The charts below are a cleaned up version of the worksheet I often used with beginner students. The first worksheet uses "Do you play...." (Yes/No) questions. The second worksheet uses "How often..." questions.
After we had done an intro lesson to the construction of sentences with adverbs of frequency (always, usually, often, sometime, rarely, never) this worksheet was a good conversation activity and final practice. Students were encouraged to interact with the entire class, not only their neighbors. It usually involves walking around, so it is also useful for breaking up a long lesson. It took about 20 minutes to actually do the activity, not counting time explaining.
To play: One student asks a question (ex: Do you play soccer on the weekend?) and another student responds with their answer (ex: Yes, I always play soccer on the weekend). The student who asks the question then makes a check or an ex or some kind of mark on the "Always" box under "play___ ?".
I initially intended this activity to be a type of Bingo, where students had to complete an entire row to "win", but most students were simply happy to engage in the conversations and have all the information in front of them to work from.
It works well for a mix of speaking ability, since the lower level students can simply write a phrase into the chart headings (ex: play tennis ?) and repeat the question to all their classmates, while more advanced students were able to construct more and more complicated questions as time went on.
This worksheet directs the questions at "you" but of course, it can be adapted for other subjects. (ex: "Does your sister play volleyball?" / "Yes, she sometimes does." )
Download the first worksheet here. Download the second worksheet here.
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