Let's look at adverbs of frequency!
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
Use adverbs of frequency to say how often you do something. Adverbs of frequency are
often used with the present simple because they indicate repeated or routine activities. For
example, They often go out for dinner.
Adverbs of frequency include (from most often to least often):
always
usually
often/frequently
sometimes
occasionally
seldom
rarely/hardly ever
never
If the sentence has one verb (e.g. no auxiliary verb) put the adverb in the middle of the
sentence after the subject and before the verb.
Examples
Tom usually goes to work by car.
Janet never flies. She always goes by bus.
Adverbs of frequency come after the verb 'be':
Examples
I am never late for work.
Peter is often at school.
If the sentence has more than one verb (e.g. auxiliary verb), put the adverb of frequency
before the main verb.
Examples
I can never remember anything!
They have often visited Rome.
When using adverbs of frequency in the question or negative form, put the adverb of
frequency before the main verb.
Examples
She doesn't often visit Europe.
Do you usually get up early?
Now give me some sentences using the adverbs of frequency.
Adverbs of frequency exercises
Now let's look at The Time
Read
the text:
Susan’s
daily routine
Susan
is thirteen years old and she attends a very big school near London.
Her favourite subjects are Science and Physical Education.
She
is very good at sports. She plays volleyball at her school. Susan
has a busy* life. She always gets up at a half past seven . She has
a shower , gets dressed and at eight o’clock she goes to school
by car with her mother . Her classes start at half past eight.
Her
mother is a teacher at Susan’s school.
On
Mondays Susan has lunch at school with her friends. On Tuesdays
and Thursdays
she practices volleyball at the school’s gym. Wednesday
is Susan’s favourite day of the week because she has dance classes
and sometimes
she has dinner with her father. Susan’s
parents are divorced.
She lives with her mother and at the weekends she always
goes to her father’s house.
On
Saturdays Susan goes for a walk* with her dog Nikita. After having
lunch with her father, Susan goes to the cinema with some friends. At
4:40
pm Susan goes home and listens to music in her bedroom. She loves
music. At 9:45
she goes to bed. She never
goes to bed late.
Vocabulary:
busy=
ocupado / atarefado
; practice= treinar ; go for a walk = passear ;
1.
Mark the following sentences True
(T)
or False
(F).
a.
Susan gets up at a quarter past eight.
____________________________________________
b.
At the weekends she goes to her father’s house.
_____________________________________
c.
Her classes start at 7:30.
_______________________________________________________
d.
She goes to the cinema on Fridays.
_______________________________________________
e.
She doesn’t love music.
_________________________________________________________
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2.
Answer the questions about the text.
a.
How old is Susan?
___________________________________________________________________
b.
What are Susan’s favourite subjects?
___________________________________________________
c.
Is Susan good at sports?
_____________________________________________________________
d.
What is Susan’s favourite day of the week?
______________________________________________
e.
When does she go to the cinema?
______________________________________________________
f.
What time does Susan go to bed?
______________________________________________________
g.
Does Susan have a dog?
_____________________________________________________________
h.
Does
she like music?
_________________________________________________________________
i.
Why
does she always go to her father’s house at the weekend?
_____________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
j.
How
does Susan go to school
?________________________________________________________
3.
Rewrite the following sentences beginning with He
or She.
a.
They play sports. _________________________________________
b.
I go to school by car. ______________________________________
c.
We watch TV in the evening. _________________________________
d.
I have breakfast at seven o’clock. ___________________________
e.
They like English. _________________________________________
f.
We sometimes play Playstation. ______________________________
4.
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate Preposition of time (in, on,
at).
a.
The
next big ice hockey match is ____________________ Saturday.
b.
Susan was born
______________
1997.
c.
Susan and her father sometimes have dinner ____________ Wednesdays.
d.
Susan always goes to bed _______________ a quarter to ten.
e.
Susan ’s birthday is _____________ November.
f.
There are no ice hockey matches _____________ summer.
5.
Build sentences.
1.
always /her bike /at the weekends /She /rides
____________________________________________________________________________________
2.
plays/never/tennis/He
____________________________________________________________________________________
3.
watch/They/TV/at night/often
4.
in the afternoon/She/reads/usually
____________________________________________________________________________________2
6.
Write
these sentences again and use the adverbs in brackets.
1.
Mark stays at home. (usually)
__________________________________________________________
2.
Ann listens to the radio. ( often)
________________________________________________________
3.
Ann
listens to the radio. (always)
_______________________________________________________
4.
Mary visits her cousins. ( sometimes)
____________________________________________________
5.
Robin helps his brother with his homework . ( never)
_______________________________________
6.
Our
teachers are late. (never)
_________________________________________________________
7.
Complete the dialogue .
Susan:
__________________________________________________________?
Mandy:
I’m
fine, thanks.
_____________________________________________________________?
Susan:
I’m
not very well. I’m very tired.
Mandy:
__________________________________________________________?
Susan:
I
usually practice volleyball on Tuesdays and Thursdays .
Mandy:
__________________________________________________________?
Susan:
Yes,
I have a dog. His name is
Nikita.
Mandy:
__________________________________________________________?
Susan:
Yes,
I do. I love music.
Mandy:
It’s
4 o’clock. I must go home. See you tomorrow!
Susan:
________________________________________________________________ !
8.
Tell the time. (Use a.m. / p.m.)
a.
7:10
=
__________________________ b. 15:35
=
________________________
c.
2:00
=
__________________________ d. 6:15
=
________________________
e.
7:45
=
__________________________ f. 20:50
=
________________________
g.
12:00
=
_________________________ h. 24:00
=
________________________
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II.
Write a short text about your
daily routine.
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