ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY USE OF THE ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

ALWAYS  The Present Simple tense is often used with the so
USUALLY  called adverbs of frequency. These adverbs express
OFTEN  how often an action happens. They are placed before
GENERALLY  the main verb but after the verb to be.
SOMETIMES 
I always get up early.
RARELY 
Does she often take a taxi?
SELDOM  They are usually at home.
HARDLY EVER  Mum is sometimes angry in the mornings.
NEVER  My brother never studies at night.

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 plays basketball
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. lunch/We/have/always/at 2:00 :we always have lunch
at2:00
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. always/wake up/early/in the morning/Peter: peter in the
morning always wakes up early.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Lara/sometimes/angry/be/with her parents: Lara is
sometimes angry at her parents
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5 usually /I/go/by car/to the office:
I usually drive to the office
………………………………………………………………………………………………
6.television/Harry/watch/often: Harry often watches TV
………………………………………………………………………………………………
7.father/My/go/shopping/never: my father never goes
shopping
B-Write the adverbs of frequency in the right
place in the sentence.
1. My father often doesn´t go to the library.
(often)
……………………………………………………………………………..
2. Do your usually friends watch TV? (usually)
C-Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks
……………………………………………………………………………..
with the verbs in brackets in the present
3. Sometimes Tina is busy in the mornings.
tense and the adverb of frequency that
(sometimes)
appears in the picture.
……………………………………………………………………………..
4. Our teacher never lets us use a calculator.
1. Paul always have a shower early in the
(never)
……………………………………………………………………………..
morning. (have)
5. Stella hardly ever goes out at the weekend.
2. everever)
(hardly your brother be scared at night? (be)
……………………………………………………………………………..
6.3. Does
Tim send
ever often e-mailslend
your brother to his
youfriends. (send)
his clothes?
(ever)
4. Sometimes hey go to the beach in summer?
……………………………………………………………………………..
7.(go)
My usually parents don´t read magazines.
(usually)
5. Frank _be usually________ exhausted after
……………………………………………………………………………..
8. generally My friends are very friendly.
exercising. (be)
(generally)
……………………………………………………………………………..
6. My father _not play alwa´s golf. He prefers

tennis. (not play)

7. Lara’s mother buy often a cake for her

birthday. (buy)

8. My grandmother _usually go jogging in the

morning. (go)

9. Tom never be very tired at the end of the day.

(be)

10. Generally Paul get impatient when he has to

wait? (get)

11. Tom is not good at playing tennis. He ever win

a match. (win)