In my free time I …

Leisure activities: cook,

Read Play games Paint, draw, (do) Exercise – Listen to music

Play videogames color Work out
Play boardgames

Go online – Surf Ride a bike Drive Watch TV Sleep

the net (check Ride a motorbike Travel Rest
social networks, Watch movies Relax
watch videos, study Go for a ride Go for a drive See movies Take a nap
(read), see movies,) Go for a walk

Play sports Eat out- Go to the cinema Dance Talk, speak

Play soccer Go out for dinner movies Go dancing Visit friends/ family

Take pictures Go to the park Play music Spend time with Drink
Hang out with Go to the playground Play a musical family Have some beers
friends instrument
What do you do in your free time?

 In my free time, I cook / I play soccer /

Frequency adverbs
Adverb Percentage Placement of frequency adverbs
Always 100%
Simple present:
Often I always listen to music

Usually 80% Julio usually cooks

Frequently Mario sometimes plays soccer

Sometimes 40% I never smoke

Rarely Verb to be:

30%
I am always early for class
Seldom 20%
Students are usually interested in their grades
Hardly ever
People are sometimes afraid of spiders
Never 0%

She is rarely late for work

She is usually very friendly

I always tidy my room

I sometimes watch TV

I never wash the car

I often sleep during the day

I always do my homework
Read this short passage: Find the mistakes and write the correction above the
mistake: to be= early, on time, late (llegar) - enjoy reading
Passage: Correction

Sara is late for work often on Mondays. She is
late for work because she always read the
newspaper before she go to the office. She
enjoys reading this paper, so she take her
time. Unfortunately, she takes often too much
time. Sara drink always coffee in the morning
but she don’t eat anything. She drinks coffee
with sugar rarely. She sometimes is late
because she go to work by bus instead of
driving.
Sara is often late for work on Mondays. She is
late for work because she always reads the
newspaper before she goes to the office. She
enjoys reading this paper, so she takes her
time. Unfortunately, she often takes too much
time. Sara always drinks coffee in the morning
but she doesn’t eat anything. She rarely drinks
coffee with sugar. She is sometimes late
because she goes to work by bus instead of
driving.

Time expressions (frequency) - at the begining of a sentence or at the end

Everyday Every fifteen days Every weekend On weekends

On weekdays On Monday Every other day: dia de por

medio

Once (a day, a month, a week, a year) Twice Three times

Four times Five times Six times

 Everyday I give English classes – I give english classes everyday

 I usually clean the house once a week
 Women wash their hair every other day
 I visit my family on the weekends
 I always go to work / I usually ride …
Questions with “how often” : cada cuánto- con qué frecuencia

Wh – auxiliar (do-does) – subject – verb - complement

I How often do you go to the cinema?

You Do How often do you study English?
We How often do they visit their parents?
They How often do we have English class?

She How often does she go to the gym?

He Does How often does Adriana cook?
It How often does Julio play soccer?