Unit 7: La rutina diaria

Students will be able to describe their daily routine…

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A reflexive verb is used to indicate that the subject does something to or for himself or herself. In other words, it “reflects” the action of the verb back to the subject. Reflexive verbs always use reflexive pronouns.

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u The pronoun se attached to an infinitive identifies the verb as reflexive: lavarse.

u When a reflexive verb is conjugated, the reflexive pronoun agrees with the subject.

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u Like object pronouns, reflexive pronouns generally appear before a conjugated verb. With infinitives and present participles, they may be placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive or present participle.

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u  ¡Atención! When a reflexive pronoun is attached to a present participle, an accent mark is added to maintain the original stress.

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u  ¡Atención! Parts of the body or clothing are generally not referred to with possessives, but with the definite article.

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Indica el presente de estos verbos reflexivos. El primero de cada columna ya está conjugado.

1.  Mis hermanos ____________ tarde.

2.  Tú ______ tarde. 3.  Nosotros ______ tarde. 4.  Benito ______ tarde. 5.  Yo ______ tarde.

1.  Él ________ una chaqueta. 2.  Yo ______ una chaqueta. 3.  Usted ______ una chaqueta. 4.  Nosotras ______ una chaqueta. 5.  Las niñas ______ una

chaqueta.

se despiertan se pone

despertarse ponerse

Common Reflexive Verbs

�  Acostarse (ue)-to go to bed

�  Bañarse-to take a bath, to bathe

�  Desayunarse-to eat/to have breakfast

�  Despertarse (ie)-to wake up

�  Divertirse (ie)-to enjoy oneself, to have a good time

�  Irse-to go away �  Lavarse-to wash one’s

(face-la cara) �  Levantarse-to get up, to

stand up

�  Llamarse-to be called/to be named

�  Peinarse-to comb one’s hair �  Ponerse (go)-to put on

clothing �  Quedarse-to remain �  Quitarse-to take off �  sentarse (ie)-to sit down �  Vestirse (i)-to dress one’s

self, to get dressed

Translate the sentences into English

1.  Me acuesto a las ocho. 2.  Tú te bañas por la noche. 3.  Los estudiantes se desayunan a la

cafeteria. 4.  Mi madre se despierta a las seis. 5.  Nos divertimos en la fiesta. 6.  El perro se va.

Now, write these sentences in Spanish.

7.  The cat washes his face. 8.  Mario and Karina are standing up. 9.  The boys’ names are Tomás and Julio. 10.  She’s combing her hair. 11.  They are taking off their shoes. 12.  The little boy is getting dressed.

� El gato se lava la cara. � Maria y Kenan se levantan. � Los chicos se llaman Tony y Jamal. �  Se peina./Ella se peina. �  Se quitan los zapatos./Ellos se quitan los

zapatos. � El niño se viste.

Translate the following.

1.  Mi hermana se pone maquillaje.

2.  Os laváis las manos. 3.  ¿Te quedas? 4.  No me peino por la

tarde. 5.  Sus padres se

desayunan juntos.

6.  The girl doesn’t wake up at 7.

7.  We go to bed early. 8.  I put on shoes. 9.  Is he leaving? 10.  Fabio and Hector are

sitting down.

1.  My sister puts on makeup. 2.  Y’all wash your hands. 3.  Are you staying? 4.  I don’t comb my hair in

the afternoon. 5.  His/Her/Your parents eat

breakfast together.

6.  La muchacha no se despierta a las siete.

7.  Nos acostamos temprano. 8.  Me pongo los zapatos. 9.  ¿Se va? 10.  F y H se sientan.