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