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Today, you're going to learn how to talk

about your daily routine and your habits.

This video is part of my 3000 most common

English words series designed to help you

understand up to 95% of spoken English.

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Start the word count and let's go.

So how do you talk about

your daily routine and habits?

Let's get into it.

Right now, we're at

the Petronas Twin Towers.

If you guys know what city this is in,

let me know in the comments.

If you're from.

This city, let me know in the comments.

And if you're from this

country, let me know as well.

But anyways, morning routine.

We will talk about that.

But first, let's find

a better place to go

talk about that using

comprehensible input.

So right now I'm going to

walk down these stairs here.

This is a bright yellow

line so you don't trip.

But only the first step has that. these

two other steps do not.

But I guess you only need one bright

yellow line to notice it.

What do you think?

Do you think it's safer to have all of them

with a bright yellow

line or just the top step?

I think it's safer to have them all.

But I think this is

just for blind people.

Do you think so?

I don't think a blind

person could see that.

Now, usually there is

some sort of bumpy stuff.

So when they feel it

with their walking stick.

But this just looks painted on.

Yeah.

So right now we are heading to a very

beautiful area that a lot of people go

to start their morning routine.

So that is where we will

also start our morning routine.

But right now you can see we are just

outside of these towers.

There is a nice row of trees here and

there are also benches you can sit on.

This is a nice area to come and relax.

But right now we're going to head into

this building and walk through it.

OK, guys, we're in a mall right now.

And usually going to a mall isn't really

part of my morning routine.

I almost never come to a mall.

But today it is part

of my morning routine.

So we're going to the mall to check out a

store called Decathalon where you can

buy things. But usually it's

not part of my morning routine.

So you can say I

almost never do this thing.

I almost never go to

the mall in the morning.

If I do go to the mall,

it's usually in the afternoon.

What about you? Going to

the malls in the morning?

Yeah, is it part of your morning routine?

I'd say no. No.

You don't have a habit of doing that.

No, unless I stay really close to one,

then I usually don't.

That's true.

OK, what do you guys

think of this hat for me?

What do you think, Leon?

The back looks a little funny because

your hair. You just have so much hair.

Yeah, I think I just prefer a normal hat

because this makes me look like really

dumb, like a mushroom.

I think you have too much hair for that.

Then again, most girls wear this.

I don't know how they wear

it and make this look good.

Like shout out to the women, bro.

For real.

Shout out women.

Shout out every woman ever for

for being a woman, I guess.

Let's try out this hat.

Honestly, I feel like I would wear this.

You don' t want to see

the side point of view.

This looks so funny.

Yeah, I can't wear those

because my face is too round.

This makes me look like a...

Like a...

Oh, Teletubby.

No, like, you know,

like literally a Teletubby.

No, but you know, like the train, like

Thomas the Tank Engine.

Yeah.

Like just like round face.

And also like a Teletubby.

Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.

Yeah, I know what you're talking about.

You know, insert

Leon's face in a Teletubby.

OK, guys, so now we are at KLCC Park.

KLCC Park.

We're going to start talking about our

daily routine and habits.

So you can divide that

into three categories.

Your morning routine, your afternoon

routine and your evening routine.

So those are the three parts of the day

and you could divide

them all into separate

routines when you talk about

your daily routine and habits.

OK, so here are four useful words you can

use when talking

about your daily routine.

I always, I usually, I

sometimes and I never.

I always means; every day.

I usually means; most days.

I sometimes means; not every day.

And I never means; zero days.

So you never do it.

So out of all the days of the week, you

never do this activity.

Those are four important words you can

use when talking about your daily

routine and habits. Now let's make a

couple of sentences

using those four words.

I always have a shower in the morning.

I usually eat lunch in the

afternoon, but not always.

And in the evening, I sometimes go out to

a restaurant to eat.

And something I never

do at all throughout

the whole day is I never eat breakfast.

I never eat breakfast ever.

Now it's your turn.

Make me a sentence

using each of those words.

I always, I usually,

I sometimes, I never.

Make a sentence now.

And if you want to practice even more,

take a video of yourself

saying these sentences out loud.

You can also write your

answers in the comments.

And I will tell you if your sentence is

right or if it needs improvement.

Okay. This park is pretty nice.

What do you think of it so far?

So far, this park looks

really well maintained.

I don't see any garbage or

anything that shouldn't be there.

It does seem fairly popular.

It is the middle of the day and there are

quite a few people out.

Yeah. One thing I would add to that is

that it seems kind of small or does it go

like a lot further that way?

From what I'm seeing,

it's like it's kind of small.

Yeah. In my opinion, it's not super huge.

We are in the center

of the city right now.

Yeah. But it does go that way.

And then over there is a

aquarium over there. To That...

Yeah. To that side.

There's a large aquarium.

Like Central Park is probably and

arguably the most famous

park out of all the parks.

When you think of a park inside a city,

usually you think of Central Park, right?

Yeah, that's I think I'd argue it's the

most famous park in the world.

Yeah. Like usually when I think of a park

in a city, I think of

Central Park and that park is huge.

And there are so many

movies that feature Central Park.

Like one off the top of my head is Elf.

Elf is like a very

popular Christmas movie.

And it features a lot of scenes in

Central Park during the winter.

But yeah, this park is quite nice.

See on the ground here,

are those ants or what?

Like what are these?

Yeah, they look like really small ants.

I'm not sure if you could see it on

camera, but they're so small.

They kind of look like fruit flies to me,

but I'm pretty sure they're ants.

Wow. How would you

guys describe these ants?

To me, these ants are very tiny, almost

microscopic, you could say.

And that's obviously an exaggeration, but

that just shows you how small they are.

They're extremely small.

They don't even look like ants, they look like

tiny fruit flies to me.

That's how small they are.

And they're also quite fast.

What other words would you use to

describe those ants?

I'd say their movements are erratic.

They're not moving in a

straight line or following a path.

They're kind of jerking around.

Yeah, they're all over the place.

I'm sure they have orders from the queen,

from the queen ant.

But I don't know what those orders are,

but they're just like all over the place.

Do you guys see this right here?

Come a little closer to show them.

Do you know what this is?

What is this called?

That looks like a light to me.

Yeah. So this is an LED

light by the looks of it.

It looks like an LED light.

And this just turns on at

night to light up these trees.

So I'm sure this park at

night is very beautiful.

And also right across this park is the

Petronas Twin Towers, which are beautiful

at night. The tower lights up at night

and there are many

different colors such as

red, purple, green, blue, black, white.

And we can see it from

our apartment, right?

Yeah, we can see this

tower from our apartment.

That's how big it is.

Tell me, guys, what

is your favorite color?

Let me know.

So some linking words you can use to

sound more fluent when

talking about your daily

routine are then after

that, later and finally.

So if I had to talk about my daily

routine, this is what I

usually do every morning.

I always have a shower in the morning.

After that, I brush my teeth.

Then I get dressed.

Later, I go to work.

And finally, at the end of the day, I

just kick back, relax

and watch some TV or just

scroll through my phone.

So that's usually what I do in my day.

In the morning, I just

get up. In the afternoon

I work. And in the evening, I relax,

maybe do a little bit more work.

And then I go to bed and I

have the same schedule every day.

Every morning I wake up at 8 a.m. and

every night I go to bed at midnight at 12

a.m. This way I sleep for eight hours and

then my body wakes up naturally without

needing an alarm. Now it's your turn.

What do you usually do in the morning?

In the morning, I do

the same thing as you.

and I sometimes

drink coffee in the mornings.

Why not every morning?

I only drink it when I feel tired or if I

will need a lot of

energy throughout the day.

Yeah, I honestly never drink coffee

because I don't need it.

And I hate the taste of coffee.

What do you do in the afternoon?

In the afternoon, I always eat lunch.

You never skip it.

I usually never skip lunch

or I'll have a later lunch.

If anything, I'll skip breakfast and

maybe dinner, depending

on how late I eat lunch.

Are there some situations where you can't

avoid it and you end up skipping lunch?

There have been a few situations.

I'm very busy or I'm

traveling or even I'm flying.

And I don't eat

anything during lunch time.

Then I would skip it.

But usually I have a

meal a day, at least one.

At least one.

I mean, I think you need to

have at least one meal a day.

Yeah, I would say me and

Leo have a similar routine.

We both almost never eat breakfast.

I never eat breakfast.

And we always have lunch.

Usually a late lunch like around 2 p.m.

and then we have

dinner around 6 to 8 p.m.

So our lunch and

dinner isn't too far apart.

And that way we don't eat as much, which

is good because we're

trying to lose weight.

And finally, what do

you do in the evening?

In the evening, I always take a little

bit of time to relax,

especially if I had a

busy day. I always brush my teeth before

I go to bed or just after my last meal.

Do you ever call your

mom in the evening? or?

Yes, that's the best time to call my

family because of the time change.

So in the evenings I sometimes call my

family, my mom, my dad

at least once a week.

OK, so yeah, you sometimes do. me too

I sometimes do now you guys answer what

do you do in the morning?

in the afternoon? and in

the evening? OK, you guys.

Now we're walking kind

of off the beaten path.

So the trail or the path is over there.

And you can see the path is very nice.

But we are on top of

this small little hill.

And there are a lot

of roots sticking out.

So you can trip on

these and sprain your ankle.

There are a lot of roots, but it's not

really a big deal since I have the Burks.

And these things are four by four,

waterproof, trail proof, rain proof,

wind proof, sun

proof. Are they step proof?

Everything proof.

OK, so on the right hand side of this

path, there is a grate, a grate.

And this is just for water.

This is actually very deep.

I did not think it was that deep.

So you do not want to fall in there.

But yeah, this grate is just to keep you

from falling in here.

And it's on the right

hand side of this path.

But if I'm walking that

way, it's on my left hand side.

Both ways you can say right

hand side, left hand side.

And we just say left hand side and right

hand side just to be more exact

when we're saying what side it's on.

Because right has more

than one meaning in English.

Right can be like, yes, you're right.

But it could also be your

right side or your right hand.

Or it could be like writing on a paper.

Or it could be writing,

write, write on your paper.

So it is spelled differently, but it's

pronounced the same.

Right. Now I'm going to

ask you guys three questions.

And I want you to answer and then check

the comments for the correct answer.

Which one of these means

zero percent of the time?

Answer and then check the

comments for the correct answer.

Choose the best sentence

out of all these sentences.

Has your daily routine changed at all

since you've started traveling?

I think so.

I wake up earlier while I'm traveling,

which is surprising, I guess.

What time do you wake up?

Really around 5 a.m. I'm up.

Around five. Who are you lying to?

No, it's usually 7.30 to 8.

I wake up. And then we started going to

the gym now at around eight o'clock.

So definitely going to the gym more often

because it's so close compared to back

home in Canada, we had to drive to it.

It's in our building so we can just

literally go up the

elevator and then we're

at the gym, whereas in Canada we have to

drive 20 minutes to get to the town where

the gym is. So it is

really nice and really

convenient to be able to just walk to the

gym or just take the elevator.

It's honestly so convenient.

I'll definitely miss that convenience.

It's worth it, in my opinion.

100 percent.

Anything else that's changed in your

daily routine or your daily habits?

Daily habits.

Now you don't really

cook as much, do you?

No, cooking is not really a thing anymore

because while we still can,

there's the option to cook.

But eating out is a lot more affordable

than it is in Canada.

So it's easier for us to just order some

lunch in and order some dinner in.

Yeah. And usually we're out

and about filming something.

So we always grab a bite to eat while

we're filming and then

usually film the food

to show you guys and also eat.

So it just makes more sense to go out and

buy food than to cook.

But if we did want to cook, we could.

But then it's like we need to buy

all the ingredients that we might not use

after that, like oil. You buy oil, salt,

pepper, all your spices.

It's like once you think of it, like you

need to buy a whole

bunch of stuff and then

you're only going to stay

there for like a month max.

And some of the places we've

stayed don't even have kitchens.

So can't really cook there.

Oh, exactly. So it's not really worth it

at the end of the day to

buy all that extra stuff.

Yeah. Although like small things like

pre-made meals or something.

They're also not cooking, though.

Yeah. But they're also pretty affordable

Yeah. So cooking is

basically not a thing we do anymore.

Although in Canada we did still cook.

We did cook almost every day.

We didn't eat out that much.

So I guess it balances out now.

Well, I guess you cooked. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, when I say

me, I mean like my family.

Shout out to my mom.

She's the best cook I

know and cooks every meal.

Yeah. Except for breakfast.

We don't really eat breakfast, but lunch

and dinner. W

One thing that has changed in my daily

routine is seeing my dogs.

Usually I always saw my dogs

throughout

the whole day.

But now obviously I don't see them

because they're in Canada and I'm not.

So I don't see my dogs at all anymore.

But besides that, my

routine is pretty similar.

I usually get up in the morning at 8

a.m., go to the gym and

then I work for the whole day.

And then in the evening I

relax and then I do it again.

And yeah, usually working includes like

either editing videos,

coming up with new video ideas or

filming videos, which probably takes the

most time, honestly,

filming the videos,

but also editing. Yeah.

Now we have a good editor so...

Shout out Frean for real.

Now we got a good editor.

So that's definitely a huge

workload off my shoulders.

So it gives me more time to film more

videos and work on other things.

So it's nice.

I'm not sure if you guys can hear that,

but I believe it is prayer time.

Yeah. And I think that's

the mosque right there.

That dome. So it is

pretty close, right? Yeah.

This is a nice park. It's not too big.

Honestly, it's pretty small.

It's nice. There are a lot

of apartments around the park.

And it's well maintained.

But there are like a lot of green spaces

in this city because just over there,

there's another park with a tower and

then where we're staying in front of us,

there's a huge park as well. Yeah.

Like it's where the Royal Palace is and

also like the really rich neighborhood

with like compared to like

Beverly Hills or something.

Where all the mansions are in

that park right in front of us.

Oh, really? Yeah.

If we do the double decker bus tour,

you'll see we go through there.

It basically looks like we're leaving the

city because it's all open area.

But yeah, all the big houses in there and

there's the butterfly sanctuaries,

animal sanctuaries and

stuff all over there.

So a lot of green space over there.

I did not know that.

That's actually kind of cool.

Yeah, it's really I think it's the

richest neighborhood in Kuala Lumpur.

But I can't remember the

name of the neighborhood.

Make sure you guys practice what you

learned today, record yourself talking

and leave your answers in the comments.

And I'll answer every comment. Bye, guys.

about your daily routine and habits.

And if you're from this

country, let me know as well.

But anyways, this is a bright

yellow line so you don't trip.

But I think this is

just for blind people.

You think so? To start

their morning routine.

So that is where we will also you can

say, I almost never do this thing.

Here are four useful words you can use.

Make me a sentence

using each of those words.

So far, this park looks

really well maintained.

I don't see any garbage.

Are those ants or what?

Like, what are these?

I go to bed at midnight at 12

a.m. and we always have lunch.

Usually there is a grate, a grate.

And this is just for water.

More affordable than it is in Canada.

And also like the really rich

neighborhood with like compared to like

you will become fluent in English.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
routine /ruːˈtiːn/ B1	noun - a sequence of actions regularly followed
habit /ˈhæbɪt/ A2	noun - a settled or regular tendency or practice
comprehensible /ˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbl/ C1	adjective - able to be understood
effective /ɪˈfektɪv/ B1	adjective - successful in producing a desired result
trip /trɪp/ A2	verb - to catch one's foot on something and stumble
bumpy /ˈbʌmpi/ B2	adjective - having an uneven surface
relax /rɪˈlæks/ A1	verb - to rest or engage in an enjoyable activity
erratic /ɪˈrætɪk/ C1	adjective - not even or regular in pattern or movement
fluent /ˈfluːənt/ B2	adjective - able to express oneself easily and articulately
sprain /spreɪn/ B2	verb - to wrench or twist the ligaments of an ankle or wrist
convenient /kənˈviːniənt/ B1	adjective - fitting in well with a person's needs or activities
affordable /əˈfɔːdəbl/ B2	adjective - reasonably priced; inexpensive
ingredient /ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/ B1	noun - any of the foods that are combined to make a particular dish
microscopic /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk/ C1	adjective - so small as to be visible only with a microscope
exaggeration /ɪɡˌzædʒəˈreɪʃn/ C1	noun - a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is

Key Grammar Structures

• I almost never go to the mall in the morning.

  ➔ Adverbs of frequency with present simple

  ➔ The adverb "almost never" modifies the verb "go" to describe the frequency of a habit.

• If I do go to the mall, it's usually in the afternoon.

  ➔ First Conditional (Real condition)

  ➔ Using "If + present simple" to talk about a possible situation in the future or a general truth.

• After that, I brush my teeth.

  ➔ Sequence connectors

  ➔ Linking words like "After that" help organize events in a chronological order.

• I'm going to walk down these stairs here.

  ➔ Future intention (be going to)

  ➔ "Be going to" is used here to express a planned action in the immediate future.

• I've started going to the gym now.

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The present perfect "have started" connects a past decision to the present moment.

• Eating out is a lot more affordable than it is in Canada.

  ➔ Comparative adjectives

  ➔ "More affordable" compares the cost of dining in two different locations.

• This makes me look like a Teletubby.

  ➔ Causative structure (make + object + verb)

  ➔ "Make" is used to indicate that the hat has the effect of causing someone to appear in a certain way.

• I usually don't have to cook.

  ➔ Modal of necessity (have to)

  ➔ "Have to" expresses an obligation or necessity, while "don't have to" negates that necessity.