17. Work with your partner. Take it in turns to ask and answer the questions.

1. When is your birthday?

2. Was your mother born in the eighties?

3. What time of day do you work best?

4. What time do you start / finish work?

5. Do you ever get a sleep in the afternoon?

6. What time do you go to bed?

Adverbs of frequency

always usually often sometimes never

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I

always usually often sometimes never

get to work late.

A: How often do you arrive at work on time?

B: I usually arrive at work on time.

18. Rewrite each sentence with the adverb of frequency (in brackets) in its correct position.

Example: I play tennis on Sundays. (often)

Answer: I often play tennis on Sundays.

1. Peter doesn’t get up before seven. (usually)

2. Peggy and Frank are late. (often)

3. They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)

4. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)

5. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)

6. Our friends must write tests. (often)

7. Pete gets angry. (never)

8. Tom is very friendly. (usually)

9. Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often)

10. Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)

11. Christine smokes. (never)

19. Work with a partner. Use the adverbs of frequency to talk about your daily routine.

get up / wake up, have a shower, start the day with a good breakfast, cook / have (something for) breakfast / lunch / dinner, leave home, get to university, have classes, do my homework, watch TV, go to bed

Example:

I usually get up at seven o’clock.

20. Complete the text with the correct form of the word in brackets; translate the text.

Jane (be) always busy with her job. She (get) to the office before 8.30. She (take off) her coat, (put on) her reading glasses and (sit down) at her desk. Then she (read) her mail and (fill out) the daily reports. If she (have) enough time, she (have) a cup of coffee.

At 9 o’clock the other workers (arrive). Some of them (be) too tired to smile. Sometimes Jane (be) too busy to talk, but she (say) hello to everyone.

At 9.30 she (go) into the boss’s office. She (give) him the daily reports. They always (talk) about them for a few minutes. She (tell) the boss her plans for the day. Then she (go back) to her office and (make) phone calls. The company (do) business in England and Japan, so sometimes she (have) to call these countries.

At the end of the day she (pick up) the children at school. They (be) always happy to see her and she (be) always energetic enough to play with them at home. Jane (be) important to the people at the office and to the people at home, and she (do) a good job both places.