Adverbs of frequency(Grammar)
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To enable students to use adverbs of frequency (always, usually, often, sometimes, never) accurately in affirmative and negative present simple sentences. To place adverbs correctly (before main verbs and after ‘to be’). To personalize the grammar by talking about their own free time.
Subsidiary Aims
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Students will develop their reading skill for gist. Students will improve their pronunciation of frequency adverbs and connected speech related to free time activities.
Procedure (45-48 minutes)
- Show fun pictures (play football, watch TV, etc.) of the first slide and ask them “What do you guess about these?” - Are these activities you do in your free time? When do you ...? Ss work in pairs and talk about their free time. - Ask them to share their ideas.
- Show the table and ask questions like: Who goes to the gym a lot? How many days? - Tell the Ss that they are going to read short text very quickly. Then tell: What does she do in their free time? Does Anna always go to the gym? - Ask a question about How often ...? What word tells us how often Anna goes to the gym? Usually
Ss see one slide with sentences from context with grammatical part. Teacher asks Ss to think for 30 seconds about questions.(CCQs of adv of frequency) and choose one answer to each. a. Anna usually goes to the gym in the morning? 1. Does Anna go to the gym every day? 2. Does she go to the gym many days? 3. Maybe 5 or 6 days a week? b. She doesn’t usually watch TV when she is free 1. Does she watch TV every time she's free? 2. Does she watch TV a little bit? 3. Is it something she does a lot? 4. Is it something she sometimes doe c. He never goes to the gym. 1. Does he go to the gym? 2. Not even one time?
Teacher shows next slide where there is a frequency line. CCQS: If I do something every day, how many percent is that? Which word means 100%? If I do something 5 or 6 times a week, is it 100%? What is it then? Maybe 80%? Which word is that? If I do something only one day a week, what percent? Next slide they need to figure out where to put the adverbs? I write two sentences on the board and identify the correct one. What is the verb? Where is the adverb? Is it before SHE? Write 2 sentences on the board: I do not never go to the gym. I never go to the gym. I want them to choose the correct sentence with CCQs. Ask them to make sentence.
Show which word in the sentence is stressed and how adverbs should be pronounced. Write on the board and show the stress of the adverb of frequency. To enable students to repeat and internalize the correct pronunciation of the structure.
- Gap-fill / Sentence Completion Give students 5 short sentences with blanks and a word box of adverbs of frequency (always, usually, often, sometimes, never). - Ask ICQs (after filling in the blanks what do you do?/ do you check individually or in pairs?) They have to do it individually first and check in the pair work. - Monitor them during the pair work. After them ask students why they choose their answer to see if they understand.
Students work in pairs. Each student interviews their partner using a model question: “How often do you ______ in your free time?” (e.g., go to the gym, watch movies, read books) They must answer using adverbs of frequency (always, usually, sometimes, etc.). Then, they write a short report about their partner's habits using 3–4 sentences
Give students a mini survey worksheet. They interview 2–3 classmates asking: “How often do you…?” play football / read books / watch TV / go swimming / eat fast food They do it in group. In case of noticing some common problems students have while they are speaking, don't interrupt them. The teacher writes 2 or 3 common mistakes that students made during speaking practice task on the board and asks students if they can come up with the correct sentences.
