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