Daily Routines

In this beginner-level ESL lesson, you will learn grammar, vocabulary, and phrases to talk about everyday English topics: an English conversation lesson to talk about daily routines. Learn and practice adverbs of frequency, present simple tense.

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This ESL video lesson for daily English will help ESL students learn vocabulary, grammar, improve listening and be confident English speakers.

Practical English for everyday situations. After this super fun lesson, check out the lesson on Work & School Schedule. It’s a natural follow up to this lesson. Another good follow-up lesson is Friends & Colleagues since a lot of what you do involves your friends and colleagues. Enjoy!

Calendar

Warm Up Questions

1

What time do you usually wake up?



2

What time do you usually go to bed?



3

What do you usually eat for breakfast?



4

How do you get to work/school?



5

What do you do when you get home from work/school?



6

What do you usually eat for lunch?



Watch, Read or Listen

ESL Video

Watch the following ESL YouTube video about Daily Routines.

Listening Questions

Watch the ESL YouTube video and answer the following questions about Daily Routines.

Routine

1

What time does Maria wake up at every morning?



2

Who does she have breakfast with?



3

What do they usually have for breakfast?



4

When does she start work?



5

What time does she have lunch?



6

What time does she go home?



7

How does Maria get home if the weather is bad?



8

What do Maria and her husband like to watch on TV?



Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to talk about the passage and your daily routines.

Breakfast Routine



Snacks



Bus



Clock



TV



Bedtime Routine



Word Bank

Word Bank

breakfast | sales representative | catch the (bus)
company | customer | funny | husband | meeting
morning | office | take a shower | together | weather

Matching

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Work Routine

1. funny (adj)

A. a male partner in marriage

2. husband (n)

B. not all the time

3. customer (n)

C. something that causes someone to laugh

4. company (n)

D. a meal eaten in the morning

5. sometimes (adv)

E. a person who buys good or services

6. usually(adv)

F. a room or building in which people work

7. office (n)

G. a business that makes money selling goods or services

8. breakfast (n)

H. in most situations; most of the time

Sentence Structure

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

Clock
  1. at / and / up / every / morning / a / 6:30 / She / shower / takes / wakes / .
  2. usually / They / and / coffee / eggs / drink / eat / .
  3. usually / morning / very / all / with / She / and / busy / has / customers / her / meetings / is / .
  4. in / sometimes / eats / she / a / eats / café / Sometimes / at / her / and / she / office / . / ,
  5. watch / then / TV / with / they / dinner / At / 8:00 / she / husband / and / has / together / her / . / ,
  6. walks / the / if / nice / weather / is / She / home / .

Missing Words

Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

To-Do List

Maria Sanchez is a sales representative for a big ________________ 1. She wakes up every morning at 6:30 and ____________________ 2. At 7:00, she has breakfast with her husband. They usually eat eggs and drink coffee. Maria _______________________ 3 at 7:45 and starts work at 8:30. She usually has meetings with her _________________ 4 all morning and is very busy. At 12:00, she has her lunch. Sometimes, she eats in her _______________ 5 and sometimes she eats at a café. At 5:00, Maria goes home. She walks home if the weather is nice. If the weather is bad, she _________________ 6. At 8:00, she has dinner with her husband and then they watch TV ________________ 7. They like to watch funny shows on TV.  At 11:00, Maria often _____________ 8.

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