ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Grammar Reference
Preparatore linguistico:Nino Chavchanidze
Adverbs of frequency
We use adverbs of frequency to answer the question: How often?

Always Usually Often Sometimes

Hardly ever Never
Adverbs of frequency
These adverbs usually come BEFORE the main verb.

She never eats meat.

I sometimes play tennis on Saturdays.
I don’t often go swimming.
I always have coffee for breakfast.
I usually go to bed at about 11.00.
He hardly ever watches TV.
Adverbs of frequency
Sometimes and usually can also come at the beginning or the end of a sentence:
Sometimes we play cards.
We play cards sometimes.
Usually I walk to school.
I walk to school usually.
Adverbs of frequency
Never and always CAN’T come at the beginning or the end of a sentence:

NOT: Never I go to the cinema.

Always I have coffee in the morning.
BUT: I never go to the cinema
I always have coffee in the morning.
Adverbs of frequency
REMEMBER:

a. Adverbs of frequency go before all verbs

EXCEPT be.
Do you usually go to work by bus?
BUT: They’re sometimes late.
b. We use a positive verb with never and hardly ever.
He never smokes and NOT He doesn’t never smoke.