34. My typical day - mój typowy dzień

Let's talk about your typical day.

The table below shows the most common actions people do in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening.
Some of the verbs you already know, others may be new to you. The brackets (-ę - sz) or (-m -sz) will show which kind of conjugation these verbs require.

 Exercise: Which verbs in the table are new to you ? Could you try to conjugate them ?


zwykle - usually
najpierw - firstly
potem - then
Exercise: What do you do first and what do you do later ? Answer the questions using the form:
Zwykle najpierw ......, potem..........

e.g. czytać gazetę  czy pić kawę ?
>  Zwykle najpierw piję kawę, potem czytam gazetę. 

1.  pić herbatę/kawę  czy  brać prysznic ?
2. ubierać się czy jeść śniadanie ?
3. iść do pracy czy jeść śniadanie ?
4. myć zęby czy jeść kolację ?
5. iść spać czy oglądać telewizję ?
6. wstawać czy brać prysznic ?
7. myć naczynia czy przygotować obiad ?

Exercise: Look at the pictures and ask your partner ( if possible) the questions about how often you do these activities?

Jak często ? - how often
zawsze - always
często - often
czasami -sometimes
rzadko - rarely
nigdy (nie) - never
raz na tydzień / na miesiąc / na rok - once a week / a month / a year
dwa razy na tydzień / na miesiąc / na rok  - twice a week / a month / a year
codziennie - everyday

e.g. Jak często chodzisz do lekarza ? - Rzadko chodzę do lekarza.

first person:

second person:

Exercise: Check if you know all the verbs. Ask your partner using the corridinates A-2  B-4 etc

Exercise: Talk about your typical day. Use the verbs from the table. If your typical day consits of actions which are not included in the table, please check them in dictionary or with your teacher and include them in your story.

Some useful phrases:
rano - in the morning
zwykle - usually
potem - then, later
po południu - in the afternoon
wieczorem - in the evening




Exercise: Imagine what a typical day may look like for the people below. Try to describe their typical day:

- stay at home mum 
- world famous Hollywood actor
- university teacher
-12 year old boy