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Daily routines and habits

Describe a normal day, sequence events and say when and how often they happen.

Mix reflexive and non-reflexive verbs with time and frequency. Spanish uses a la/las for clock times and por la mañana/tarde/noche for parts of day.

Patterns to reuse
A las… + present verb
At… I…
Por la mañana/tarde/noche…
In the morning/afternoon/evening
pohr lah mah-NYAH-nah
Primero…, después/luego…, al final…
sequence
pree-MEH-roh, dehs-PWEHS
Soler + infinitive (supporting)
usually do
Watch out for
En las ocho me levanto.
A las ocho me levanto.

Clock time uses a la/las.

Después cenar…
Después de cenar…

Después de is followed by noun or infinitive.

Me despierto a las seis y media.
I wake up at half past six.
meh dehs-PYEHR-toh ah lahs says ee MEH-dyah
Trabajo de nueve a cinco.
I work from nine to five.
trah-BAH-hoh deh NWEH-beh ah THEEN-koh
Después de cenar, veo la televisión.
After dinner, I watch television.
dehs-PWEHS deh theh-NAHR, BEH-oh lah teh-leh-bee-SYOHN
Los viernes suelo trabajar en casa.
On Fridays I usually work at home.
lohs BYEHR-nehs SWEH-loh trah-bah-HAHR ehn KAH-sah
Routine Verbs
despertarselevantarseducharsevestirsedesayunarirtrabajarcomervolvercenaracostarse
Frequency
cada díanormalmentea veceslos lunesuna vez a la semana
Time
a la unaa las ochode nueve a cinco
Try it out loud
timeline
Create a six-event weekday timeline and narrate it.
What to include

Include exact times and sequence words.

compare
Compare your weekday and weekend routines.
What to include

Use normalmente, pero and los fines de semana.

question
Ask a partner five routine questions.
What to include

Use ¿A qué hora…? and ¿Con qué frecuencia…?

Happy with all of this?
  • I can narrate a typical day for one minute.
  • I can ask and answer about times and frequency.

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