1 Grammar 2

Present Simple; adverbs of frequency

How often … ?
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1 2
Find someone who: Find someone who:
a never reads a newspaper. ____________ a hardly ever goes to the cinema. ____________
b usually reads in bed. ____________ b often goes to the theatre. ____________
c sometimes reads in English. ____________ c never stays in and watches DVDs. ____________

3 4
Find someone who: Find someone who:
a never shops on the Internet. ____________ a hardly ever meets friends at the weekend. __________
b usually buys food at a supermarket. ____________ b sometimes goes clubbing. ____________
c hardly ever goes shopping for clothes. ____________ c doesn’t often go to concerts. ____________

5 6
Find someone who: Find someone who:
a always does sport at the weekend. ____________ a usually eats fast food. ____________
b never watches sport on TV. ____________ b never drinks coffee. ____________
c sometimes listens to sport on the radio. ____________ c hardly ever eats breakfast. ____________

7 8
Find someone who: Find someone who:
a often wears a hat. ____________ a often travels by plane. ____________
b usually wears a T-shirt. ____________ b always walks to school/work. ____________
c hardly ever wears jeans. ____________ c never catches a bus. ____________

9 10
Find someone who: Find someone who:
a usually stays at home during the holidays. _________ a is hardly ever tired. ____________
b never goes abroad. ____________ b is always happy. ____________
c hardly ever sunbathes. ____________ c is often angry. ____________

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1 Grammar 2
Present Simple; adverbs of frequency

How often … ?
Target language: Present Simple; adverbs of frequency
Activity type: class mingle
When to use: Use this activity after Lesson 1.2.
Time: 20 minutes
Preparation: Photocopy and cut up one card for each student.

Procedure
Preteach abroad and check any other vocabulary you think students may have problems
with. Give one card to each student and tell them to ask the other members of the class
the question How often … ? Students answer the question using an adverb of frequency.
When they find a student who corresponds to a sentence they write their name in the space
provided. Students can write more than one name if they have time.
Before you begin, check students know how to form the correct question. Point out that
on the cards the sentences are written in third person singular and the question must be
formed in second person singular. Pay special attention to the student who has card ten as
here the verb to be is used and the question structure is slightly different.
Students mingle in order to ask and answer questions. Get feedback from the whole class
about their findings and ask them to make sentences about their classmates in the third
person singular or plural (if they have found more than one person).

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