Adverbs of Frequency - Exercises

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Grammar videos: Adverbs of frequency – exercises

Watch the video and read the conversation


between Sophie and Linnea. Then do these
exercises to check your understanding of
adverbs of frequency.

1. Check your grammar: grouping – adverbs of frequency


Write the words and phrases in the correct group.

occasionally hardly ever seldom once a month never

every Wednesday sometimes quite often on Mondays three times a week

Before the main verb At the end of the clause


e.g. I _________ go swimming. e.g. I go swimming _________.

three times a week


Occasionally
every Wednesday
hardly ever
once a month
never
quite often on Mondays
seldom
sometime

2. Check your grammar: reordering – adverbs of frequency


Write a number 1–3 to put these sentences in order of frequency (least frequent = 1 and most frequent = 3).

1. 3 He usually goes bowling on Saturdays.


…….
2
……. He occasionally goes bowling.
1
……. He never goes bowling.

2. 2 I only see him once a month.


…….
3
……. We see each other every weekend.
1
……. We hardly ever see each other.
3. 1
……. Occasionally we watch TV together.
3 We like watching TV together every evening.
…….
2
……. We watch TV together on Thursdays.

3. Check your grammar: reordering – adverbs of frequency


Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. always | hand in | I | on time. | my homework

I always hand in my homework on time .


…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..
2. her birthday | celebrates | twice a year. | The Queen

The Queen celebrates her birthday twice a year.


…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..
3. in the evening. | play | We | computer games

We play computer games in the evening.


…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..
4. You | your future. | about | hardly ever | think
You hardly ever think about your future
…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..
5. never | seen | I have | her before.

I have never seen her before.


…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..
6. use | most afternoons. | the school library | I
I use the school library most afternoons .
…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..
7. go | My parents | about once a year. | to the cinema
My parents go to the cinema about once a year.
…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..
8. black in summer. | normally | wear | I | don’t
I don´t normally wear black in sumer
…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..

Discussion

What are your hobbies? How often do you do them?

Well my hobbies would say that it is reading, I love literature, poems and novels of improvement.
One of my favorite writers is Carlos Cuatecmo Sánchez and my favorite book Flying over the swamp and every day I
take half an hour to read.

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