2. Lección 55: Expressing daily activities and routine

In today's lesson. we will practice expressing activities that we do as part of our daily routine:

We wake up and go to sleep every day. We take showers often and eat. Some of these daily activities we can already express, for example:

I eat at 7:00 PM.: Yo como a las siete de la tarde. / (comer: to eat)

Specifically, we will learn new verbs (reflexive verbs) to communicate what we do to ourselves.

Student's Learning Outcomes (SLOs) as stated in our syllabus:

Students will be able to:

1.2 Exchange information on a variety of topics concerning daily life including personal relationships, entertainment, shopping, travel, and health.

4.3 Ask and answer questions in the target language in a written format.

-Discuss my daily routine. (CO 1,4)

- Distinguish between scenarios that require the use of a reflexive pronoun and those that do not. (CO 1,4)

What to do?
1. Read Sección 2: Los verbos reflexivos, in the textbook.

Use these guiding questions:
Why are these verbs called reflexive? 
What does that mean?
How are they different from previous verbs?
Can all verbs have a reflexive form?
* Notice that all reflexive verbs end with the reflexive pronoun -se. You could use that knowledge to identify whether a verb is reflexive or not.

2. Complete the following activities:

* Actividad 8. ¡A conjugar! is also available in your textbook, Sección 2: Los verbos reflexivos



 *Actividad 9. ¿Reflexivo o no? is also available in your textbook, Sección 2: Los verbos reflexivos

*Actividad 13. ¿Qué hacen ellos?  is also available in your textbook, Sección 2: Los verbos reflexivos

3. For more practice, complete activities in Pressbooks:
Actividad 10. Tu rutina de la mañana 

4. Practice Questions: Now you practice by answering the following questions in writing and orally.

Listen to this example and after practice expressing activities that you do as part of your routine with the practice questions bellow:


1. ¿A qué hora te levantas cada día? levantarse
Yo me levanto a las cinco y veinte de la mañana.
2. ¿A qué hora te duermes? dormirse (o-ue)
Yo me duermo a las diez y media de la noche.
3. ¿Cuántas veces te lavas el pelo a la semana? lavarse
Yo me lavo el pelo una o dos veces a la semana.

¿A qué hora te levantas cada día? levantarse
¿A qué hora te duermes? dormirse (o-ue)
¿Cuántas veces te lavas el pelo a la semana? lavarse