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Vocabulary
A. Verbs
Write the verbs in the simple present form below each image.

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

B. Adverbs of Frequency
Do you know these adverbs of frequency?

always often sometimes rarely never

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Practicing the Target Structure

Using today’s target structure, write one
question and one answer for each image below.

1. (she / always)

Q: How often does she wake up early?

A: She always wakes up early.

2. (he / rarely)

Q: does he go to bed late?

A:

3. (it / often / Vancouver)

Q:

A:

4. (it / never / Mexico)

Q:

A:

5. (he / often)

Q:

A:

6. (you)

Q:

A:

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Work in Pairs – Partner A

Sara and Amy are good friends, but they have very different habits. Find the
missing information on the charts below by asking your partner questions.

SAR A never sometimes

AMY sometimes never often

Now Work Alone

After you’ve finished the pair work above,
try answering these questions below on your own.

1. How often does Sara study?

2. How often do you cook dinner?

3. How often does Amy clean her room?

4. How often do you clean your room?

5. How often does it snow in your hometown?

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Work in Pairs – Partner B

Sara and Amy are good friends, but they have very different habits. Find the
missing information on the charts below by asking your partner questions.

SAR A always often rarely

AMY always rarely

Now Work Alone

After you’ve finished the pair work above,
try answering these questions below on your own.

1. How often does Sara study?

2. How often do you cook dinner?

3. How often does Amy clean her room?

4. How often do you clean your room?

5. How often does it snow in your hometown?

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Listening
Listen to your teacher describe how often he/she does certain things.
Write how often your teacher does each thing on the line under the correct picture.

Now write six sentences from your answers above.

Example: My teacher never goes to bed late.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Group Work
Interview your classmates. Find out how often they do certain things.

NAME wake up early go to bed late exercise study cook dinner

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Review

A. Unscramble the Words

Unscramble the words, then write a sentence
about yourself using the unscrambled word.

SCR AMBLED UNSCR AMBLED SENTENCE

1. elrray

2. yawlas

3. nfeto

4. metssiome

5. erven

B. Unscramble the Sentences

Unscramble and rewrite the following sentences.

1. never it in Tokyo snows in July.

2. never he dinner cooks.

3. I after dinner TV watch always.

4. often get late up they Saturday on.

5. often how you do exercise?

6. wakes early he up sometimes.

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Teachers’ Notes

Aim Students should listen and repeat while you monitor pronunciation.

The aim is for students to learn or review some basic Finally, hand out some of the verb flashcards to various
adverbs of frequency using the simple present tense. students, and have them call out a question to someone
else in the class (with that verb). Students should answer
New Vocabulary using an adverb of frequency.

Verbs:
Examples: A : How often do you exercise?
study, cook, exercise, clean (your room),
B: I often exercise.
rain (v.), snow (v.), go out for dinner,
wake up (early), go to bed (late)
Now you can hand out page 1 and continue with the rest of the lesson.

Adverbs of Frequency:
always, often, sometimes, rarely, never
Work in Pairs
Put the students in pairs and have them ask each other about
Target Structure Sara and Amy’s schedules. Tell them to write the appropriate
adverb in each box.
Examples:
How often does it rain in the summer? It rarely rains in the summer.
How often do you go out for dinner? I often go out for dinner.
Now Work Alone
How often do you wake up early? I never wake up early.
Have students answer the questions based on the information they
received in the pair work exercise. (Make sure they are not doing
Teaching the Class (before the handouts) the follow-up activity and pair work activity at the same time. These
are meant to be done separately.)
You can use the flashcards found at the end of this lesson to elicit
and check your students’ understanding of the vocabulary. Start by
holding up each flashcard and eliciting each verb. Then go through Listening
the flashcards again and say each verb, getting students to repeat
For this task, simply make statements to the class using the verbs
after you so you can monitor pronunciation. Next, place a flashcard,
in the listening task. Students should listen to your statements and
such as the “cook” image, on the board and ask students how often
write the appropriate adverb under each verb image.
they cook to elicit adverbs of frequency. Repeat with the other
verbs. Practice making statements with various students.
Examples: I never cook. I often cook. I always cook.
Group Work
As the students make these statements, hold up the pie chart Have your students walk around the class asking questions
images to depict the level of frequency. Now practice saying each to complete the survey. As a follow-up, ask students to stand
adverb with the class while you hold up the adverb flashcards. up and make statements about their findings.

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Answer Key

Vocabulary Listening
1. study 4. clean (your room) 7. go out for dinner Answers will vary based on your statements.
2. cook 5. rain 8. wake up (early)
3. exercise 6. snow 9. go to bed (late)
Group Work

Target Structure Answers will vary.

1. How often does she wake up early? She always wakes up early.
2. How often does he go to bed late? He rarely goes to bed late. Review
3. How often does it rain in Vancouver? It often rains in Vancouver.
A. UNSCR AMBLE THE WORDS
4. How often does it snow in Mexico? It never snows in Mexico.
5. He often does he cook? He often cooks.
Sentences will vary.
6. How often do you exercise? I exercise.

1. rarely

Work in Pairs 2. always

3. often

clean 4. sometimes
cook wake
exercise study her 5. never
dinner up early
room

some- B. UNSCR AMBLE THE SENTENCES

SAR A always never often rarely
times

some-
AMY always never rarely often 1. It never snows in July in Tokyo. / It never snows in Tokyo in July.
times
2. He never cooks dinner.
3. I always watch TV after dinner.
Now Work Alone 4. They often get up late on Saturday.
5. How often do you exercise?
1. Sara never studies. 6. He sometimes wakes up early.
3. Amy rarely cleans her room.
2, 4, 5. Answers will vary. SPELLING NOTE:

This lesson shows the American spelling of the word Practice.

Most other English-speaking countries spell it this way: Practise
(when used as a verb; Practice when used as a noun). Make it a
challenge for your students to find this word in the lesson and
see if they know the alternate spelling.

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