ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY adverbs of frequency We use
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
adverbs of frequency ✖We use some adverbs to describe how frequently we do an activity. Frequency Adverb of Frequency Example Sentence 100% always I always go to bed before 11 p. m. 90% usually 80% 70% normally / generally often* / frequently 50% sometimes 30% occasionally I occasionally eat junk food. 10% seldom I seldom read the newspaper. 5% 0% hardly ever / rarely never I hardly ever drink alcohol. I never swim in the sea. I usually have cereal for breakfast. I normally go to the gym. I often surf the internet. I sometimes forget my wife's birthday.
adverbs of frequency ✖They go BEFORE all main verbs. ○ ○ I ALWAYS go to the cinema on Friday. I NEVER drink coffee in the evening. ✖ They go AFTER the verb to be. ○ ○ I am ALWAYS late. I am NEVER sad. ✖ In negative sentences the adverb of frequency goes between don’t/doesn’t and the verb. ○ ○ I don’t always drink coffee. He doesn’t often go to the cinema.
expressions of frequency ✖They go at the end of the verb phrase. ○ ○ ○ every morning every day every Tuesday every week every month ○ once a week (1 time) ○ twice a week (2 times) ○ three, four, five times a week (3, 4, 5 times)
LET’S PRACTISE Order the sentences
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