Lesson 72: How often do you...?

CONVERSATION A1 - A2

Lesson Goals 🎯

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
• Talk about how often you do things
• Describe daily habits and healthy/unhealthy routines
• Ask and answer questions about frequency

Exercise 1: Warm-Up – Time of Day

Listen and repeat:

• in the morning
• in the afternoon
• in the evening
• at night
• on the weekend
• on weekdays
• every day

Practice: Look at pictures and tell your tutor what you see.
Example: “in the afternoon”

Exercise 2: Vocabulary Practice – Healthy & Unhealthy Habits

Listen and repeat:

• exercise
• smoke
• drink alcohol
• sleep in
• eat junk food
• get a good sleep
• feel stressed
• eat healthy food

Practice: Tell your tutor which items are healthy or unhealthy.
Example:
• Exercising is healthy
• Smoking is unhealthy

Extra Challenge: Can you think of any more healthy or unhealthy activities?

Exercise 3: More Vocabulary – Frequency Words

Listen and repeat:

• always
• usually
• often
• sometimes
• never

Practice: Fill in the blanks to make the sentences true for you:

• I ___ drink alcohol on the weekend
• I ___ feel stressed
• I ___ eat healthy food in the morning
• I ___ exercise in the evening
• I ___ get a good sleep

Exercise 4: Dialogue Practice

Read aloud and answer the questions:

Teacher: Hi, Arisa. You look great! How often do you exercise?
Arisa: I exercise every day. I always exercise in the morning. How about you?

Teacher: I never exercise. How often do you eat junk food?
Arisa: I never eat junk food. I always eat healthy food. How about you?

Teacher: I sometimes eat junk food in the evening. I usually eat junk food in the morning too.
Arisa: How often do you drink alcohol?
Teacher: I often drink alcohol on the weekend.
Arisa: How often do you get a good sleep?
Teacher: Never.
Arisa: Oh no!

Check Your Understanding:
• How often does Arisa exercise?
• Does Arisa’s teacher always eat healthy food?
• Is Arisa healthy or unhealthy?

Exercise 5: Matching Practice

Say the correct answer aloud:

• How often do you exercise? → I exercise every day
• Do you usually smoke? → No, I don’t smoke
• How often do you drink alcohol? → I sometimes drink alcohol in the evening
• Do you always get a good sleep? → I never get a good sleep
• Do you usually feel stressed? → Yes, I usually feel stressed
• How often do you eat healthy food? → I always eat healthy food

Exercise 6: Fill in the Blanks

Read aloud and complete the sentences. You will be Hyun-woo:

Teacher: How often do you exercise, Hyun-woo?
Hyun-woo: I (1) every day. (2) always exercise in the evening (3) weekdays. I usually exercise in the morning on (4) weekend. How about you?

Teacher: I never exercise. How often do you get a good sleep?
Hyun-woo: I never (5) a good sleep. I’m too busy. How about you? How (6) do you get a good sleep?

Teacher: I usually get a good sleep. How often do you eat junk food?
Hyun-woo: I eat junk food (7) day. I always eat junk food for dinner. I’m too busy to cook.

Teacher: Why?
Hyun-woo: Because I always exercise in the evening!

Answer Bank: the, exercise, get, every, on, I, often

Exercise 7: Sentence Ordering

Put the words into the correct order:

• often you Do junk eat food?
• I feel usually stressed afternoon the in
• in sleep I always
• smoke never I
• often a sleep good get How you do?
• often junk food you Do weekend on the eat?
• always exercise you on weekdays Do?
• healthy sometimes I eat food

Corrections

• Do you often eat junk food?
• I usually feel stressed in the afternoon
• I always sleep in
• I never smoke
• How often do you get a good sleep?
• Do you often eat junk food on the weekend?
• Do you always exercise on weekdays?
• I sometimes eat healthy food

Exercise 8: Your Turn to Ask

Ask your tutor:

• How often do you exercise in the morning?
• How often do you smoke?
• How often do you drink alcohol on the weekend?
• Do you often eat junk food?
• Do you often feel stressed?
• Do you always get a good sleep?

Exercise 9: Your Turn to Answer

Answer using the language you have learned in this lesson. Talk about yourself:

• How often do you eat junk food?
• How often do you get a good sleep?
• How often do you feel stressed?
• Do you often exercise in the afternoon?
• Do you often eat healthy food?
• Do you always drink alcohol on the weekend?