Adverbs of frequency

Oliver and Alfie are at home when Daisy and Amy arrive. Sophie is in Hammerfest in northern Norway.

1. Check your grammar: grouping – adverbs of frequency Write the words and phrases in the correct group. 

occasionally    hardly ever     seldom     once a month      never      every Wednesday    sometimes quite often     on Mondays       three times a week

Before the main verb e.g. I _________ go swimming	At the end of the clause e.g. I go swimming _________

2. Check your grammar: reordering – adverbs of frequency Write a number 1-3 to put these sentences in order of frequency (least frequent = 1 and most frequent = 3)

.               He usually goes bowling on Saturdays
    1         He occasionally goes bowling.
               He never goes bowling

                    Occasionally we watch TV together
  2              We like watching TV together every evening.
              We watch TV together on Thursdays.

2.- Complete the sentences.
Use the adverb and the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Use contractions where possible.

1. Our teacher, Mrs Jones,(never / be) late for lessons.
2. I(often / clean) my bedroom at the weekend.
3. My brother(hardly ever / help) me with my homework.
4. I(sometimes / be) bored in the maths lessons.
5. We(rarely / watch) football on TV.
6. You and Tony(never / play) computer games with me.
7. You(usually / be) at the sports centre on Sunday.
8. The school bus(always / arrive) at half past eight.

3.- Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its usual position.

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EXAMPLE:

I play tennis on Sundays. (often)

ANSWER:

I often play tennis on Sundays.

1. He listens to the radio. (often) 
2. They read a book. (sometimes) 
3. Pete gets angry. (never) 
4. Tom is very friendly. (usually) 
5. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes) 
6. Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often) 
7. They watch TV in the afternoon. (never) 
8. Christine smokes. (never) 

4.: Choose the correct answer!

Jane is not a pleasent person. She is neverrarelyseldomsometimesalways in a bad mood.

My sister usually drives to work with a friend. She seldomalwaysneveroften drives alone.

Robert goes to the gym only two or three times a year. He rarelyoftensometimesneverusually goes to the gym.

John never leaves the college on Friday. He usuallyoftenalwaysseldomeats at the cafeteria on Fridays.

Jane goes to the beach whenever she can. She oftenneversometimesmisses a chance to go to the ocean.

Carlos is an excellent student. He usuallyalwayssometimesseldomgoes to class.

5.- read the text and answer the questions.

    My name is Mary and I'm eleven years old.

    On weekdays I always get up at seven o'clock because I have lessons, but on Saturday and Sunday I never get up early, I usually get up after nine o'clock.

    On Saturdays I always have piano lessons. Then I usually have lunch at my grandmother's house. We sometimes go the café after lunch and I always ask for an ice-cream, but my grandmother never buys me one!

    On Sundays my parents and I always go out for lunch and in the afternoon we do an activity together. We sometimes go to the beach when the weather is nice. When it's raining, we usually go to ther cinema. I love the cinema!

What is her name?

How old is she?

What time does she get up on weekdays?

She gets up...

at eight o'clock.

after nine o'clock.

at seven o'clock.

And on Saturday and Sunday?

She gets up...

at eight o'clock.

after nine o'clock.

at seven o'clock.

What does Mary do on Saturday mornings?

Complete with the correct adverb, according to the text.

Mary  has piano lessons on Saturdays.

She  has lunch with her grandmother.

They  go to the café after lunch and Mary  asks for an ice-cream, but her grandmother  buys her one.

On Sundays Mary and her parents  go out for lunch.

They  go to the beach, but when it's raining they  go to the cinema.

6.-Watch this video to see the use of Adverbs of Frequency in the real life.

7.- LISTENING EXERCISE.

For play the audio PLAY HERE 

Answer these questions about the interview.

1) What weights does Ann do? 

 a) Heavy
 b) Light
 c) Neither

2) Ann has coffee _____ work. 

 a) at
 b) after
 c) before

3) When does Ann run? 

 a) Mornings
 b) Thursday
 c) After a long work out

4) How often does Ann win her tennis matches? 

 a) Often
 b) Sometimes
 c) Rarely

5) When does Ann enjoy relaxing? 

 a) Over coffee
 b) In a sauna
 b) In the gym