Introduction
How often do you (watch TV)? What do you usually like to watch?
Ask each other similar questions.
Grammar 1
Look at adverbs of frequency. We use...
Adverbs of frequency: to show how often we do something.
For example:
I sometimes eat fast food.
Adverbs of frequency:
always, usually, often, sometimes
occasionally, seldom, rarely, never
always (100%)
usually (90%)
often (80%)
sometimes (50%)
occasionally (30%)
seldom (10%)
rarely (10%)
never (0%)
We can also say: once a week — twice a month — three times a year
I play tennis twice a week.
Controlled Practice 1
Make sentences with adverbs of frequency.
For example:
I/always/swimming. >>> I always go swimming.
I/rarely/doctor's
She/often/tennis
we/never/tennis
they/occasionally/French restaurants
he/seldom/dinner
you/sometimes /English
he / often / dentist
I / always / chocolate
My parents / rarely / vacation
Use numbers to talk about how often we do something.
For example:
I/English/once a week >>> I study English once a week.
He/ski/three times a year
She/abroad/once a year
They/beach/twice a year
We/library/three times a month
He/grandparents/twice a month
They/restaurant/once a month
I / beach / twice a year
Mark / office / fifty hours a week
They / Hawaii / once every two years
Make questions about how often people do things:
For example:
you/tennis >>> How often do you play tennis?
you/parents
he/Italian food
she/shopping
they/hot spring
they/movies
he / drinking
you / gym
they / English
Sally / doctor
Language in Use 1
What do you always/never do before bed?
What do you usually have for breakfast?
What do you rarely buy at the supermarket?
Who do you rarely meet?
Where do you often go in your free time?
"How often do you...?" game: A student says an activity and other students say how often they do that activity and why. e.g. workout - I never workout because I don't have the time. Examples to help students: Eat breakfast, go out, play sports, go to the movies, study English, surf the Internet, eat out, travel
Grammar 2
Let's look at adverbs of manner.
We use adverbs of manner to show how...
...a person/thing does something.
For example:
She is a good driver >>> She drives well.
For adjectives, we add -ly to the end of the word.
For example:
beautiful >>> beautifully — dangerous >>> dangerously
For adjectives that end in -y, we add -ily.
For example:
easy >>> easily — busy >>> busily — heavy >>> heavily
Some irregular words are:
good >>> well — hard >>> hard — fast >>> fast
Controlled Practice 2
beautifully — fast — hard — well — loudly — carefully
Use the words to answer my questions:
She's a fast runner. How does she run?
They are beautiful dancers. How do they dance?
He's a hard worker. How does he work?
They are careful drivers. How do they drive?
He's a good cook. How does he cook?
They are loud singers. How do they sing?
What is the opposite of these words?
badly — slowly — carelessly — dangerously — fast — quietly
Make questions with adverbs of manner.
For example:
I cook well. >>> Do you cook well?
I speak English well.
He drives safely.
They sing loudly.
He works carefully.
My father runs fast.
They work hard.
She speaks English fluently.
It's snowing heavily.
The children are growing quickly.
Language in Use 2
"How do you...?" game: Instructor says an activity and students say how well they do that activity and why. e.g. English - I speak English well because I always study hard. Other examples for instructors to use: Play sports, cook, work, drive, sing, use a computer