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