More daily routines – B1 English Vocabulary

More daily routines

In this Intermediate Vocabulary Lesson about Daily Routines, you will learn a range of useful expressions to describe everyday activities in more detail. The pictures, descriptions, and examples below will help you understand and remember the terms.

Morning

1 When you set an alarm, you choose a time for your alarm clock to ring.

• I always set an alarm for 7 a.m. on weekdays.

2 If you hit the snooze button, you press a button on your alarm clock to sleep for a few more minutes.

• He hit the snooze button three times this morning.

3 When you have a shave, you use a razor to take the hair off your face.

• I usually have a shave before breakfast.

4 When you check your phone or check your messages, you look at your phone to see if you have any notifications, texts, or emails.

• She checked her phone as soon as she woke up.

5 If you skip breakfast, you don’t eat anything in the morning.

• He skipped breakfast because he was late for school.

6 When you make your own breakfast/lunch/dinner, you prepare the meal yourself instead of buying it or having someone else make it.

• I usually make my own lunch and take it to work.

7 When you feed the dog/cat, you give food to your pet.

• She feeds the cat every morning before school.

8 When you walk the dog, you take your dog outside, usually on a lead.

• I walk the dog in the park every morning.

During the day (work/school)

9 When you commute to work/school, you travel from your home to your workplace or school.

• She commutes to work by train every day.

10 When you revise for a test, you study something again to prepare for an exam.

• I usually revise for tests in the evening.

11 When you have a lunch break, you stop working or studying for a short time to eat lunch.

• They always have a lunch break at 1 p.m.

12 When you grab a coffee/snack, you quickly get something small to eat or drink.

• We grabbed a coffee before the meeting.

13 If you stay late at work, you don’t leave at your usual time and work extra hours.

• He often stays late at work to finish projects.

14 When you run errands, you go out to do small jobs like shopping or picking something up.

• I need to run some errands before dinner.

Evening & night

15 When you chill on the sofa or couch (in AmE), you relax and do something easy like watching TV or using your phone.

• In the evening, I like to chill on the sofa and listen to music.

16 When you have/take a nap, you sleep for a short time during the day.

• She usually takes a nap after lunch.

17 If you have an early night, you go to bed earlier than usual.

• I’m really tired, so I’ll have an early night.

18 If you stay up late, you go to bed much later than usual.

• We stayed up late watching a movie.

19 If you sleep in, you stay in bed later than usual in the morning.

• I love to sleep in on weekends.

20 When you get to sleep / fall asleep, you start sleeping.

• It was hard to get to sleep because of the noise outside.

After completing the exercises in this lesson on Daily Routines, you can use the unit’s Vocabulary Flashcards to revise and help you memorize the terms.