What Your Daily Morning Routine Says About Your English Personality | Everyday English Academy

Your mornings say a lot about how you speak English, and that is exactly what Sarah and Mike chat about here. In this slow, easy English conversation, they talk about daily morning routines, from shouting at a rainy weather app to nodding along in an early meeting when you are still half asleep. It is gentle practice for the small talk and quick replies you use before your first coffee.

Ever feel too drowsy or self-conscious to speak English in the morning? In this friendly chat you'll practise saying "How's it going?" and "I didn't catch that", learn words like wide awake, apprehensive, and trail off, hear how to keep a chat going at the office kettle, and pick up a simple way to ease into the day out loud.

This episode is perfect for A2-B1 English learners who want to build everyday morning vocabulary and feel more relaxed with real-life small talk before they are fully awake.

💡 Tip: Before coffee, rehearse one full English sentence out loud to wake your speaking mouth.

⏱️ Chapters

0:00 Introduction

0:39 Talk About Your Morning Routine in English

1:20 Everyday Words for Waking Up

4:26 Everyday Words for Small Talk

13:11 Asking People to Repeat and Slow Down

17:40 Speaking Practice

19:55 Vocabulary Review and Next Episode

📚 Vocabulary in this episode

• bare minimum: the least you can do

• rehearse: to practise before the real time

• wide awake: completely awake, not sleepy at all

• stall: to suddenly stop and not continue

• repair: to fix something that went wrong

• self-conscious: worried about what others think of you

• trail off: to slowly stop speaking, unfinished

• jolt: a sudden shock that wakes you up

• pace yourself: go at a speed you can keep up

• ingrained: a habit so deep it's automatic

• apprehensive: a little worried about something coming

• drowsy: sleepy, with heavy eyes

• nod off: to fall asleep by accident

🎯 In this episode, you can practise:

• Talking About Your Morning Routine

• Small Talk At The Office Kettle

• Saying I Didn't Catch That

• Feeling Drowsy And Wide Awake

• Rehearsing A Phone Call In English

• When A Conversation Trails Off

• Ease Into The Day

• English listening practice

• English speaking practice

• Daily English conversation

Everyday English Academy helps English learners improve listening, speaking, vocabulary, and confidence through slow, easy, everyday English conversations with Sarah and Mike.

Pour a warm drink, get comfortable, and learn along with us at your own pace.

Listen, learn, and speak with us. Your English grows every time you use it.

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