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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vocabulary please send a couple
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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
Facebook it’s live
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
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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
yeah this is a very beginner friendly
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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your answers to these questions what did
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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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
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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
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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
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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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