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