Lesson Plan Title: Indefinite time adverbs Viza sef catedra:______________

Main Objectives: Improve communicative competence

Encourage the learner to arrive at the rules of grammar
Aims: At the end of this lesson the students should be able to use some of the basic adverbs of frequency.
They will be able to talk about their daily routine in a general way
They will be able to write short sentences about their daily routine

Teacher:
Type of lesson:
Students: Year: Course: No of students: Date:

SESSION
Step Activity Communication Language Skills Grouping Materials
(time) (steps) (functions) (gram, vocab, pron) L S R W C G P I
1. Activity 1 Checking the Revision vocabulary x x x x
( 5 m.) homework from the previous
The teacher checks the lesson
homework and corrects the
exercise together with the
students
2. Activity 2 Presentation Help students make Frequency adverbs use x x x x x x Blackboard
( 25 The Teacher announces and writes use of their previous and pronunciation. Notebook
m.) in the blackboard the title of the grammar It will help students
lesson: Indefinite time adverbs. knowledge. associate the adverbs
Students can now of frequency with the
The teacher begins by writing talk about their daily concept of relative
some examples on the blackboard.
habits. Introducing repetition or frequency.
adverbs of frequency
I always have breakfast.
can help give them
I usually get up at 7 o'clock.
further expressive
I often watch television.
capabilities by
I sometimes exercise.
allowing them to
I seldom go shopping.
speak about how
I never cook fish.
often they perform
The teacher asks the Ss to look at daily tasks.
the sentences and see which of the
words seem to show the frequency
 of the action? Where are they
placed?
The teacher writes on the
blackboard a list of most common
frequency adverbs so that students
can write down in their notebooks.
The teacher explains how they are
used in a sentence.
The theory will be written down in
the notebook.

3. Activity 3 Further Practice Put into practice Grammar Focus x x x x Worksheets

( 15 The teacher gives them a what they have just
m.) worksheet with frequency adverbs learned.
exercises that they will have to
finish and in the end consult with
their classmates. They will be
asked randomly to read the
sentences.

4. Activity 4 Story time Having fun and Grammar focus in x x x

( 5 m.) The teacher begins by saying: context learning. context
I always sleep till 6 in the
morning.
Each student will have to add
a sentence with a frequency
adverb in order to create a
story. The last student will
close the story with the word
the END.
The frequency adverbs could
be repeated only 3 times.
Worksheet

A.Complete the following sentences using appropriate indefinite time adverbs. Choose your answer from the options given in the brackets.
1. He. goes to office by bus, but today he went on foot. (often/never / always)
2. He has .. drunk wine or any other liquor in his life. (seldom/never / always)
3. We dont get a chance to go on vacation because we have our work to do. (rarely/always / ever)
4. She .. comes to school in time. (never/ever / always)
5. I dont know why I .. get angry these days. (constantly/ never / often)
6. Have you . visited a zoo? (frequently/ever / always)
7. Have you .. seen Mr. Paul without a cigarette? (occasionally/ever / always)
8. I have .. been to Paris but I would like to go someday.(normally/never/ever)

B. Answer the questions for yourself.

1. How often do you wash the dishes?

2. How often do you wake up at 10 a.m.?
3. How often are you late for work?
4. How often do you cook lunch?
5. How often do you watch TV in the evening?
6. How often do you go to bed at 9 p.m.?
7. How often do you wash your clothes?
8. How often do you study English?

C. Put the adverb of frequency on the correct place rewriting the sentence.

E.g. I go to the park. (often) I often go to the park.

1. Joanna washes the dishes. (sometimes)
2. Philip is late for work. (never)
3. She wakes up at 6 a.m. (always)
4. Tim comes home late. (often)
5. Roxanna cooks nice dinner. (always)
6. Paul does his homework. (never)