4912 frequency adverbs

FREQUENCY

ADVERBS

ALWAYS
- OFTEN - USUALLY
SOMETIMES - NEVER - EVER?
YES

Do you ever walk to school?
Yes, I always walk to school
Do you ever go to football matches?
No, I never go to football matches

NO

1 – Oral task: ask another student how often he/she does things. He/she answers using one of the adverbs in the box:

1. Go to the cinema

2. Drink coffee for breakfast

3. Do your homework on Sundays

8. Drink tea

9. Get up early

10. Listen to classical music
4. Read comics
11. Go to the beach in summer

5. help at home
12. Go to have lunch in a restaurant
6. change your hairstyle
13. walk out the dog
7. Smoke
14. tidy your room


15.- (be)

2
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ALWAYS

+++++

I always get up very early

OFTEN

++++

Pat often goes to football matches

USUALLY

+++

It usually rains when I go on holiday

SOMETIMES ++

We sometimes eat vegetables for lunch

RARELY

+

Jane rarely listens to classical music

NEVER

-

My bus never arrives on time

Write how often you do the following things:

_________________________________ late for
work.

1.- (eat) __________________________ with
my fingers.

16.- (have)
_________________________________ colds in
winter.

2.- (watch) ___________________________

football on TV.
3.- (snow) _____________________________
here in winter.
4.- (go) ___________________________ to bed
late.
5.- (forget)
_______________________________ my
friends’ birthdays.
6.- (drink)
_______________________________ coffee for
breakfast.
7.- (go) _____________________________
swimming in summer.
8.- (invite) _____________________________
friends to my house.
9.- (eat) _____________________________ a
lot.
10.- (read)
_______________________________ before
going to sleep.
11.- (write)
________________________________ to my
friends.
12.- (think) ______________________________
too much about problems.
13.- (understand)
____________________________ what my
teacher explains.
14.- (worry)
_________________________________ about

stupid things.

17.- (brush)
________________________________ my teeth
after eating.
18.- (write)
________________________________ postcards
to my friends when
I go on holiday.

CORRECT THE MISTAKES
1.- Ever go you to the theatre?
________________________________________
___________________?
2.- Always I am tired.
________________________________________
____________________
3.- She doesn’t do often her homework.
________________________________________
____________________
4.- Ever have lunch with your friends?
________________________________________
___________________ ?
5.- Do John plays ever football?
________________________________________
___________________ ?
6.- She sometimes is ill
________________________________________
____________________

7.- She play always with her friends after school.
________________________________________
____________________
8.- Often she phones her friends.
________________________________________
____________________
9.- We don’t go shopping never.
________________________________________
____________________
10.- Always I get up early on weekdays.
________________________________________
____________________
11.- I play sometimes computer games.
________________________________________
____________________
12.- My friends invite me always to their
birthdays.
________________________________________
____________________
13.- Goes Mary always to school by bus?
________________________________________
___________________ ?
14.- She not wears always jeans.
________________________________________
____________________
15.- Never she is happy.
________________________________________
____________________
16.- Do you visit your grandparents often?

________________________________________
___________________ ?
17.-. Never watch I TV in the morning.
________________________________________
___

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Do you ever go to the theatre?
I am always tired
She doesn’t often do her homework
Do you ever have lunch with your friends?
Does John ever play football?

She is sometimes ell
She always plays with her friends after
school
She often phones her friends
We never go shopping
I always get up early on weekdays
I sometimes play computer games
My friends always invite me to their
birthdays
Does Mary always go to school by bus?
She doesn’t always wear jeans
She is never happy
Do you often visit your grandparents?
I never watch TV in the morning