Your Daily

Routine
Adverbs of Frequency
VOCABULARY

A Match the words and phrases to the pictures.

a turn on a computer b have breakfast c go to bed

d go to work e leave work f run
g take a call h see friends and family i make a presentation
j get up
 CONVERSATION

BETH I need to go to First Union Bank downtown, please.

I'm late for a meeting.
DRIVER No problem. What time is your meeting?
BETH In 10 minutes! I don't usually work in the morning.
DRIVER Really? What time do you usually go to
work?
BETH I work in the afternoon. I start at one.
DRIVER That's pretty late. Do you like to work in the
afternoon?
BETH Yes, I do. I work better in the afternoon. I usually
finish at seven or eight, then I go home and eat
dinner at around 10:30.
DRIVER Wow, you have dinner late! I go to bed every night
at 8:00.
BETH Really? That seems so early!
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE
I get up at 7:00 in the morning on weekdays. Saying the time
I leave work early in the afternoon on Thursdays. 7: 00

I go to bed around eleven in the evening on weeknights. seven

I get home late at night on weekends. seven o'clock
I stay up until midnight on Fridays. 7:00 A.M. = 7:00 in the morning
I exercise before noon on Saturdays. 7:00 P.M. = 7:00 in the evening
I wake up after noon on Sundays.

A Choose the correct word.

1. I get up at/ until six at I on weekdays.
2. I have lunch at I early 11:30 in I on Mondays.
3. I have a snack in I around 10:00 in I at night.
4. In I On Fridays, I leave school early I before.
5. I stay up before I until 1:00 A.M. in I on weekends.
6. I sleep around I until noon in I on Sundays.
7. I have dinner at I in 7:00 at I on weeknights.
8. I read a book after I before I go to sleep.
9. In I On weekends, I go to bed in I at 1:00 A.M.
10. In I On Thursdays, I leave work at I in 9:00 P.M.
11. I work late I until on Wednesdays.
12. I study around I until 11:00 after I early dinner.

B Ask the questions, use A++

1. Which days do you get up early? late? 5. Which days do you stay up late?
2. What's something you do in the morning? 6. Which days do you go to bed early?
3. What's something you do before English class? 7. What do you do after dinner on weeknights?
4. What's something you do on Saturday evenings? 8. What do you do after lunch on weekends?
CONVERSATION
BOB Let's go to the park on Sunday!

ANN OK, but let's go in the afternoon. I usually sleep

late o late on weekends.
BOB What time do you usually get up on Sundays?
ANN At ten o'clock.
BOB Oh, that's early. On Sundays l get up at noon.
ANN Do you eat breakfast then?
BOB Sure. I have breakfast every day.
ANN Then let's meet at this restaurant at one o'clock. …
They serve breakfast all day!
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE
Do you get up early? What time do you get up?
No, Iget up late. At ten o'clock.
Does he have lunch at noon? What time does he have lu nch?
No, he eats lunch at one o'clock. At one o'clock.
Do they drive to worlc? When do they drive to work?
Yes. they drive to work every day. Every day.

A Complete the questions with do or does. Then ask three more questions using A++.
1. _ you get up early on weekdays?
2. What time you go home?
3. ____ your spouse work?
4. How ____ your family get to work/school?
time expressions
5. Do ____ read before going to bed?
early late
6. When ____ your family shop?
every day at 9:00
7. Does __________________? at noon/midnight
8. What time ______________? in the morning
9. Do __________________? in the afternoon
10. When _______________? in the evening
on Sundays
on weekends/weekdays
at night
PRACTICE
A Always, usually, sometimes, often and never are adverbs of frequency. Usually they go before the
main verb, but they go after the verb to be.

B Look at Steve Miller's schedule for a typical week Choose the word or phrase which best
completes each sentence.

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

9.00 Arrives at Arrives at Arrives at Arrives at Arrives
work work work work at work
11.00 Status Visits clients Status Visits clients Visits clients
meeting meeting
13.00 Lunch at Lunch out Lunch at Lunch at Lunch at
work work work work
15.00 Meeting Meeting Plays golf Meeting Leaves work
20.00 At home At home In the office At home At home

a Steve always I usually arrives at work at 9.00.

b He usually I sometimes has status meetings in the morning.
c He often visits I doesn't often visit clients in the morning.
d He usually I often has lunch at work.
e He sometimes I always plays golf.
f. He sometimes I always plays golf on Wednesday afternoons.
g. He is never I rarely in the office in the evening.
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE

How often do you exercise? Do you ever watch TV in the evening?

I go jogging every day.
I go skating once a week.
I play soccer twice a month.
I swim about three times a year.
I don't exercise very often/much.
Usually, I exercise before class.*
Yes, I often watch TV after dinner.
I sometimes watch TV before bed.
Sometimes I watch TV before bed.*
I rarely watch TV.
No, I never watch TV.
*Usually and sometimes can begin a sentence.

A Put the adverbs in the correct place in the sentences

1. A: Do you play sports? (ever) 5. A:What do you do after class? (usually)

B: Sure. I play soccer.(twice a week)
2. A: What do you do on Saturday mornings? (usually)
B:Nothing much. I sleep until noon. (almost always)
3. A:Do you exercise at the gym? (often)
B:No, I exercise. (almost never)
4. A: Do you clean on Sundays? (always)
B: No, I clean on Sundays. (never)
B Take turns asking the questions. Give your own information when answering using A++.
a something you never eat
b a friend you don't often see
c a restaurant you sometimes go to
B: I go out with my classmates. (about three times a week)
6. A: Do you go to the movies? (often)
B: Yes, I go to the movies. (once a week)
7. A: Do you go bike riding? (ever)
B: No, I ride a bike. (rarely)
8. A: Do you walk to school? (sometimes)
B: Sure. I walk to school. (five days a week)
d a TV program you often watch
e the drink you usually ask for in a bar
f something you always do at Christmas