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Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #113423: Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of frequency
Questions |
| Adverbs of frequency | How often does Nathalie take care of her little brother? | | She always takes care of her little brother.
| How often do Mark and Tom practise sports? | | They practise sports three times a week. | How often does Peter play computer games? | | He often plays computer games. | How often do they visit their grandparents? | | They visit their grandparents weekly. |
Where are adverbs of frequency located? | A- At the end of the sentence: | Sally goes to the cinema once a week. | The school bell rings every hour. | B- At the beginning of the sentence: | Every day, thousands of people die from cancer. | Every year, the number of political refugees increases. |
Adverbs |
| Examples | When | always |
| Jenifer always goes to school on foot. | 100% | usually | | He is an excellent pupil, he usually gets good marks in exams. | 90% | generally | normally
| | Ann and Patrick generally study English grammar together.
| 80% | frequently | often
| | My neighbour often goes to the beach. | 70% | sometimes | | Peter sometimes drinks coffee in the morning. | 50% | occasionally | | They occasionally travel to Paris.
| 40% | seldom | | We seldom see James playing computer games.
| 20% | hardly ever | rarely | | I'm not vegetarian but, I rarely eat lamb meat. | 10% | never | | I really respect my parents, I never disobey them. | 0% |
Where are they put?
| 1-Between the subject and the verb
|
Subject | Adverb | Verb |
| I | sometimes | play | football with friends. | She | often | watches | war movies on TV. |
Subject
| Verb | Adverb
|
| Marry
| is
| usually
| sick.
| They
| are
| always
| happy together.
|
3- Between the auxiliary and the verb:
|
Subject
| Auxiliary/Modal
| Adverb
| Verb |
| My father
| has
| often
| visited | Tunisia.
| They
| have
| never
| met | her before.
| I | must | always | revise | my lessons. | He | can | usually | travel | alone. |
4 - At the beginning of the sentence to put the emphasis on the adverb:
|
Adverb
| Subject
| Verb
|
| Sometimes
| I
| travel
| alone.
| Usually
| they
| go out
| for dinner.
| Occasionally | the meeting
| is held
| in the amphitheatre. |
5- A few adverbs can be put at the end of the sentence:
| Alfred travels to Paris regularly. | We play computer games occasionally. |
1- If the auxiliary is in the negative form, the adverb can be put before or after the auxiliary:
| Linda doesn't often sleep late. | Linda often doesn't sleep late. | I don't generally disagree with him. | I generally don't disagree with him. | 2- " sometimes" can be put at the beginning / in the middle / at the end of the sentence:
| Sometimes, I go to school by bicycle. | I sometimes go to school by bicycle. | I go to school by bicycle sometimes. | 3- "always" is always :) in the middle of the sentence.
| She always drives her car carefully. Correct | Always she drives her car carefully. Wrong| She drives her car carefully always. Wrong |
A few idioms
| Charity never made poor, stealing never made rich, and wealth never made wise. English Proverb | A learned man always has wealth in himself -Latin proverb | He that is afraid of bad luck will never know good -Russian proverb|Those who get lost on the way to school will never find their way through life -German proverb. | You've got to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you've got, and remember what you had. Always forgive, but never forget. Learn from mistakes, but never regret -Unknown |Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul collects wisdom .Zen proverb
| Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. - Unknown |You can't always get what you want.-Unknown |
Exercise : Michael is an American student. This text is about his daily routine. Choose the correct adverbs.
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