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Step 6: Every Day

Routines — Present simple: I / you / we / they

📖 Read — Julia's Day

Julia wakes up at six every day. She eats breakfast with her family. They drink tea and eat bread and eggs. Then Julia goes to work. She works in a school. In the evening, they eat dinner together. Julia reads a book, and they sleep at eleven. They are happy every day.

🧩 Grammar — Present simple — I / you / we / they

For habits and routines we use the base verb with I, you, we and they: They drink tea. They go to work. Add time words like every day.

I/you/we/they + verb (base form)
  • They drink tea.
  • We eat breakfast at seven.
  • You speak English.
  • I read every day.

🏗️ Key structures

  • I + verb + every day — I study every day.
  • We + verb + together — We eat dinner together.
  • They + verb + at + time — They sleep at eleven.

⭐ Idiom & natural phrases

an early bird — a person who gets up early
Julia is an early bird — she wakes up at five!

🔤 New words

wake up

stop sleeping

I wake up at six.

eat

put food in your mouth

We eat breakfast at seven.

drink

take water or tea into your mouth

They drink tea.

work

do a job

She works in a school.

study

learn

I study English every day.

read

look at words in a book

Julia reads a book.

watch

look at TV or a film

We watch TV at night.

sleep

rest with your eyes closed at night

They sleep at eleven.

🎧 Say it with me

We eat breakfast together, and we drink tea every morning.

🎤 Your turn to speak

Talk about your family day with we/they: 'We eat…, they sleep…'

Say it out loud three times. Even better: record it on your phone and listen — your ear is your best teacher.

✍️ Your turn to write

Write 4 sentences about your day with every day.

See a model answer

I wake up at six every day. We eat breakfast together. I study in the evening. We sleep at eleven.

Self-check: capital letters? Full stops? Did you use the grammar of this step?

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Present Simple: Habits & Facts — full lesson + 50-question quiz

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