FREQUENCY ADVERBS

We often use adverbs of frequency to say ‘how often’ we do something.

Always 100% of the time

Frequently – Almost always – Generally 90% of the time
Usually – Regularly – Normally 80% of the time
Often 70% of the time
Sometimes 50% of the time
Occasionally 40% of the time
Seldom 20% of the time
Rarely - Almost never – Hardly ever 10% of the time
Never 00% of the time

Frequency Adverbs come AFTER a BE verb. 

BE Verb
(am, is, are, was, I am always a good student.
were, etc.) My brother is usually late to school.
Jenny and Susan are often in the library after class

Frequency Adverbs come BEFORE other verbs. 

Other Verbs
(play, do, study, I always help the other students.
work, etc.) My brother usually comes late to school.
Jenny and Susan often study in the library after class.

We can also put them at the very beginning or end of the sentence. This makes them stronger:

 Often I go to the cinema. or I go to the cinema often.

 NEVER : I go often to the cinema.

If you want to ask for the frequency of an activity you have to use the expression: HOW OFTEN.
Ex: How often DO you have English classes? How often DOES she study?

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Here are some other expressions we can use to say ‘how often’. All of these longer phrases go at the end of the sentence or
at the beginning if you want to be emphatic but not in the middle.

 once in a while: I go to the cinema once in a while.

 every now and again: She drinks wine every now and again.
 from time to time: From time to time I visit my mother.

To say how often something happens, you can use a number or ‘several’ or ‘many’, followed by ‘times’.( If the number is one,
use ‘once’ instead of ‘one time’. If the number is two use ‘twice’ instead of ‘two times’) Then add ‘a’ and a period of time:

 I go to the cinema twice a week.

 She take these tablets three times a day.
 I meet him several times a year.
 I visit my parents once a month.

Remember:
A week
A month
An hour
A day
 Once
Twice
Three / four / five …. times

We can also use the expressions “every” or “last” or “next” + period of time:

Week
Month
Every Hour
Last
Next
Day
Monday
Summer, etc

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

The position of these expression is at the end of the sentence: “I have English classes on Fridays”

December, January
IN A minute, an hour
Summer, spring
The morning, afternoon, evening
2016, 1995

Night, midnight, midday

AT
Lunchtime, teatime
09:00, 12:00

ON Monday, Tuesday

DURING The week

OVER
The weekend

A day of the week with ‘s’ at the end, for example ‘on Tuesdays’ means the same as ‘every
Tuesday’:

I take a dance class on Wednesdays. I relax on Saturdays.