Mornings at home are fast, and so is the English. Learners often know the textbook words, like "I will take a shower now," but they don't catch "I'm gonna hop in the shower" or "I hit snooze, like, three times." Many also translate directly: "I make a shower," "I wash my teeth," "I wear my clothes now." This episode follows one invented family through a busy morning. You will learn the morning verbs, hear them in a real scene, and decode every line, including the reductions that make morning English so quick. In this episode: • Morning words • The scene, part one • The scene, part two • Reductions in context • More morning phrases • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: wake up — stop sleeping. "I woke up at six." get up — get out of bed. "I woke up at six but got up at six thirty." the alarm goes off — the alarm starts ringing. "My alarm goes off at 6:15." set the alarm — choose the time for it. "Did you set the alarm?" sleep in — sleep later than usual. "On Saturdays we sleep in." oversleep — sleep too long by accident. "I overslept!" hop in the shower — take a quick shower (casual). "I'm gonna hop in the shower." take a shower — the neutral version. brush your teeth — clean your teeth. "Did you brush your teeth?" do your hair — fix and style your hair. "Give me five minutes to do my hair." get dressed — put on your clothes. "Go get dressed, please." make the bed — fix the sheets and blanket. be running late — be later than planned. "We're running late!" gonna (GUH-nuh) — going to. "I'm gonna be late." gotta (GAH-duh) — got to, have to. "I gotta go." Season 2 · Real American English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — accent, everyday grammar, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.