Essential English Vocabulary and Grammar for Daily Life

Posted on Mar 15, 2026 in English

All About Me

  • Home: House, apartment, flat, city or town, country, nationality
  • Study: College, school, university, subject
  • Family: Mother and father, husband and wife, sister and brother, daughter and son
  • Free Time: Play computer games, listen to music, play football, run
  • Birthday: Age, nationality
  • Pets: Dog, cat

Asking for Information

  1. When: Ask about a time
  2. Where: Ask about a place
  3. What: Ask about an object, idea, or action
  4. Who: Ask about a person
  • Who is in your family?
  • Where do you celebrate your birthday?
  • What pet do you have?
  • Where is your home?
  • Who do you work with?
  • What do you do in your free time?

Describing a Friend

  • Height: Tall, short, medium height
  • Hair: Long, blonde, black, brown, curly, wavy, gray
  • Body: Thin, overweight
  • Eyes: Blue, green, brown
  • Other: Glasses, beard, handsome, pretty, tattoos

Talking About Your Neighborhood

  • Grocery store: Buy food
  • Hotel: Stay if you are traveling
  • University: Study
  • Restaurant: Eat a meal
  • Cafe: Buy a cup of coffee
  • Bank: Get money
  • Hospital: Get medical treatment
  • Bakery: Buy fresh bread
  • Library: Borrow books
  • Park: Play, relax, or do exercise

Adjectives and Definitions

  • Big: Small
  • Clean: Dirty
  • Safe: Dangerous
  • Quiet: Noisy
  • Old: New
  • Cheap: Expensive
  • Busy: Quiet
  • Exciting: Boring
  • Amenity: Something that helps to provide convenience
  • Few: A small number of something
  • Neighbor: Someone who lives very close to you
  • Roommate: A person who shares an apartment with another person
  • Entertainment: Activities that entertain people

Language Focus: There is / There are

  • Positive: There is a cafe / There are two restaurants
  • Negative: There isn’t a park / There aren’t any banks
  • Questions: Is there a bank? / Are there any grocery stores?

How Do You Spend Your Weekends?

  1. I usually get up at: 6 am
  2. On Saturdays: I go out with my friends and watch movies
  3. On Sundays: I’m packing my things to come to Durango
  4. My favorite thing to do on a weekend is: Spend time with my family and rest

Weekend Activities

Read a book, cook a meal, eat out, go to the park, stay in bed, go out, clean the house, do exercise, watch a movie, meet friends.

Adverbs of Frequency

Never (0%), rarely, sometimes, often, usually, always (100%)

  • Where do you often go? To university.
  • What weekend activities do you never do? Going for walks and spending time with my family.
  • What do you always do in the mornings? I always brush my teeth and have breakfast.
  • What do you rarely do before bed? I rarely watch TV.
  • What weekend activities do you sometimes do? I sometimes visit my friends.

Cooking Vocabulary

Mix, pour, add, drain, chop, bake, boil, fry, break, stir.

Cooking Instructions

  1. Fry: Cook in hot oil
  2. Mix: Combine ingredients together
  3. Stir: Move ingredients with a spoon
  4. Pour: Move liquid from one container
  5. Add: Put something together with something else
  6. Drain: Remove all the water
  7. Chop: Cut into pieces with a knife
  8. Bake: Cook in the oven
  9. Boil: Cook in hot water
  10. Break: Separate into pieces

Omelette Recipe

  1. First, chop the mushrooms, tomatoes, and onions.
  2. Then, fry the onions and mushrooms.
  3. After that, mix the eggs and pour them into the frying pan.
  4. Cook for two or three minutes.
  5. Add the tomatoes.
  6. Finally, fold the omelette in half and cook for one more minute.