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