Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1

Unit 5 • Lesson B: TV shows

Vocabulary
Frequency expressions
always (adv)
usually (adv)
often (adv)
sometimes (adv)
hardly ever (adv)
never (adv)

Television shows
cartoon (n)
(the) commercials (n)
documentary (n)
game show (n)
reality show (n)
sitcom (n)
soap opera (n)
talk show (n)
the late movie (n)
the morning show (n)
the news (n)

Other words
delicious (adj)
during (the commercials) (prep)
in (English) (prep)
in front of (the TV) (prep)

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Grammar
Frequency adverbs
Always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever and never are frequency adverbs.

You can use frequency adverbs to talk about how often you do something:

always means all the time

usually means most of the time

often means a lot

sometimes means not often

hardly ever means almost never

never means not ever

Frequency adverbs usually come between the subject / pronoun and the verb in a sentence:

I always eat in front of the TV.

You can also use the frequency adverbs sometimes, usually, and often at the start of a
sentence:

Sometimes I eat in front of the TV.

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