What’s Your Daily Routine? | How to Talk about Your Day in English

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Peppa, wake up. It's time to go to school. But Daddy, I don't want to go to school.

Peppa, you have to go to school and I have to go to work. What do you have to do today

and what do you usually do every day? That is the topic of today's lesson.

I'm going to give you some phrases that you can

use to talk about your day, to talk about the

things that you do every day. And I have some

surprises for you in this video that I think

you will enjoy or you will just laugh. So, watch

the whole thing and you will see what I mean.

So, let's talk about my day. I will read the complete text first. You can listen

and read at the same time. So, you're

practicing your reading and you're listening.

I wake up at 5.30, but I don't get up right away. I usually stay in bed

for another five to ten minutes. I only get out of bed around six.

After I get up, the first thing I do is

open the blinds. Then, I go to the bathroom.

I go to the bathroom. I wash up and get dressed.

Okay. So, let's talk about these words one by one

a little quickly. Wake up. I open my eyes.

What time do you wake up? What time do you stop

sleeping? I don't get up right away. So, get up is

you leave your bed. Okay. I usually stay in bed.

I rest. I continue to rest. And I only get out

of bed. This is another way to say get up, right?

Get up or get out of bed around six. After I

get up, the first thing I do is open the blinds.

So, the blinds are the covers that block the sun

in the window. Maybe you have blinds. Maybe you

have curtains. Okay. And then I go to the bathroom.

We know what that means. Okay. I wash up. I wash

up. I wash my face. I wash my hands. And then I

get dressed. Get dressed means I put my clothes

on. Ah, magic. Please listen to me and read this as

you listen. Next, I comb my hair and go downstairs

to the kitchen. The first thing I do in the

kitchen is put the kettle on. While the water

is boiling, I make my breakfast. When everything

is ready, I sit down at the table and have my

breakfast with a cup of tea or coffee. I usually

have my breakfast and check my phone at the same

time. So, let's do some of these things. Next, I

comb my hair. This is a comb. It has one row of

teeth. You can call these teeth. If you use the

word brush, I brush my hair, it has multiple

rows of bristles for your hair. This is a comb.

You can use comb as a verb. I comb my hair.

I go downstairs. Follow me. Okay. Okay.

This is the kitchen. I'm in the kitchen now.

And the first thing I do in the kitchen is I put the kettle on. So, put the kettle on.

You pour water into the kettle. Close it. Put the

kettle on. And we'll check on that in a little bit.

Okay. Yeah. I can hear it. Good. So, while

the water is boiling, you can hear it boiling,

I make my breakfast. So, I like eggs. I think many people like eggs for breakfast.

Here, I have a pan. So, let's crack an egg. Yep.

Good. Normally, you don't want the shell in there,

but protein and everything. Okay. Perfect. I'm

going to check on that later. Maybe I will check

it later. Okay. So, when everything is ready, I

sit down at the table and I have my breakfast.

We use the verb "have" in English to talk

about food and drinks. So, you can have lunch,

have breakfast, have dinner, have eggs, have

coffee, for example. So, I usually have my

breakfast with a cup of tea or coffee. Okay.

The water was boiled a while ago. So, here I am,

drinking my tea or my coffee. It depends what I am

in the mood for. Okay. Do you drink tea or coffee

in the morning or do you prefer a different drink? I still have the shell. This is the

finger of power now. Okay. With a cup of tea or

coffee, I usually have my breakfast and I check

my phone. Oh, thank goodness it's in my left

pocket and not my right pocket. And do you check

your phone while you are having your breakfast?

I know it's not a good habit, but I do it. I

check my emails, I check social media, and I check

the news usually. And are you having fun so far?

I need to wash my hands before we continue.

Thank you. Thank you for this. After breakfast,

I brush my teeth. This is called a toothbrush.

You brush your teeth with a toothbrush. Minty.

It's very minty. I taste the mint. Okay. So,

after breakfast, I brush my teeth and prepare

lunch for my kids. It's very important that my

kids stay healthy. But today, we don't have a lot

of options in the kitchen. So, I looked in the

fridge. I have some organic almond butter and

an onion. So, I guess today, my kids are eating

onions with almond butter. I will put that in

their backpack for school. I think that will be

a nice surprise for them. So, after my kids get

up, have breakfast, and get ready, prepare, right?

They get dressed. They pack their things for

school. They get ready for school. We leave the

house. We get in the car, and I drop them off at

the bus stop. "Drop someone off" is to take them

to a place and leave them, usually with a vehicle

like a car. So, we get in the car, and I drop them

off at the bus stop. Then, I come back home, come

back, return, and I start working. So, I usually

work from 9 to 4.15. Sometimes later, and sometimes

after the kids go to sleep, I work more. My kids

get back home. "Get back" means return. My kids

get back home from school between 4.30 and 5 p.m.

My family and I have dinner around 4.45. I know,

I know, it's early. Many places in the world don't

have dinner until 7 or 8 or 9. I live in Canada. I

eat dinner early. I'm sure even for many Canadians,

this is early, but my kids come home, they are

hungry, basically. So, my wife and I cook during

the day. After dinner, I do the dishes, right?

So, "do the dishes" just means you wash them,

you clean them, wash the dishes. And then, I

relax and spend time with my wife and kids.

We usually watch TV, read, or play games.

Sometimes, we even sing songs together. For example,

"Say your prayers, little one, don't forget my son, to include everyone. I tuck you in,

all within, keep you free from sin, till the

same man he comes." "Daddy, that's too scary."

Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry. So sorry. Okay. Maybe we'll continue that later.

Play games. Yeah. I usually take a shower and

get ready for bed, prepare myself for bed around

8 o'clock. So, do you take showers in the morning

or in the evening? I like to take showers in the

because I like to feel fresh and clean in bed.

All right. Finally, I go to bed, right? I go to

bed. You can also say I get to bed, like I arrive

in my bed. I go to bed around 10pm and do it all

again the day after. That's it. That's my daily

routine. Usually, what I do from Monday to Friday.

How about you? You have a lot of vocabulary that

you can now use to talk about the things that you

do every day. And if you want to test your understanding of this material, as always,

you can check out the quiz on www.EngVid.com.

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My kids came home from school and I guess

they didn't like the onion with almond butter.

I don't understand why because it looks so delicious. Oh well, more for me.

Mmm. Vitamins.

Sleep with one eye open. Gripping your pillow tight. Exit light.

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