ADVERBIOS FRECUENCIA

Estos adverbios se colocan siempre delante del verbo principal, es a decir, el verbo que tiene un
significado y que hace referencia a una accin. Por lo tanto hay que aprender a distinguir entre el
verbo principal y el auxiliar (do / does; dont / doesnt).
I always play tennis.
He doesnt often go to the cinema.
Do you usually get up early at the weekend?
Cuidado con los adverbios never y hardly ever. Estas expresiones tienen un significado negativo en
ingls y, si las utilizamos, la frase no podr contener una negacin.
He hardly ever goes to the cinema No va casi nunca al cine. (en castellano, la doble negacin es
posible)
Hay una excepcin a la regla: el verbo TO BE. Con este verbo, los adverbios de frecuencia se sitan
siempre detrs.
Im often happy.
He isnt always at home.
Las expresiones de frecuencia como on (Mondays), in the (morning/afternoon/evening),at night,
at the weekend, in (July)
Normalmente estas expresiones se colocan al final de la frase, aunque en algunas ocasiones tambin
se pueden colocar al principio de la frase.
I play tennis at the weekend.
In the morning, he gets up at 7 oclock, he has a shower and he has breakfast.
EXERCISE:
He listens to the radio. (often)
They read a book. (sometimes)
Pete gets angry. (never)
Tom is very friendly. (usually)
I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)
Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often)
My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)
Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)
They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)
Christine smokes. (never)
LIKE, LOVE, HATE +VERB. ING
Estos verbos regularmente van acompaados de dos tipos de palabras: sustantivos y verbos.
1. Sustantivos
I love cars. (Me encantan los carros)
-She likes movies. (A ella le gustan las pelculas)
-We dont like sad music. (No nos gusta la msica triste)
-He hates spinach. (Odia las espinacas)
2. Verbos
Cuando estas palabras (love, like, hate) estn acompaadas de verbos :
a) Verbo + ing
She loves listening to music. (Me encanta escuchar msica)
-I like playing soccer. (Me gustan jugar futbol)
-He doesnt like eating vegetables. (A l no le gusta comer verduras/vegetales)
-They hate dancing. (Odian bailar)

EXERCISES:
1 Complete with the verb.
I like dancing (dance).
You like __________________________ (paint).
He likes __________________________ (fish).
She likes __________________________ (swim).
We like __________________________ (ride).
They like __________________________ (cook).
2 Now make the sentences negative. Now make questions.
_e_._g_._ _I_ d__o_n__t_ l_i_k_e_ _d_a_n__c_i_n_g_.__________________________________
_e_._g_._ _D__o_ _I _l_ik__e_ d__a_n__c_in__g_?____________________________________
3 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in brackets.
STEVE: Hi Sara!
SARA: Hi you two! What are you doing?
STEVE: Were playing basketball. Do you want to play?
SARA :No thanks. I (1) ________________________ (not like / play) basketball.
CARL: Wow! I (2) ________________________ (love / play) basketball, its great!
STEVE: What do you (3) ________________________ (like / do)?
SARA :Well, I (4) ________________________ (like / ride).
CARL :Yeah! That can be fun.
SARA :And I (5) ________________________ (like / dance).
STEVE: Dancing! Oh, I (6) ________________________ (hate / dance). I cant dance.
SARA :Thats not true. Everyone can dance.
STEVE: Not me!
SARA :So I know you (7) ________________________ (like / play) basketball, but what else do
you
(8) ________________________ (like / do)?
STEVE: I (9) ________________________ (like / play) chess.
CARL :Chess! Thats boring.
LISTENING
1. Randall used to ___________ with friends to celebrate the new year.
A. play games
B. watch movies
C. watch fireworks
2. Randall and his friends would eat ________ on New Year's Eve.
A. salad
B. fried chicken
C. pizza
3. When Randall's children were little, he used to ___________ on that night.
A. put them to bed early
B. watch TV together
C. stay up late
4. Now, Randall usually ______________ on New Year's Eve.
A. goes for a drive
B. goes to bed early
C. prepares a special dinner
5. According to Randall, New Year's Day isn't a big celebration for him because _________.
A. every new day is a new beginning
B. he doesn't like change
C. he feels like he is gettng older