Adverks of Frequency Frequency Adverbs come BEFORE other verbs. T usually arrive at school before my classmates Frequency Adverbs come AFTER a BE verb. I am occasionally late for English classes “Sometimes’ has four different positions Rewrite the following sentences using ‘adverbs of frequency. Example: I eat dinner at Mom's. rarely eat dinner at Mom's house. 1. Paul watches horror movies. 2. Paula and Paulo walk to school. 3. Imake homemade spaghetti for my kids. |. We volunteer at the hospital on weekends |. T drive to the local supermarket . Mr, Browns sends his wife flowers. ". Our parents travel to Orlando by plane, |. Mike is sick with a toothache. . This driver fills up his gas with € unleaded fuel Sara reads romance novels. Dad is late for work. Their car needs servicing (Our internet service is off. Boys are smarter than ails, Use frequency adverbs to ‘answer these questions: ‘How of ten do you baby sit? How often do you play the piano? How often do you go to ‘the movies How often do you eat fast food? How often do you go to ‘the beach? How often do you break ‘the speed limit? How often are you sleepy ot work? How often are you early for church? How often do you cal in sick? How often do you listen to hip hop music?@ We use Present Simple to talk ‘about actions we usually do. © Also use it for routines and things we normally/frequently do, Formation: ‘+ SUBJECT +(VERB-S)+COMPLEM. x suazect « powr/ooeant + VERB+ COMPLEMENTS 2 (WH-) + DO/DOES + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTS + ? ‘Make these positive sentences negative and interrogative. ‘Alex usually plays football atthe playground. We usually use Adverbs of Frequency | with Present Simple tense. They often go before the verb. Except the verb BE where they go after ‘The main ones are: Always, Usually, Often, Sometimes, Seldom, Hardly Ever ‘and Never. Present Simple can also go with time ‘pressions: every (and their compounds), Make sentences using the Present Simple tense and the Frequency Adverbs. do the homework/Marla/never/at the weekend. My best fiend and | often go running on Saturdays ‘susan and Gabriella always go to the cinema together. play football/every day/2/do/Zack and Cody ‘your English teacher/does/speak/Chinese? ‘Steve and Ann never visit their granny on Fridays. ‘Sue and Polly hardly ever go on holiday in Sumer. Marcus plays computer games every day. He never stops! Josue and Jason glve me some money once a week Helen and Rachel lsten to the radio every night. My mum watches soap operas every afternoon. don't visit/my grandparents/We/on Mondays. Martin/Dees/listen to muste/every day? Do you remember how to express likes, dislikes..? Write sentences. (OOO /study Maths.) (2 BB /reach Spanish) (@ / play music) Maria (QO /tolisten to music) (© / watching TV) (/ovateh Harry Potter) ( O/ visi canada. MohammedHOW OFTEN FREQUENCY ADVERBS usually goto the cinema, Roars %0 ‘They arg sometimes ate She doesn't usually eat vegetabl HOW OFTEN Do You co To ‘THE CINEMA? % 100 A) Complete the sentences with always usually, often, sometimes, seldom, rarely or never. Match the pictures to the sentences. ase do my homework. rude, {goto cafés with my ride a bike at weekends. sms Watch TV In the ‘mornings. 6.1 am cesnennn late fr school. Te ve have breakfast, + Speak English at an get malls r nn frendly ¥ iSLCollective.com “—Name: Adverb always - 100% usua r= 80% often — 60% Read the following sentences: 1. Josh ALWAYS gets up at 7 0 ‘clock. 2, He is NEVER late for schoo. 3. My parents don’t USUALLY work on Saturdays 4, Do you SOMETIMES take a nap on Sundays? of Frequen y a Me D hardly ever - 20% never — 0% I NEVER go to schoo! by bus. Does hte ALWAYS wear a suit? He HARDLY EVERY goes to the cinema. Adverbs of frequency are used: * before the main verb BUT after the verb “to be” * between the auxiliary verb and main verb in negative sentences * after the subject in interrogative sentences of a sentence Indicate in the sentences and insert the adverb of frequency in the correct place. EX They ** play football on Sundays after lunch. (sometimes) She is at home in the evening, (never) Do you go to the theatre? (often) ‘We don’t travel during the summer holidays. (usually) Henry goes to bed late, (hardly ever) Does the dog sleep in the afternoon? (sometimes) The children watch TV after school. (always) Billy and his brother have dinner with their family. (always) Answer these questions about yourself. Use frequency adverbs How often do you go swimming? How often do you play football? How often do you go running? How often do you play tennis? How often do you play basketball How often do you go to cinema?