Daily routines in English
🎯 Try it
Choose the correct sentence.
Say and mime: wake up → eat breakfast → go to work.
🔎 Worked example
📝 Routine cards and partner dialogue
A: What time do you eat breakfast?
B: I eat breakfast at half past seven. What about you?
A: I eat breakfast at eight.
B reports: My partner eats breakfast at eight.
You may use the fictional routine instead of sharing personal information.
Model: I wake up at seven. I eat breakfast at half past seven. I start work at nine. For another person: She wakes up at seven. She starts work at nine. Use do with I/you: What time do you start? Use does with he/she: What time does she start? After does, use start, not starts.
✏️ Practice
💭 Your answer
Choose the question.
📝 Find a time that works
Use this five-minute role-play within independent practice. Alex works from 9 am to 5 pm and has lunch from 12 to 1. Sam works from 1 pm to 8 pm and has breakfast at 8 am. Neither wants to meet during work. Both can meet at 8:30 am.
Ask “What time do you start work?” and “What time do you finish?” Suggest a time for a short coffee. Ask “Do you mean in the morning?” if a time is unclear. Agree 8:30 am, then explain why 6 pm does not work for Sam. All details are fictional; use practice names.
✅ Quick check
Complete: I ___ breakfast at eight.
🔑 Answers
🔑 Practice answers
💡 Hint and challenge
💡 Hint: Keep a visible frame: I ___ at ___. Allow learners to read their first response.
⭐ Challenge: Add usually and sometimes, then contrast a weekday with a weekend.
🔎 Challenge answer
I usually wake up at seven on weekdays. I sometimes wake up at nine at the weekend. Usually and sometimes go before the main verb in these examples.