ASL Interpreting Drills - E–A consecutive - Describing My Routine
Channel: Christopher Bratten
Date: 2020-04-20

This video is intended for beginning to intermediate ASL interpreting practice. It features short English sentences that you can practice translating to American Sign Language. The topic is "Describing My Routine." There's a spoken English audio source, and the text appears on screen. A few seconds of silence appears between each prompt. The prompts are numbered, and a full transcript can be found below.

DESCRIBING MY ROUTINE
1. What do you do on weekdays?
2. What time do you usually get up in the morning?
3. Do you get dressed before or after breakfast?
4. Do you commute to work?
5. Who do you have dinner with?
6. I usually get up at 7:00. I shower, get dressed, and have breakfast.
7. I usually leave home at 8:00. I get to work at 8:30 and finish around 5:00.
8. I have dinner at 8:15 and I’m in bed by 11:30. I sleep seven hours a night.
9. During the week, I usually stay at home after school.
10. I often study in the evenings, watch TV, listen to music, or just talk to my family.
11. Once or twice a week, my boyfriend comes over, we all have dinner together, or the two of us will go out to see a movie.
12. On Saturday mornings, my friend and I go shopping or to the gym, and sometimes I study in the afternoon.
13. On Sundays, I sleep in. Later in the day, I might go for a walk or play tennis.
14. Do you have any plans tonight? Do you want to grab a drink later?
15. I go to a restaurant two or three times a month.
16. My daughter was up all night studying.
17. Marcus always gets up early to run three miles before work.
18. Are you free Friday night? I was thinking you and I could see a show.
19. Sundays are my only day off. That’s when I do laundry, get groceries, and fill up the gas tank.
20. Most of the time, I cook for my kids. Once in a while, I’ll spoil them and order pizza.
21. My dad has worked a regular 9-to-5 job for 37 years.
22. Every year for our anniversary, my husband and I go to a fancy restaurant.
23. My rent is due every month on the 1st. But sometimes I send it in late.
24. My son has never been absent from school and has straight A’s.
25. My mom’s a teacher, so she only works from August through about May.
26. I rarely get sick, but last week I had the flu and I was sick as a dog.
27. I take allergy medicine every day, but it doesn’t always work.
28. My work gets really busy during the holidays. I end up working overtime a lot.
29. That’s my favorite coffee shop. I’m there every morning.
30. If I finish work early, I can beat the traffic.