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