When do you do what?

The time goes with a las: Me levanto a las siete. Como a las tres. For one o'clock it is a la una. Without an exact time you use por la mañana, por la tarde or por la noche: Trabajo por la mañana. And from when to when: Trabajo de ocho a dos.

I, you, he/she

About yourself: Desayuno a las ocho. Me ducho. About someone else: Ana desayuna a las ocho. Se ducha. With verbs like levantarse, ducharse or acostarse, the small word in front belongs to the verb: me levanto, te levantas, se levanta.

First, afterwards, then

With primero (first), después (afterwards) and luego (then) you tell things in order: Primero me ducho y después desayuno. Ceno y luego leo un poco.

Careful: what matters is what happens primero – not what you say first. In ¿Desayunar? Sí, pero primero me visto. you get dressed first.

Asking others

The key question: ¿A qué hora te levantas? – Me levanto a las siete. In the same way ¿A qué hora comes? or completely open: ¿Qué haces por la noche? – Ceno y leo un poco.

Examples

  • — ¿A qué hora te levantas? — Me levanto a las siete.
  • Primero me ducho y después desayuno.
  • Trabajo de ocho a dos.
  • Por la noche ceno y luego leo un poco.

Exercises

A1CommunicationDescribing your daily routine

Exercise 1 of 7

A day in Ana's life

Ana describes what a normal working day looks like for her.

Put Ana's sentences in the right time order – from waking up to going to bed. Pay attention to the times.

A1CommunicationDescribing your daily routine

Exercise 2 of 7

What comes first?

Different people say what they do one after the other.

Click 🔊 and choose the picture of what the person does first. Listen for primero, después and luego.

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A1CommunicationDescribing your daily routine

Exercise 3 of 7

What does your day look like?

Match each question about the daily routine with the right answer.

Look at the verb in the question – the answer picks it up again.

A1CommunicationDescribing your daily routine

Exercise 4 of 7

What time do you get up?

Different people talk about their morning and mention several times.

Click 🔊: what time does the person get up? Listen for me levanto.

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A1CommunicationDescribing your daily routine

Exercise 5 of 7

Marta and her brother Luis

Marta talks about her day and her brother's day.

Choose the right verb form. Pay attention to who is doing something: Marta (yo), Luis (él), both of them (nosotros) or you (tú).
Hola, soy Marta. Todos los días a las siete.
Mi hermano Luis más tarde, a las nueve.
Yo por la mañana y él trabaja por la tarde.
Por la noche, Luis y yo juntos.
Luis muy tarde, a las doce.
Y tú, ¿a qué hora ?
A1CommunicationDescribing your daily routine

Exercise 6 of 7

Paul's message

Paul writes to his language-exchange partner what time he gets up in the morning. There are two mistakes in his sentence.

Yo levanto a la siete.

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Exercise 7 of 7

Tell Lena about your day

Write what you say in each situation. The punctuation at the end is already there.

Say that you get up at seven.
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Say that you shower first and have breakfast afterwards.
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Say that you work in the morning.
— .
Say that you have lunch at two.
— .
Say that you have dinner at nine.
— .
Ask Lena what time she goes to bed.
— ¿?