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    Adverbs of Frequency: Subject Adverb Verb Predicate

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    Adverbs of frequency provide information about how often something occurs. They can appear in several positions in a sentence: (1) between the subject and verb if there is one verb, (2) after verbs like "be", (3) after the first part of verbs with auxiliaries, or at the beginning or end of sentences for emphasis. Examples are given of common adverbs of frequency and their typical positions in affirmative, negative and question sentences. Exceptions to the rules are also outlined.

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    Adverbs of frequency provide information about how often something occurs. They can appear in several positions in a sentence: (1) between the subject and verb if there is one verb, (2) after verbs like "be", (3) after the first part of verbs with auxiliaries, or at the beginning or end of sentences for emphasis. Examples are given of common adverbs of frequency and their typical positions in affirmative, negative and question sentences. Exceptions to the rules are also outlined.

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    Adverbs of frequency provide information about how often something occurs. They can appear in several positions in a sentence: (1) between the subject and verb if there is one verb, (2) after verbs like "be", (3) after the first part of verbs with auxiliaries, or at the beginning or end of sentences for emphasis. Examples are given of common adverbs of frequency and their typical positions in affirmative, negative and question sentences. Exceptions to the rules are also outlined.

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    Adverbs of Frequency

    Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens/is the case,


    happened/was the case, will happen/will be the case, etc.

    There are lots of them. Here are some examples:

    always constantly usually often sometimes rarely never


    habitually normally frequently occasionally infrequently
    chiefly mostly sporadically seldom
    predominantly generally intermittently
    repeatedly
    typically commonly spasmodically
    continuously largely
    regularly

    Where do they come in the sentence?

    1. If the sentence has one verb in it (e.g. no auxiliary verb) we usually put
    the adverb in the middle of the sentence, i.e. after the subject and before
    the verb:

    Position A

    subject adverb verb predicate

    Tom usually goes to work by car.

    2. The adverb usually comes after the verb "be":

    Position B

    subject verb adverb predicate

    Tom is often late.


    Anne isn’t usually late.

    This is not the case if we put the adverb at the beginning or end of the sentence for
    emphasis.

    This rule also does not apply to short answers:

    Speaker A: Is she usually on time? Speaker A: Tell her not to be late.

    Speaker A: Yes, she usually is. Speaker B: She never is.

    The rule is broken in other cases too, e.g.

    Speaker A: What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be at school?

    Speaker B I normally am at school at this time, but my teacher is ill.

    Speaker A: You’re late again!

    Speaker B: I usually am late on Mondays because the traffic is so bad.

    Speaker A: Tom is late again!

    Speaker B: Tom usually is late!


    I never was any good at maths.

    3. If the sentence has more than one verb in it (e.g. auxiliary verb) we
    usually put the adverb after the first part of the verb:

    Position C

    subject verb 1 adverb verb 2 predicate

    I can never remember his name.

    Anne doesn’t usually smoke. about the state of the school toilets.

    The children have often complained

    Exception:

    In sentences with "have to" the adverb is in position A:

    subject adverb verb 1 verb 2 predicate

    We often have to wait for the bus.

    4. For emphasis we can put the adverb at the beginning or end of the
    sentence.
    At the end is unusual – we usually only put it there when we have forgotten to put it
    in earlier.

    Position D

    adverb subject verb 1 predicate

    Sometimes we go to school by bus.

    Position E

    subject verb 1 predicate adverb

    We go to school by bus - sometimes.

    Exceptions:

    "Always" can’t go at the beginning or end of the sentence.

    "Never", "seldom", "rarely" can’t go at the end of a sentence. They only go at the
    beginning of a sentence in "polemic statements". Then they have to be followed by
    the word order for questions:

    Never has there been a better time to overcome our differences!

    Rarely do we have an opportunity like this to…

    Seldom had the orchestra given a worse performance.


    5. When using adverbs of frequency in the question form, put the adverb
    before the main verb.

    Position F

    Auxiliary verb subject Adverb verb 1 predicate

    Do you often go to the cinema?

    Exceptions:

    "Never", "seldom", "rarely" and other adverbs of frequency with a negative sense are
    not usually used in the question form.

    6. When using adverbs of frequency in the negative form, put the adverb
    before the main verb.

    Position G

    subject Auxiliary verb Adverb verb 1 predicate

    They don’t often go to the cinema.

    Exceptions:

    "Never", "seldom", "rarely" and other adverbs of frequency with a negative sense are
    not usually used in the negative form.

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