MEDIA MENGAJAR

BRIGHT AN ENGLISH

FOR SMP/MTs GRADE VII

BAB 5

I Hardly Ever Watch TV

A. Days of the Week

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B. Months of the Year

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C. Adverbs of Frequency
% Adverbs of Frequency Example
100% Always I always study after class.
90% Usually I usually walk to work.
80% Normally/Generally I normally get good marks.
70% Often/Frequently I often read in bed at night.
50% Sometimes I sometimes sing in the shower.
30% Occasionally I occasionally go to bed late.
10% Seldom I seldom put salt on my food.
5% Hardly Ever/Rarely I hardly ever get angry.
0% Never Vegetarians never eat meat.
 Practice the dialogue
I clean up my room I don’t. I only clean up my
once a week. room once every two weeks.

I never eat vegetables I sometimes eat vegetables

because I don’t like them. because my mother asks me.

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D. TV Programmes
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The news Sport programmes Talk shows Game shows

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Comedy shows Documentaries Cartoons

E. Information about Time

When talking about daily activities, we usually include

information about time. To ask about time, you can say:
 What time is it?
 What’s the time, please?
 Do you have the time?
 Could you tell me what time it is?
 What time do you go to school?
 What time is the English class on Monday?
E. Information about Time
To tell the time, you can say:
 It’s nine o’clock.
 It’s ten past nine.
 It’s quarter past nine.
 It’s half past nine.
 It’s twenty-five to ten.
 It’s quarter to ten.
In telling the time, sometimes you use a.m. and p.m.
• a.m. (ante meridiem) refers to 12 midnight – 12 noon.
• p.m. (post meridiem) refers to 12 noon – 12 midnight.
Practice the dialogue
What time do you usually At half past five. What time
get up in the morning? do you get up?

I usually get up at six

o’clock.

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Summary

1. Adverbs of frequency are words that say how often we do things.

Example:
always usually often sometimes hardly ever never

2. Adverbs of frequency come after the verb be, but before other verbs.
I’m usually tired after school.
He’s always happy.
They’re often busy.
I usually have breakfast at 6 a.m.
She sometimes comes on time.
We hardly ever go to that cinema.
3. Other adverbs of frequency are every day/week/month/year/Sunday, once a
week, three times a month. They are usually put at the end of sentences.
I play tennis twice a week.
The students have a flag-raising ceremony every Monday.

4. When talking about daily activities, we usually include information about time.
To ask about time, you can say:
What time is it?
What’s the time, please?
Do you have the time?
Could you tell me what time it is?
What time do you go to school?
What time is the English class on Monday?
To tell the time, you can say:
 It’s nine o’clock.
 It’s ten past nine.
 It’s quarter past nine.
 It’s half past nine.
 It’s twenty-five to ten.
 It’s quarter to ten.

In telling time, sometimes you use a.m. and p.m.

• a.m. (ante meridiem) refers to 12 midnight – 12 noon.
• p.m. (post meridiem) refers to 12 noon – 12 midnight.