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