I/You/We/They don’t work hard.
He/She/It doesn’t work hard.
It says what we do every day. I/You/We/They work hard.
It also says what we usually do. He/She/It works hard.
USUALLY, ALWAYS, OFTEN, SOMETIMES,
SELDOM and NEVER are adverbs of time.
They usually go before the main verb,
but after the verb to be.
Pink dolphins are always friendly to people.
Pink dolphins usually eat crabs and small fish.
Read quickly in the singular.
1. They live at 12 Georgia Street.
2. My friends work in an office.
3. The children play out every afternoon.
4. They have their breakfast at 8 a.m. and eat their
lunch at 1:30 p.m.
5. These girls get new books from the library.
6. They usually stay at home and watch TV
on Sunday evening.
Read quickly in the negative, then in the
interrogative.
1. They go to the seaside for their holiday every year.
2. We have a rest here every day.
3. She has English classes every Friday.
4. They go to the pictures on Saturdays.
5. He goes fishing with his grandpa
every weekend.
Ask questions to which the underlined words are
the answers.
1. When she is pleased with her work, she sings.
2. When he is not busy, he goes to see some friends.
3. She often goes to the theatre because her
mother works there.
4. She seldom buys presents for her children.
5. Kate seldom smiles.
6. Everybody enjoys nice weather.
7. My brother lives in the capital.
8. Our meetings usually begin at 5 o’clock.
9. Mother usually makes a cake once a week.
10. We mustn’t put our clothes everywhere.
Ask and answer.
Model:
A. How often do you have a Music class? Every
day?
B. No, not every day. Once a week.
1. He - play tennis -3-week
2. They - work in the laboratory -4-week
3. You - have meetings and discussions -1-month
4. We - use our assembly hall -2-month
Do I/you/we/they work hard?
Does he/she/it work hard?
Underline the correct adverb.
1. It never /usually snows in winter.
2. It is always/seldom rainy in autumn.
3. It is often/never windy in spring.
4. It sometimes/never snows in summer.
5. The weather is usually/seldom cool
in November.
6. It seldom/never rains in August.
Put the adverbs in the right place.
1. She is busy. (always)
2. They write letters home. (seldom)
3. She wears these shoes in autumn. (usually)
4. What sort of flowers does he buy? (usually)
5. Do you eat sweets? (always)
6. Doesn’t your father buy his clothes at this
shop? (sometimes)
7. Do you get emails from your friends? (often)
8. She makes mistakes in her tests. (never)
9. We are tired. (often)
10. Their teacher is pleased with them. (never)
11. They have tea at 4:30. (sometimes)
12. Men aren’t fussy. (usually)
Complete the questions.
Then match them
to the answers.
1 ...................... is this bird?
2 ...................... does it weigh?
3 ...................... does it eat?
4 ...................... does it live?
5 ...................... does it live?
6 ...................... tall is it?
7 ...................... eggs does it lay?
a In Chile.
e One metre.
b Plants and animals.
f About 2.5 kg.
c A flamingo.
g Up to 40 years.
d One.
Fill in: do, does, don’t or doesn’t.
1. ........ you like basketball? Yes, I ........
2. ........ your parents work? Yes, they ........
3. ........ Mary sleep a lot? No, she ........
4. ........ they sing well? No, they ........
5. ........ he like jazz music? No, he ........
6. ........ she go to the gym? Yes, she ........
7. ........ we walk to school? No, we ........
8. ........ it rain a lot in spring? Yes, it ........