ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
ALWAYS 
USUALLY 
OFTEN 
GENERALLY 
SOMETIMES 
RARELY 
SELDOM 
HARDLY EVER 
NEVER 
A-Write sentences using the prompts. Use the verbs in
the present simple tense and the adverbs of frequency in
the right place.
1. basketball/she/play/often
she often play basketball
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2. lunch/We/have/always/at 2:00
we always have lunch at 2: 00
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3. always/wake up/early/in the morning/Peter
peter always wake up early in the morning
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4. Lara/sometimes/angry/be/with her parents
Lara sometimes be angry with her parents
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5. usually /I/go/by car/to the office
I usually go to the office by car
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6. television/Harry/watch/often
Harry often watch television
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7. father/My/go/shopping/never
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8. to us/teacher/Our/be/always/very kind
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USE OF THE ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
The Present Simple tense is often used with
the so called adverbs of frequency. These
adverbs express how often an action happens.
They are placed before the main verb but after
the verb to be.
I always get up early.
B-Write the adverbs of frequency in the right
Does place
she often take a taxi?
in the sentence.
They are usually at home.
Mum 1. My father doesn´t
is sometimes go tointhe
angry library.
the (often)
mornings.
My father often doesn´t go to the library.
My brother never studies at night.
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2. Do your friends watch TV ? (usually)
Do your friends usually watch TV ?
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3. Tina is busy in the mornings. (sometimes)
Tina is sometimes busy in the mornings.
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4. Our teacher lets us use a calculator. (never)
Our teacher never lets us use a calculator.
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5. Stella goes out at the weekend. (hardly ever)
Stella hardly ever goes out at the weekend.
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6. Does your brother lend you his clothes? (ever)
Does your ever brother lend you his clothes?
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7. My parents don´t read magazines. (usually)
My parents usually don´t read magazines
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8. My friends are very friendly. (generally
My friends are generally very friendly
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C-Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with the verbs in
brackets in the present tense and the adverb of frequency
that appears in the picture.
1. Paul have always a shower early in the morning. (have)
2. Ever your brother be scared at night? (be)
3. Tim often send e-mails to his friends. (send)
4. My boss sometimes get angry with me. (get)
5. Usually they go to the beach in summer? (go)
6. Frank always be exhausted after exercising. (be)
7. My father often not play golf. He prefers tennis (not play)
8. Lara’s mother usually buy a cake for her birthday. (buy)
9. My grandmother never go jogging in the morning. (go)
10. Tom generally be very tired at the end of the day (be)
11. Ever Paul get impatient when he has to wait? (get)
12. Tom is not good at playing tennis. He rarely win a match.
(win)