Adverbs Frequency Lesson Plan

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Lesson:
Adverbs of frequency
General:
Time: 40 mins - 1 hour
Objectives: Saying how often you do things with adverbs of frequency
Structures: "Do you …?", "How often do you …?"
Target Vocab: always, almost always, often, usually, sometimes, rarely, hardly ever,
almost never, never
You will need to download:

Printables: • Adverbs of frequency questionnaire
• Adverbs of frequency write worksheet
• Reader worksheet
• Warm Up & Wrap Up lesson sheet
Readers: The Mystery of the Missing Magic Carpet
These can be downloaded at https://www.eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-lesson-plans.html
You will also need:

• cards with the adverbs of frequency written on them: always, almost always, often,
usually, sometimes, rarely, hardly ever, almost never, never (see point 3)
• Blue Tack or tape to stick the frequency adverbs cards on the board (see point 3)
• board with chalk / markers
Notes:
In this lesson students will practice saying adverbs of frequency to indicate how often they
do certain activities. It is an action-packed lesson with lots of fun action activities.
IMPORTANT: This lesson reviews vocabulary and structures from the Days of the Week
lesson, so be sure to have taught it before this one.
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Lesson Overview:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
1. See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" lesson sheet.
New Learning and Practice:

1. Review days of the week and play ball toss
2. Discuss the best day of the week
3. Introduce the adverbs of frequency
4. Do the "Adverbs of frequency questionnaire" worksheet
5. Play the “Climb the frequency ladder” game
6. Read classroom reader "The Mystery of the Missing Magic Carpet"
Wrap Up:
1. Set Homework: "Adverbs of frequency write" worksheet
2. See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" lesson sheet.
Lesson Procedure:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" lesson sheet.
New Learning and Practice:

1. Review days of the week and play ball toss
To begin, get everybody standing up and toss a ball to a student
who tosses it to another student and so on around the class – let
everyone have fun for a minute throwing the ball around the
class and trying not to let it drop on the floor.
Next, have a student toss the ball to you and as you catch it
shout “Monday”. Toss the ball to another student and

encourage him/her to shout “Tuesday” as they catch it. Continue with the days of the week
being shouted out in the correct order, going around the class. If the ball is dropped or the
wrong day is said you must start again with Monday. Set a target of 3 or 4 fast rounds
without mistakes or dropping the ball.
2. Discuss the best day of the week

Get everyone to sit down. Write on the top
of the board “The best day of the week is”
and ask the class for their answers. Most
probably it will be Saturday or Sunday. Take
a vote for the most popular answer and write
this on the board, for example:
The best day of the week is Saturday
Next, ask why it is the best day of the week

and encourage students to shout out answers. Write the things they do on the board as
they are shouted out, for example:
The best day of the week is Saturday because …
0%shopping
I go
I play video I stay up late.
with friends.
games.
I eat a big
I watch rugby breakfast.
I go to my
on TV.
grandparent’s
I meet my
house.
friends.
I play baseball.
I go swimming.
I sleep in. I do nothing.
3. Introduce the adverbs of frequency

Choose one of the activities on the board, such as “I go shopping with friends”. In the space
on the right-side of the board write “On Saturdays, I _____________ go shopping with
friends”.
Then under this, draw a vertical line with 0% at the bottom and 100% at the top to make a
frequency chart, as follows:

The best day of the week is Saturday because … On Saturdays, I _______

go shopping with friends.
0%shopping
I go
I play video I stay up late. 100%
with friends.
games.
I eat a big
I watch rugby breakfast.
I go to my
on TV.
grandparent’s
I meet my
house.
friends.
I play baseball.
I go swimming.
I sleep in. I do nothing.
0%
Then point to yourself and point at the 0% and shake your head to indicate that you never
go shopping with friends on Saturdays.
Next, get a few volunteers to come up to the board and point on the vertical line where
their answer would be (e.g. around 50% for sometimes, 70% for often, etc.).
At this point we’ll add the frequency adverbs to the chart. Before class, prepare cards with
the adverbs of frequency written on them (always, almost always, often, usually, sometimes,
rarely, hardly ever, almost never, never). Put the “never” card at 0% on the board. Say “I
never go shopping with friends on Saturdays”.
Give the rest of the cards to different students and ask them, one-by-one, to come to the
board and place them where they think they would go on the chart. As each student
guesses, get everyone to help by saying “higher!” or “lower!”. Keep having students come
up to the board with their cards until you have a completed chart:


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New Learning and Practice:

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2. Discuss the best day of the week

The best day of the week is Saturday

Next, ask why it is the best day of the week

The best day of the week is Saturday because …

3. Introduce the adverbs of frequency

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The best day of the week is Saturday because … On Saturdays, I _______

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