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  Put in Order
Frequency adverbs: position
Focus Grammar
Description Practise how to put adverbs of frequency in the right place inside the sentence.
Instructions Order these sentences so the adverb of frequency comes in the right position.
 
Items
get up / I / at 8 a.m. / always
 
go / often / How / you / to the disco? / do
 
eat / oranges / I / hardly ever
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
very often / in blue / dresses / She
 
at home? / have lunch / Do / usually / you
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
Do / you / often / feel tired?
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
in green? / I / Can / always / dress
 
know / never / what to say / I
 
it / saw / five times / I
 
I / three times a week / to the gym / go
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
John / late / is / often
 
in the mornings. / am / usually / Something is the matter with me. I / very tired
 
breaks down / My car / several times a year
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
eats / for dinner / often / Mike / pizza
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
some help with the homework / They / need / usually
 
listen / never / can / They
 
We / every other day / have / soup
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
very often / My parents / to help me / come
 
almost never / My parents / go on holiday
 
go / usually / to the hairdresser's / I / once a month
 
Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY
Yesterday, / phoned / me / she / twice
 
Begin the sentence with SHE
She / when you talk to her / rarely / listens
 
every day / Do / to the gym / you / ? / go
 
shopping / have to go / I / day in, day out
 
can / never / find / your car keys / You
 
She / is / asking me questions / always
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
Kevin / win / Does / ? / always
 
help you / rarely / will / Tom / if you need it
 
to the dentist / I / usually / go / once a year
 
I travel a lot. I / every other day. / some petrol / need
 
Total number of items: 30
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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