Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| usually / you / Do / at home? / have lunch |
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| in green? / dress / I / always / Can |
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| need / They / some help with the homework / usually |
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| eat / I / oranges / hardly ever |
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| to the gym / every day / Do / go / you / ? |
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| shopping / day in, day out / have to go / I |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| me / she / twice / Yesterday, / phoned |
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| to the dentist / go / usually / I / once a year |
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| never / I / know / what to say |
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| Mike / often / pizza / eats / for dinner |
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| very tired / usually / Something is the matter with me. I / am / in the mornings. |
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| to help me / My parents / very often / come |
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| feel tired? / Do / you / often |
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| five times / it / saw / I |
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| Tom / rarely / if you need it / help you / will |
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| at 8 a.m. / get up / always / I |
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| to the gym / I / go / three times a week |
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| go on holiday / My parents / almost never |
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| find / can / your car keys / never / You |
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| every other day. / need / some petrol / I travel a lot. I |
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| They / listen / never / can |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| listens / when you talk to her / rarely / She |
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| is / John / late / often |
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| always / She / is / asking me questions |
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| once a month / go / to the hairdresser's / usually / I |
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| do / go / to the disco? / often / How / you |
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| every other day / have / We / soup |
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| Kevin / ? / Does / always / win |
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| very often / She / dresses / in blue |
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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
