English I · A1.1. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students greeting each other on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United States, the Statue of Liberty and New York.
English I · Lesson 11 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 10 (A day at home): your product, your glossary and «I can name daily activities.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Time + frequency adverbs with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can describe my schedule and say how often I do things.

Puedo describir mi horario y decir con qué frecuencia hago las cosas.

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the I PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Time + frequency adverbs

at 7:00 · on Monday · in the morning. He / she + -s: she works. always · usually · sometimes · never go before the verb, but after be.

Adverb%Example
always100%I always eat breakfast.
usually80%She usually gets up at 6:00.
sometimes40%We sometimes go to the gym.
never0%He is never late.
En español

Con he / she / it el verbo lleva -s (works, goes, studies). Los adverbios de frecuencia van antes del verbo («I always eat breakfast») pero después de «be» («He is never late»).

Passport boosterCEFR A1.1

Days, months and dates

Calendars, appointments and deadlines use days, months and dates.

on + day or date (on Monday, on October 26) · in + month or year (in October, in 2026). Say dates with ordinals: first, second, third, twenty-sixth.

En español

Días y meses van con mayúscula. Se escribe «October 26» y se dice «October twenty-sixth».

Quick check (not graded)

1. My birthday is ___ March.

2. The quiz is ___ Thursday.

3. How do you say «October 3»?

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Gramatical, about telling the time, on / in / at, he / she + -s and frequency adverbs. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Your career, your examples

I PAC · January – MayHeritage & festivalThursday, April 22U.S. and the world

Cultural Corner · Earth Day

This week: Earth Day is on April 22. Green habits: «I always recycle. I never…».

Earth Day is on April 22. People plant trees. Students clean parks and beaches.

Key words

  • planet planeta
  • tree árbol
  • recycle reciclar

Fact

The first Earth Day was in the U.S. in 1970. Today, people in almost every country take part.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Clean air and health.
  • Engineering & technology: Renewable energy.
  • Business & economics: Green businesses and laws.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Environmental campaigns.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Forests and water.
Mirror Honduras. Name a forest, river or reef in Honduras that needs protection.

Official source

Mission: Find 2 things people can do to help the planet. Write them.

Cultural competency: I can say what Earth Day is (Thursday, April 22), use Time + frequency adverbs to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

a las 7 → at 7 · el lunes → on Monday (no article). Days and months take capital letters in English, not in Spanish.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Monday: lundi (FR) · lunedì (IT) · Montag (DE) — all mean «day of the Moon», like «lunes». Portuguese counts the days: segunda-feira.

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

The U.S. uses the 12-hour clock (a.m. / p.m.); many countries use the 24-hour clock. Punctuality at class and at work: what is «on time» for you?

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Tell a classmate, in Spanish, the times of an English schedule (bus, gym or library).

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · MusicNashville, Tennessee, U.S. · since 1925

The Grand Ole Opry

Country music artists

The Grand Ole Opry is a country music show on the radio. It started in 1925 and it is still on every week.

You use it in: 4 · Assignment · Activity 41

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in101_lessons.js (lección 11). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.