Sunday, January 26, 2014

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY (Basic) (EXERCISE B30E72)





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never - hardly ever - seldom – rarely - occasionally – sometimes – often – frequently –  usually  -   always


Adverbs usually come before the main verb:
                                                                    EXAMPLES:  I usually go to bed at about 11.00.
                                                                                             I don’t often go swimming
                                                                                             She never eats meat.
                                                                                             We always have wine in the evenings.
                                                                                              I sometimes play tennis on Saturdays



Sometimes and usually can also come at the beginning or the end:
                       EXAMPLES:   Sometimes we play cards.  ßà We play cards sometimes.
                                              Usually I walk to school.      ßà  I walk to school usually.
 
Never and always cannot come at the beginning or the end of a sentence.


1.     Answer the questions about you. Use an adverb in your answer.

(A)    How do you usually come to work? _____________­­­­­_______________________________
(B)    What is the first thing you do in the morning? ___________________________________
(C)    Do you have tea or coffee for breakfast? ________________________________________
(D)    What do you do in the evening? ______________________________________________
(E)     What do you do on Sundays? ________________________________________________
(F)     Where do you go on vacation? _______________________________________________
(G)   Do you sometimes have a winter holiday? ______________________________________
(H)    What does your family do at Christmas? ________________________________________

2.     Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

(A)  always  - France – to – go – we – spring – in: _____________________________________
(B)  stay – hotel - a  - usually – we – in:  _____________________________________________
(C)  plane – sometimes – by – go – we:  _____________________________________________
(D)  sometimes -  ferry -  go – we – by: _____________________________________________
(E)  children – with – never - our – us – come:  _______________________________________
(F)   we - restaurant - go - a - often - evenings - Friday – to – on: _________________________      
        _________________________________________________________________________

ANSWERS:

1.  Answer the questions about you. Use an adverb in your answer.
(Example answers).

(A) How do you usually come to work?    I always come by bus.
(B)  What is the first thing you do in the morning?   I always turn on the radio.
(C)  Do you have tea or coffee for breakfast? I usually have tea but sometimes I drink juice.
(D) What do you do in the evening?    I like to read. I never watch T.V.
(E)  What do you do on Sundays?   I often walk in a park.
(F)  Where do you go on vacation?  I usually go to the beach.
(G) Do you sometimes have a winter holiday?   I never have a winter holiday.
(H) What does your family do at Christmas We always have lunch at my parents’ house.



2.     Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

(A)  always  - France – to – go – we – spring – in: We always go to France in spring.
(B)  stay – hotel - a  - usually – we – in:   We usually stay in a hotel.
(C)  plane – sometimes – by – go – we:  We sometimes go by plane.
(D)  sometimes -  ferry -  go – we – by:  We sometimes go by ferry.
(E)  children – with – never - our – us – come: Our children never come with us.
(F)   we - restaurant - go - a - often - evenings - Friday – to – on:  On Friday evenings we  
      often go to a restaurant. (OR)  We often go to a restaurant on Friday evenings.

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