English-Guide 1st grade adverbs of frequency I Read the text and underline all the frequency adverbs and time expressions as you can find I get up at o’clock in the morning every day, then I usually take a quick shower and always brush my teeth After that I have a huge breakfast prepared by my mother, I always eat as fast as I can because Homer sometimes steals our food Once we have finished with our breakfast, Me and my sister Lisa sometimes run to catch the school bus, Once I am there, I greet my best friend Millhouse and we always start bothering our principal Skinner, he is so much fun, although it seems that he hates me, it is not true, because he loves me, actually without me he would be nothing I always walk on my way home actually I never miss one day without walking and skating I go skating around the town four times a week, and twice a week I practice other things like for instance make some jokes to Homer, he is the perfect person whom you can make fun of, he never learns when you make him a joke, he can fall in the joke more than three times But you have to be careful because when he gets angry he can destroy and attack everyone who is near him, so you always have to run and of course laugh in the process Answer these sentences with true or false, justify the false ones Bart gets up at 20 _ He takes a shower after brushing his teeth He almost never eats fast _ Bart and Lisa seldom run to catch the school bus _ Homer never steals the food of his children Skinner is the best friend of Bart _ Bart always catches the bus on his way home _ Bart practices other things like bothering people three times a week _ Homer is an easy going person, he never gets angry II 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Read the information of the chart and answer the questions below ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 1ST GRADE Activities Children Sofia Solange Diego Carlos Go to the cinema -Usually Never Often Hardly ever Play Tennis -Never Sometimes Usually Often Watch TV -Often Always Sometimes Usually Listen to music -Always Usually Hardly ever Sometimes Ride a bike -Hardly ever Always Usually Never III – With the information of the chart complete these sentences a) b) c) d) Sofia goes to the cinema Solange plays tennis Diego _ listens to music Carlos _ rides a bike IV - Answer the questions with the information of the chart above a) How often does Sofia play tennis? Sofia never plays tennis b) How often does Solange go to the cinema? c) How often does Diego listen to music? d) How often does Carlos watch TV? V Fill in the blanks with the words listed below sometimes • always • almost never sometimes • always • almost never almost always • never almost always • never I _drive to work I not have a car or a license She calls her mother after dinner They talk every night We _watch TV Maybe only two or three times a year I _brush my teeth before bed, but sometimes I forget They play soccer on the weekend ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 1ST GRADE