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Instructions
Order these sentences so the adverb of frequency comes in the right position.FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
Items
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| at 8 a.m. / always / get up / I |
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| always / is / She / asking me questions |
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| I / never / what to say / know |
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| never / can / find / You / your car keys |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| John / often / late / is |
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| listen / never / can / They |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| Mike / for dinner / eats / pizza / often |
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| hardly ever / oranges / eat / I |
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| almost never / My parents / go on holiday |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| in blue / She / dresses / very often |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| some help with the homework / They / usually / need |
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| am / in the mornings. / Something is the matter with me. I / usually / very tired |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| very often / My parents / to help me / come |
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| usually / go / to the hairdresser's / I / once a month |
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| every other day / We / have / soup |
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| go / to the dentist / usually / once a year / I |
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| shopping / day in, day out / have to go / I |
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| she / phoned / twice / Yesterday, / me |
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| saw / I / five times / it |
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| I / to the gym / go / three times a week |
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| some petrol / I travel a lot. I / need / every other day. |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / She / listens / when you talk to her |
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| Tom / rarely / will / help you / if you need it |
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| Do / you / at home? / have lunch / usually |
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| How / often / go / to the disco? / you / do |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| Does / always / ? / Kevin / win |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| often / feel tired? / Do / you |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| always / I / dress / in green? / Can |
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| to the gym / go / you / every day / Do / ? |
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