90 conversation prompts describing frequency: English grammar patterns

Stimulate discussion in English with these conversation prompt cards! With this set of 90 conversation prompts, help your students practise patterns of grammar used commonly to discuss frequency, routine, and habits.
This set is divided into three parts:

1)** Discussing personal habits and recommending routines**

Example Language:

How often do you…
How often should you…

…exercise?
…clean your room?
…study English?
…brush your teeth?

1. Discussing frequency of experiences and predicting future frequency

Example Language:
How many times have you…
How many times will you…

…laughed today? …laugh today?
…drunk today? …drink today?
…looked at your phone? …look at your phone?
…used a computer? …use a computer?

3)** Adverbs of frequency**

Example Language:

always usually sometimes occasionally rarely never

What time do you usually…?
Do you occasionally…?
Are you always…?
Do you often…?
Do you rarely…?

These conversation prompts allow you students to identify and learn common patterns in English grammar in a natural, communicative way, while making the class personal to them and their lives.

Each set comes with prompts matched into pairs, to allow conversation to continue and encourage recycling of language. These pairs can be printed and folded to make a single, double-sided card. For example:

*How often do you exercise? – How often should you exercise?

How many times have you looked at your phone today? – How many times will you look at your phone today?*

Enliven your language classroom with engaging discussions!