A Online habits
1 Vocabulary Online activities
chat with friends |
check email |
download music |
play games |
post comments |
search the Internet |
shop online |
upload videos |
A Listen and repeat.
B Pair work Check (✔) the things you do online. Then tell your partner.
"I download music, post comments, and play games, How about you?"
2 Language in context Habits survey
A Read the survey about online habits. Circle the online activities.
Habits survery |
1. Do you ever shop online? ✔ Yes, I often shop online. Yes, I sometimes shop online No, I never shop online. |
2. Do you ever download music? Yes, I often download music. ✔ Yes, I sometimes download music. No, I never download music. |
3. Do you ever post comments on blogs? Yes, I often post comments. Yes, I sometimes post comments. ✔ No, I never post comments. |
B What about you? Do you do the online activities in the survey?
3 Grammar Adverbs of frequency
I |
always usually often sometimes hardly ever never |
shop online. |
100% - - - - 0% |
Do you ever shop online? Yes, I sometimes shop online. / Yes, I soemtimes do.
No, I never shop online. / No, I never do. |
A Rewrite the conversations with the adverbs of frequency. Then practice with a partner.
1. A: Do you download movies? (ever) Do you ever download movies?
B: Yes, I download movies. (often)
2. A: Do you check email in class? (ever)
B: No, I check email in class. (never)
3. A: Do you play games online? (ever)
B: Yes, I do. (usually)
4. A: Do you post comments online? (ever)
B: No, I do that. (hardly ever)
B Pair work Ask and answer the questions in Part A. Answer with you own information.
A: Do you ever download movies?
B: Yes, I sometimes do.
4 Speaking Often, sometimes, or never?
A Complete the chart with information about your online habits. Use the ideas in Exercise 1 and you own ideas.
I often . . . | I sometimes . . . | I never . . . |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
B Group work Compare you online habits.
A: I often play games online.
B: Oh? I never do that.
C: I sometimes do.