How to Talk About Daily Routines in English Basic English Phrases

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today we’re talking about how to talk

about your daily routine how to talk

about your daily routine so today’s

lesson will be very vocabulary focused

I’m going to talk about vocabulary words

you can use to talk about the start of

your day the middle part of your day and

the end of your day

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said today we’re going to focus on

vocabulary and today i’m going to talk

about three parts of the day starting

the day during the day and kind of

expressions for evening to night so as i

said also please make sure to send an

example sentence in the chat so for each

for each part of today’s lesson you can

send some examples into the chat and i

will try to check them so let’s begin

i’m going to cover some vocabulary for

each part of the day if you have a

different vocabulary word please send it

in the chat too so i’ve just chosen some

very common ones for each part of the

day so let’s begin over here expressions

to use when starting the day when

starting the day so to start the day

this me

getting ready for work getting ready for

school

so in the morning for most people maybe

it’s afternoon for you I don’t know

anyway uh maybe the first thing many

people do is brush your teeth or brush

my teeth brush my teeth here we use the

plural teeth teeth not teeths not teeths

but teeth teeth no s there so teeth is

the plural form of tooth tooth is the

singular teeth is the plural form so

please use brush my teeth here second is

make breakfast make breakfast I have

make breakfast here and I have half

breakfast and eat breakfast sometimes

people ask like what’s the difference

here between make and half and eat half

and eat four meals like make breakfast

I’m sorry have breakfast eat breakfast

these have the same meaning I’m going to

have breakfast I’m going to eat

breakfast these are the same you can use

them whichever you like whatever you

prefer

to make breakfast to be very very

specific making breakfast is like

preparing breakfast so for example like

cooking eggs or making pancakes or like

cooking bacon so to make breakfast is

like to prepare breakfast to have

breakfast or to eat breakfast is

actually to put the food in your body so

that’s the difference make breakfast

means prepare something have or eat

breakfast means like to physically put

it into your body okay other points I

don’t see any questions yet yes someone

sent omelet in the chat it’s very

exciting so the next one here is take a

shower or take a bath take a shower or

take a bath

whichever you do in the morning or any

other time of day you can use take for

this so some people do use have as well

have a shower or have a bath also okay

take a shower or take a bath is the most

Almond way to talk about this action one

more point you might hear instead of

take the expression hop being used hop

in the shower or hop in the bath hop

sorry it’s hard chop49 the bath so to

hop hop is a small jump that’s what that

means to hop it’s a small jump so when

we say I’m going to hop in the shower it

does not mean I’m going to get in the

shower and jump that’s not what it means

to hop means I’m going to quickly get in

the shower clean my body and get out it

sounds like a very quick motion like I’m

going to quickly take a shower I’m gonna

hop in the shower that’s what this means

hop in the shower usually we use it for

a shower a bath isn’t really such a

quick thing to do so I’m gonna hop in

the shower okay good finally or not

finally the next one here is do my hair

do my hair so the verb we use for hair

styling is do to do my hair to do my

hair if you want to be specific you

could say for example curl my hair or

straighten my hair or maybe you have

another style that you use so curl is

this

I like this motion with your hair to

curl your hair and to straighten your

hair you could say flat iron your hair

so a couple other words to do my hair

means to style my hair but we usually

say do in everyday speech I’m going to

do my hair okay so we can use do my hair

we can use curl my hair curl is spelled

Cu RL curl curl good pronunciation point

there to curl to curl my hair or as I

said to straightens sorry too

rated to straighten so you see in this

word straighten the root here is

straight straight so it’s to straighten

something means to make it become

straight I’m going to straighten my hair

so like I straightened my hair this

morning in past tense

straighten finally drink coffee to drink

coffee this is very important for my

mornings to drink coffee we also use to

make coffee as I said to prepare coffee

we have this verb as well for coffee to

brew coffee to brew coffee this means

specifically to make coffee to make a

drink that requires heat we use brew for

beer as well to brew beer so brew coffee

we use heat to make it okay so these are

the verbs I want to introduce for

mornings I saw lots of example sentences

can we scroll up in the YouTube chat

there was one I missed there I can see

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I can see Facebook a bit there was one I

missed on YouTube keep going keep going

keep going keep going

yeah there okay there were some I missed

on YouTube Ruth asked what is the

difference between take a shower and

take a bath to take a shower you’re

standing up and the water is hitting you

on top of your head up to take a shower

how can you stay there actually and then

to take a bath is when you’re sitting

inside your bathtub just hanging out

there so there’s no shower water hitting

you you’re sitting in water that’s take

a bath take a bath then Alma Ruth said

yeah I’m from Alma I’d like to practice

sorry that was the one I wasn’t the you

know ah truly dark in the morning when I

wake up I brush my teeth take a bath put

clothes on I eat breakfast and go to

work go to work so all your verbs need

to be in present tense nice put clothes

on that’s another one we can add here to

put clothes on to put clothes on or to

put on my clothes both are okay you can

change the position of your

position to put clothes on or to put on

clothes both are great nice ones okay

Hussein says is have a shower British or

American could it be used in either way

I feel have a shower is a little more

weird or they put that did I put that

anywhere no I didn’t talk about that uh

so here have a shower if I want to use

have a shower it’s okay I think it’s

probably more common to say have a

shower in British English I say take a

shower I’m an American English speaker I

always say take a shower take a shower

okay I think that’s everything thank you

for that um all right

I’m checking Facebook I always drink a

coffee I can’t wake up without coffee

yeah great example someone wrote on

Facebook I can’t wake up without coffee

I can’t wake up without coffee

good yes you can’t say have a shower one

can we use brew for tea to brew tea

that’s a good question I don’t know I

don’t think that I would use brew for

tea I think that we just use make we

also have the verb to steep to steep

steep ste EP we use to steep like to

steep a teabag in water so that means to

leave the teabag in water for a like a

few minutes and the tea goes into your

cup to steep your tea so that’s making

tea we use brew like when we pour hot

water over something and it changes it a

bit so I feel like if we use a verb for

tea it’s maybe steep tea to steep tea

yeah a few people are asking that good

okay excellent so those are our morning

or our beginning of the day expressions

to start the day and as I said yeah you

can try to make these example sentences

in the chat so send these now prepare

these now while we take a break what did

you do this morning what did you do this

morning for example I got up I brushed

my teeth I made breakfast I

coffee I took a shower and I did my hair

for example or what are you going to do

tomorrow what are you going to do

tomorrow morning specifically okay um

alright I’m gonna take a quick break you

can send your examples in the chat while

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just joining this week’s live lesson

today we’re talking about your daily

routine your daily routine I have just

talked about starting the day I’m going

to go to this middle part here during

the day so please send your example

sentences and please make sure to like

and share the video so other learners

can find it great okay I saw some good

example sentences I missed I missed one

there someone said what did you eat for

breakfast this morning me I had Greek

yogurt and toast add an apple and coffee

and water that’s my breakfast on many

days anyway others said Toto said I got

up I brushed my teeth I took a shower I

prepared my breakfast and then I went to

work and then I went to work ah be

careful this one have or eat breakfast

many students use take we do not use

take breakfast in English take breakfast

is not something we use we use have or

eat breakfast otherwise great

and when your subject is the same like

iiiii instead of I took I had breakfast

I took a shower I did my hair you can

just use I one time I brushed my teeth

made breakfast did my hair went to work

just one time it’s good all right let’s

move on

time is going quick let’s go on to part

two for today part two for today is

during the day during the day so let’s

focus on some vocabulary words we use at

the office or at school first is go for

lunch go for lunch or this verb grab

lunch go for lunch or grab lunch grab

lunch g are abie to grab what is to grab

to grab means like to quickly get

something so like if i if my friend is

holding this marker and i wanted i just

grab it like that i’m quickly getting it

so when we say grab lunch it sounds like

we’re gonna quickly go get some lunch

and come back so it has this feeling of

doing something quickly doing something

quickly so we could say go for lunch as

in i’m going to go for lunch and I’m

going to grab lunch you can use the same

verbs we talked about over here have

lunch and eat lunch again we do not use

take we do not use take lunch okay

actually for eating I should say for

eating we do not say take lunch we do

say take a lunch break I’m going to take

lunch means I’m going to take my lunch

break so I’ll add that here to take

lunch means to take a lunch break

to take a lunch break so in this case

only in this case only you may here to

take lunch but this means I’m going to

take a lunch break it does not mean like

eat we don’t use the verb take to me and

eat this take means take lunch take my

lunch break that’s what this expression

means to take lunch okay

onward then for work or for school

perhaps - we have the expression to have

a meeting or to have meetings we use the

verb have to have meetings I’m going to

have a meeting later or I have a meeting

later okay someone said can we say hop

into my tracks and shoes for my morning

walk we don’t really use hop into

clothing actually no we tend to use it

for like the shower I don’t think we use

it for clothes really let’s see other

things it is this class for beginners

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class yes this week is very beginner

friendly can I say having a meetings not

quite you can say I have a meeting I

have a meeting someone wrote I am take

lunch I am going to take lunch if you

want to use this verb I’m going to take

lunch okay on to the next one for

students for students and people who are

studying something go to class go to

class I’m going to go to class so we use

the verb go attend is too formal for

everyday conversation so to attend class

it’s correct to attend class but we

don’t use this word in everyday

conversation you might see this word on

like your syllabus your syllabus is the

course information sheet the course

information paper

you might see the word attend for

example students must attend every class

so to attend class means to go to class

but we say go in everyday speech attend

is a very formal word to attend class

soon L on YouTube said can we use have a

break yeah we can have a break

I’m we usually use the expression take a

break take a break so you might you

might hear have I personally use take in

that case so to take a break

yes you can use that to take a break or

take my lunch yes exactly

Charlotte on Facebook said I’m going to

have class I’m going oh I’m going to

have a class okay so I would say I’m

going to class or I have class one of

those is okay the difference go to class

or the expression I have class or I have

a class so to go to class means now

so like I’m chatting with my friend I’m

going to class I’m going to class we use

I have a class means like I have a class

at two o’clock I have a class at four

o’clock we use have a class for our

schedule like I want to explain my

schedule like oh I have to go I have a

class now so we use have a class to talk

about our schedule alright I hope that

helps let me know if it didn’t yeah okay

onward to these last ones see friends I

have this for students here to see

friends to see your friends so to see

friends or to see co-workers is okay

co-workers or we also use the word

colleagues colleagues colleagues is

spelled CE o ll da GU es colleagues that

gue at the end is pronounced

colleagues no you sound colleagues

co-workers and colleagues we use

co-workers more commonly in American

English colleague sounds a little bit

more formal it’s not incorrect you can

choose which you prefer last you study

study this is one for everyone to study

to study just to remind you I’m studying

tonight or I studied last night and

finally here this one I think this is a

great one that maybe many of you might

not know to run errands to run errands

what is this word errands II R R a n D s

errands errands are the small tasks that

you need to do in your day so errands

examples go to the post office go to the

bank go to the supermarket quickly maybe

go to the I don’t know veterinarian go

to the doctor the dentist like these

kind of quick small things you need to

do are called errands errands okay I see

that question thank you so to run

errands means to do errands but we use

run the verb run here to run errands

someone asked I’m confused by saying

going and go in the same sentence this

is from using the going to pattern so

for example I’m going to something

something something yeah we use I’m

going to before our plan for example I’m

going to talk about evening words next

or I’m going to talk about something

else in next week’s live stream I’m

going to expresses a future plan after

I’m going to we must use a verb I’m

going to teach I’m going to talk I’m

going to sleep I’m going to study in

this case I’m going to go to class

that’s why we use go and going so this

part shares our plan this part tells us

the option go is the action I’m going to

go that’s why there are two

goes there okay homeward then so run

errands is a good a good vocabulary word

to know I’m going to run errands this

Friday with my spouse’s Jennifer nice

house SPO USPS Bo USP okay that’s

everything for our during the day part

run errands run errands okay I will take

one more break so during the break

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you do today with this so I went to

lunch I had a class I studied I ran

errands or future tense what are you

going to do tomorrow what are you going

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okay let’s go on then to the last part

of today’s lesson the last part of

today’s lesson is vocabulary for evening

and night evening and night if you’re

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topic is how to talk about your daily

routine your daily routine

this lesson is recorded so you can check

it later if you missed any part let’s go

to the last part of today’s lesson the

last part of today’s lesson evening

tonight some vocabulary you can use at

the end of your day

I will quickly check your example

someone said today I went to work and

took a break at 12:00 nice I’m going to

study English tomorrow nice today I

thought in English all day long

nice okay I’m going to run my errands

tonight since I am not busy anymore

great Felipe on Facebook I’m going to go

to class or I’m going to go to class go

to class go to class don’t forget your

preposition there I’m going to take my

guests on a city tour nice guests on a

city tour on a city tour Giovanni Toto

says what’s the difference between

evening and night great transition

okay evening evening is the time between

afternoon and late night so for me

evening is like 6:00 p.m. to like 9:00

p.m. maybe you kind of feel it so night

is like the late time night is like

maybe 10 p.m. to like 3:00 a.m. and then

it’s morning so that’s kind of the

difference the the time difference there

so let’s talk about words to use at this

time of day

first is meet for dinner meet for dinner

or meet for drinks meet for dinner meet

for drinks we can also use this word

which I talked about earlier

grab drinks grab dinner or grab drinks

this makes it sound more casual let’s

meet for dinner let’s meet for drinks

let’s grab a drink so you can use meat

you can use grab you can use get as well

let’s get dinner let’s get drinks

those are great as well okay for

students and people who are studying do

homework do homework we use do for

homework I’m going to do my homework or

I did my homework I need to do my

homework I have to do my homework do

homework is the verb we use

blessings okay the next word is or the

next vocabulary point is cook dinner

cook dinner so cook as I said before we

use cook to mean like actually like

using heat you know you’re using a

frypan you’re using something to create

food to cook dinner after you cook

dinner you have dinner or eat dinner

okay

please believe briefly review all tenses

not time in this lesson so check that

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the next one is to do laundry again to

do laundry is to wash your clothes this

vocabulary word is laundry laundry Lau

and the art why to do laundry to do

laundry

so that’s washing washing your clothes

in the washing machine or by hand

whatever also drying everything is

included washing and drying clothes in

do laundry

someone said about grabbing a drink does

to grab a drink mean to drink fast no to

grab a drink means it’s a casual

invitation let’s grab a drink

so it doesn’t mean like drink quickly it

means like just like have a casual drink

with someone let’s grab a drink okay um

next one next one next one is wash

dishes wash dishes so after dinner you

need to clean up we use wash dishes wash

dishes or wash the dishes the dishes

means the dishes you used for dinner

wash dishes to wash dishes ah not to do

washing dishes no do there is no do here

so our verb is washed do laundry yes not

do wash dishes wash dishes I’m going to

wash dishes I need to wash the dishes

finally watch a movie or watch TV if you

are at home use watch a movie if you go

to a movie theater see

sounds more natural I’m gonna see a

movie or I’m gonna go to the movie

theater I’m gonna watch a movie so

please use those verbs movie theater see

home watch watch a movie at home see a

movie at the theater David says I wash

dishes every day me too

very very boring okay how do you use

past tense for do laundry to make do

laundry past tense we use did I did

laundry this morning the past tense of

do is did I did laundry I did laundry

yesterday I did laundry last weekend

okay what about to do the dishes yes you

can use do the dishes so wash dishes is

okay or to do that dishes is also okay

to do the dishes to do the dishes but

not wash do we cannot use those together

do does not come together with wash to

do the dishes okay to wash dishes okay

alright other points I plan to watch a

movie says HHH HHH excellent okay very

interesting username okay actually Wow

that is everything and I am a little bit

late now holy cow

timing was all right I guess so I have

to finish up today’s lesson that was a

lot of vocabulary words fairly quickly

but I hope that that was helpful for you

so I would recommend with these words

for talking about your daily routine

take these questions right here as like

your homework as your practice if you

want to practice from today’s lesson

ask yourself past tense and a future

tense question so what did you do

tonight or what did you do last night

and what are you going to do tomorrow

night or what are you going to do

tonight so try to practice these verbs

with present tense as we talked about

here past tense and future tense as

future tense we practiced a little bit

here one type of future tense so

I hope that that was helpful for you if

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GES like this kind of thing the spelling

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