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Frequency adverbs: position

Frequency adverbs: position
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Practise how to put adverbs of frequency in the right place inside the sentence.
 

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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

Items
at 8 a.m. / always / get up / I
 
always / is / asking me questions / She
 
what to say / know / I / never
 
your car keys / never / You / can / find
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
late / is / often / John
 
can / They / never / listen
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
for dinner / eats / often / pizza / Mike
 
hardly ever / eat / I / oranges
 
My parents / go on holiday / almost never
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
dresses / She / in blue / very often
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
They / some help with the homework / usually / need
 
Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. / usually / am / very tired
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
to help me / very often / My parents / come
 
usually / once a month / to the hairdresser's / go / I
 
soup / We / every other day / have
 
go / once a year / I / to the dentist / usually
 
shopping / day in, day out / I / have to go
 
My car / breaks down / several times a year
 
Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY
Yesterday, / me / phoned / twice / she
 
five times / I / saw / it
 
go / three times a week / I / to the gym
 
every other day. / some petrol / I travel a lot. I / need
 
Begin the sentence with SHE
rarely / She / when you talk to her / listens
 
if you need it / help you / will / rarely / Tom
 
you / at home? / have lunch / usually / Do
 
you / often / How / do / go / to the disco?
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
Does / ? / win / always / Kevin
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
often / Do / feel tired? / you
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
I / Can / dress / always / in green?
 
go / to the gym / every day / you / ? / Do
 
Total number of items: 30
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