I Adverbs of frequency
1 Circle the correct option, A, B or C.
1 I play rugby five times a week. I …… play it.
A often B never C sometimes
2 We are good at gymnastics. We …… practise.
A always B sometimes C never
3 Alberto …… goes cycling. He goes once or twice a month.
A often B never C sometimes
4 My parents …… go out! They are always at home.
A often B never C usually
5 I …… go snowboarding at the weekend but not often.
A always B sometimes C never
6 We …… play tennis. We play on Sundays but not every weekend.
A never B always C often
2 Rewrite the sentences. Put the adverbs in the right place.
1 I go skating with my sister on Saturday. (always)
……I always go skating with my sister on Saturday. ……
2 You are tired in the morning. (never)
…………………………………………..
3 Do they watch TV in the evening? (sometimes)
…………………………………………..
4 Football is boring. I love it! (never)
…………………………………………..
5 Carlos goes sailing at the weekend. (often)
…………………………………………..
6 My family plays baseball together in the summer. (usually)
…………………………………………..
7 We are very happy when our team wins. (always)
…………………………………………..
3 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1 I never am at home at the weekend.
……I am never at home at the weekend. ……
2 We go cycling always in the mountains in the summer.
………………………………………………………….
3 Aida plays sometimes football on Saturdays.
………………………………………………………….
4 I like the snow but I don’t never go snowboarding.
………………………………………………………….
5 My brothers always don’t do sport every day.
………………………………………………………….
6 The swimming pool usually is quiet on Mondays.
………………………………………………………….
7 Do sometimes you play rugby with your friends?
………………………………………………………….
4 Complete Zaida’s email with one word in each space.
Hi Billy,
I love outdoor sports. Every weekend I 1……always…… play football and I often
2……………… basketball but I 3……………… play table tennis or other indoor sports.
They’re boring! In the summer I usually 4……………… swimming. There’s a swimming
pool near my house. I also 5……………… play volleyball with my family. I’ve got a great
ball! We sometimes go sailing but 6……………… never go surfing. In the winter we
sometimes 7……………… snowboarding. We 8……………… often tired and go to bed
early!
See you soon!
Zaida
5 Put the words in order to make sentences and questions.
1 doesn’t / but / loves / He / hockey / he / always / it / play
……He loves hockey but he doesn’t always play it. ……
2 Friday / do / on / athletics / usually / after / don’t / school / I
………………………………………………………………… .
3 in / holidays / usually / summer / do / you / do / What / the
…………………………………………………………………?
4 sometimes / sport / and / badminton / hard / boring / Is / a
…………………………………………………………………?
5 we / the / surfing / near / but / live / go / never / We / sea
………………………………………………………………… .
6 usually / very / is / sport / a / dangerous / not / Tennis
………………………………………………………………… .
II Past simple
1 Write the irregular verbs in the past simple.
1 take took ……took……
2 make ……………….
3 put ……………….
4 buy ……………….
5 give ……………….
6 fly ……………….
7 come ……………….
8 go ……………….
9 can ……………….
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box in their irregular past simple
form.
do eat get have lie ride swim
1 We ……swam…… in the sea every day last summer.
2 I ………………… a wonderful meal last weekend.
3 I was tired so I ………………… on the sofa all day.
4 My friends and I ………………… our bikes in the park last Saturday.
5 My brother ………………… water sports every week last summer.
6 They ………………… up late on Sunday.
7 My family ………………… an amazing holiday in Paris.
3 Underline the correct options.
1 Where did you went / goes / go last night?
2 We didn’t eat / ate / eats at home last Sunday. We went to a restaurant.
3 Do / Did / Does your family go to the beach last summer?
4 A: Did you have fun in New York?
B: Yes, I do / didn’t / did.
5 My sister didn’t ride / rode / rides a bike. She hates going cycling.
6 We didn’t takes / took / take any photos on holiday.
7 A: Did you see anything interesting on TV last night?
B: No, I didn’t / did / was.
4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box in the correct form.
be buy eat give go see travel
1 Last summer, I ……travelled…… to South America.
2 My last holiday ………………. brilliant.
3 You didn’t ………………. to the beach last weekend, did you?
4 We ………………. lots of interesting things in London.
5 We didn’t ………………. fish in the restaurant.
6 Did you ………………. anything interesting when you went shopping?
7 My parents ………………. me money to buy the coach ticket.
