Subject:

English 1 NRC 9758

Exercise:
Adverbs worksheet

Presents:
Mario Andrés Obando Castro 655514

Teacher:

Yuli Andrea Adarme

Colombia San Juan de Pasto. April 19 de 2020

 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
FREQUENTLY  how often an action happens. They are placed before
OFTEN  the main verb but after the verb to be.
SOMETIMES 
OCCASIONALLY  I always get up early.
SELDOM  Does she often take a taxi?
They are usually at home.
RARLY 
Mum is sometimes angry in the mornings.
NEVER 
My brother never studies at night.

A-Write sentences using the prompts. Use the verbs in B-Write the adverbs of frequency in the right
the present simple tense and the adverbs of frequency in place in the sentence.
the right place.
1. My father go to the library. (often)
1. basketball/she/play/often
My father go to the library often.
…She play basketball often
2. Do your friends watch TV ? (usually)
2. lunch/We/have/always/at 2:00
Do you friends usually watch TV?
We have lunch always at 2:00
3. Tina is busy in the mornings. (sometimes)
3. always/wake up/early/in the morning/Peter
Tina sometimes is busy in the mornings.
Peter always wake up in the morning
4. Our teacher lets us use a calculator. (never)
4. Lara/sometimes/angry/is/with her parents
Our teacher neverlets us use calculator.
Lara is angry with her parents sometimes

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 always have a shower early in the morning. (have)

2. Is your brother ever scared at night? (is)

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 is exhausted after exercising. (is)

7. My father often play golf. (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 is very tired at the end of the day. (is)

11. Get Paul ever impatient when he has to wait? (get)

12. Tom is not good at playing tennis. He rarely win a match.

(win)