TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES How often do you...? Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening and Here is an adverbs of frequency board game to help students
speaking activity, group practice asking 'How often do you...?' questions and giving
work answers with adverbs and expressions of frequency.

Procedure
Language Focus
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
Adverbs and expressions
of frequency
Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
'How often do you...?'
questions and answers Players place their counters on the start square.

Players take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter
Aim along the board.

To ask 'How often do
you...?' questions and
give answers with
adverbs and expressions
of frequency.
When a player lands on a square, the student to their right asks
them the 'How often do you…?' question on the square.
The player then answers the question by making a true sentence
with an adverb or expression of frequency.

If a player can’t think of anything to say or makes a grammar

Preparation mistake, they must go back to their previous square.

Make one copy of the The first player to reach the finish wins the game.
game board for each
group of three or four. As an alternative, you can have the students miss a turn instead
Enlarge the game board of going back to their previous square.
to A3 if possible. You
will also need to prepare
some dice and counters.

Level
Elementary (A1-A2)

Time
25 minutes

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 ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

ESL / EFL RESOURCES How often do you...? Board Game

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Finish USUALLY Internet? English? shopping? dentist?

…brush your o cc a …watch

…go cycling? siona
teeth? lly films?

…check your …go to …do Go back

e-mail? bed late? housework? 1 space
ONCE
A
WEEK
…play Super skip!
…go on
computer Move
holiday?
games? ahead
once
a
mont
Miss a …speak h
…eat fruit?
turn English?

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aw
…listen to i ce …go out some
tw …exercise?
the radio? with friends? time
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Ofte
…get up …chat …buy
early? online? clothes?

…travel by
R Oh no! …listen to …eat fast
airplane? NEVE Go back music? food?

Go forward …read a
EV ER
2 spaces
…play sport?
newspaper? RDLY
Start
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