Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| Do / at home? / usually / have lunch / you |
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| in green? / dress / always / I / Can |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. / am / usually / very tired |
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| to the hairdresser's / once a month / go / usually / I |
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| saw / it / five times / I |
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| John / often / is / late |
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| always / at 8 a.m. / I / get up |
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| can / your car keys / You / never / find |
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| can / listen / never / They |
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| some petrol / every other day. / need / I travel a lot. I |
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| Kevin / always / win / ? / Does |
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| I / hardly ever / eat / oranges |
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| My parents / almost never / go on holiday |
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| always / asking me questions / is / She |
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| to the dentist / I / once a year / go / usually |
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| breaks down / My car / several times a year |
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| have to go / day in, day out / I / shopping |
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| Do / feel tired? / often / you |
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| Do / you / ? / go / every day / to the gym |
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| to the disco? / do / you / How / go / often |
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| know / what to say / I / never |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / when you talk to her / listens / She |
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| dresses / in blue / She / very often |
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| Mike / often / eats / for dinner / pizza |
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| if you need it / rarely / will / Tom / help you |
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| My parents / very often / to help me / come |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| some help with the homework / need / usually / They |
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| three times a week / go / I / to the gym |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| me / Yesterday, / phoned / she / twice |
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| every other day / soup / We / have |
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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
