into her bowl.
She pours in some milk and sprinkles some sugar her cereal.
Then she peels a banana, slices it, and puts the slices on her cereal.

Making Toast

Dan puts two slices of bread into the toaster.
By pressing the starter , he lowers the bread into the toaster.
Hot wires inside the toaster toast the bread.
The toast pops up when it’s done.
Dan spreads some butter and jam on his toast.

Frying an Egg

English Picture Dictionary for Everyday Activities

There are four burners on Dan’s stove.
He turns on the gas and one of the burners lights.
He puts a frying pan on the burner and melts some butter in the pan.
He cracks an egg into the pan …

and throws the shell into the garbage.
The egg fries.
Dan flips it over once with a spatula and then takes it out of the pan.
He puts the egg on a plate.

An egg: the white, the yolk, the shell