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Daily routine verbs

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Learn verbs and phrases to talk about your day, from waking up in the morning to going to bed.

Choose the right phrase

Choose the correct answer.

  1. You stop sleeping and open your eyes. You ___.
    • a) go to bed
    • b) get dressed
    • c) wake up
  2. What does get dressed mean?
    • a) eat your breakfast
    • b) put on your clothes
    • c) wash your body
  3. Aiko is very tired. It is 10 p.m. She ___.
    • a) goes to bed
    • b) gets up
    • c) has breakfast
  4. I eat the first meal of the day. I ___.
    • a) cook dinner
    • b) have breakfast
    • c) have lunch
  5. Kofi uses a toothbrush. He ___.
    • a) has a shower
    • b) comes home
    • c) brushes his teeth
  6. The film ___ at 8 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m.
    • a) starts
    • b) finishes
    • c) wakes up
  7. My father leaves the house at eight and ___ by train.
    • a) goes to bed
    • b) goes to work
    • c) has a shower

Complete the routine

Type one word in each gap. Use each word once and change the form if needed. Use: brush, come, cook, dressed, finish, have, wake.

  1. My alarm rings at 6:30 and I ___ up, but I stay in bed for five more minutes.
  2. Sofia puts on her clothes. She gets ___.
  3. I always ___ my teeth after breakfast.
  4. We ___ breakfast at 7:15.
  5. Jamal ___ dinner for his family every evening.
  6. The children ___ home from school at four o'clock.
  7. Lessons start at nine and ___ at three.

Answer key

Choose the right phrase

  1. c) wake upWake up means stop sleeping and open your eyes.
  2. b) put on your clothesWhen you get dressed, you put on your clothes.
  3. a) goes to bedAt night, when you are tired, you go to bed.
  4. b) have breakfastBreakfast is the first meal of the day.
  5. c) brushes his teethWe use a toothbrush to brush our teeth.
  6. a) startsThe film ends at 10, so it begins, or starts, at 8.
  7. b) goes to workHe travels by train to his job, so he goes to work.

Complete the routine

  1. wakeWake up means stop sleeping. You stay in bed, so you do not get up yet.
  2. dressedWhen you put on your clothes, you get dressed.
  3. brush / cleanWe say brush your teeth.
  4. have / eat / cookWe usually say have breakfast. Eat and cook also fit here. With we, there is no -s.
  5. cooks / makesWe say cook dinner. With he, add -s: cooks.
  6. come / go / getCome home means return to your house. Children is a plural word, so there is no -s.
  7. finish / endLessons start and then finish. Lessons is plural, so there is no -s.