FREQUENCY ADVERBS

TEACHER: JAVIER PARDO Y.

 FREQUENCY ADVERBS

 We use adverbs of frequency to say how often

you do something.

 We use frequency adverbs to describe how often

something happens. Different frequency adverbs
describe different levels of frequency:
 
 0% ___I_____I_____I_____I_____I_____I___ 100
 Nev hard smt often usual always
100%
always
 
80 %
usually - often
 
50%
 sometime
 
10 %
hardlyever - rarely
0
%
 
never
 A week

Mon tue wed thufri sat sun

 Always ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
 Usually ✓ X ✓ X ✓ X ✓
 SometimesX ✓ X ✓ X ✓ X
 HardlyeverX X X ✓ X X X
 Never X X X X X X X
Grammar:


Position:


1- In (+) sentences the adverbs of frequency go between the subject and the
verb.

Example:

I always have break at home.

S F.A V
2- Verb to be: adverbs of frequency go after the verb
to-be:
 
 Example:

 
I am always happy.
S V F.A
3- Negative sentences:

 Example:

I don’t usually have lunch at home.

S AUX. F.A V

I am not usually home on Saturdays.

S V F.A or
I am usually not home on Saturdays.
S V F.A
  

4- Sometimes and usually can go at the beginning.

 Examples:

I sometimes go to restaurants.
S F.A V or
Sometimes I go to restaurants.
F.A S V
5- Never: this adverbs of frequency uses
affirmatives sentences.

 Example: 

I never go to parties.
S F.A V
6- 3rd person rule (he/she/it)

 Examples:

Marjorie usually watches combate.

S F.A V
Junior never drinks beer.
S F.A V
7- Interrogative sentences:

 Examples:

-You never go to parties?

S F.A V
- Do you usually go to the cinema?
S F.A V
- Are you always at home?
V S F.A
- Are you hardly at home?
V S F.A
 EXERCISES

I- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

verb and the frequency adverb in parentheses:
1- Peter ___________ polite and listens to everyone’s
opinión. (be/always)

2- I _____________ I need to find a new hobby.

(think/often)

3- __________ you __________ the bus home after class?

(catch/always)
 4-
You ___________ too old to start a new hobby!
(be/never)

 5-They ___________ good game shows on T.V.

(show/rarely)

 6-I ____________ too busy to go to the gym.

(be/sometimes)
 Always often once rarely week

1- I see Jake twice a __________ for coffee.

2- Tim ________ beats me at chess. I never

win!
3- It __________ rains here in the Winter – almost
every week!

4- I go on vacation _________ a year, in the

summer.

5- She _________ sends me e-mails now-maybe

one a month.
 ANSWERS

I- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

verb and the frequency adverb in parentheses:
1- Peter is always polite and listens to everyone’s opinión.
(be/always)

2- I often think I need to find a new hobby. (think/often)

3- Do you always catch the bus home after class?

(catch/always)
 4-
You are never too old to start a new hobby!
(be/never)

 5-They rarely show good game shows on T.V.

(show/rarely)

 6-
I am sometimes too busy to go to the
gym.(be/sometimes)
 Always often once rarely week

1- I see Jake twice a week for coffee.

2- Tim always beats me at chess. I never win!

3- It often rains here in the Winter – almost every
week!

4- I go on vacation once a year, in the summer.

5- She rarely sends me e-mails now-maybe one a

month.