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Unit 4: The daily grind
Adverbs of frequency

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  5. 5Christmas every day
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  23. 23Great expectations!
  24. 24Eco-tourism
  25. 25Moving house
  26. 26It must be love
  27. 27Job hunting success... and failure
  28. 28Speeding into the future
  29. 29Lost arts
  30. 30Tales of survival

Session 2

Adverbs of frequency are words like always, never and sometimes.

People use them to talk about how frequently things happen.

In this session, we’ll find out what they mean and you'll learn some simple rules to help you use them properly.

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Activity 1

Learn the language: Adverbs of frequency

Here's Emma to introduce this session. It's all about adverbs of frequency.

Vidiyoo daawwadhuuti shaakala kana xumuri

Barreeffama agarsiisiBarreeffama dhoksi

Hello!

In this session, we’re going to learn some very important and useful language.

Adverbs of frequency are words like always, never and sometimes. People use these in everyday English to talk about how frequently things happen.

In this session, we’ll learn what they mean and some simple rules to help you use them properly.

Now we're going to study an area of language from Emma and Rob's commuting video: adverbs of frequency. These are words which we use when we want to talk about how often we do things.

To do

How often do these things happen? Here are some sentences from Session 1. Have a look at the game and see if you can match these sentences with a percentage to say how frequently they happen.

But remember, it isn't an exact science! Adverbs of frequency may be used by different people to mean slightly different things.

Grammar: Adverbs of frequency

6 Questions

There are sentences on the left. Match each one with a percentage on the right.

Baga gammadde! Qormaata xumurteetta
Excellent!Great job!Carraa badaa!Qabxii argatte:
x / y

Grammar: Adverbs of frequency

6 Questions

There are sentences on the left. Match each one with a percentage on the right.

Baga gammadde! Qormaata xumurteetta
Excellent!Great job!Carraa badaa!Qabxii argatte:
x / y

Next

Well done! Now we’ll look at the where words like always, sometimes, never and rarely appear in sentences in the next activity.

Wiirtuu gadi-buufatan

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