Unit 4 of Spanish 1-2: Daily Routines.
This unit covers reflexive verbs, telling time and daily activities — essential concepts for Spanish 1-2. Use our interactive study games to test your understanding, or review questions in traditional format below.
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This unit covers reflexive verbs, telling time and daily activities — essential concepts for Spanish 1-2. Use our interactive study games to test your understanding, or review questions in traditional format below.
Key Concepts Breakdown
1 Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive verbs describe actions a person does to themselves, and they require a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) that matches the subject. The reflexive pronoun is placed before a conjugated verb or attached to an infinitive. Common reflexive verbs for daily routines include levantarse, ducharse, vestirse, acostarse, and despertarse.
Key Points
- Reflexive pronouns: me (yo), te (tú), se (él/ella/usted), nos (nosotros), os (vosotros), se (ellos/ustedes)
- Pronoun placement: BEFORE conjugated verb (me lavo) OR attached to infinitive (quiero lavarme)
- Some verbs like vestirse and acostarse are also stem-changing (e→i, o→ue) — conjugate the stem change AND add the reflexive pronoun
- Removing the reflexive pronoun changes the meaning: lavar = to wash (something); lavarse = to wash oneself
Conjugate 'acostarse' for 'ella' in the present tense and use it in a sentence.
Acostarse is an o→ue stem-changing reflexive verb. For 'ella,' the stem changes: acost- becomes acuest-, giving acuesta. Then add the matching reflexive pronoun 'se' before the verb. The correct sentence is: 'Ella se acuesta a las diez de la noche.'
2 Telling Time
In Spanish, time is expressed using 'Es la una' for 1:00 and 'Son las + number' for all other hours. Minutes are added with 'y' (past the hour) or subtracted with 'menos' (before the next hour). Exams test both reading a clock and writing out a time in words.
Key Points
- 1:00 uses 'Es la una'; all other hours use 'Son las dos / tres / etc.'
- Minutes 1–30: use 'y' — Son las tres y cuarto (3:15), Son las dos y media (2:30)
- Minutes 31–59: use 'menos' with the NEXT hour — Son las cuatro menos veinte = 3:40
- Use 'de la mañana' (AM), 'de la tarde' (PM, noon–sunset), 'de la noche' (PM, evening) to specify time of day
Write 7:45 PM in Spanish.
7:45 is 15 minutes before 8:00, so use the 'menos' structure with the next hour (ocho). The time is written as 'Son las ocho menos cuarto.' Since it is evening, add 'de la noche,' giving the full answer: 'Son las ocho menos cuarto de la noche.'
3 Daily Activities
Daily routine vocabulary covers the sequence of actions from waking up to going to bed, and exams require students to both recognize and produce these verbs in context. Many daily activity verbs are reflexive, but some are not (desayunar, almorzar, trabajar), and students must know which is which. Frequency adverbs (siempre, normalmente, nunca) and time expressions (por la mañana, a las ocho) are commonly tested alongside these verbs.
Key Points
- Reflexive routine verbs: despertarse, levantarse, ducharse, afeitarse, maquillarse, vestirse, cepillarse los dientes, acostarse
- Non-reflexive routine verbs: desayunar, almorzar, cenar, trabajar, estudiar, ir a la escuela
- Sequence words used on exams: primero, luego, después, por fin, entonces
- Exams often ask you to describe a full routine in paragraph form or reorder scrambled sentences — know the logical order of a typical day
Write three sentences describing your morning routine in order, using at least two reflexive verbs and one time expression.
A correct response uses reflexive pronouns accurately and sequences events logically. For example: 'Primero, me despierto a las seis y media. Luego, me ducho y me visto. Después, desayuno a las siete de la mañana.' Notice that desayunar is not reflexive, so no pronoun is used, while despertarse and ducharse each require the matching reflexive pronoun 'me' for the yo form.
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What is Daily Routines?
Daily Routines is Unit 4 of Spanish 1-2, covering reflexive verbs, telling time and daily activities.
How to study for Spanish 1-2 Unit 4?
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