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