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Writing about my daily routine – A1 English writing

Exercise 3

Exercises:1 2 3

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.

Make a list of daily activities

First, you need to think about your daily activities. You can make a list of everyday activities:

wake up/get up
brush my teeth
have/eat breakfast (or ‘have something FOR breakfast’)
have a shower
get dressed
go to work/school
get to work/school
check my emails
check my social media
work ON my computer
have lessons
have/eat lunch
finish work
go home
get home
walk my dog
do my homework
surf the internet
go running
go to the gym
have/eat dinner
read
watch TV
go to bed

🔍 Note that we say go/get home (NOT ~~go/get to home~~), and we say go/get to school, go/get to work and go to bed (NOT ~~go to the school/work/bed~~)

You can learn the different ways to use the verb go here.

Write present simple sentences

When we talk about routines or habits, we use the present simple. So we can write present simple sentences using the verbs in our list of activities: I have a shower. I brush my teeth. I have coffee and toast for breakfast. Etc.

Daily routine vocabulary chart with 16 photos showing actions like waking up, brushing teeth, etc. for an ESL A1 Writing lesson

Use adverbs of frequency

If we use some adverbs of frequency in our sentences, our text will be better. For example, I usually have coffee and toast for breakfast, but sometimes I don’t have breakfast.

Use connectors and time expressions

Connectors

Now we should add connectors in our text, such as and, or, but, because, so.
For example, imagine we have these two sentences: I get up at 7.30. I brush my teeth. They sound like a list. So we can use and to put the two sentences together: I get up at 7:30 and I brush my teeth.

Time expressions

In addition, you should use time words to connect the different sentences. Some time words are:

After that, …
After breakfast/work/school/dinner
In the morning/afternoon/evening, …
At (time), …
Then, …
Next, …
… and then …
When I …
… from (time) to (time)

Look at this text:

I get up at 7:30 and I brush my teeth. I have a shower and get dressed. I have breakfast and prepare my lunch. I drive to work.

Now look at the same text with time expressions:

I get up at 7:00 and I brush my teeth. After that, I have a shower and get dressed. Then, I have breakfast and I prepare my lunch. Next, I drive to work.

The second paragraph sounds much better.

Write three paragraphs

We can organise the sentences into three paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: My morning activities
Paragraph 2: Activities during the day
Paragraph 3: Evening activities

Example:

I get up at 7:00 and I brush my teeth. After that, I have a shower and get dressed. Then, I have breakfast and I prepare my lunch. Next, I drive to work.

When I get to work at 8:30, I usually check my emails and work on the computer. At 1:00, I have lunch with my co-workers. After that, we work until 5:30 and then I go home. I get home at around 6.

After work, I usually go running or I read. Then I make my lunch. I usually have a salad and some fruit, but on Fridays, I often eat pizza. Next, I watch some TV and I go to bed.

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