Vocabulary and grammar: Healthy living

Adverbs of frequency

1Put the words in order to make sentences. 

You need to use correct punctuation in this task.

• • often
  • go
  • after
  • cycling
  • school
  • I
  • .

  1

• • don't
  • often
  • we
  • TV
  • watch
  • .

  2

   

• • Jade
  • does
  • aerobics
  • always
  • Tuesday
  • on
  • .

  3

   

• • never
  • homework
  • I
  • do
  • at the weekend
  • .

  4

   

• • usually
  • hungry
  • is
  • after
  • training
  • Tom
  • .

  5

   

• • meets
  • after
  • school
  • usually
  • Kelly
  • he
  • .

  6

   

• • sometimes
  • plays
  • dad
  • the guitar
  • my
  • .

  7

   

• • bored
  • often
  • I
  • on
  • am
  • Sunday
  • .

  8

   

 

Adverbs of frequency

2Study a triathlete’s training schedule. Write answers to the questions below using the correct adverbs of frequency. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1How often does she go running in the morning? (usually / always)

• 2How often does she go to the gym on Sunday? (never / sometimes)

• 3How often does she go swimming in the afternoon? (usually / not often)

• 4How often does she go to the gym in the afternoon? (never / sometimes)

• 5How often does she relax on Sunday? (always / often)

	Morning	Afternoon
Monday	run	swim
Tuesday	run	gym
Wednesday	run	cycle
Thursday	swim	run
Friday	cycle	cycle
Saturday	run	gym
Sunday	relax!

VSports collocations: play, go, do.

3Complete the advert with play, go or do. 

Action Camps UK

All our camps have indoor and outdoor sports facilities. You can:

¹playgodo badminton

²playgodo karate

³playgodo cricket

⁴playgodo hockey

⁵playgodo rugby

⁶playgodo running

⁷playgodo basketball

⁸playgodo aerobics

Westbourne Camp is next to the sea.

At this camp you can: ⁹playgodo canoeing, ¹⁰playgodo sailing and ¹¹playgodo volleyball.

Stanford Camp specializes in Olympic sports.

Here you can: ¹²playgodo athletics, ¹³playgodo archery and ¹⁴playgodo gymnastics.

New for this summer – an indoor ski slope, so you can ¹⁵playgodo skiing.

VSports collocations: play, go, do.

4Which sport in each group cannot be used with the verbs? 

• 1dovolleyballkaratearchery

• 2playbadmintoncricketcanoeing

• 3gosailinghockeyskiing

• 4doaerobicsgymnasticsrugby

• 5gorunningcanoeingbasketball

5  Write sentences that are true for you. Use play, go or do and adverbs of frequency. I / dancing / with / my friends my parents / skiing my best friend / basketball / at school my friends / karate / after school I / swimming / at the weekend My friends and I / volleyball / at the sports centre

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Adverbs of frequency

1Put the words in order to make sentences. 

You need to use correct punctuation in this task.

• • often
  • go
  • after
  • cycling
  • school
  • I
  • .

  1

• • we
  • don't
  • often
  • watch
  • TV
  • .

  2We don't often watch TV.

• • Jade
  • always
  • does
  • aerobics
  • on
  • Tuesday
  • .

  3Jade always does aerobics on Tuesday.

• • I
  • never
  • do
  • homework
  • at the weekend
  • .

  4I never do homework at the weekend.

• • Tom
  • is
  • usually
  • hungry
  • after
  • training
  • .

  5Tom is usually hungry after training.

• • he
  • usually
  • meets
  • Kelly
  • after
  • school
  • .

  6He usually meets Kelly after school.

• • my
  • dad
  • sometimes
  • plays
  • the guitar
  • .

  7My dad sometimes plays the guitar.

• • I
  • am
  • often
  • bored
  • on
  • Sunday
  • .

  8I am often bored on Sunday.

Adverbs of frequency

2Study a triathlete’s training schedule. Write answers to the questions below using the correct adverbs of frequency. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1How often does she go running in the morning? (usually / always)

• 2How often does she go to the gym on Sunday? (never / sometimes)

  She never goes to the gym on Sunday.

• 3How often does she go swimming in the afternoon? (usually / not often)

  She doesn't often go swimming in the afternoon.

• 4How often does she go to the gym in the afternoon? (never / sometimes)

  She sometimes goes to the gym in the afternoon.

• 5How often does she relax on Sunday? (always / often)

  She always relaxes on Sunday.

	Morning	Afternoon
Monday	run	swim
Tuesday	run	gym
Wednesday	run	cycle
Thursday	swim	run
Friday	cycle	cycle
Saturday	run	gym
Sunday	relax!

VSports collocations: play, go, do.

3Complete the advert with play, go or do. 

Action Camps UK

All our camps have indoor and outdoor sports facilities. You can:

¹playgodo badminton

²do karate

³play cricket

⁴play hockey

⁵play rugby

⁶go running

⁷play basketball

⁸do aerobics

Westbourne Camp is next to the sea.

At this camp you can: ⁹go canoeing, ¹⁰go sailing and ¹¹play volleyball.

Stanford Camp specializes in Olympic sports.

Here you can: ¹²do athletics, ¹³do archery and ¹⁴do gymnastics.

New for this summer – an indoor ski slope, so you can ¹⁵go skiing.

VSports collocations: play, go, do.

4Which sport in each group cannot be used with the verbs? 

• 1dovolleyballkaratearchery

• 2playbadmintoncricketcanoeing

• 3gosailinghockeyskiing

• 4doaerobicsgymnasticsrugby

• 5gorunningcanoeingbasketball