Unit 19
Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of frequency can be used with the present simple to tell us how often something
happens. He usually walks to school. (How often? Usually.)
Some of these are:
always (100%)
.
usually (75%)
often (50%) sometimes (25%)
never (0%)
Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb but after the verb to be.
She doesn't often go out.
She sometimes wakes up late.
He is usually early at work.
1
Put the words in the correct order to make
sentences, as in the examples.
3 have breakfast in the morning
1 play/often/on/Sundays/ they / football
They often play football on Sundays.
2 late/is/ she / sometimes
She is sometimes late.
3 usually/he/goes/to/on/Fridays/ the/ cinema
4 she/the/beach/to/ always/goes/in/the/ summer
5 sometimes/her/ does / she / Fridays/on/shopping
6 he/often / rides / bike/to/work/his
4 have lunch at school
5 stay at school until the
afternoon
6 do homework in the afternoon
7 play computer games in the
evenings
2 Use the prompts and the adverbs of frequency to
write sentences about yourself.
8 cook dinner
Always
100%
9 watch TV before I go to bed
75%
ally
10 go to bed early
50%
Often
25%
Sometimes
0%
Never
1 get up at 7 o'clock

2 have a shower in the morning

Speaking
Tell the class two things you
always-never-usually do
at the weekend.
Writing
Write a short paragraph
about a typical weekend of
yours. Use adverbs of
frequency.
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