What do you do everyday? / ¿Qué haces todos los días?

•    Something that is always true or usually true. You speak two languages.

•    A habit or routine. We always have lunch here.

•    Fixed timetables. The train leaves at 9 a.m.

When it comes to habits, routines or traditions, we use time expressions. They are called adverbs of frequency and they show how often something happens.

100% always/daily
80% usually/ normally
60% often/frequently
40% sometimes
10% hardly ever/rarely
0% never

Adverbs of frequency come: 

•    Before main verbs.

I always have baseball on Fridays.

•    After the verb to be.

We are normally tired after work.

Other time phrases are:
ONCE
TWICE
THREE TIMES a day/week

EVERY Monday/day/weeek/time/month/year

ON Mondays/Tuesdays..

Time phrases go:

•    At the beginning of a sentence.      On Mondays he eats at his mom's.

•    At the end of a sentence.    I have yoga twice a week.

                                                She goes down to NYC every weekend.

The present simple always goes with do/does.

REMEMBER: He/she/it add add -s to the verb

He likes fishing. She plays tennis. It eats a lot.

If the verb ends by consonant + -y, the ending changes into -ies with he/she/it. For example: study > studies: He studies at Bard.

            And it adds -es to verbs ending in vowel and -x, -ss, -sh, -ch:

- go > goes: She goes to school every day.

- pass > passes: The dog passes through the little door.

- catch > catches: He catches the bus at 8 every day.

- fix > fixes: She fixes everything in the house.

- push > pushes: It pushes down.

What does Juan do every day?

Write Juan's daily routine. Do not forget to include adverbs of frequency or time phrases. You can also write the time (at 8 am, at 1 pm...) or moment of the day (in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night).

Answer Key:  Juan wakes up very early every morning and he gets up 5 minutes later. He goes straight to the toilet and he takes a shower. Then, he has breakfast while he listens to the radio. He goes to work at 8 am and he finishes at 6 pm. He walks home and he cooks around 7 pm. In the evening, he calls his friends and he wacthes tv. He goes to sleep at 11 pm.

 


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