WORKSHEET 4

SUBJECT: Present Simple and Frequency Adverbs Practice

A) Read the paragraph and answer the questions:

Brian is a doctor. He looks after sick people. He usually gets up at 6.00 o’clock. Today he is
late, it is 6.30 and he is still in bed. He usually goes to work by train but today he is driving to
work. He arrives at work at 6.30 every morning but it is 7.30 now and he is still driving.
It’s 12.00 o’clock now. He always has his lunch at 12.00 but today he isn’t having lunch at
12.00, he is looking after his sick patients. It is half past seven now, Brian is watching TV. He
usually watches TV at half past seven because his favorite programme starts at half past seven.
Brian has his dinner at 8.30 everyday and he is having dinner now.
It is 24.00 now Brian is going to bed. He always goes to bed at 24.00.

1. What does Brian do?

He is a doctor.
2. What time does he usually get up?
He usually gets up at 6:00 o’clock.
3. How does he usually go to work?
He usually goes to work by train.
4. Why is he driving to work today?
Because he was in bed still at 6:30.
5. What time does he arrive at work everyday?
He arrive at the work at 6:30.
6. When does he always have his lunch?
He always has his lunch at 12:00.
7. What is he doing at 12.00 today?
He is looking his sick patients.
8. Why does he usually watch TV at 7.30?
He usually whatches TV at 7:30 because his favorite programme starts at half past seven.
9. What time does he go to bed?
He goes to bed at 24:00.
10. What time is he going to bed now?
He is going to bed at 24:00.

B) Read the questions & answers about ALAN and ask and answer about JUDITH.

Questions: ALAN

1. What does Alan do? 1. Alan’s a lorry driver.

2. How old is Alan? 2. He’s twenty-five years old.
3. How many days a week does he work? 3. He works five days a week.
4. What time does he get up? 4. He gets up at six o’clock every day.
5. What does he eat for breakfast? 5. He eats an enormous breakfast.
 6. What does he drink?
7. What does he do after breakfast?
8. What time does he leave for work?
9. Where does he have lunch?
10.What time does he come home?
11.Where does he go in the evening?
12.What time does he go to bed?
6. He drinks two cups of tea.
7.Then he kisses his wife.
8.He leaves for work at half past six.
9. He has lunch in a transport café.
10.He comes home at five o’clock.
11.In the evening he goes to the pub.
12.He goes to bed at ten o’clock.

Questions: JUDITH

1. What does Judith do? 1. Judith alorry is secretary

2. How old is Judith? 2. Judith is eighteen years old
3. How many days a week does she work? 3. She works five days a week.
4. What time does she get up? 4. She gets up 7:30every day.
5. What does she eat for breakfast? 5. She eats cornflakes breakfast.
6. What does she drink? 6. She drinks two cups of orange-juice.
7. What does she do after breakfast? 7. Then she goes to kiss her parents.
8. What time does she leave for work? 8. She leaves for work at half past 8.15.
9. Where does she have lunch? 9. she has lunch in the canteen.
10. What time does she come home? 10. He comes home at 5.30.
11. Where does she go in the evening? 11. In the evening he goes to the evening classes
12. What time does she go to bed? 12.She goes to bed at eleven o’clock

C) Fill in the chart for yourself. Mark your answers with X. Then look at the example.
Choose and write TEN sentences from the chart: FIVE about you and FIVE about TOM.

Always Usually Often Sometimes Never

Tom You Tom You Tom You Tom You Tom You
Drink fizzy drinks * X
buy fast food * X
play soccer * X
eat sweets * X
watch TV in the evenings * X
save money X *
listen to music X *
play video games * X

Examples: Tom always drinks fizzy drinks.

I never play soccer

1. Tom usually buys fast food. --- I often buy fast food.
2. Tom sometimes plays soccer. --- I never pay soccer.
3. Tom usually eats sweets. --- I Ofeten eat sweets.
4. Tom always watches TV in the evenings.--- I always watch TV in the evenings.
5. Tom never saves money.----- I sometimes save money.
 6. Tom listens to music.----- I always listen to music.
7. Tom Often plays video games.---- I often plays video games.

D) Now ask questions about TOM. Look at the information in the CHART in exercise C:

Example: How often does Tom buy fast food? He usually buys fast food.
Does Tom play tennis? No, he doesn’t play tennis.

1 How often does Tom watch the Tv? He always watches TV.
2. How often Tom play tennis? He sometimes plays tennis.
3. Does Tom save money? No, he doesn’t save money.
4. Does Tom listen to music? Yes, he usually listens to cassettes.
5. How often Tom play computer games? He often plays computer games.
6. Does Tom drink fizzydrinks? Yes, he always drinks fizzy drinks.
7. How often does Tom eat sweets? He usually eats sweets.

E) Build up sentences with the given words. You may need to add auxiliaries and
prepositions. Make sure that the sentences are grammatically correct.

1. Where / your cousin / live / ? // She / live / Sydney / Australia //

Where does lives your cousin? She lives in Sydney Australia

2. Tim / usually / go / work / bicycle //

Usually Tim goes work in bicycle

3. Children / play / games / everyday //

The children everyday plays games.

4. How often / mother / cook / pizza / ? //

How often cook pizza your mother?

5. My parents / not / like / roller-skates / because / they / be / dangerous //

My parents don’t like the roller- skates, because they are dangerous.

F) Answer the following questions with TRUE information:

1. How often do you drink?

I sometimes drink.

2. What do you usually do after work?

I usually sleep.

3. Why are you studying English?

I sometimes study English with the song or duo lingo.

4. Where does a Professor normally work?

 The professor usually works in the school. But I am a sing teacher at the Amadeus
School music at institute Champagnat, Pasto city and private teacher.

5. What are you going to do next Saturday?

I will go to sing in the party retro 80s and 90s, “Flashback”. With the Dj Oscar
Realpe.