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