Hello, and welcome to today’s Grammar Gameshow!
I’m your host, Will!
But, I’m no instant decision!
And of course let’s not forget Leslie,
our all-knowing voice in the sky
Hello everyone!
Tonight we’re going to ask you three questions about…
Adverbs of frequency
Yes, those short words like always and sometimes
that tell us how often people do things
OK! Now, let’s meet our contestants!
Hi, everyone. I’m Mike!
Contestant number 2?
Hi, Will. My name’s Sarah!
Welcome back, Sarah!
OK! Let’s get going
And don’t forget you can play along at home too
Our first question is a sorting question
Listen to these sentences
and put them in the correct order
from most often to least often
Here we go:
a) I always ride my bike to school
b) He never sleeps before nine
c) She sometimes misses breakfast
d) You often go on holiday
e) It rarely rains here
A, D, C, E, B
Always, often, sometimes, rarely, never
Leslie?
Well done!
As you said, from most often to least often:
I always ride...
You often go...
She sometimes misses...
It rarely rains...
He never sleeps...
Good job, Mike.
You know sometimes a contestant will come along and
really dazzle me with their intelligence and knowledge
Not today
One point for you
Question two
What must you remember
about the form of the main verb
when using adverbs
‘never’ and ‘rarely’?
The verb must be positive not negative
Leslie?
Superb!
Never and rarely must take a positive verb
I never study. I rarely go
Good job Mike. Have 16 and a half points
You don’t never need to worry with an answer like that
Yeah….
Wait, what?
Now for our final question
Look at this sentence
and tell me where the adverb of frequency should go
Position B! Just before the main verb!
Leslie?
Yes, Sarah. That’s right
Good job Sarah – you aren’t asleep after all
You can have 5 points,
or you can gamble and go for 150 points
What would you like to do?
…gamble?
Everyone loves an entertaining fool
Here’s your question:
Look at this sentence and tell me
where the adverb of frequency should go
Nice try!
It’s position B again!
Leslie?
Wrong, I’m afraid
You were right in the first case
The adverb of frequency goes
before the main verb
Unless, like in the second case,
the main verb is the verb be
Then, the adverb of frequency goes after
I’m sorry Sarah. That was wrong!
Minus 12 points
Well, that brings us to the end of
today’s Grammar Gameshow
Let’s count out the points
And the winner is….
Mike!
with 412
Well done! Here’s what you’ve won!
It’s a pen!
You can finally practice your spelling!
And how did you do at home?
We’ll see you again next week,
where you can play for an even bigger prize
And Sarah?
You barely got in the game at all
Why?
I think it’s because…
Fascinating!
Feed her to the sharks!
It looks like we’ll need another contestant
Thanks for joining us
Say goodbye Leslie
Goodbye Leslie
See you next time!