88 useful English phrases + a sample essay to confidently talk about your daily routine in English.

Talking, writing, and describing your daily routine in English is an essential part of the English learning journey. Can you think of your daily routine in English? If you can't, then keep reading. To describe your daily routine in English, You should know fancy vocabulary and phrases to speak like a native English speaker.

At the end of this article,  you will be able to write, describe, think and talk about your daily routine in English, and the good news is; that it's an easy task. Some phrases are also helpful in talking about your weekly routine. I will also give you a paragraph as an example to get a flavor of accurate English to speak and write about the daily routine.

We'll first understand the following concepts in this article

What exactly is the daily routine?

4 Tips for writing and talking about daily routine.

Phrases for the Morning routine

Phrases for Working hours 

Phrases for the Evening routine

Phrases for night routine.

Sample essay for daily routine

What is the daily routine?

The daily routine is the everyday life activities, hobbies, and things you repeat every typical day. The 24-hour day is mainly divided into two parts, i.e., the daytime and the nighttime. It is further split into seven segments, i.e., Early morning/dawn, late morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, and midnight.

It depends upon a couple of factors like your area's culture and priorities. Sometimes you get frustrated with the same routine, so you find it boring and may switch to a different one. Daily routines include work, sleep, meals, etc. For example, having Breakfast, Exercising, Watching a movie, etc.

3 Tips for writing and talking about daily routine.

Present indefinite tense

Present simple is super efficient for talking about daily routine, habits, or universal truths.

For instance: Alina goes, John works, etc.

It is the most dominant tense overall type of tense because native English speakers use it a lot.

The sentence structure for the present simple is

       Subject+first form of verb+s/es+Object

Transitional devices

Transitional devices are the words or phrases that link the sentences, ideas, and paragraphs.

They create flow in writing and fluency in conversation. 

While describing your daily routine in English, you can use transitional devices

like first, after, before, likewise, because, afterward, and, etc., between your sentences.

Adverb of frequency

Like all adverbs, adverbs of frequency modify an adjective or verb by showing how often an action

has happened.

The most common of them are always, Occasionally, usually, generally, rarely, and never.

When talking about the daily routine, use these adverbs to show the percentage of a specific

action.

26 Phrases for the Morning routine

1. I woke up at 7 o'clock.

2. I turn off the alarm

3. I get up at 5:30 am. (Get up: to leave the bed after you wake up).

4. I wash my face.

5. I make my bed.

6. I drink a glass of water.

7. I check my Twitter handle.

8. I clean the mess in my room.

9. I brush my teeth.

10. I workout regularly to achieve my fitness goals.

11. I also go for a run.

12. I iron my clothes.

13. I feed my dog.

14. I plan the meals.

15. I take a shower to feel fresh.

16. After the bath, I get dressed to look professional. 

17. I usually wear a suit with a tie on a working day.

18. I plan the rest of the day.

19. I comb/brush my hair to fix the frizz.

20. I do light make up.

21. I prepare my healthy and quick breakfast in ten minutes. 

22. I usually have boiled eggs with toast and butter, but sometimes I just take a bowl of cereal.

23. I order a full English breakfast on weekends.

24. I normally have breakfast at around 8 o’clock.

25. I organize my office files.

26. I leave the house at 8:00 am.

23 Daily working/office routine phrases.

1 I walk to the bus stop/station.

2. I catch the bus at 8: 30.

3. My friends picked me up.

4. I pick up my friend.

5. My office van picks me up.

6. I pay the fare. (Paying fare is the fee for traveling via public transport).

7. It usually takes 15 minutes to reach my office/destination.

8. I Get off/leave the bus/car

9. I walk to the office.

10. I always start working at 9 am

11. I start work at nine and finish at five. 

12. I don’t have any flexible schedule. 

13. I often have to stay late at work.

14. I never stay late or do overtime.

15. I take a long/short lunch break.

16. I have lunch with the company colleagues at 1:00 pm.

17. My lunchtime is particular. 

18. I eat a sandwich.

19. I work for 8 hours a day from 8:30 to midday.

20. After I finished, my mother picked me up.

22. I usually scroll on social media from time to time.

23. I often drink black coffee during working hours.

24 Everyday evening habits English phrases

1. I get sleepy in the afternoon on the weekends, so I take a nap.

2. I finish in the evening. 

3. Sometimes it's an early finish, or sometimes it's late. It depends on my productivity.

4. I feed the pets. 

5. I love to go shopping once a week. 

6. I go to the gym when I feel energetic.

7. I sweep the floor on alternative days.

8. I do the laundry whenever I get some time.

9. I watch tv for half an hour.

10. On a busy day, I crash on the sofa because I don't have the energy to do anything.

11. I usually play cricket and football on Sundays because I love outdoor activities.

12. I visit my best friend Anna every Sunday. 

13. I love baking.

14. On weekends I like to go to the cinema. I like fiction movies.

15. I water the plant and do gardening.

16. I practice meditation.

17. I wash the dishes.

18. I visit my best friend Anna every Sunday. 

19. I clean up all the mess in my bedroom and kitchen.

20. I listen to music.

21. I listen to the podcast.

22. I do some creative work.

23. I snack.

24. I take tea.

15 English expressions for the Nighttime routine






1. I turn off the lights at 11 pm and go to bed.

2. Before I go to bed, I make my to-do list for the next day.

3. I cook dinner.

4. I eat dinner before two and half hours of sleep.

5. After dinner, I often go for a walk with my dog.

6. I take a shower every night before going to bed so that I can have a sound sleep. 

7. I read novels until I yawned.

8. I wear some comfortable clothes. ( night suit)

9. I do skin care.

10. I hit the bed around 11 pm.

11. I take a warm bath. 

12. I do stretching.

13. I massage for 20 minutes.

14. I pray.

15. I say good night to everyone.




Sample essay for daily routine(250 words)






Hey, I am a student and a freelancer. I wake up at 6 o'clock since I am an early bird. Next fifteen minutes, I get up and go for a walk. After 30 minutes of walking, I do 15 minutes of hard exercises like sprinters and cardio. I have to take a shower after the workout due to sweat. Then I have to get dressed and do my hair and make-up. I make my breakfast, and then I eat it. I usually make smoothies but occasionally cereal.

I leave home at 7:45 and catch the school bus. The school routine is pretty the same every day. It includes a series of classes I have to take and a lunch break of thirty minutes between them. After school, I come home, eat something and take a nap.

I give time to my online freelance job in the afternoon to meet my expenses. I generally go outside and play cricket when I'm done with it. After returning home, I finish my homework as soon as possible. I become a little bit messy sometimes, so I have to give time to my bedroom to clean up all the mess. I love to listen to a chunk of music every evening. I have a light dinner before two hours of sleep. My bedtime routine is simple, and I am not a night owl. The whole day's tiredness allows me to fall asleep and do nothing else.

Now you are fully trained to write and tell your daily routine in English. It's your turn. I want you to write at least 15 sentences about your daily routine in the comments below.