EXERCISE 25. Uslng HOW OFTEN. (Chart 5-1 1)
Direchns: Work in pairs.
Speaker A. Ask a question with how often or how many times a
daylweeklmonthlyear.
Speaker B: Answer the question. (Possible answers are suggested in the list of frequency
expressions.)
Example: eat lunch at the cafeteria
SPBAKER A: HOW often do you eat lunch at the cafeteria?
SPBAKER B: About twice a week.
PREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS
a lot
occasionally* every ocher
once in a while
not vey ofen daylweeklmonthlyear
hardly ever three times a
almost nwer ten times a
never
Switch roles.- play cards 7. buy a toothbrush
- get on the Internet 8. go to a laundromat
- go out to eat 9. go swimming
- cook your own dinner 10. be late for class
- read a newspaper 1 1. attend a wedding
- get your hair cut 12. see a falling star
) It is 289 mileshm St. Louis to Chicago.*
1 st. Louis to chicapo.
@) It is 289 miles 1- fnnn Chicago to St. Lo&
to Chicago hwn St. Louis.
I to St. &isfrom Chicago.
(c) A: Howfar is it from St. Louis to Chicago?
B: 289 miles.
(d) A: Howfar do you live from school?
B: Four blocks.
(e) How many miles is it from St. Louis to Chicago?
(f) How many kilometers is it to Montreal from here?
(g) How many blocku is it to the post office?
*I mile = 1.60 Homerns.
1 kilometer = 00.614 mile.The most common way of expressing distance:
It is + distnnce +fromlto + tolfrom
In @): AU four expressions withfrom and to
have the same meaning.Howfar is used to ask questions about
distance.Other ways to ask howfar:
hour many miles
how many kilometers
how many block'Notice: Occasionally is spelled with nu, "c"s but only one "s."140 CHAPTER 5