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