Daily Routine — Present Simple in Action
Daily Routine — Present Simple in Action
My working day in Sydney started at 6am with a silent apartment and a strong coffee, and ended after midnight. Present simple was the tense of my whole life: I wake, I open, I serve, I close.
Routines are the first thing anyone asks you about — “What do you do?” This lesson locks the present simple, including the famous third-person s.
🎯 Language Focus
| Person | Verb form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| I / you / we / they | wake, work, go | “I start work at nine.” |
| he / she / it | wakes, works, goes | “She finishes at six.” |
| Negative | don’t / doesn’t + verb | “He doesn’t work Mondays.” |
| Question | Do you…? / Does she…? | “Do you work weekends?” |
| Frequency words | always, usually, often, sometimes, never | “I usually walk.” |
| Time anchors | at + time, on + day, in + month | “At 7, on Fridays, in July.” |
✏️ Quick Practice — Try It, Then Check
1. “She ___ (finish) at six.”
2. Make it negative: “He works on Mondays.”
3. Ask the question: “You start at nine.”
4. Where does “always” go? “I / always / drink / coffee.”
5. “Does he works here?” — right or wrong?
6. “On Monday” or “in Monday”?
7. Verb + s: watch, go, do
8. Describe your morning in two sentences.
🗣️ Your Turn (60 seconds)
Say your real daily routine in five sentences — wake, work/study, eat, relax, sleep — with one frequency word in each. “I usually wake at seven. I never skip breakfast…”
💡 Your 5-Minute Takeaway
I/you/we/they = base verb; he/she/it = verb+s; questions and negatives use do/does and lose the s. Add always/usually/never before the verb, and your routine is fluent.
Independent educational resource. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Confers no qualification. Grammar reference: Swan, Practical English Usage. Frameworks: PPP, TBLT, ESA (standard ELT methodology).