MÓDULO

BASIC ENGLISH I

COMPETENCIA DEL MÓDULO:

Describir, en idioma inglés, intereses, actividades rutinarias y de

pasatiempos personales y de otras personas en presente simple.

APRENDIZAJES ESPERADOS SEMANA 6:

Extraer información escuchando grabaciones en inglés o de lecturas de

textos breves y sencillos.
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UNITS......................................................................................................................................1
Adverbs of frequency...........................................................................................................2
Adverbs of frequency in a sentence......................................................................................2
Exercises...............................................................................................................................4
Grammar Review..................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSIÓN:.......................................................................................................................7
BIBLIOGRAFÍA......................................................................................................................8
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UNITS

UNITS
Unit 3
Adverbs of Frequency – WH questions.
Habitual actions

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Adverbs of frequency

 What are adverbs of frequency? and What they are for?

Adverbs of frequency describe how often something occurs, either in definite or indefinite
terms. An adverb that describes definite frequency is one such as weekly, daily, or yearly.
An adverb describing indefinite frequency doesn't specify an exact time frame; examples are
sometimes, often, and rarely.

Adverbs of frequency in a sentence

 An adverb of frequency generally goes before a main verb (except with To Be)

Subject + adverb + main verb

I always remember to do my work on time.
He normally gets up very early in the morning.

An adverb of frequency ALWAYS goes after the verb TO BE.

Subject + to be + adverb
They are never late for work.
She isn't usually tired after doing exercises.

 When we use an auxiliary verb (have, will, must, might, could, would, can, etc.), the
adverb is placed between the auxiliary and the main verb. This is also valid for To
Be.

Subject + auxiliary + adverb + main verb

She can sometimes beat me in a race.
I would hardly ever be unkind to someone.
They might never see each other again.
They could occasionally be heard laughing.

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Example chart of frequency Adverbs:

% ADVERB OF FREQUENCY EXAMPLE

100% ALWAYS I always study after class

90% USUALLY He usually walks to work

80% NORMALLY / GENERALLY She normally gets good marks

70% OFTEN / FREQUENTLY You often read in bed at night

50% SOMETIMES They sometimes eat at school

30% OCCASIONALLY We occasionally go to bed late

10% SELDOM They seldom put salt on their food

5% HARDLY EVER / RARELY I hardly ever get angry

0% NEVER Vegetarians never eat meat

HOW OFTEN SOMETHING HAPPENS?

NUMBER + TIMES +A+ TIME PERIOD Time period

Once a day daily
Twice a week weekly
Three times a month monthly
Four times a year annually

EVERY + NUMBER + TIME EVER + TIME PERIOD

PERIOD Y
Every two days Every day
Every three weeks Every week
Every four months Every month

 Examples:

 She visits her parents once a week.

 He goes to the gym three times a week.
 I call her daily to make sure she is fine.
 There is an eclipse every twenty years.
 They pay their bills every month.

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Exercises

1. Check your grammar: gap fill – adverbs of frequency

Write the word or phrase in the correct place.
1. I ____________ think ____________ about ____________ becoming a pilot. (sometimes)
2. The Queen ____________ celebrates ____________ her birthday ____________. (twice a
year)
3. We ____________ play ____________ computer games ____________. (every day)
4. You ____________ think ____________ about ____________ your future. (hardly ever)
5. I ____________ have ____________ seen ____________ her before. (never)
6. I ____________ use ____________ the school library ____________. (weekly)
7. My parents ____________ go ____________ to the cinema ____________. (once a year)
8. I ____________ don’t ____________ wear ____________ black in summer. (normally)

2. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences, as in the example.

play /often / on / Sundays / they / football

They often play football on Sundays.

1. late / is / she / sometimes

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2. early / up / sister / never / Sundays / on / gets / my
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3. usually / he / goes / to / on / Fridays / the / cinema
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4. go / you / restaurant / often / a / do / how / to / ?
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5. she / the / beach / to / always / goes / in / the / summer
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6. sometimes / her / does / she / Fridays / on / shopping
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Exercise 1: 1. I sometimes think... 2. ...her birthday twice a year. 3... computer games every day. 4. You hardly ever think...
5. I have never seen... 6. ...the school library weekly. 7... to the cinema once a year. 8. I normally don’t wear...
Exercise 2: 1. She is sometimes late. 2. My sister never gets up.... 3. He usually goes to...4.How often do you go... 5. She always goes to.... 6.
She sometimes does her...

3. Rewrite the following sentences in the correct order.

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Example: tests / difficult/ English / are / often = English tests are often difficult.

1. she / never / to the park / goes

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2.is /friendly/ he /always
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3.shower/ sing/ I / often / in / the
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4. sister / my/ angry/ gets / ever/ hardly
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5.movies / Sam / sometimes / likes / scary
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6. delicious / usually / mother / your / food / cooks
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1. She never goes to the park

2. He is always friendly
3. I often sing in the shower
4. My sister hardly ever gets angry
5. Sam sometimes likes scary movies
6. Your mum usually cooks delicious food

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Grammar Review
Do & Does

Affirmative Negative Questions with Where

I I I
You You you
We work in a We don’t work in a library. Where do we work?
school. They they
They
He He he
She works in a She doesn’t work in a Where does she work?
school. library. it
It It

Other questions Short answers

I Yes, you do. / No, you don’t.
you Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Do we work in a school? Yes, you do. / No, you don’t.
they Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.
he Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t.
Does she work in a school? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t. Yes,
it it does. / No, it doesn’t.

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CONCLUSIÓN:

¿Listos para aprender inglés?

Como pudiste ver en el desarrollo de esta unidad, expresar lo que hacemos diariamente es
muy sencillo. Hablar sobre las acciones habituales o “rutinas”, que son secuencias de
acciones que no varían y que son fáciles de reconocer.
Ya sabemos que una “rutina” es una acción común, realizada con cierta frecuencia. Se
refiere a cosas que suceden todo el tiempo como, por ejemplo: “yo estudio inglés tres veces
por semana”, “voy al supermercado todos los viernes”, etc. La mayoría de los trabajos tienen
o siguen una rutina, un horario o acciones que se repiten generalmente.
Por otra parte, es importante recordar que, al hablar de las rutinas diarias, en inglés, siempre
utilizaremos el tiempo “presente simple”, por lo explicado anteriormente, debido a que,
estamos comentando las acciones que se realizan de manera permanente y con frecuencias
que nos indicarán si esto es siempre, a veces, rara vez o nunca, por ejemplo.
Es así como siguiendo unas sencillas reglas, lograremos expresar lo que realizamos a diario
de manera clara, fluida y natural.
Es importante que consideres ciertos cambios gramaticales como las terminaciones -s o -es
en los verbos conjugados en tercera persona singular en presente simple. El uso de los
auxiliares Do y Does cuando quieras hacer una negación o pregunta.
Ya ves, entonces, que solo se trata de recapitular lo aprendido y prestar atención a la
posición de cada palabra en las oraciones y los cambios que deberás realizar para lograr
comunicar de manera correcta, ya sea, oral o escrita las ideas que tengas para expresar.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA

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 Hewings, M. (2013). Advance Grammar In Use . Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press.
 Murphy, R., & Naylor, H. (2009). Essential Grammar In Use Supplementary
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 Walker, E., & Elsworth, S. (2000). Grammar Practice for Elementary Students (Vol.
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 Murphy, R. (2004). English Grammar In Use (Vol. III). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
 Red River Press Inc. (18 de January de 2019). ESL LIBRARY. (Red River Press)
Recuperado el 10 de January de 2019, de ESL LIBRARY: www.esl-library.com
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