This document provides vocabulary and grammar lessons about describing daily routines in Spanish. It introduces common reflexive verbs used for daily activities like waking up, showering, and getting dressed. Examples are given of conjugating the reflexive verbs "levantarse" (to get up), "ducharse" (to shower), and "lavarse" (to wash). Other reflexive verbs are listed for activities like getting undressed, brushing teeth, and going to bed. Students are asked to write out their own daily routine in Spanish using these reflexive verbs.

1. Los Objetivos:
• To say what you do
everyday in Spanish.
• What is your ideal
daily routine?
La Rutina Diaria

2. • At 3.00
• At 6.00
• At 9.15
• A las tres
• A las seis
• A las nueve y cuarto

3. Mi Rutina Diaria

4. Me despierto

5. Me levanto

6. Me ducho

7. Me cepillo los dientes

8. me peino

9. Me visto

10. Desayuno

11. Salgo de casa

12. Vuelvo a casa

13. Hago los deberes

14. Ceno con mi familia

15. Me relajo

16. Me acuesto

17. Empareja el español con el inglés
Me levanto
Me despierto
Me cepillo los dientes
Me ducho o me baño
Me visto
Me arreglo
voy al trabajo
Vuelvo a casa
Me relajo
Me acuesto
I get dressed
I go home
I wake up
I go to bed
I get up
I clean my teeth
I relax
I have a shower/bath
I get myself ready
I go to work

18. ¿Cómo es tu rutina diaria?

19. Reflexive verbs are generally used to express actions that we do to ourselves, e.g. I
wash myself, or often have the word get
e.g. I get washed. In Spanish you use a ‘reflexive pronoun’ in place of myself or get:
lavarse - to get washed
1. Write out the verb as if it were a normal
regular verb.
2. Add the correct reflexive pronoun.
me
te
se
nos
se
In the dictionary, the letters
se on the end of the
infinitive tell you it is a
reflexive verb.
Reflexive verbs 1

20. lavarse to get washed
lavo I get washed
me
lavas
te you get washed
se lava he / she gets washed
lavamos
nos we get washed
lavan
se they get washed
Reflexive verbs 2

21. Using what you have learnt about the verb lavarse to help you, try writing the
following two verbs out in full in the same way (they are both regular -ar verbs).
levanto
levantas
levanta
levantamos
levantan
ducho
duchas
ducha
duchamos
duchan
levantarse - to get up ducharse - to have a shower
me
te
se
nos
se
me
te
se
nos
se
Reflexive verbs 3

22. despertarse - to wake up
levantarse - to get up
lavarse - to get washed
afeitarse - to have a shave
ducharse - to have a shower
vestirse - to get dressed
quitarse la ropa - to get undressed
cepillarse los dientes - to brush your teeth
arreglarse - to get ready
acostarse - to go to bed
The three verbs with an
orange letter are stem change
verbs as well as reflexive
verbs.
Write a short
description of your
daily routine using the
verbs given here.
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Here are some other reflexive verbs which may be of use when you want to
talk about your daily routine in Spanish:
Reflexive verbs 4