THINK and SPEAK in English

think and speak in English today? Let's do it. If you've ever watched an English movie or TV

show, I'm sure you've heard people ask, "Hey hun, how was your day?" But have you ever asked this

question to yourself? If not, that changes today. Over the next 30 minutes, you are going to be

immersing yourself in English and learning how to describe your daily routine and your

vacations in English, so that you can think in English and speak in English.

And like always, I have created a free PDF worksheet for you with all of today's

important vocabulary, expressions, ideas, definitions, sample sentences.

And at the bottom of the worksheet you can answer Vanessa's challenge question

so that you never forget what you've learned. You can click on the link in the description

to download that free PDF worksheet today. All right, let's get started by talking about

your daily routine and a phrase that you can use to talk about the beginning of your day.

If I'm lucky, first thing in the morning, I'll hear my alarm, maybe push snooze and

get up slowly, but if I'm not lucky, I'll hear one of my children screaming, "Mommy!"

And I have to get out of bed. First thing. I used this expression,

first thing two times. The first time was at the beginning of a phrase, first thing in the

morning. Make sure that you don't add, first of things, or first of... It's only first thing.

First thing in the morning, I hear my alarm. Or we could use it at the end of a phrase like

you just heard me say. I might say, "I wake up and make coffee, first thing." I make coffee,

first thing. Actually for me, I don't make coffee. I don't even know if I know how to

make coffee. I always make tea. I'm quite an amateur, maybe say newbie, or maybe clueless,

when it comes to coffee. My husband Dan likes coffee, but I could say, "I wake up

and make tea, first thing," beautiful phrase. Let's go to the next part of my morning. After

I'm awake, I head to the kitchen and start to make some breakfast. Sometimes my kids

and I read a book or play a little game at breakfast, because not everyone in our house

is a morning person. Sometimes at least one of us will wake up on the wrong side of the

bed. So having a little bit of fun lightens the mood and helps you to start your day off right.

Do you know what a morning person is? A morning person is someone who wakes up happy,

ready to start the day. Are you a morning person? Or maybe you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

This is a little bit metaphorical. There's not really a good side of the bed and a bad

side of the bed, but it means that you wake up grumpy, maybe a little cranky,

maybe not so happy. You could say, "Oh, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today,

I need some coffee," or tea, if you're me. Then, after breakfast, I drop my son Theo

off at preschool. This phrasal verb, to drop off, can be used for people or for

things. So you heard me use it for people. I drop my son Theo off at school, or we could

put it together, I drop off my son at preschool. But we could also drop something off. I dropped

my computer off at the repair shop. Make sure that you don't forget the word, off, because if

you just say, "I dropped my computer at the repair shop," it means your computer fell on the ground,

broke... Luckily, you're at the repair shop, but it means something really different than to drop

off. So make sure that you say, "I dropped off my computer at the repair shop," or,