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i Grammar 3

Adverbs of

Iw™	" frequency
adverbs of frequency
0% ft	They never watch documentaries. We hardly ever use a Computer. She sometimes^watches TV. He often watches just 10.5 hours a week. You usually watch about 20 hours a week. 1 am always tiredatschool.
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8 Look at the sentences in the table. Choose the correct words to complete the rules.

Do your porenrs soy you worch roo much P Do rhey rhink you olwoys worch corroons o reoliry shows? A new report soys fhof y< people ofren worch jusr 1.5 hours of TV 0'd^wbuf rheir porenrs usuolly worch twice os much.Jhiy' reporr olso soys rhor young people/donjr warch mony DVDs on rheir TVs. This generaripn prefers compurers, so do young people ofren worch TV Online? No, rhey don'r. They sphset! meś worch DVDs on rheir compurer bur. only for obour rwo hours a week.

Does rhis meon rho^eenagers^go ourside and do lors of sporr? Unforrbgbrely/-10. The compurer is now o replacemenr tor rhe TV and o lor of reenogers spe j th-' tin.e on rheir compurers: rhey surf rhe Inremefj) pioy video gomes ond download musie. Mo;e thon 50 per cenr of

pr-olds hove gor o compurer in rheir •ydon'r get enough sleep becouse ,ofren sleep for only four hours so red rhe nexr day ar school.

9 Rewrite the sentences using the adverbs of frequency in brackets.

A recent report on British young people says ...

/    1 Teenagers use the TV to help with their

homework. (never)

2-jrhey watch a variety of programmes. (always)

3    Their favourite programmes are soap operas and comedy programmes. (usually)

4    Boys watch morę TV than girls, (often)

5    Girls turn on the TV after 9.00 pm. (hardly ever)

Long frequency expressions go at the end of the sentence:

I watch a gamę show once a year.

10    Order the words to make sentences.

1    My mum / soap operas / watches / twice a day /.

2    my homework / do /1 / before dinner / always /.

3    never / plays / My friend / on his Computer /

DVDs/.

4    reality shows / watch / hardly ever /1 /.

5    the TV in dass / uses / every day / My teacher /.

11    Rewrite the sentences in exercise 10 so they are true for you.

12    fTl INTERFACE Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the TV programmes in exercise 1.

How often do you watch documentaries?

Workbook Grammar reference page 124 Grammar excercises page 125

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