In this section, we provide you with useful vocabulary that will help you increase your knowledge about daily activities and other kinds of activities that people do when they have a day off or when they want to do something different.
You will also find this vocabulary throughout the exercises we present to you in this material.
Take a look at the following flip cards.
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Get up
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Have breakfast
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Have lunch
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Have dinner
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Cook
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Study for exams
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Do homework
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Drive
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Take the bus
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Have/take a class
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Finish classes
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Sleep
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Ride a bike
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Wear sunglasses
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Go to the park
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Listen to music
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Take a break
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Go to the gym
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Stay at home
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Take a trip
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Sunbathe
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Learn something
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Fly to a place
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Eat healthy
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Visit friends
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Swim
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Watch movies
Daily activities vs ongoing activities
There are some activities that we do every day, but there are also other activities that sometimes we do to escape from the routine just because we decided to do something different from our typical day, or maybe because there are external things that make us go out from our normal schedule.
Let’s know a little bit about Mihail’s life:
From the story above, we can identify that when we talk about everyday activities, we use simple present tense, adverbs and time expressions.
- Mihail doesn’t get up late, so he usually gets up at 6 in the morning.
- He drives to his office on Reforma Av. four times a week.
- He always visits his parents on Fridays.
To get more information about daily routines click on this link Simple present
However, when we talk about actions that are happening at the moment we use present progressive and other kinds of expressions:
- Today he is not working, so he is still sleeping at this moment.
- He is listening to music and relaxing right now.
- He is visiting his friends tonight.
To get more information about activities happening now click on this link Present progressive tense
In each conversation decide if they talk about routines or about activities happening right now, write routine or right now. Then, write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.