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