Cosas Que Hacer En Mi Ciudad

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency

play bingo exercise play soccer go to the movies listen to music go to the park

read books play guitar play computer games go dancing go bicycle riding

go for a walk knit run work in the garden play cards go rollerblading watch TV

go surfing swim go fishing go bungee jumping play basketball play piano

play chess collect stamps make scrapbooks solve crossword puzzles go shopping cook

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency What do these people like to do during their leisure time?

Look at the picture and fill in the blank. Example:

Betty likes to __play bingo__.

Sam likes to __ go to the park ___. Billy likes to _ watch TV _____.

Jerry likes to __ read books __. Lacey likes to _ go dancing _.

Geraldine likes to __ knit _________. Frank likes to _ play soccer __.

Ben and Mike like to __go fishing _____. Henry likes to _ play guitar __.

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency

Crossword Puzzle

Look at the picture clue to fill in the crossword puzzle.

Example:

1. g o r o l l e r b l a d i n g

Across:

1

5

c o l l e c t s t a m p s

l

a

y p

c l

a a

r y

d b

s w i m r

n u

g o b i c y c l e r i d i n g

o

Across:

1 4 5

Down:

2 3 6

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency

Unscramble the words.

Example:

s m w i __swim

1. x s e e i r e c _exercise___ 2. n k t i __knit____3. l p a y play a i o n p ___piano______

4. o g l o g e b r i n d l r a l ____go rollerblading

Find the missing letter and write the word. Example:

c-lle-t st-mp- __collect stamps

1. g- -o t-e m-v-es go to the movies_ 2. p-ay co-p-ter -a-e- play computer

games 3. -o f-r a w-lk _go for a walk

4. –ork in t-e ga-d-n work in the garden 5. g- su-f-ng _go surfing 6. m- - e sc-apb-o-s make

scrapbooks

Put the activities in alphabetical order.

Example:

go to the movies, play chess, exercise

1. ___exercise___

2. ___go to the movies___

3. ___play chess___

listen to music solve crossword puzzles go to the park cook play chess go shopping

1. _______ cook ______

2. _____ go shopping ___

3. _______ go to the park ___

4. ______ listen to music __

5. _______ play chess __

6. ___ solve crossword puzzles __

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency

Ask 5 classmates what they like to do. Fill in the chart.

Example:

Student Name Do you like to play Do you like to read Do you like to go Do you like to go Do you like to play

bingo? books? for a walk? surfing? chess?

Alison Yes No Yes Yes No

Bruce No Yes No No Yes

Kevin No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tammy Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Tim No No Yes Yes No

Student Do you like to Do you like to Do you like to Do you like to Do you like to

Name play play solve watch TV? swim?

computer basketball? crossword

Andrés Felipe games? puzzles?

Sergio zamora Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Humberto Bandera Yes No No Yes No

Sandra Mora No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yecenia Jaramillo No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Juan Carlos Moreno Yes No No No Yes

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency

Adverbs Of Frequency

Adverbs of frequency tell how often or how frequently somebody does something.

Study this chart.

Amount Of Time Adverb

100% Always

80% Usually

70% Often

50% Sometimes

30% Seldom

10% Rarely

0% Never

Here is another chart that shows adverbs of frequency.

100%

50%

0%

always usually often sometimes seldom rarelynever

Practice spelling the adverbs.

Fill in the missing letters for each adverb.

Example: ___ _l_ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ a_ _l_ _w_ _a_ _y_ _s_

n__ _e_ __v_ __e_ _r_ o__f_ _t__e___n_ _s_ __e_ __l_ __d_ _o_m_ u__s_ _u__ a__l_ _l__ _y_

r_ _a__ _r_ _e_ _l__y s_ _o_m_ _e__ t_ __i_ _m__ _e__ s

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency

Adverbs of frequency come between the subject and the verb.

Subject + Adverb Of Frequency + Verb

Oscar usually plays cards on Friday night. (Oscar usually plays cards on Friday night.)

Subject + Adverb Of Frequency + Verb

Blanche always works in the garden on weekends. (Blanche always works in the garden on weekends.)

Add the frequency adverbs to the sentences below.

Example: (always) John always goes bicycle riding on his day off.

(rarely) Henry ___ rarely ______ plays guitar on Sunday morning.

(never) Benjamin __ never __ collects stamps.

(usually) Kim usually knits when she has free time.

(always) Barbara and Roger _ always __ play bingo on Saturday afternoon.

(often) Patricia __ often _ makes scrapbooks on weekends.

(sometimes) Barry _ sometimes runs after work.

(seldom) Mary __ seldom swims at the city pool.

Use the information from the chart to fill in the blank with the correct adverb. Example: (80%) Melanie _usually_ reads books during her leisure time.

(100%) Leonard ___ Always _ plays soccer on Saturday afternoon.

(10%) Theresa _ Rarely __ plays piano.

(0%) Harry __ Never _ plays basketball on Monday morning.

(30%) Andrea __ Seldom _ watches TV after work.

(50%) Tom Sometimes goes rollerblading on his day off from work.

(70%) Alice _ Often swims in the pool at the gym.

(80%) Sonya _ Usually _ listens to music when she has free time.

Amount Of Time Adverb

100% Always

80% Usually

70% Often

50% Sometimes

30% Seldom

10% Rarely

0% Never

How often do you cook? I seldom cook.

How often do you watch TV when you have free time? I usually watch TV when I have free time.

How often do you work in the garden on weekends? I often work in the garden on weekends.

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Leisure Time Activities And Adverbs Of Frequency

Read these dialogs. Practice these dialogs with a classmate.

Dialog 1

Mary: Billy, name something that you always do on Friday night.

Billy: I always play cards on Friday night.

Dialog 2

Billy: Mary, name something that you never do on Saturday afternoon.

Mary: I never go rollerblading on Saturday afternoon.

Dialog 3

Mary: Billy, name something that you sometimes do on Sunday morning.

Billy: I sometimes go fishing on Sunday morning.

Dialog 4

Robert: Greg, name usually that you watch TV when you have free time?

Greg: I usually watch TV when I have free time

Dialog 5

Leslie: Audrey, name often

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