CareerTalkLab — Professional English for Global Careers

This is my daily routine. I start work at nine o'clock. I have a coffee break at ten. Lunch is at one. I check my emails often. I call customers every day. I finish work at six.

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Afternoon

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Evening

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Subject	Verb	Time / Action
I	start	at 9:00.
You	have	a break.
We	eat	lunch at 1:00.
I	check	my emails.
You	call	your team.
We	finish	work at 6:00.

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

I check my emails on the second as soon as I sit down.

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

My desk has the 's name on it — Kaan's office.

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

I block out my morning so I am for one-on-ones in the afternoon.

💡 Hint:Elevated L1 transfer difficulty (15% - 20%). Highlight the target word (e.g. preposition or pronoun) in a pre-exercise reading prompt.

Every morning I write three things I want to that day.

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

I read the before each meeting to know what to discuss.

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

My main for the week is to finish the client report.

Practice

💡 Hint:Elevated L1 transfer difficulty (15% - 20%). Highlight the target word (e.g. preposition or pronoun) in a pre-exercise reading prompt.

I work at 8:00.

💡 Hint:Elevated L1 transfer difficulty (15% - 20%). Highlight the target word (e.g. preposition or pronoun) in a pre-exercise reading prompt.

We emails every morning.

HintElevated L1 transfer difficulty (15% - 20%). Highlight the target word (e.g. preposition or pronoun) in a pre-exercise reading prompt.

Click the words above to build the sentence...

HintElevated L1 transfer difficulty (15% - 20%). Highlight the target word (e.g. preposition or pronoun) in a pre-exercise reading prompt.

Click the words above to build the sentence...

Which sentence has the correct word order?

💡 Hint:Elevated L1 transfer difficulty (15% - 20%). Highlight the target word (e.g. preposition or pronoun) in a pre-exercise reading prompt.

My lunch break starts at twelve.

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

The afternoon meeting is at three — fifteen minutes before three.

💡 Hint:Elevated L1 transfer difficulty (15% - 20%). Highlight the target word (e.g. preposition or pronoun) in a pre-exercise reading prompt.

Your colleague helps you. You say: you!

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

I start work at nine. I the office at six.

What is the middle of the day called?

💡 Hint:Stealth Grammar: English sentences require an explicit verb (is/are) and article (a/the), unlike Turkish. Use the word bank below.

In the I have lunch and meetings.

The Daily Routine