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Learn to talk about your daily routine and express time.
🔹 Daily routine vocabulary:
• wake up — se réveiller
• get up — se lever
• have a shower / wash — se doucher / se laver
• get dressed — s'habiller
• have breakfast — prendre le petit-déjeuner
• go to school — aller à l'école
• attend class — suivre les cours
• have lunch — déjeuner
• do homework — faire ses devoirs
• have dinner — dîner
• go to bed — aller se coucher
🔹 Expressions of frequency:
• always (100%) — toujours
• usually / generally — d'habitude
• often — souvent
• sometimes — parfois
• rarely / seldom — rarement
• never (0%) — jamais
🔹 Telling the time (revision + advanced):
• at + time: at 6 o'clock, at half past 7, at quarter to 8
• in the morning / afternoon / evening
• at noon (à midi) / at midnight (à minuit)
• early (tôt) / late (tard) / on time (à l'heure)
🔹 Using Present Simple for routines:
• I usually wake up at 6 o'clock.
• She always has breakfast before school.
• They rarely go to bed before 10 PM.
📝 Example — A student's daily routine:
Every day, Moussa wakes up at 6 o'clock in the morning. He quickly gets up, washes his face and gets dressed. He always has breakfast with his family — usually bread with milk or porridge. At 7:30, he leaves home and walks to school. He attends classes until 1 PM, then has lunch at home. In the afternoon, he does his homework for two hours. In the evening, he sometimes watches TV before going to bed at 9:30 PM.
💡 Position of frequency adverbs:
• BEFORE the main verb: I always eat breakfast.
• AFTER the verb to be: He is never late.
• BEFORE the auxiliary: She doesn't often come early.
Write 5 sentences about your daily routine using frequency adverbs.
Correction
Example: I always wake up at 6 AM. I usually have bread for breakfast. I sometimes walk to school. I never miss my classes. I often do my homework in the afternoon.
Translate: Je me lève à 6h30, je prends mon petit-déjeuner et je vais à l'école à 7h45.
Correction
I get up at half past six, I have breakfast and I go to school at quarter to eight.
Put the adverb in the right place: She (always) arrives late. He (never) is on time.
Correction
She always arrives late. He is never on time.
What does 'on time' mean? Use it in a sentence.
Correction
On time = à l'heure. Example: The bus always arrives on time.
Describe your evening routine in 4 sentences.
Correction
Example: In the evening, I do my homework for one hour. Then I have dinner with my family. Sometimes I watch TV for thirty minutes. I usually go to bed at half past nine.