Do you wake up early every day, or do you stay up late every night? Waking up early would mean you are an early bird, staying up late into the night would make you a night owl. What effect might this trait have on your personality? Intelligence? Success rate?

I’ve decided to give you information about the pros and cons of being an early bird or a night owl, through this video. You can practice your listening, and write down what it says, to study vocabulary and phrases. Slow down playback speed, by clicking the Settings icon, if you need it.

So, are you an early bird or a night owl? Which one are you? Is it better to be an early bird or a night owl?

A powerful cold air mass of polar origin is over Brazil. This unusual sharp cooling has been producing freezing temperatures.

Look at some vocabulary to describe the weather here.

Now, the only thing I can think of, to tell people is:

“Make sure you keep warm!”

To keep/stay warm means to keep your body warm, meaning wear the right clothes or do the correct activity or thing to keep yourself warm (referring to body temperature).

It is a normal closing for good wishes. In the middle of winter, ‘stay warm’ would be taken as a wish that you keep warm now that the cold weather is upon us.

Next a few tips to deal with this cold weather:

A severe cold front is expected to reach Brazil this week.

And it’s so good when we can talk about the things that are happening around us in English, don’t you agree? So notice the nouns related to weather, and the verbs we combine with them.

Heavy rain is forecast for this week, and a large mass of polar air is expected to make it snow in some cities in Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul by Wednesday evening.

The cold front is also going to hit the Southeast, Center-West, and even some northern states.

In the next few days, temperatures will drop between 8 and 10 degrees. The relative humidity, the gusts of wind, the frost, and, consequently, the wind chill factor will make us feel the cold even more intense.

To learn how to talk about the weather click on What’s the weather like?

Learning to talk about your daily routine is very important, and we’ll look at the basic vocabulary you need to do that. If you’re already comfortable with this vocabulary, skip to the next video.

If you need more practice, try the interactive game.

In the following two videos, you will learn to talk about your daily routine by observing Bob’s routine. He will take you along with him for part of his daily routine and explain everything he does in his day in clear and easy-to-understand English. You will learn many new English words and phrases.

Listen carefully a few times, make notes, and pay special attention to phrasal verbs, verbs + prepositions, and collocations (a frequent or a particular combination of words).

Wow! We do lots of things during our day, don’t we?

What do you do every day? What is your typical day like?

Did your daily routine change after the COVID-19? Are you working from home?

Work on these questions using the vocabulary and phrases that you have learned.