Adverbs of Frequency are adverbs of time that answer the question "How frequently?" or "How often?". They tell us how often something happens.
Frequency
|
Adverb
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Example
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100%
|
always
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I always go to bed at 11pm.
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90%
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usually
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I usually walk to school.
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×70%
|
often
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I often surf the internet.
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×50%
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sometimes
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I sometimes go to the cinema.
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0%
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never
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I never swim in the sea.
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Adverbs of frequency are put directly before the main verb. If 'be' is the main verb and there is no auxiliary verb, adverbs of frequency are put behind 'be'.
Subject
|
auxiliary/be
|
adverb
|
main verb
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object, place or time
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I
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often
|
go swimming
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in the evenings.
| |
He
|
doesn't
|
always
|
play
|
tennis.
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We
|
are
|
usually
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here in summer.
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On-line exercises to practise adverbs of frequency:
- Adverbs of frequency Quiz
- Position of adverbs of frequency 1
- Position of adverbs of frequency 2
- Sentences with adverbs of frequency
- Fill in the gap: adverbs of frequency
- Adverbs of frequency order
