Daily routine

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You may not have a conversation about your entire daily schedule, but you might
have to talk about a small part of your day and what you do.

Grammer -The Only Verb Tense You Will Ever Need is PRESENT SIMPLE

You just take the subject — in the case of your daily schedule that would be ‘I’ —
and then the verb in its basic form.

For example:

I go

I read

I eat

I see

I talk

I listen

I study

Adverbs you can use when you talk about daily routine:

Before-მდე (before breakfast-საუზმემდე)

Later-შემდეგ, მოგვიანებით
After-შემდეგ, შემდგომ, მოგვიანებით

Then- მაშინ, იმ დროს; შემდეგ, მერე, მას მერე

First-პირველ რიგში

Next-შემდეგ

Generally- ჩვეულებისამებრ,ზოგადად

Prepositions :

Talking About Location

Use at with a general location or an idea

The most common uses of this are:

at work

at the office

at home

at school

at the beach

So for example, you might say:

I always go to school at 7am

მე ყოველთვის მივდივარ სკოლაში 7 საათზე.

I never get up early at the weekend.

მე არასდროს ვდგები ადრე უქმეებზე.

My dad sometimes drives me to school.

ზოგჯერ,მამას მივყავარ მანქანით სკოლაში.

I usually meet my friends at the weekend.

მე ჩვეულებისამებრ ვხვდები ჩემს მეგობრებს შაბათ-კვირა.

I do my homework before dinner.

მე ვაკეთებ საშინაო დავალებებს სადილამდე.

I do my maths homework first, then my English homework.

მე ჯერ ვასრულებ მათემატიკის დავალებას,შემდეგ კი ინგლისურის.

I generally get home around six pm…

მე ჩვეულებისამებრ მივდივარ სახლში დაახლოებით 6 საათზე,საღამოს.

You might need to use other subjects when talking about your parents, your
friends, your teachers or colleagues. In which case, be careful when using the
subjects he, she and it.

Vocabulary:

1. Activities;
Wake up-გაღვიძება
Get up-ადგომა
Brush your teeth-კბილების გამოხეხვა
Take a shower-შხაპის მიხება
 Get dressed-ჩაცმა
Have breakfast-საუზმე,საუზმობა
Read the newspaper/book/listen audio book
Use your cell phone-მობილური ტელეფონის გამოყენება
Go to work-სამსახურში წასვლა
Go to school-სკოლაში წასვლა
Take the bus to work- სამსახურში ავტობუსის გამოყენებით
წასვლა,ავტობუსით წასვლა.
Drive to work/ go by car-მანქანით წასვლა სამსახურში
Walk to work-ფეხით წასვლა
Start work-სამსახურის დაწყება
Check E-mails-მეილის შემოწმება
Talk on the phone-ტელეფონზე ლაპარაკი
Have meetings - შეხვედრების ქონა
Prepare documants and reports-დოკუმენტებისა და მოხსენების
მომზადება
Have lunch-ლანჩი
Finish work-სამსახურის დასრულება
Time to go home-სამსახურში წასვლის დრო
Get home/ get back home-სახლში დაბრუნება
Have dinner-სადილის ქონა
Watch TV-ტელევიზორის ყურება
Go to the Gym-სპორტ-დარბაზში წასვლა
Take the dog for a walk-ძაღლის სასერნოდ წაყვანა,,ძაღლის გასეირნება
Go to sleep-დასაძინებლად წასვლა
2. Connectors - დამაკავშირებლები
Then-შემდეგ
And-და
When-როცა,როდესაც
After that-მას შემდეგ,ამის შემდე
After school/after work/lunch/dinner-სკოლის/სამსახურის/ლანჩის/
სადილის შემდეგ
 In the morning-დილით
In the afternoon-შუადღით
In the evening-საღამოს
At night -ღამე
On weekends - ვიქენდზე,შაბათ-კვირას
3. Time
About/around-დაახლოებით
I wake up about /around 9 o’clock-მე დაახლოებით 9 საათზე ვდგები
6:25 - It's six twenty-five
8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O)
9:11 - It's nine eleven
2:34 - It's two thirty-four
2:35 - It's twenty-five to three
11:20 - It's twenty past eleven
4:18 - It's eighteen past four
8:51 - It's nine to nine
2:59 - It's one to three
7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven
12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one
3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)
10:00 - It's ten o'clock
5:00 - It's five o'clock
1:00 - It's one o'clock
Text example

I wake up at 6 o’clock. I get up at 6.50. I make a cup of tea and iron my clothes. I
have a shower and get dressed. I usually wear jeans, a blouse, a jumper or cardigan
and boots in the winter, or a skirt and blouse in the summer. I brush my hair, put
on my make-up. I pack my bag with all my teaching materials. I then put on my
coat and leave the house. I walk to the bus stop. I catch the bus at 8.15, and then I
pay my fare and sit down. It takes about 45 minutes to get to my destination three
miles away. I get off the bus and walk to the school where I teach English. I have
to sign in and get the key. Class starts at 9.25 and ends at 11.25.

I have lunch at 12. I eat a baguette or sandwich at the local café. I sometimes do
some shopping before I walk back to school. I do some photocopying and go back
to my classroom. I teach in the afternoon from 1 to 3pm. I then catch the bus back
home and spend a couple of hours relaxing before I cook dinner.

My son goes to work shortly after I come home. Sometimes he cooks dinner
before I get home, and sometimes I cook. I like to eat rice or pasta with a sauce. I
chop the onions, fry them and then mix them with garlic, tomatoes, carrots,
spinach and chilies. I boil the rice and then add the sauce. After dinner I wash up,
sweep the floor, and tidy up a bit.

Then I make phone calls, mark my students’ work, do the laundry. Then I go on
Facebook, or watch TV until about 10.30 when my son comes home. We catch up
on our day, and at about 11 o’clock I go to bed.

Other days I get up early, go downstairs, put on my computer and teach on EF

English Live for three hours. Then I have a break, eat dinner with my son, have a
walk or go shopping before returning to work and teaching again for another
three hours. Working at home can be very convenient and I love being able to talk
to people around the world. It is also nice working in a school and seeing people
on a regular basis and working in a team. So I feel I have the best of both worlds.

Let me show you another example of someone talking about their morning routine.

I usually wake up around six-thirty. My alarm goes off and I turn it off and sleep
for another ten minutes. Then the alarm goes off a second time and I have to get
up.
I go to the bathroom and brush my teeth and wash my face. I don’t shower in the
morning as I usually take a shower in the evening before I go to bed.

Then I go back to my bedroom and get dressed. I leave my school uniform hanging
in front of my wardrobe so I can put my clothes on easily every day.

After that, I go to the kitchen and have breakfast.

My mum usually makes breakfast — just something simple like an egg and some
bread. I don’t like to drink coffee so I have some orange juice.

I chat with my mum and dad during breakfast. But my dad doesn’t talk too much.
He likes to catch up on the news on his phone. But he always says ‘nothing but
bad news’ so I don’t know why he reads it.It gets to just after seven am and I have
to leave to go to school.

I say goodbye to my mum and dad, give my mum a kiss and I leave the house.

My school is very near where I live so I usually walk to school. If it’s raining, my
dad takes me to school but he always complains about it!

I get to school around 7:30 and meet up with my friends in the usual place. We
talk about things we like — music, some TV shows and other stuff. Then we go to
the first class.