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  Put in Order
Frequency adverbs: position
Focus Grammar
Description Practise how to put adverbs of frequency in the right place inside the sentence.
Instructions Order these sentences so the adverb of frequency comes in the right position.
 
Items
can / You / find / your car keys / never
 
what to say / I / know / never
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
is / late / John / often
 
always / asking me questions / She / is
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
She / in blue / dresses / very often
 
at 8 a.m. / always / get up / I
 
once a year / to the dentist / I / usually / go
 
I / day in, day out / have to go / shopping
 
listen / never / can / They
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
win / ? / Does / always / Kevin
 
several times a year / My car / breaks down
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
in green? / Can / dress / I / always
 
I / to the hairdresser's / usually / once a month / go
 
if you need it / Tom / will / help you / rarely
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
pizza / Mike / eats / often / for dinner
 
have / every other day / We / soup
 
My parents / go on holiday / almost never
 
to the gym / I / go / three times a week
 
Something is the matter with me. I / am / in the mornings. / very tired / usually
 
at home? / Do / usually / you / have lunch
 
go / to the disco? / How / often / do / you
 
hardly ever / I / oranges / eat
 
Begin the sentence with SHE
She / when you talk to her / rarely / listens
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
My parents / very often / to help me / come
 
every other day. / some petrol / need / I travel a lot. I
 
saw / it / five times / I
 
Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY
me / Yesterday, / she / phoned / twice
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
Do / often / feel tired? / you
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
some help with the homework / usually / need / They
 
to the gym / go / every day / Do / ? / you
 
Total number of items: 30
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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