Mr Men daily routines activities

Present Simple, adjectives and 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 answers as a class. 

Imagine the typical day of one of the Mr Men and describe it without saying his name until your partner guesses who you are talking about. Your teacher will tell you if you should say “I…” or “He…”

Ask about anyone 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, read throughs of the books on YouTube, some of the book, etc.

Check as a class or with the answer key.

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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 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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PDF for easy saving and printing: mr-men-daily-routines

Related pages

Daily routines page

Present Simple page