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Write your daily routine in French: phrases from morning to night

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Use A1 phrases for getting up, travelling, lunch and evenings. Four picture prompts, a short model and quick questions help you write a connected routine.

In short

Describe your usual day with present verbs, a few times and simple links such as puis. Start with en général or tous les matins so the reader knows it is a routine.

Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn

A person eating breakfast at home with a work bag beside the chair and a bus visible outside.
A usual morning begins with tous les matins. Illustration: Atelier

Four things from an ordinary day

1

Morning: getting up and leaving

Use à before the time of an action.

A friendÀ quelle heure est-ce que tu te lèves ?What time do you get up?
YouEn général, je me lève à sept heures.In general, I get up at seven.
YouJe prends mon petit déjeuner chez moi.I have breakfast at home.
YouPuis je pars à huit heures.Then I leave at eight.
2

Daytime: travel and lunch

A friendComment est-ce que tu vas au travail ?How do you get to work?
YouJe vais au travail en bus.I go to work by bus.
A friendTu déjeunes à quelle heure ?What time do you have lunch?
YouÀ midi, je déjeune avec une collègue.At noon, I have lunch with a colleague.
3

Evening: winding down

A friendQu’est-ce que tu fais le soir ?What do you do in the evening?
YouJe prépare le dîner, puis je lis un peu.I prepare dinner, then read a little.
A friendTu te couches tard ?Do you go to bed late?
YouNon, je me couche à dix heures.No, I go to bed at ten.

How do you write your daily routine in French?

En général, je me lève à sept heures. Je prends mon petit déjeuner chez moi, puis je pars à huit heures. Je vais au travail en bus. À midi, je déjeune avec une collègue. Le soir, je prépare le dîner et je lis un peu. Je me couche à dix heures.

In general, I get up at seven. I have breakfast at home, then leave at eight. I go to work by bus. At noon, I have lunch with a colleague. In the evening, I prepare dinner and read a little. I go to bed at ten.

Keep these small differences
MeaningFrench
The time nowIl est huit heures.
The time of an actionJe pars à huit heures.
Every MondayLe lundi, je travaille.
A reflexive action with jeJe me lève.
The same action with nousNous nous levons.

To make the paragraph yours, change the times, destination and evening activity. Keep the journey together: leaving home, travelling and arriving. Then use À midi or le soir to move to another part of the day.

Question 1No account needed
Complete the reflexive form.Je ___ lève à sept heures.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

me. With je, the reflexive pronoun is me: je me lève.

Question 2No account needed
Choose the present form with nous.Nous ___ au travail en bus.

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

allons. Nous takes allons, the present first-person plural of aller.

Question 3No account needed
Which sentence gives the time of leaving?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Je pars à huit heures.. Use à before the time of an action: à huit heures.

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