Daily Routine and Reflexive Verbs

Describing your daily routine is a key GCSE Spanish topic tested in speaking, writing, reading and listening exams. Daily routines use reflexive verbs extensively, so this lesson covers reflexive verb formation, time expressions, sequencing connectives and model answers for describing a typical day.

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1. Reflexive Verbs (Los verbos reflexivos)

A reflexive verb indicates that the subject performs the action on themselves. In Spanish, reflexive verbs are identified by the -se ending on the infinitive (e.g. levantarse = to get up / to get oneself up).

Reflexive Pronouns

Subject	Pronoun	Example with levantarse
yo	me	me levanto (I get up)
tú	te	te levantas (you get up)
él/ella/usted	se	se levanta (he/she gets up)
nosotros/as	nos	nos levantamos (we get up)
vosotros/as	os	os levantáis (you all get up)
ellos/ellas/ustedes	se	se levantan (they get up)