ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

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 ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

• The present simple is often used with adverbs of frequency (always,

usually, often, never) to show how often something happens.

100% 75 % 50% 25% 10% 0%

always usually often sometimes rarely/seldom never

• adv + main verb

negative meaning
• to be/modals/auxiliary (вспомогательный) + adv
never use “not” with them
• adv + auxiliary (short answers)
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 STATE VERBS

• They do not normally have continuous tenses because they describe a state rather than an action.

Types of verbs:
o verbs of perception (восприятие, ощущение): believe, know, notice, remember, forget,
recognise, think, seem, etc.
o verbs of the senses: (can/could – at the moment of speaking) see, hear, feel, taste, look,
smell, sound.
o other verbs: be, contain, fit, include, matter, mean, have (=possess).
 DIFFERENCE IN MEANING
• I think she is Italian. (=believe)
I`m thinking about my holiday. (=am considering)
• I can see an aeroplane in the sky. (=perceive with my eyes)
I`m seeing Jill tonight. (=am meeting)
• The room smells of perfume. (=has the smell)
The cat is smelling its food. (=is sniffing)
• He is selfish. (character – permanent state)
He is being selfish. (behaviour – temporary situation)
• The soup tastes awful. (=has an awful flavour)
She`s tasting the soup. (=is testing the flavour of)
• Susan looks tired. (=appears)
Susan is looking at some photos. (=is studying)
Translate the words:
Consider, perceive,
sniff, behaviour, • This towel feels soft. (=has a soft texture)
possess.
Jill is feeling her son`s forehead. (=is touching)
• He has a sports car. (=possesses)
He`s having lunch now. (=is eating – idiom)
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WORDS FOR DICTATION

 Scratch
 Set
 Pray  Consonant

 Caterpillar  Consider

 Hatch  Perceive
 Tie  Sniff
 Apply  Behaviour
 Mend  Possess
 Vowel