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A1.16: Daily routines

Routines quotidiennes

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French A1.16.1 Louis's routine

A1.16.1 Histoire courte

La routine de Louis

Louis's routine

Vocabulary (16)

Le quotidien: the daily routine (French)

Le quotidien

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The daily routine Show

L' horaire: the timetable (French)

L' horaire

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The timetable Show

Avoir du temps: To have time (French)

Avoir du temps

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To have time Show

Se coucher (to go to bed) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Se coucher

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To go to bed Show

Se reveiller (to wake up) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Se reveiller

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To wake up Show

Se laver (to wash oneself) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Se laver

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To wash oneself Show

Rentrer (return home) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Rentrer

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Return home Show

Se doucher: to have a shower (French)

Se doucher

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To have a shower Show

Journalier: daily (French)

Journalier

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Daily Show

S'habiller (to get dressed) - Verb conjugation and exercises

S'habiller

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To get dressed Show

Se coiffer (to do one's hair) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Se coiffer

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To do one's hair Show

Rêver (to dream) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Rêver

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To dream Show

Dormir (to sleep) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Dormir

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To sleep Show

Au jour le jour: Day to day (French)

Au jour le jour

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Day to day Show

Dîner (to dine) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Dîner

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To dine Show

Se baigner (to bathe) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Se baigner

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To bathe Show

Exercises

These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.

Exercise 1: Conversation exercise

Instruction:

  1. Dis à quelle heure Raul fait quelle activité. (Tell at what hour Raul does what activity.)
  2. Décrivez votre routine quotidienne. (Describe your daily routine.)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Daily Routines

Example phrases:

À 7h00, Raul se réveille.

At 7:00 Raul wakes up.

À sept heures et quart, Raul prend une douche.

At quarter past seven Raul showers.

Raul se couche à onze heures et demie du soir.

Raul lies down at half past eleven at night.

Je me lève à sept heures trente.

I get up at half past seven.

Je prends mon petit-déjeuner à huit heures moins le quart.

I have breakfast at quarter to eight.

Je me couche à vingt-deux heures.

I lie down at ten in the evening.

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Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards

Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.

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Parler de votre matinée typique

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Décrire sa routine du soir

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Parler de la routine du week-end

Exercise 3: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.

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Se reveiller

To wake up

2

Se doucher

To have a shower

3

Rentrer

Return home

4

Dîner

To dine

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S'habiller

To get dressed

Exercise 4: Reorder sentences

Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.

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1.
heures du | reveille toujours | matin. | sept | Je me
Je me reveille toujours sept heures du matin.
(I always wake up at seven o'clock in the morning.)
2.
rapidement. | sport, je | me douche | Aprs le
Aprs le sport, je me douche rapidement.
(After sport, I have a quick shower.)
3.
avant de | coiffes souvent | partir ? | Tu te
Tu te coiffes souvent avant de partir ?
(Do you often do your hair before leaving?)
4.
devoirs aprs | l'cole. | faire les | Nous devons
Nous devons faire les devoirs aprs l'cole.
(We have to do the homework after school.)
5.
couche rarement | Elle se | soir. | avant dix | heures du
Elle se couche rarement avant dix heures du soir.
(She rarely goes to bed before ten o'clock in the evening.)
6.
de temps. | habillez vite | avez peu | quand vous | Vous vous
Vous vous habillez vite quand vous avez peu de temps.
(You get dressed quickly when you have little time.)

Exercise 5: Match a word

Instruction: Match the translations

Je me réveille toujours à sept heures du matin. (I always wake up at seven o'clock in the morning.)
Après le travail, nous rentrons à la maison. (After work, we go home.)
Tu te couches rarement avant minuit. (You rarely go to bed before midnight.)
Elle fait ses devoirs le soir. (She does her homework in the evening.)

Exercise 6: Cluster the words

Instruction: Classe ces mots en deux catégories selon qu'ils décrivent des actions de ta routine du matin ou du soir.

Actions du matin

Actions du soir

Exercise 7: Les pronoms réflexifs

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Reflexive pronouns

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te, se, nous, vous, me

1.
Le week-end je ... réveille tard.
(At the weekend I wake up late.)
2.
Nous ... couchons tôt ces derniers jours.
(We have been going to bed early these last few days.)
3.
Tu ... laves à l'eau chaude ou froide ?
(Do you wash yourself with hot or cold water?)
4.
Il ... lave les mains avant et après les repas.
(He washes his hands before and after meals.)
5.
Vous ... réveillez à quelle heure ?
(What time do you wake up?)
6.
Tu ... couches après la douche.
(You lie down after the shower.)
7.
Nous ... lavons avant de dormir.
(We wash ourselves before going to sleep.)
8.
Ils ... couchent sans dire bonne nuit à leurs parents.
(They go to bed without saying good night to their parents.)

Exercise 8: Les adverbes de fréquence: "Toujours, Jamais, Souvent, Rarement"

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: The adverbs of frequency: "Toujours, Jamais, Souvent, Rarement"

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souvent, jamais, rarement, toujours

1. A chaque fois:
Mes enfants mangent ... à la même heure.
(My children always eat at the same time.)
2. 0 fois:
Je vais ... au marché le lundi.
(I never go to the market on Mondays.)
3. Plusieurs fois:
Nous nous lavons ... après le sport.
(We often wash ourselves after sport.)
4. Plusieurs fois:
Tu te réveilles ... avant le petit-déjeuner.
(You often wake up before breakfast.)
5. 0 fois:
Je me réveille ... en retard.
(I never wake up late.)
6. Très peu de fois:
Ils rentrent ... avant le dîner.
(They rarely come home before dinner.)
7. 0 fois:
Elle se couche ... tôt le dimanche.
(She never goes to bed early on Sundays.)
8. Très peu de fois:
On rentre ... avant huit heures.
(We rarely get home before eight o'clock.)

Grammar

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A1.16.2 Grammaire

Les pronoms réflexifs

Reflexive pronouns

A1.16.3 Grammaire

Les adverbes de fréquence: "Toujours, Jamais, Souvent, Rarement"

The adverbs of frequency: "Toujours, Jamais, Souvent, Rarement"

Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Se coucher to go to bed

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French English
(je/j') je me couche I go to bed
tu te couches you go to bed
il/elle/on se couche he/she/one goes to bed
nous nous couchons We go to bed
vous vous couchez You go to bed
ils/elles se couchent They go to bed

Exercises and examples phrases

Se reveiller to wake up

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French English
(je/j') je me réveille / j' me réveille I wake up
tu te réveilles you wake up
il/elle/on se réveille He/she/one wakes up
nous nous réveillons we wake up
vous vous réveillez You wake up
ils/elles se réveillent They wake up

Exercises and examples phrases

Se laver to wash oneself

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French English
(je/j') je me lave I wash myself
tu te laves You wash yourself
il/elle/on se lave He/she/one washes oneself
nous nous lavons we wash ourselves
vous vous lavez You wash yourself
ils/elles se lavent They wash themselves

Exercises and examples phrases

Rentrer return home

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French English
(je/j') rentre I return home
(tu) rentres You return home
(il/elle/on) rentre he/she/one returns home
(nous) rentrons we return home
(vous) rentrez You return home
(ils/elles) rentrent they return home

Exercises and examples phrases

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