ADVENTURES IN SPACE

Grammar – How often…? / …ever…?

Adverbs of Frequency practice
Synonyms and Antonyms review
How often…?

We use ‘How often … ?’ to ask

about the frequency of actions.

“How often do you have homework?”

How often…?

We use ‘How often … ?’ to ask We answer using adverbs of

about the frequency of actions. frequency.

“How often do you have homework?”

“I have homework every day.”

How often…?

never
always usually often sometimes hardly ever
How often…?

We use ‘How often … ?’ to ask We answer using adverbs of

about the frequency of actions. frequency.

“How often do you have homework?”

“I always have homework.”

How often…?

We use ‘How often … ?’ to ask Keep parts of the question to

about the frequency of actions. make your answer.

“How often do you have homework?”

“I always have homework.”

… ever …?

We also use ‘…ever…?’ to ask We answer using adverbs of

about the frequency of actions. frequency.

“Do you ever play football?”

… ever …?

always

? often sometimes
? never
… ever …?

never
always usually often sometimes hardly ever
… ever …?

We also use ‘…ever…?’ to ask We answer using adverbs of

about the frequency of actions. frequency.

“Do you ever play football?”

“I often play football.”

… ever …?

We also use ‘…ever…?’ to ask Keep parts of the question to

about the frequency of actions. make your answer.

“Do you ever play football?”

“I often play football.”

How often…? / … ever … ? practice
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How often…? / … ever … ? practice
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always often sometimes
How often…? / … ever … ? practice
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always usually often sometimes
How often…? / … ever … ? practice
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always usually often sometimes hardly ever
How often…? / … ever … ? practice
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1. How often do you read books?

• Answer the following questions 2. Do you ever go fishing?

in your English Exercise Books:
3. How often do you practice music?

4. Do you ever play basketball?

Remember this?
WHERE CAN WE What is a thesaurus?
FIND SYNONYMS
AND ANTONYMS?
A thesaurus is a book or a web page
where we can find synonyms and
antonyms.
• Check a
thesaurus! The words are listed in alphabetical
order.
 For synonyms and antonyms…..

… use a thesaurus!
• Spelling --- many people had misspellings. If you used a thesaurus, this would not be.

• Accuracy --- many people did not use synonyms. If you used a thesaurus, you would have
had correct words.

• Real words --- some of you had made up words. Use a thesaurus!
VOCABULARY – SYNONYMS --REVIEW

• excited thrilled
• Synonyms are words that
have the same meaning. • delicious tasty
We use synonyms to • little tiny
avoid repetition and to
make our language more • funny amusing
interesting. • surprised amazed

Synonyms are also used to make our language easier to understand.

VOCABULARY – ANTONYMS --
REVIEW

• healthy sick
• Antonyms are words • strong weak
that have opposite • like dislike
meanings. We can
• happy unhappy
add un- or dis- to
some words to make • tasty tasteless
them antonyms.
VOCABULARY – ANTONYMS --
REVIEW
glad / tasty / strong / tasteless / sad / weak

George the monkey is _____, but Bongo the orangutan is _____________.

VOCABULARY – ANTONYMS --
REVIEW
glad / tasty / strong / tasteless / sad / weak

George the monkey is weak, but Bongo the orangutan is ___strong .

VOCABULARY – ANTONYMS --
REVIEW

glad / tasty / strong / tasteless / sad / weak

The pizza from my friend’s restaurant is ______, but the pizza from the
restaurant owned by cats is ____________.
VOCABULARY – ANTONYMS --
REVIEW

glad / tasty / strong / tasteless / sad / weak

The pizza from my friend’s restaurant is tasty, but the pizza from
restaurant owned by cats is tasteless .
VOCABULARY – ANTONYMS --
REVIEW

glad / tasty / strong / tasteless / sad / weak

Freddy is very ____ that he lost the game, but Barney is that he
won.
VOCABULARY – ANTONYMS --
REVIEW

glad / tasty / strong / tasteless / sad / weak

Freddy is very sad that he lost the game, but Barney is glad that he
won.
Have a great weekend!