English — Vocabulary: Daily Routines and Time Expressions — 2nd Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Vocabulary: Daily Routines and Time Expressions (2nd Year Middle School)

Introduction

Knowing how to talk about your daily routine helps you communicate about your everyday life. In this lesson, you will learn useful vocabulary and expressions.

Daily Activities

• Morning: wake up, get up, have breakfast, brush teeth, take a shower, get dressed, go to school.
• Afternoon: have lunch, do homework, study, play, read, watch TV, rest.
• Evening: have dinner, take a bath, read a book, watch TV, go to bed, sleep.

Time Expressions

• in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening / at night
• every day / every week / every weekend
• always, usually, often, sometimes, never
• at 7 o’clock, at half past eight, at quarter to nine

Model Paragraph

My name is Samir. I usually wake up at 6 o’clock in the morning. I have breakfast at 6:30, then I brush my teeth and go to school at 7:15. I have lunch at 12:30. In the afternoon, I do my homework and play with my friends. I have dinner at 7 pm. I go to bed at 9:30.

Exercises

1. Match the activities with the time of day: (1) wake up – (a) evening, (2) have dinner – (b) morning.
2. Complete your daily routine: I ___ at ___. Then I ___ at ___.
3. Write a paragraph about your daily routine (8-10 sentences).