qǐ chuáng

我早上七点起床 I get up at 7 in the morning

Time and Activity

起床 qǐ chuáng

吃早饭 chī zǎo fàn

get up eat breakfast

上学 shàng xué

吃午饭 chī wǔ fàn

go to school have lunch

回家 huí jiā

看电视 kàn diàn shì

go home watch TV

吃晚饭 chī wǎn fàn

做作业 zuò zuò yè

have dinner do homework

睡觉 shuì jiào

每天 měi tiān

go to sleep everyday

上班 shàng bān

下班 xià bān

go to work finish work

都 dōu

开始 kāi shǐ

both/all start

以前 yǐ qián

以后 yǐ hòu

before after

起床 Get up 吃早饭

Have breakfast

上学 Go to school 吃午饭

Have lunch

回家

Go home 吃晚饭

Have dinner

开始

Start 做作业 Do homework

上班

Go to work 下班 Finish work

每天

Everyday 看电视 Watch TV

以前

Before 以后 After

睡觉

Sleep/ go to bed 都 Both/all

shàng xué

qǐ chuáng

huí jiā

kāi shǐ

shàng bān

měi tiān

yǐ qián

chī zǎo fàn

chī wǔ fàn

chī wǎn fàn

zuò zuò yè

xià bān

dōu

yǐ hòu

shuì jiào

kàn diàn shì

Practise:

• A: 你几点起床？ • B: 我早上_______起床(qǐ chuáng) 。 • A: 你几点回家(huí jiā)？ • B: 我下午_______点回家(huí jiā) 。 • A: 你几点_________？ • B: 我上/ 下午_______点_________。

jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng

daily routine

daily routine

time

time

time

七点

Grammar: Use of 都 • 都 means “both” or “all”. It must be placed

directly before the verb or verb-adjective. • For example:

我和弟弟都喜欢踢足球。

今天和明天都下雨。

• When 每(every) is used in a sentence, it is usually followed by 都。For example:

• 我每天都吃早饭。(I have breakfast every day.)

• 我每天都很忙。(I am busy every day.)

(My little brother and I both like football.)

(It’s going to rain both today and tomorrow.)

Characters with more than one meaning

• Chinese characters may have more than one meaning, which is good news: you don’t need to learn too many characters. However, you always need to pay attention to the context.

• Look at the different meanings for 班 (bān) /上 / 有： • 我们班 • 上班 • 上课 • 桌子上 • 我有书 • 椅子上有书

our class

go to work

start class

On the table

I have a book.

There are some books on the chair.