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