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