A selection of English ESL adverbs of time printables

Koji The Ninja will teach your students the prepositions of time. Page 1 is the picture dictionary, Page 2 is the practice sheet. I created this little guy having been inspired by PhilipR's Bobby Baloney (thx). Also Thx to Évi who was there when I first drew Koji! Bless up, Kisdobos

Koji The Ninja teaches time prepositions: IN, ON, AT

Students choose a list of activites to fill in the blank squares and then play the board game with counnters and dice. Each time they land on a box they must use an adverb to complete the sentence. 



Example: 

Q: How often do you eat vegetables?

A: I sometimes eat vegetables.



Can be adapted depending on what you fill in the boxes with, it can be a full question or just a topic that the students then have to use to form a question.

Adverbs board game

This worksheet is designed for B1-B2 learners, focusing on adverbs and adverbial phrases in the context of a reading passage about the history of the word "soccer." Students will explore how adverbs and adverbial phrases function to add detail, sequence events, express attitudes, and link ideas. The lesson includes comprehension activities such as true/false, multiple-choice, and open-ended questions to ensure students understand the content. The grammar section takes a context-based approach, organizing adverbs into functional groups such as precision, time, opinion, and contrast. This allows students to see how adverbs work within real language use rather than learning them in isolation.
 
 
After analyzing examples from the text, students complete controlled practice and then write their own paragraph about a sport they enjoy, using various adverbs. The combination of reading, grammar, and writing tasks ensures that students apply their knowledge of adverbs in both guided and creative ways, making the worksheet both practical and engaging. The historical context of the article, along with nostalgic black-and-white imagery, adds depth to the learning experience, connecting language skills to real-world topics.

History of the word soccer : adverbs & adverbial phrases

A PRACTICE SHEET TO PRACTICE THE USE OF ADVERBS AND ADVERBIALS OF TIME. tHE WORDS TO BE USED ARE LISTED IN A BOX AND THEY MUST FILL IN THE BLANKS USING THE CORRECT WORD.

ADVERBS AND ADVERBIALS OF TIME

Boardgame (2) – frequency adverbs, stative x active verbs, prepositions of time and in phrases, vocabulary - weddings. I prepared the game for "straightforward pi - unit 4", but it is suitable for revision of the above mentioned topics for any students of b1- level.

Boardgame (2) (level b1-) – frequency adverbs, stative x active verbs, prep. of time and in phrases, vocabulary - weddings

At first,  listen to the song. For the second time ask students fill in the gaps. Then you can ask the same questions your students using te new material to learn them better

just a little song to learn adverbs of frequency

Here is a worksheet I prepared in a lesson focused specifically on adverbs of indefinite time. If you have a classroom full of boys or a need to cover some countries then this worksheet should work.  Students will need a good understanding of the adverbs cited in the worksheet  before they complete it.

Adverbs of Indefinite Time

A quick worksheet describing and practicing ordinal numbers and telling time.  This is meant for adult English learners at the beginning level. You explain the concepts and then use this picture worksheet for practice. 

Ordinal Numbers and Telling Time



FRECUENCY ADVERBS & PREPOSTIONS OF TIME

With this worksheet, students will be able to practise the present simple with all the persons, including 3rd singular and this will help them recognizing the changes this person suffers. Moreover, they will learn some vocabulary of routines and phrasal verbs and also they will learn where the adverbs of frequency and expressions of time have to be placed in a sentence .

Present simple Daily routines adverbs of frequency

A simple walkthrough of the most common adverbs; adverbs of MANNER, TIME, PLACE and FREQUENCY.

Adverbs (of manner, time, place and frequency)

With these worksheets students learn different types of adjectives (place, manner, degree, time) and with an exercise they can practice their position within a sentence.

Different types of adverbs and their postion

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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43 Adverbs of time English ESL worksheets pdf & doc