ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

We often use the present simple with adverbs of frequency:

never, hardly ever, usually, sometimes, often, always

We use hardly ever and never with positive, not negative verbs:

She hardly ever comes to my parties.They never say 'thank you'.

Put these frequency adverbs in order

hardly ever not (very) often never sometimes always occasionally usually normally/generally often

EXPRESSIONS OF FREQUENCY

We can also use the following expressions when we want to be more specific about the frequency:

every day - once a month - twice a year - four times a day - every other week

Put these frequency expressions in order

once every three months twice a day three times a week every Saturday once a month once or twice a year every couple of weeks once or twice a year

Adverbs of frequency go 

before the main verb:

Subject + adverb + main verb

I usually wake up at 7am.

I often call my mother.

Adverbs of frequency go

 after "be":

Subject + to be + adverb

He is always late.

She is never tired.

I am often relaxed.

Expressions of frequencyusually go

at the end of a sentence:

I have English lessons every day.

She goes to the gym twice a week.

Order the words to make sentences.

1) out a twice goes he week.

2) usually early she up wakes.

3) grandmother Spain visit my a twice we year in.

4) restaurant my opposite often at I school eat the.

5) always Pedro first in student class is the.

6) home hardly ever they Saturday stay at a night on.

7) the once cinema we week go a to.

8) Wednesday Jane see every I other and each.

9) walk sometimes I work to.

10) car radio the in usually we to listen the.

Write the word or phrase in the correct place.

1. I _________ think _________ about _________ becoming a pilot. (sometimes)

2. The Queen ________ celebrates ________ her birthday ________. (twice a year)

3. We ________ play ________ computer games ________. (in the evening)

4. You ________ think ________ about ________ your future. (hardly ever)

5. I ________ have _________ seen _________ her before. (never)

6. I _________ use _________ the school library __________. (most afternoons)

7. My parents ________ go ________ to the cinema ________. (about once a year)

8. I _________ don’t ________ wear ________ black in summer. (normally)