Daily routine vocabulary – A1 beginner English vocabulary lesson and exercises
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Example sentences with time expressions
When we talk about daily routines, we often use time expressions to indicate a time, a general time, how often we do something or in what sequence.
- On weekdays, I get up early in the morning.
- I get dressed at half seven and then I have breakfast at 8.00 a.m.
- I go to work at a quarter past eight.
- I have lunch at 12:30 p.m.
- I go home at 4:00 p.m.
- I have dinner with my family in the evening.
- After that I usually watch TV.
- I go to bed at 10:00 p.m.
Use these expressions to describe when you do your daily activities:
- Times of day: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night
- Specific times: at 7 o'clock, at half past seven, at quarter past eight, at quarter to nine
- How often: every day, every morning, every evening, on weekdays, at the weekend, usually, always, often, sometimes, never
- Sequence: first, then, next, after that, finally
Daily routines and the present simple
We usually talk about our daily routines using the present simple tense because routines and habits are actions that happen regularly.
Examples:
- I have breakfast at 8:00 a.m.
- My daughter goes to school every day.
- We have lunch at home.
- They go to bed at 10:00 p.m.
Remember: In the present simple, we usually add -s or -es to the verb when talking about he, she, or it.
- I wake up at 7:00.
- She wakes up at 7:00.
See our Present simple grammar page for a more detailed explanation.
What time do people have lunch where you live?
where i live we have lunch at 12 p.m, and the dinner at 8.30 p.m
What time do people have lunch where you live?
I am from Myanmar. In Myanmar, normally people take three times of food a day; breakfast, lunch and dinner. Depend on family type and habit, it can be different. My family have breakfast 7:30-8:300, lunch 12:30-13:00, dinner 19:00-19:30. My cats have five times a day; 5:30, 8:30, 12:30, 17:45 and 20:00.
Interesting!
In my city, people usually have lunch at 12AM
In my city, people usually have breakfast at 10 AM. But they already had what is called morning tea at 6-7 AM.
Actually, the time for have lunch not is the same for all people. For example, I have lunch in the range from 3 to 5 pm, because before of this time I´m working as a teacher. At the weekends that is the same, because I wake up late.
In the place where I live, so in Berlin, we usually have lunch at 1 pm. At work I have lunch at 12:30 h normally. And at the moment this time depends on my to-do-list. And now I have to eat more often than usual because I have my parental leave and my daily routine looks chaotic a little bit.
In my country, people usually have lunch at 12.00. But people are different and they can have lunch at different times.
I often wake up at 7 a.m, then I read the news and get up at 7.15 a.m. I brush my teeth and wash my face for 15 minutes, then I have breakfast. I go to work at 8 a.m. I start work at 8.30 a.m and finish at 5.30 p.m.
It depends on which family you are belong to, for me I take lunch at 04:00 pm beacuse this is the time where I finished work