hi I'm Marie welcome to Oxford online
English in this lesson you'll learn how
to talk about your daily routine in
English what do you do every day what's
a typical day like for you in this class
you'll learn everything you need to talk
about your daily routine including work
free time meals and sleep habits before
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looking at how you can talk about your
everyday working routine
you're working freelance now right yeah
that's right I've been doing it for
about six months now that must be nice
you can work from home you don't have to
deal with bad bosses yeah it has its
pluses but it's not all fun and games
obviously my work is more flexible but I
still have to be disciplined and make
sure I stick to our schedule so what's
your working they like I like to get an
early start so I get up at 8:00 and I
work from 8:30 to around midday then I
take a long lunch break maybe go to the
gym or something like that then I do
another three or four hours in the
evening so I finish at 7:00 or 8:00
that's quite a late finish yeah but it
suits me I get sleepy in the afternoon
so it's not the best time to work that
sounds much nicer than working a regular
job I have to get up at 6:30 then my
commute takes around an hour so I have
to leave the house at half 7:00 at the
latest I'm at the office from 8:30 till
5:30 or 6:00 then I don't get home until
7:00 at the earliest I have to say
working at home have some disadvantages
but I don't miss commuting every day no
you shouldn't it sucks you work the same
hours every day more or less sometimes I
stay late if there's something I need to
finish but I try to leave on time
otherwise I don't get any time at home
before I go to bed here are some
questions for you based on the dialog
what's your working day like what time
do you start and finish
do you often work long hours do you take
any breaks during the day let's see how
you could answer questions like these
let's start with something easy what
time do you start and finish you could
say something like I start work at 9:00
and I finish at 5:00 maybe you have a
more flexible schedule you might say I'm
freelancer so I work different hours
every day it depends what I have to do
if you're busy you could say thing
like I often have to stay late at work I
finish at 7 o'clock at the earliest I
can only take a short lunch break if you
have a wor relaxed working day you might
say I take a long break in the afternoon
I usually finish work by 5:30 at the
latest I never stay late or do overtime
the phrases at the earliest and at the
latest are useful if you want to talk
about extremes otherwise use adverbs
like often or usually what about you
what's your working day like try to make
two to three sentences talking about
your working routine if you need to you
can review the dialogue to get some
ideas for language you can use pause the
video and make your answer now practice
saying it out loud how is that let's
look at our next point
so what do you do in the evenings after
work honestly most days I'm so tired
when I get home that I just crash on the
sofa and watch TV I don't like it
but I don't have the energy to do much
else I play tennis on Wednesdays but
that's it I know the feeling
it's hard to motivate yourself when
you've been at work all day what about
you I'm the opposite I'm stuck at home
all day so when I'm free I'm desperate
to get out of the house do some exercise
talk to people I try to arrange
something most evening what kind of
thing do you do lots of stuff I started
going to a boxing class twice a week I
also play basketball with a group of
friends every Thursday then I'll
generally go out with friends for a
coffee or a drink on one or two evenings
- wow you're pretty busy yeah but I
prefer it that way
I'm more active on weekends but during
the workweek there just isn't the time
here's a question what do you do in the
evenings after work are you active do
you like going out and doing lots of
different things or do you prefer to
stay at home and relax if you're more
active you could say something like I
like to get out of the house when I can
I try to arrange something most evenings
I prefer to stay busy if you prefer
staying at home you might say I don't
have the energy to do much after work I
just crash on the sofa and watch TV when
I get home during the workweek there
just isn't the time to do much it's also
useful to say how often you do things
here you can use adverbs like often
generally sometimes or occasionally you
can also use time phrases like once a
week on Wednesdays for every Friday for
example I go out with friends once a
week
I go to the bouldering gym on Wednesdays
I generally go running around the park
after I get home what about you what do
you do after work if you don't work or
if you have a different schedule what do
you do with your free time during the
day as usual try to make two to three
sentences about yourself use the
language from this section to help you
pause the video and do it now okay let's
move on
so do you cook I mean you're at home all
day so you must have time yeah my meal
habits are all over the place though
what do you mean sometimes I skip meals
or I eat at weird times I might eat
dinner at 7:30 or I might not eat until
11:00
it depends what I'm doing and how hungry
I am that's the exact opposite of my
situation I have to eat at the same time
every day because that's the only time I
have free what do you do for lunch if
I'm organized I'll cook at the weekends
so I can take food with me to work
otherwise I'll buy a sandwich or
something from the bakery what about in
the evening me and my boyfriend take
turns cooking then we generally get a
takeaway on Friday evening if we are
home that's a good system it's hard to
motivate yourself to cook when you live
alone I try though because I don't want
to waste money on takeaways and eating
out so I'll cook a big batch of
something then freeze it and eat it for
several days here are some questions
from the dialogue which you should be
able to answer by the end of this
section do you cook what do you do for
lunch do you eat at the same time every
day think about how you could answer
these but first let's look at some more
phrases you heard in the dialogue do you
know what they mean my meal habits are
all over the place sometimes I skip
meals I'll cook a big batch of something
then freeze it
can you explain what these sentences
mean if you say something is all over
the place this means that there's no
pattern so if your meal habits are all
over the place it means you don't eat
regular meals at regular times every day
if you skip a meal then you don't eat it
if you're busy during the day you might
have to skip lunch that means you don't
eat anything for lunch finally if you
cook a big batch of something
then you cook a lot at one time you
might do this if you live alone or if
you're busy so that you can freeze the
extra food and eat it later what about
you do you sometimes skip meals do you
buy lunch
or cook at home and take food to work do
you ever get takeaways in the evening
make at least three sentences and talk
about your cooking and eating habits
make more sentences if you can practice
by saying your sentences out loud
several times until you can produce them
fluently remember that all the language
you need is in the dialogue go back and
review the dialogue if you need some
more ideas pause the video and make your
answer now how was that could you make a
fluent answer take more time to practice
if you need let's look at one more thing
if you could choose what working hours
would you do
there's no hours an option just imagine
you're working freelance like me and you
can set your own timetable would you
still start early no way I'm a total
night owl that's one of the reasons I'm
so jealous of you I really struggle to
get moving early in the morning you see
I'm not exactly a morning person either
but I like to get some stuff finished
early in the day it helps me to feel
more productive then sometimes I take a
nap in the afternoon because I often go
to bed quite late I stay up late on the
weekends but during the week I'm in bed
by 11:00 if I don't get seven or eight
hours of sleep I find it hard to focus
at work seven or eight I think I sleep
that much why what time you usually go
to bed around 1:00 1:00 that's late yes
and no I don't have to get up so early
so I can still get a good night's sleep
in the dialog we were talking about
sleeping habits
here's a question are you a morning
person or a night owl
if you haven't guessed a night owl is
someone who likes staying up late at
night but probably isn't good at getting
up early in the mornings here are some
questions for you to think about what
time do you usually get up or go to
sleep do you find it easy to get up
early in the mornings how much sleep do
you need every day look at some useful
language from the dialog which you could
use think about what these sentences
mean I really struggle to get moving in
the morning I stay up late on weekends
sometimes I take a nap in the afternoon
could you explain the meaning of these
clearly if you struggle to get moving in
the morning it means it's difficult to
get out of bed because you have no
energy if you're a night owl you'll
probably struggle to get moving in the
morning
if you stay up late you go to bed late
taking a nap means that you have a short
sleep during the daytime so now it's
time for your last practice pause the
video and make at least three sentences
about your sleeping habits make a longer
answer if you can done now you know how
to talk about different parts of your
daily routine in English thanks for
watching see you next time