Asking About Someone’s Daily Routine
8.2.1. The Main Idea
To ask about someone’s daily routine, you can use routine quotidienne, meaning daily routine.
Quelle est ta routine quotidienne ? | What is your daily routine? |
Quelle est votre routine quotidienne ? | What is your daily routine? formal or plural |
You can also ask what someone does at different times of the day.
8.2.2. Main Questions
Quelle est ta routine quotidienne ? | What is your daily routine? |
Quelle est votre routine quotidienne ? | What is your daily routine? formal or plural |
Qu’est-ce que tu fais le matin ? | What do you do in the morning? |
Qu’est-ce que tu fais l’après-midi ? | What do you do in the afternoon? |
Qu’est-ce que tu fais le soir ? | What do you do in the evening? |
Tu fais quoi après les cours ? | What do you do after class? |
8.2.3. Time Expressions
le matin | in the morning |
l’après-midi | in the afternoon |
le soir | in the evening |
la nuit | at night |
tous les jours | every day |
chaque jour | each day |
d’habitude | usually |
souvent | often |
parfois | sometimes |
rarement | rarely |
après les cours | after class |
avant les cours | before class |
8.2.4. Common Daily Routine Verbs
se réveiller | to wake up |
se lever | to get up |
se laver | to wash oneself |
se doucher | to shower |
s’habiller | to get dressed |
prendre le petit-déjeuner | to have breakfast |
aller à l’université | to go to university |
étudier | to study |
travailler | to work |
faire les devoirs | to do homework |
faire du sport | to exercise |
manger | to eat |
rentrer à la maison | to return home |
se coucher | to go to bed |
dormir | to sleep |
8.2.5. Main Answer Pattern
Le matin, je me réveille. | In the morning, I wake up. |
Le matin, je me lève. | In the morning, I get up. |
L’après-midi, j’étudie. | In the afternoon, I study. |
Le soir, je fais mes devoirs. | In the evening, I do my homework. |
La nuit, je dors. | At night, I sleep. |
8.2.6. A Simple Daily Routine
Le matin, je me réveille à sept heures. | In the morning, I wake up at seven. |
Je prends le petit-déjeuner. | I have breakfast. |
Ensuite, je vais à l’université. | Then, I go to university. |
L’après-midi, j’étudie. | In the afternoon, I study. |
Le soir, je fais mes devoirs. | In the evening, I do my homework. |
Enfin, je me couche à onze heures. | Finally, I go to bed at eleven. |
8.2.7. Asking About Routine with Time
Tu te réveilles à quelle heure ? | What time do you wake up? |
Tu te lèves à quelle heure ? | What time do you get up? |
Tu vas à l’université à quelle heure ? | What time do you go to university? |
Tu étudies quand ? | When do you study? |
Tu te couches à quelle heure ? | What time do you go to bed? |
8.2.8. Talking About Frequency
Je me réveille tôt tous les jours. | I wake up early every day. |
Je fais du sport souvent. | I exercise often. |
Je travaille parfois le soir. | I sometimes work in the evening. |
Je mange rarement le matin. | I rarely eat in the morning. |
Je me couche tard d’habitude. | I usually go to bed late. |
8.2.9. Core Patterns
Quelle est ta routine quotidienne ? | What is your daily routine? |
Qu’est-ce que tu fais le matin ? | What do you do in the morning? |
Le matin, je ___ . | In the morning, I ___. |
L’après-midi, je ___ . | In the afternoon, I ___. |
Le soir, je ___ . | In the evening, I ___. |
Je me réveille à ___ . | I wake up at ___. |
Je me couche à ___ . | I go to bed at ___. |
8.2.10. Practice
What is your daily routine? informal |
What do you do in the morning? |
I wake up at seven. |
I get up at seven thirty. |
I have breakfast. |
Then, I go to university. |
In the afternoon, I study. |
In the evening, I do my homework. |
Finally, I go to bed at eleven. |
8.2.11. Answers
What is your daily routine? informal | Quelle est ta routine quotidienne ? |
What do you do in the morning? | Qu’est-ce que tu fais le matin ? |
I wake up at seven. | Je me réveille à sept heures. |
I get up at seven thirty. | Je me lève à sept heures trente. |
I have breakfast. | Je prends le petit-déjeuner. |
Then, I go to university. | Ensuite, je vais à l’université. |
In the afternoon, I study. | L’après-midi, j’étudie. |
In the evening, I do my homework. | Le soir, je fais mes devoirs. |
Finally, I go to bed at eleven. | Enfin, je me couche à onze heures. |
8.2.12. Short Dialogue
A : Quelle est ta routine quotidienne ? | A: What is your daily routine? |
B : Le matin, je me réveille à sept heures. Ensuite, je vais à l’université. | B: In the morning, I wake up at seven. Then, I go to university. |
A : Et le soir ? | A: And in the evening? |
B : Le soir, j’étudie et je fais mes devoirs. Après, je me couche à onze heures. | B: In the evening, I study and do my homework. After that, I go to bed at eleven. |
8.2.13. Checkpoint
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to ask about someone’s daily routine, talk about morning, afternoon, and evening activities, use common routine verbs, and describe a simple day with time expressions such as le matin, l’après-midi, le soir, ensuite, and enfin.