This unit focuses on talking about your daily life and activities, specifically focusing on when you do various things during the day. You will be introduced to a wide array of new activities and will learn how Czech expresses the difference between actions that are completed (perfective) and those that do not emphasize completion (imperfective).

Communicative Goals

Grammar

Vocabulary

• talk about your daily routine
• talk about tasks that you have completed
• describe how long you were engaged in an activity
• describe how long it took you to complete a task

• clock time
• dates
• aspect: imperfective and perfective
• time duration (ACC)
• time within (za  ACC)

Unit 7 – Vocabulary List

• basic daily activities
• times of the day
• temporal conjunctions (když, předtím, potom, etc.)

pre-class

in-class

post-class

These lessons and exercises should be completed before meeting with your instructor.

These activities should be completed with your instructor/class.

These assignments should be completed after the designated class meeting.

Pre-class Lesson

Unit 7 – Activity Book

Post-class Homework

Pre-class Canvas Quiz

Pre-class Video

Pre-class Vocabulary or Grammar Drill

For more information about using these materials, see Using the Reality Czech Curriculum

7.1 – 7. lekce, 1. den

7.1 – Kolik je hodin? – Telling Time

Domácí úkol 7.1

7.1 – Kolik je hodin?

7.1 – V kolik hodin? – At what time?

7.1 – V kolik hodin? – At what time?

7.1 – brzo/brzy, pozdě…dřív, pozdějí

7.1 – Ranní ptáče nebo sova

7.1 – Reality Czech – Jste ranní ptáče nebo sova?

7.1 – Reality Czech – Jste ranní ptáče nebo sova?

7.1 – SoundCzech! – A Bird's Eye View of Czech Idioms

7.2 – 7. lekce, 2. den

7.2 – Ordinal Numbers (1st-12th)

Domácí úkol 7.2

7.2 – Quizlet – Ordinals (1st-12th) – Learning Exercise

7.2 – Quizlet – Ordinals (1st-12th) – Listening Exercise

7.2 – Conversational Clock Time – Introduction

7.2 – Conversational Clock Time, part 1 – time on the half hour

7.2 – Time on the half hour

7.2 – Conversational Clock Time, part 2 – time on the quarter hour

7.2 – Time on the quarter hour

7.2 – Activities During the Day / Aktivity během dne

7.2 – Quizlet – Aktivity během dne – Flashcards

7.2 – Quizlet – Aktivity během dne – Learning Exercise

7.2 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin vstáváte?

 7.2 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin vstáváte?

7.2 – Reality Czech – Chodíte spát brzo nebo pozdě? V kolik?

7.2 – Reality Czech – Chodíte spát brzo nebo pozdě? V kolik?

7.2 – SoundCzech! – To Hit the Hay

7.2 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin jste včera šli spát?

7.2 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin jste včera šli spát?

7.2 – Quizlet – Aktivity během dne – Listening Exercise

7.3 – 7. lekce, 3. den

7.3 – Quizlet – Aktivity během dne – Listening Exercise

Domácí úkol 7.3

7.3 – Quizlet – Aktivity během dne – Matching

7.3 – Osobní hygiena

7.3 – Quizlet – Osobní hygiena – Flashcards

7.3 – Quizlet Osobní hygiena – Quizlet – Learning Exercise

7.3 – Osobní hygiena

7.3 – Reflexives si/se – Osobní hygiena

7.3 – Reflexive si/se – Osobní hygiena

7.3 – Reality Czech – Sprchujete se radši ráno nebo večer?

7.3 – Reality Czech – Sprchujete se radši ráno nebo večer?

7.3 – Produkty – Osobní hygiena

 7.3 – Quizlet – Produkty (Osobní hygiena) – Flashcards

7.3 – Quizlet – Produkty (Osobní hygiena) – Learning Exercise

7.3 – Quizlet – Osobní hygiena a Produkty (Osobní hygiena) – Listening Exercise

7.4 – 7. lekce, 4. den

7.4 – coming and going – přicházet a odcházet

Domácí úkol 7.4

7.4 – Conjugation of přicházet and odcházet

7.4 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin obvykle odcházíte na univerzitu nebo do práce?

7.4 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin obvykle odcházíte na univerzitu nebo do práce?

7.4 – Reality Czech – Kdy obvykle obědváte?

7.4 – Reality Czech – Kdy obvykle obědváte?

7.4 – Indefinite Time Window

7.4 – Indefinite Time Windows

7.4 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin obvykle večeříte?

7.4 – Reality Czech – V kolik hodin obvykle večeříte?

7.4 – čekat 'to wait'

7.4 – čekat 'to wait'

7.4 – pozdě – ‘late’ vs. včas ‘on time’

7.4 – pozdě – ‘to be late’ vs. včas ‘on time’

7.5 – 7. lekce, 5. den

7.5 – Introduction to Aspect

Domácí úkol 7.5

7.5 – Recognize aspect equivalent in English

7.5 – Aspectual Pairs

7.5 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Flashcards

7.5 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Learning Exercise

7.5 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Matching

7.5 – Choose Correct Aspect Form

7.5 – Process vs. Completed Act Key Words, part 1

7.5 – Aspect Practice – Process (Imperfective) vs. Complete Act (Perfective)

7.5 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Write Perfective Form

7.6 – 7. lekce, 6. den

7.6 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Matching

7.6 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Write Perfective Form

7.6 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Listen and Write Pair

7.6 – Activities that Lack a Natural Completion

Domácí úkol 7.6

7.6 – Verbs Indicating States

7.6 – Translation Sentences with Verbs Indicating States

7.6 – Summary of Types of Verbs

7.6 – Simultaneous and Sequential Actions

7.6 – Quizlet – Simultaneous and Sequential Keywords – Flashcards

7.6 – Quizlet – Simultaneous and Sequential Keywords – Learning Exercise

7.6 – Aspect (sequences and simultaneous actions)

7.6 – Quizlet – Simultaneous and Sequential Keywords – Listening Exercise

7.6 – Translation Sentences Simultaneous and Sequential Actions

7.7 – 7. lekce, 7. den

7.7 – Quizlet – Simultaneous and Sequential Keywords – Matching

7.7 – Quizlet – Simultaneous and Sequential Keywords – Listening Exercise

7.7 – Quizlet – Aspectual Pairs – Matching

7.7 – Simultaneous vs. Sequential Actions — more practice

7.7 – Reality Czech – Kolik hodin obvykle spíte?

Domácí úkol 7.7

7.7 – Reality Czech – Kolik hodin obvykle spíte?

7.7 – Duration of an Activity

 7.7 – Duration of an Activity – Translation

7.7 – Time for Completion

7.7 – Time for Completion – Translation

7.7 – Process vs. Completed Act Key Words, part 2

7.7 – Time Duration vs. Time Completion

7.7 – Summary of Imperfective and Perfective in Past Tense

7.8 – 7. lekce, 8. den

7.8 – Additional Aspectual Pairs

7.8 – Quizlet – Additional Aspectual Pairs – Flashcards

7.8 – Quizlet – Additional Aspectual Pairs – Learning Exercise

7.8 – Perfective Infinitives

Domácí úkol 7.8

7.8 – Co všechno tam můžete udělat?

7.8 – coming and going, part 2 – perfective forms

7.8 – What you can do… What you need to do…

7.8 – Quizlet – Modal Verbs – Flashcards

7.8 – Quizlet – Modal Verbs – Learning Exercise

7.8 – Quizlet – Modal Verbs – Listening Exercise

7.8 – Aspect and Infinitive – Translation Sentences

7.8 – Reality Czech – Co musíte dělat každý den?

7.8 – Reality Czech – Co musíte dělat každý den?

7.9 – 7. lekce, 9. den

7.9 – Quizlet – Additional Aspectual Pairs – Learning Exercise

 7.9 – Quizlet – Additional Aspectual Pairs – Matching

7.9 – Imperfective Verbs in the Present Tense

7.9 – Imperfective Verbs in the Present Tense  – Translation

Domácí úkol 7.9

7.9 – Perfective Verbs in the Present Tense

7.9 – Perfective Verbs in the Present Tense – Translation

7.9 – Additional Notes on Sequences of Events and Aspect

7.9 – Having a bite to eat, having a drink…

7.9 – Quizlet – Eating/Drinking Verbs – Learning Exercise

7.9 – Reality Czech – Co děláte každé ráno?

7.9 – Reality Czech – Co děláte každé ráno?

7.9 – Morning Routine – Translation

7.9 – Summary of Imperfective and Perfective in Present Tense

7.10 – 7. lekce, 10. den

7.10 – Quizlet – All Aspectual Pairs – Learning Exercise

7.10 – Quizlet – All Aspectual Pairs – Write Perfective Form

7.10 – Reality Czech – Co obvykle děláte odpoledne?

Domácí úkol 7.10

7.10 – Reality Czech – Co obvykle děláte odpoledne?

7.10 – Reality Czech – Jak vypadá váš večer?

7.10 – Reality Czech – Jak vypadá váš večer?

7.10 – Buď…nebo…