Routines part 2

Take a look at this list of actions:

 The video "our teachers -  my daily routine" is about these actions. Watch:

from 0:01 to 2:17

When we talk about Present routine actions, the phrase has this structure:

• I live in New York.
• The Moon goes round the Earth.
• I drive a taxi
• John drives a taxi. (he-she-it , use s on the action)
• We meet every Thursday.
• We don't work at night. (negative)
• He does not drive a bus.
• Do you play football? (question, use do)
• Does he play football? (question he-she-it, use does)

Shift+down for the transcript

Kim Ashman

I Wake up every day at 8 o’clock

I Go outside and I do some exercise

And then, when I finish, I go home, I have a shower and I finish my lunch.

Go to work at about 3 o’clock and I start teaching at about 5 o’clock

I finish every day at 9 o’clock,

Then I go home, make myself some dinner

And I watch tv

Sam Valentine

I wake up at 9 o’clock in the morning, at about 9 o’clock

Then I, I get up, make a cup of coffee, check facebook , have a look at the news .

I spend about an hour drinking coffee, looking my computer, then I have a shower, go to work

I normally get to work at 10:30ish

And , when I get to work , check my emails, talk to my colleagues, um, do what I need to do at work , and have lunch at about 2 o’clock.

And then, normally at about 4 o’clock I go to quieting, I have to get the MTR to Kwai Tin (?), to teach, so I teach there until 7 o’clock .

Then I come back home, have dinner, read for a bit , watch television and go to bed at about 1 o’clock.

Clare Gowran

Hi, my name is Clare. My daily routine starts at 7 o’clock when I wake up, have a shower and get dressed

Then I wake my children up, and get them dressed, we sit down for breakfast together, we leave the house at  8 , we walk to school and after I drop them off at school at 8:30.

We… I generally do some exercise. Then I‘ll have a shower and go to work. Sometimes I come back, I collect the children from school and we go for an afternoon activity , and sometimes I go back to work.

What’s your favorite part of the day?

Kim Ashman

Uh, the best part of my day is going home and eating my dinner and watching television, because I like to relax after a long day.

Sam Valentine

The best part of my day is the morning, when I wake up, have a cup of coffee and look at the news, look at the football, check facebook and do, do some reading. That’s my favorite time, the morning, between 9 and 10 o’clock.

Clare Gowran

My favorite part of the day is in the evening, at about 7:30 I read to my children some books, and then I put them to bed at 8 o’clock and I have a glass of wine generally.

What would be your dream day?

Kim Ashman

My dream day would be to wake up one morning and, for the sun to be shining, and to see George Clooney with a big bunch of flowers for me, and he would say “I love you, will you marry me?”

Sam Valentine

My, my, my dream day, I think, I would have no job, I would be unemployed.

Clare Gowran

My dream day would be to be an astronaut for the day. I’d love to wake up on a spaceship, and experience weightlessness