Talk about your day
Explain three parts of your day using the present tense, a time, and a reason.
Build a routine in the present
Use the present tense for regular activities as well as things happening now. Je travaille can mean I work or I am working; context supplies the difference. Many verbs ending in -er follow a regular pattern: je travaille, vous travaillez. Everyday verbs such as prendre and aller have different forms, so learn useful groups like je prends and je vais. With se lever, keep the small pronoun: je me lève.
Put events in order
Le matin, l’après-midi, and le soir locate regular activities within a day. D’abord introduces a first step, ensuite adds the next one, and puis also means then. Use à with a clock time: à huit heures. Distinguish a routine from a single event: le lundi often means on Mondays, while lundi can refer to a particular Monday in context. You do not need a long sentence to make the order clear.
Add a preference, a reason, or a negative
After aimer and préférer, use an infinitive for an activity: j’aime cuisiner. Parce que introduces a reason with a subject and verb. To make a standard written negative, place ne before the verb and pas after it; ne becomes n’ before a vowel sound. Informal speech often drops ne, but practise the full form here. With a reflexive verb, the pronoun stays before the verb: je ne me lève pas.
Your turn.
Choose an answer, then check why it works. You can try again.
Make it yours.
Spend four minutes writing five sentences about a real or imagined day: include a time, d’abord or ensuite, a preference with an infinitive, and a negative. Read them in order, then say the routine again with only five keyword prompts.
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