Talking about your week

Describe a typical week and say how often you do common activities.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Nina

What do you usually do during the week?

Nina asks about a typical week.

Owen

I work from home on Mondays and Wednesdays, but I go to the office on the other days.

Owen describes his regular schedule.

Nina

What about the evenings?

Nina asks a follow-up question.

Owen

I normally cook, and I sometimes meet a friend after dinner.

Owen adds evening habits and frequency.

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

What do you usually do?
Ask about a routine.
What do you usually do during the week?
I normally…
Describe a common habit.
I normally cook, and I sometimes meet a friend after dinner.
I sometimes…
Describe an occasional habit.
I normally cook, and I sometimes meet a friend after dinner.
On the other days…
Contrast part of a weekly schedule.
I work from home on Mondays and Wednesdays, but I go to the office on the other days.
What about the evenings?
Ask for another part of the routine.
What about the evenings?

Which sentence has natural word order?

I usually work from home.I work usually from home.Usually I from home work.I do from home usually work.

Describe three parts of your usual week in English.

Use real days and one true frequency word: usually, normally, or sometimes.

Use it with someone