Lionel Messi Daily Routine - Easy English Listening A1-B1

Messi's day hour by hour: the run at half past six, training, lunch, video games in the evening. Present Simple all the way through, with the times of day and the habits that go with them.

Daily routines are the first thing a beginner learns and the first thing they get bored of. Putting the routine on a footballer everyone recognises fixes that: the same third-person forms - he gets up, he trains, he plays - arrive attached to a person students actually want to hear about. The day runs from a half past six jog through training and lunch to video games at home.

Along the way there are a few facts to catch: the nickname "the Flea", the five goals in one Champions League match. They work as comprehension questions, and they give the class something to say afterwards beyond repeating the verbs. A1-B1, and short enough to use as a warm-up.