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Exeraise IComplete the sentences, with: always/usually/often/sometimesioccasion al ly/rarely/neve r'

I He likes football. He goes to a lot of football matches'He ................ watches football'

2 She goes to the cinema two or three times every year'

She .............' goes to the cinema'

3 I like classical music, and I like pop music'1......."......... listen to pop music' and

listen to classical music.

They don't like meat. They're vegetarians

They .,.......... . eat meat.

Exereise 2Do you listen to classical music? Sotnetimes'Do you smoke cigarettes? Neaer '

I Do you drink beer?2 Do you play golf ?3 Do you go to the cinema?4 Do you eat chocolate? .. ....... ..'S Do you get up earlY?

xercise 3What about you? Write true sentences using: always/usually/often/sometimes/rarely/never.

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Every morning she drinks coffee with herbreakfast.

She............. drinks coffee with her break-fast.

He doesn't usually drink wine, but at Christmas' with hisdinner, he has a glass of wine,

He .............." drinks wine'

They go to bed ai eleven o'clock from Sunday to Friday'nut n Saturday they go to bed at midnight'

They ............ . go to bed at eleven o'clock'

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Do you drink Coca-Cola?

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32.2 'l'm often late on Mondays, [> 5.3, 22.3]Study:

Write: 1 l/atwaysnate/Mondays I ln alnags.. l.q.te .qn Mcmd,agS,..2 He/never/leave home at B/Mondays3 l/aiways/like breakfast in bed/Sundays4 We/sometimes/watch the match/Saturdavs5 Jane/sometimes/have fish for lunch/Sundays6 l/often/write letters/Fridays

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Adverbs of frequency answer the question How often? Common adverbs of frequencyare: always, usually, often, sometimes, ever (in questions) and never(in statembnts).Position with be:We normaliy put them aler be (present or past):He is always hungry. I am often late. They are never at home.He was always hungry. r was often tate. They were never at home.We normally put them before other verbs:He always gets up at 7. I often watch rv. lt never rains in summer.

Phrases like every day and in the morning, on Monday, in July tell us when:I go to work by bus every day. t leave home at 7.30 in the m'orning.On + Mondays etc. tells us what usuaily or often happens:on sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, sa"turdays..We clean our house on Mondays.we can put the time phrase at the beginning or at the end of the sentence:On Mondays, I'm often late. t'm often late on Mondays.(= that's what usually happens)on Monday, I have an appointment. r have an appointment on Monday. (= when)

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