Facultad de Humanidades Inglés con Fines Generales y Académicos I

Escuela de Ciencias del Lenguaje Profesor: Brenda Portilla Quintero

Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras - Sección de EAP-ESP Topic: Daily routine and vocabulary related to time

Describing my daily routine

Objective: Students will read David’s daily routine, analyze some vocabulary related to time and will write a
similar text describing their own daily routines.
Step 1 (Scanning): Read David’s daily routine and answer the following questions.
a) Does David get up early or late?
__________________yes he does_______________________________________
b) Where does he live? ___________he lives in
cali________________________________________________________
c) What is David’s hobby? ______david"s hobby is exercising
__________________________________________________________
d) What does he do at work? ____________david answers emails and calls where he helps people
e) Does David like social networks? _yes he does like social
networks_______________________________________________________
David’s Daily Routine
In the morning I wake up at 4:50 a.m., but I get up at 5:00 a.m. because I like to stay
in bed for 10 more minutes. Then, I go to the bathroom and I wash my face. After, I take a
shower and I shampoo my hair. Immediately I dry my body and my hair. I go back to my
bedroom and I get dressed. Next, I make breakfast and I brush my teeth. I go to the MIO
station and I take the T31. I arrive in the university around seven forty or seven fifty. I study
at Universidad del Valle from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

In the afternoon I go to have lunch at the restaurant of the university. The line sometimes is very long
and I have to wait a lot of time for my lunch. The food is very nutritious! I finish my lunch around 1:00 p.m. I
brush my teeth and I relax for 10 minutes. Now it’s time to go to work. I am an office assistant and I work at
USC University in the Human Resources department. I answer e-mails and phone calls in the afternoon. I love
my job because I like to help people. I work until 5:30 p.m. every day and I usually go to the gym after work. I
love doing exercise!

Finally, in the evening I have dinner, I watch T.V and I do my homework. When I don’t have to do
homework, I talk with my family or I chat on Facebook or WhatsApp with my friends. I enjoy chatting with my
friends, but I sometimes lose a lot of time. Around 10:00 p.m. I go to sleep because I am very tired after a
difficult day of study, work, and exercise. Oh, before I go to bed, I brush my teeth. That’s all!
Pair work: Discuss the following questions with a partner.

Is David’s daily routine similar to yours? What activities are similar? What activities are different?

Step 2: First, take a look at the chart below and then highlight with different colors prepositions of time, logical
connectors and time expressions.
Prepositions of time Logical connectors Time expressions
-In -First -And -late -all night
-On -Second -Then -early -all day
-At -Third -Later -a.m.
-Until -Next -Before -p.m.
-From… to… -After -Immediately -every night
-Around -But -Finally -every day

Title

Paragraph 1 Describe the activities that you do in

the morning

Paragraph 2 Describe the activities that you do in

the afternoon

Paragraph 3 Describe the activities that you do in

the evening

Step 3: Analyze the structure of David’s daily routine and write a text in three paragraphs about your
daily routine, including prepositions of time, logical connectors and time expressions. Remember to pay
attention to punctuation.