Well hello and welcome to this english lesson about Daily
Routines. Daily routines are all of the things that most
people do everyday on a regular basis. There are the things you
do from the moment you wake up in the morning until you fall
asleep at night. And we'll talk about those two things as well
as we go through this lesson. It's interesting that as you go
through your week and as you go through each day there are
things that you just do repeatedly. Regularly. Things
that you do all the time. Notice I used a number of
different ways to describe actions that we just do over
and over again as human beings. So daily routines are all of
the things that you do on a regular basis. Pretty much
everyday of your life. The very first thing you do in the
morning is you wake up. When you are asleep and when you go
from the process of sleeping to being awake. That is what I
call waking up. What time did you up this morning. I woke up
at 630 this morning. So you're sleeping and then when you go
from the state of sleep to being in a state of
wakefulness. Those are big words. We say that you wake up.
I usually wake up around 6: 30. On the weekends I wake up
around seven o'clock. That's what time I usually wake up in
the morning. But this is a little bit different. For me
there's a difference between to get up and to get out of bed
and to wake up. So I wake up but I don't always get up right
away. Sometimes I wake up and I'll just kind of lay there for
a little bit and I'll think about all of the things I need
to do that day. Sometimes I'll wake up and I'll look at the
clock and I'll think to myself ah I'll get up in 5 minutes.
I'll just lay here and think for a little bit first. So to
get up or to get out of bed that's the time where you go
from being in bed to actually standing up at least in my
opinion. Now English speak sometimes use these in a more
general way but for me I usually say oh I woke up at 630
I got out of bed at 645 that does happen sometimes and then
usually it's a good idea to make the bed to make the bed
this means you put all of the blankets back nice and smooth
maybe you fluff up the pillows a little bit but when you get
out of bed usually the first thing you do is you make the
bed so instead of leaving all the blankets all crumpled up or
in a pile. You kind of nicely pull them tight and you make
the bed so that it looks and is ready for you to sleep in it
later that day. One of the first things many people do in
the morning is they use the bathroom or they go to the
bathroom. So in the morning when I get up after I get out
of bed and after I make my bed I usually use the bathroom. Now
this does mean that I'm using the bathroom. I don't I'm not
going into any detail about what I'm doing in there but it
does mean that I'm using the toilet. Okay? So I would say
I'm going to go to the bathroom and then I'm going to go
downstairs or I'm going to go use the bathroom. I'm going to
use the bathroom and then I'm going to go downstairs. So yes
in the morning a lot of people usually use the bathroom not
always right away. But at some point in the morning you
probably have to use the bathroom. Especially if you had
a lot to drink the night before when you get up in the morning
you might have to go to the bathroom or use the bathroom
right way. And then if you're really good and you follow a
good routine you might be able to exercise or to work out. So
exercise is a general term. So that could involve lifting
weights or running or doing anything that's good for your
body. But you might say after I get up in the morning I like to
work out. I like to go for a run. I like to go for a walk.
So I like to go for a walk. Interestingly in English. If I
say I'm going to go walk or if I say I'm going to go for a
walk when you say go for a walk it sounds more like exercise
okay I'm going to run to the store that sounds like you're
just going to run to the store because you want to get there
fast but if you say I'm going to go for a run it usually
means exercise. So sometimes you can see this I'm trying to
kind of go in order. Your daily routine might be in a slightly
different order and it might not include this one. But
usually in the morning after I get up and after I use the
washroom or use the bathroom. I like to exercise. I like to go
for a walk. Some people like to work out. They like to lift
weights. Some people like to go for a run. And if you have a
dog if you have pets there's a few things you might do. You
might take the dog for a walk. Sometimes it's good to take the
dog for a walk in the morning or to walk the dog. There's a
couple ways of saying it in the morning. So I get up early
because I need to take the dog for a walk. Or I need to take
my dog for a walk. Or I get up early because I need to walk my
dog or I need to walk the dog in the morning. So dogs need
exercise too. This is how dogs get exercise. Their owners take
the dog for a walk or they walk the dog. And if you have a cat
it's a little simpler. You might just let the cat out. You
could say oh I'm going to go downstairs and have a cup of
coffee and I'm going to let the cat out. So you might have a
cat. The cat might sleep in the house at night. And in the
morning you make a point of opening the little cat door or
opening the normal door to let the cat out. Maybe the cat
needs to explore the neighbourhood a little bit. So
in the morning another thing you might do is you might let
the cat out. And then you might feed your pet. So you might
take your dog for a walk. And then you might feed your dog.
Or you might let your cat out. And when your cat scratches on
the door because they want to come back in you might then
feed your cat. You might feed your fish. You might feed a
bird. Maybe you have a pet bird. But sometimes one of the
things people do as their daily routine is they feed their cat
or they feed their dog. And then if you have kids or other
people in the Sometimes you will wake up the kids. So I'm a
parent. I have children. Sometimes my children get up on
their own. But sometimes I need to wake up the kids. Sometimes
I need to knock on the doors of their bedrooms and say hey time
to get up. So depends on it depends on how old they are. My
kids are old enough now that they set their own alarms. They
set an alarm clock. And so they usually get up themselves. But
if one or two of isn't up. I sometimes need to wake up the
kids. I need to go and make sure that they're awake so that
they don't miss the bus and so that they can go to school. Um
maybe you have a roommate that you need to wake up sometimes.
If you don't have kids that can happen too. And then you make
breakfast. So there's a difference between making
breakfast and eating breakfast. In the morning after I have
done some other things. I go to the kitchen to make breakfast.
I like to make breakfast usually fairly early in the
morning. If I go for a walk I go for a walk without having
eaten breakfast. There's a complex sentence for you. But
when I get back I like to make breakfast. I usually fry some
eggs. I might have some toast. I might have some oatmeal. But
it's nice to make breakfast. You could say cook breakfast. I
like to cook breakfast. But in English we use the word make a
lot when we're talking about the kitchen. We'll say things
like oh I'm going to make some toast. I'm going to make some
eggs. Uh I'm going to make breakfast. I'm going to make
waffles. And then of course what do you do after you make
breakfast? You eat breakfast. I like to eat breakfast right
away after I make it. I like my eggs hot. If I have toast I
like my toast hot as well. And you can also use the verb to
have. You can say oh I'm going to have breakfast. In a
few minutes do you want me to make you an egg? I might say
that to Jen. Or Jen when are you going to have breakfast? Or
when are you going to eat breakfast? The sentences are
completely interchangeable. But it simply means to sit down and
to eat the food that you made. And then after that I like to
have a shower. I like to take a shower. There's two ways to say
it. You can even say I'm going to grab a shower. So we
use the English verb to grab for a lot of weird things. You
could even say oh I'm going to grab some breakfast then I'm
going to grab a shower. It's very informal though. Normally
I would say I'm going to have breakfast at seven. I'm going
to take a shower at 730 or I'm going to have a shower at 7
thirty. And of course a shower is water and use soap to clean
yourself. So that when you go to work that day you you smell
fresh and clean. Now if you like to have a bath or take a
bath it's the same verb. If you like to sit in the bath you
could say oh I'm going to eat breakfast and then I'm going to
have a bath or I'm going to take a bath. And then there's a
whole bunch of other things you do depending on who you are.
You might put on makeup. You might brush your teeth. You
might shave. You might comb your hair. You might brush your
hair. By the way this this is a comb and this is a brush. So
there are a lot of things you do usually right before you go
to work or go to school if you leave the house. Um you might
comb your hair, brush your teeth. Um you might cut your
fingernails. Uh you might put on makeup etcetera etcetera.
That's why I put etcetera up here because there are many
things that you do at that time of the day. And then you get
dressed. Um so in the morning after I'm after I've had a
shower. I like to get dressed. So this morning as well I got
dressed about half an hour ago. I put on this white shirt. I
put on my watch. I put on my wedding ring. So notice to get
dressed is the general term. You get dressed in the morning.
But when you Talk about individual items you use the
verb to put on. So I put on my shirt. I put on my pants. I put
on my socks. I put on my underwear first. I put on my
watch. I put on my ring. And so now I am dressed. So that is
definitely one of the things that you do when you talk about
your daily routine. You get dressed. You put on your
clothes. After you get dressed you will most likely make a
lunch. I like to make a lunch everyday. I like to pack a
lunch everyday. These mean the same thing. Okay? So if I say
after I have a shower I go to the kitchen and I make a lunch.
Um or I go to the to the kitchen to pack a lunch. It
means I'm going to make a sandwich I might get a banana.
I might get some fruit or vegetables and put them in a
lunch bag and I will take them to work. Because I don't like
to buy lunch. I like to make a lunch. I like to pack a lunch.
Interesting thing with English. If it's lunch time you would
say I'm going to make lunch. But when you get a lunch ready
in the morning to take to work or to take to school you say
you go you make a lunch or you pack a lunch. And then you need
to grab your things. This is a general term. And I do use it
every morning. Like I grab my phone. I grab my keys. I grab
my wallet. Um I make sure that I put on my wedding ring and
put on my watch. But I grab my laptop. I grab my lunch because
I made my lunch earlier or I packed it. So I grab all of my
things and then I get in my vehicle. And that's exactly how
you would say it. Um I'm leaving in 5 minutes. I'm just
going to grab my things and then I'm going out to the van.
You'll hear me say that to my children. Uh and then I head to
work or I go to work. You could use either of these. Both mean
that you are basically going from your house or home to your
place of work. It might be school as well. But you might
say I'm going to head to work. Jen might say to me what time
are you going to head to work today? What time are you going
to go to work? And I'll just say oh I'm going head to work.
Today I'm going to head to work at ten. Um yesterday I headed
to work at around eight in the morning. So when you head to
work or go to work it means the same thing. It means that you
are basically leaving your house and going to work. And
maybe you need to go to school. I know some of you are still
students. So it not everyone will be going to work everyday.
Some of you will go to school. In order to learn things. If
you're a parent you might need to drop the kids off. We also
some Times say that you need to drop off the kids. Basically my
kids go on a bus. My younger kids go on a bus. My older kids
come to school with me. Um but if they need to be at school at
a certain time I might need to drop them off. So to drop off
the kids means to bring your kids to school. Which by the
way you could say that too. You could say I need to bring my
kids to school tomorrow morning. Or I need to drop the
kids off at school. It just means to give a ride. And then
you might need to drive to work. Um maybe you drive by
yourself. Maybe you carpool which is when you drive to work
with other people. You could also use carpool as a verb. You
can say I carpool to work. Which means that you go to work
with other people. Maybe to save money. Because gas is so
expensive right now. This might be required. Um in order to
have a balanced budget and not run out of money. You might
need to drive to work with other people. Or you might take
the bus. You might take the train. You might take the
subway. You might take the metro. We use the verb to take
in most of these situations. I take the bus to work. I take
the train to work. I take the subway. I take the metro. Now
again a bus is definitely this vehicle here. A train is on a
track with a whole bunch of cars and it's usually above
ground. A subway is usually below ground. And a metro is
just another name for a subway. It really depends on the city
you're in. Um I know in Toronto they have the go train. And
they have the subway. So there's two different ways to
travel. But instead of driving to work you might take the bus.
You might take the train. You might take the subway. You
might take the metro. And then you get to work. Um I find this
is a funny phrase though. Um you could say Bob what time do
you get to work? And I could say I like to get to work at 9
AM or I like to get to work at 10 thirty. But if you say to
someone get to work it means you want them to start working.
Hopefully I didn't confuse you there. What I'm trying to talk
about here is we use the phrase to get to work to arrive at
work in the same way. Um Joe likes to get to work at 8 AM.
Joe likes to arrive at work at 8 AM. Both of those sentences
have thus Meaning. It just means the moment you actually
walk in the door at work. And then you need to say hi. It's
just really nice. If you have co-workers after you get to
work after you arrive at work it's nice to say hi. It's nice
to say hello. How's it going? Pretty good how are you? I
think if you watched my video earlier this week you'll
realize that most of the simple greetings are the greetings we
use. When I get to work I say hi. I say hello. I say how's it
going? I say how are you doing today? Um I say how are you?
Those are all just very common. Probably how's it going? Uh
according to the stats I kept. How's it going? It's probably
one of the most common ways to say hi. Hey how's it going?
Pretty good. How are you? That's your standard English
greeting at work. But when you get to work it's nice to say hi
to everyone. And then I've jumped forward of the day.
Obviously you're going to do some work. But at a certain
point in the day you're going to take a break or you're going
to take a coffee break. So usually in a normal workplace
around 10 AM you'll have a 10 or 15 minute break. This is
pretty standard in North America. You start work at
seven or eight or 9. And midway through the morning you take a
coffee break or you take a break. We've called them coffee
breaks but not everyone drinks coffee anymore. But it can
still be a common term. When I was a construct worker we would
take a coffee break at 10 AM and at 2: 30 PM in the
afternoon. It was really nice. And then at a certain part of
the day you're going to eat lunch or you're going to have
lunch. You can use both verbs again. Um at my work we
actually eat lunch at 11 forty-five. We have lunch at
114-five. We have an early lunch at school at my work. Um
so if you are someone who likes to pack a lunch if you like to
make a lunch and you bring it to work at lunch time you will
eat lunch or you will have lunch. So both of those are
common very common verbs. If you were to ask someone you
could say hey what time are you going to eat lunch today? Or
what time are you going to have lunch today? Um do you want to
eat lunch together? Do you want to have lunch together? And
then here we are. We're at the end of the of the work day
already to finish work. At a certain point in your day maybe
at four o'clock or five o'clock depending on where you work you
will finish It's really nice to finish work at the same time
every day. Um if someone said to you hey do you want to go
out after work and if they didn't know when you were done
they might say what time do you finish work and you could say
oh I finish work at four o'clock. Or I today I'm not
going to finish work until five. So basically this just
means the end of your work day. And then it's nice to say
goodbye. So when you get to work it's nice to say hello.
It's nice to say how's it going to people. But when you leave
the workplace it's nice to say goodbye to your colleagues as
well. You might do this by saying see you tomorrow. That's
probably the most common way to say goodbye. You could say
goodbye or you could say bye. Um but I think for me and this
might be different in other places in the world. When I
leave work I almost always say see you tomorrow or if it's
Friday I'll say see you Monday. Or have a good weekend like
later today on a Friday. I might say bye everyone. Have
have a good weekend. I might say that as my way of saying
goodbye to my colleagues. And then if you have kids you might
need to pick up the kids. So if you are someone who earlier
used the phrase drop off the kids. If you had to drop the
kids off at school. Or if you had to drop off the kids at
school. Couple ways of saying it. You might need to pick up
the kids at the same time. Or sorry at a later time. You
might have to go and you might need to pick up the kids from
school or from daycare or from wherever they are. And then if
you have fun colleagues and if you have extra time you might
go out after work. I don't do this very often. I do this
maybe twice a year. Twice a year someone at work might say
hey Bob we're going to go out after work. We're going to have
beer and wings. Do you want to come with? And then some
colleagues and myself we might go out after work. To have a
little snack to have something to drink. Um I used to do this
a lot more when I was younger. But I think when you get older
and you have kids and you have a lot of stuff to do a lot of
errands. Uh you don't do this as often. But younger people
often will go out after work. Maybe once a month they'll say
hey we're going to go out and get some food. Do you want to
come? And usually Bob the Canadian says no. I'm a boring
colleague I think. I should go out after work with my
colleagues more often. Uh and then you go home. Uh plain and
simple. This is how you say it. Um okay I'm done work. I'm
going to go home. Uh at the end of the work day when I finish
work I go home. It's really nice to go home after a long
day at work. So simply the opposite of going to work or
heading to work is that you're going to go home. In fact you
could say I'm going to head home. Okay. Um I might be on
the phone with Jen and I might say hey I just have a few
things left to do at work and then I'm going to head home.
Okay so I'll see you in 15 minutes. Or something like
that. So to go home at the end of the day the thing you do
when you are all done your work day. And then of course you
might before you go home you might need to run errands. You
might need to run some errands. So this is the act of doing all
the little things in life that you don't do everyday but you
do quite often. You need to get groceries. You need to get your
mail. You might need to pick up your laundry if it's at the if
you if it's at the dry cleaner. I don't do that. I do my own
laundry at home. Um you might need to pick your dog up. Maybe
you bring your to a place that takes care of it during the
day. We don't do that but some people do. You might need to
just do a few errands. You might need to go to the bank.
You might need to do all of the typical things that you might
need to do throughout the week. So to get changed. When I get
home I like to get changed. I wear a shirt with a collar to
work. And I wear like dress pants they're called. I don't
wear jeans to work. But in order to feel comfortable I
like to just wear jeans and a T-shirt. So when I get home I
like to get changed. To get changed means to put different
clothes on. Um I think this is a very common thing for people.
Um people come home from work. Maybe they're wearing a tie or
a dress or a skirt. They're wearing some very formal
clothing. And when they get home in order to relax they
like to get changed. So they just like to we say it this way
too sometimes. I just like to throw on jeans and a T-shirt.
Uh and sit on the couch and have a cup of tea. So this guy
I imagine came home from work and decided wanted to get
changed so he put on a T-shirt, a comfy shirt, and a pair of
jeans. I like to make supper or I like to make dinner. Again I
use these words the same way. Um Jen and I usually make
dinner around four thirty. We like to make supper around 430
and then we like oh that's the wrong slide. This is the one.
We like to eat dinner or eat supper around five or 530. So
to make supper means to cook supper. You could also say
that. Um but generally we use the word make because it's a
very general generally general It's a very general word. Um
usually everyday Jen will make supper around 430 or five. Um
most days Jen makes supper in the winter. But in the summer
when Jen's busy on the farm I usually make supper. I'm
usually the one who makes dinner. Um but it's to prepare
food. That's what that would mean. To and then sometimes you
order take out or you get take out. So in Canada we would call
this take out. Um we might even say you might order delivery.
Which means you get a pizza delivered to your house.
Takeout is when you make a phone call Or you order online
and then you go to the restaurant and pick your food
up in boxes. And then you take it home to eat it. So you might
order take out or get take out. I think in Britain they call it
take away. Um but in Canada in my area at least we call it
take out. Um sometimes Jen and I will order take out or we'll
get take out and then we'll eat restaurant food at home. Uh we
talked about eating dinner and eating supper already so I'll
move on. Uh and then you need to do the dishes or you need to
wash the dishes. Uh some people are lucky and they have a
dishwasher. I do not have a dishwasher. Uh so after supper
every night we do the dishes. So that means we put soap and
water in the sink. Uh we put the dishes in and then we wash
and scrub them and rinse them and dry them. So after we eat
supper we will do the dishes. A very common activity that many
do after they eat. You need to I think they call this the
washing up in Britain. Don't quote me on British English
though. I'm just going by what I hear when I watch British
television. But we would say to do the dishes or to wash the
dishes. So plates, cups, spoons, forks. Um and then to
clean up the house. We don't do this every night. We actually
do this more on the weekends. But usually we will sweep the
floor. When we do the dishes usually one person will sweep
the floor. And another person will wipe the table off or wipe
off the table. On a Saturday though we will vacuum and we
will do other types of cleaning. But often after
supper we will clean up the house. We will just tidy things
up a little bit. And then maybe you want to unwind. So this is
an English verb that means to relax. So you might just sit in
a chair and read a book. Uh you might just sit and chat for a
little bit. But to unwind usually means to relax after
work. Okay so after work after you've done some chores and
some errands when you finally sit down at the end of the day
you might sit down to unwind. Which just means to relax a
little bit. Usually by six o'clock or 6 30 at night
especially in the I'm I'm able to just sit down and to unwind
a little bit. I'm able to sit down and relax. It's a nice
feeling. And you might sit down to watch the news. Maybe you're
someone who likes to watch the news. I used to watch the news
a lot. I don't watch the news as much anymore. But this was
something that I used to do quite regularly after supper
every night. And we still do a bit but I don't think as much
as we used to. Maybe you like to read book. Maybe that's one
of the things you do to unwind. You take some time to sit and
read a book at night. Which of course I think you know what
reading a book is. Maybe you like to watch some TV. You
might want to watch some Netflix. You might want to
watch some YouTube. All of those phrases are very common.
Um sometimes I sit on my computer because I want to
watch some YouTube videos or I want to watch Netflix or I
want to watch another streaming service like Amazon Prime but
sometimes you just want to watch TV or some TV to watch
Netflix or some Netflix or to watch YouTube videos or to
watch some YouTube videos. So hopefully you heard all those
variations there. And maybe you want to check social media.
Maybe you really really enjoy grabbing your phone at night.
There's the verb grab again. Just going to grab my phone and
check Instagram. I'm just going to grab my phone and
check Facebook. We use the verb to check a lot. Uh when we're
talking about social media. You could also say that someone's
on social media a lot like ah he's you know if you're talking
about teenagers oh she's on social media all the time.
That's the same as you know looking at Instagram or
Facebook or one of the other main social medias apps. And
then eventually you're going to say good night. So you might
say good night to your kids. Um you might say good night to
your spouse. You might say good night to someone on the phone.
Maybe you phone your mom or dad every night to say good night.
Um but one of the one of the last things you do at the end
of the day is that you say good night to people. And then
you're going to get ready for bed. So when you get ready for
bed this involves maybe putting on pajamas. This involves maybe
doing things like you're going to use the bathroom or go to
the bathroom. Um it includes things like maybe you're going
to brush your teeth. Um there's a variety of things that you do
to get ready for bed. I know because I'm old one of the
things I do is I take my medication. So I have to take a
pill every day and I do that at night. It's part of it's one of
the things I do when I'm getting ready for bed. Um so
when I am done when I'm going to go to bed. I usually get
changed. Um so I'm not going to describe what I wear to bed.
But I get ready for bed by getting changed. I brush my
teeth. I usually take my pill. Uh I usually go the bathroom or
use the bathroom. Those are all the things that I do when I am
getting ready for bed. So one of the last things you do is
you get ready for bed. And then you get in bed. So you can say
you get in bed. You go to bed. You get into bed. All of those
are equally common in English. Uh at the end of your day you
might also by the way have a shower or take a shower at
night. It can depend on what kind of work you do during the
day. When I'm teaching I have a shower in the morning. In the
summer when I'm not teaching and I work on the farm I have a
shower before I go to bed. So it depends how dirty your work
is. When you work on a farm you get dirty. Your hands get
dirty. Your neck gets dirty. Your everything gets dirty
because you're working outside. So you might have a shower at
the end of the day. And then you're going to get in bed. Get
into bed. Go to bed. And then you need to set your alarm
clock or you need to set your alarm. I still have an old
fashioned alarm clock. Most people these days just set an
alarm on their phone. But you need to set your alarm or you
need to set your alarm clock. Um if you need to get up early
the next morning. Maybe you don't. Maybe it's the weekend
then you want to make sure that your alarm is not set. Because
you the worst thing for me is when the alarm clock goes off
at 630 on a Saturday morning and I don't need to get up. But
sometimes you need to set your alarm or you need to set your
alarm. I don't know who gets up at 9 AM but that must be really
nice. And then the very very last thing that you will do is
you will fall asleep. We sometimes say go to sleep. Like
I go to sleep at 10 PM or I didn't yeah I think fall asleep
is the actual act of going from being awake to being asleep or
to sleeping. So I think the very very last thing that most
people do in day is they will fall asleep. And then hopefully
you don't toss and turn. Uh hopefully you don't have
nightmares or bad dreams. Hopefully after you fall asleep
you just drift off and have beautiful dreams about awesome
things in life. That would be really cool. But definitely the
last thing you do in your day in your daily routine is to
fall asleep.