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    We Use Frequency Adverbs To Describe How Often Something Happens. We Use Them With The Present Simple Tense

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    We Use Frequency Adverbs To Describe How Often Something Happens. We Use Them With The Present Simple Tense

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    Here are the answers: 1. d) Jim is never at work. 2. b) We usually have lunch at 12 o'clock. 3. c) She always travels by train. 4. b) They sometimes go out in the evening.

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     We use frequency adverbs to describe how often something

    happens. We use them with the Present Simple tense.

     We place the frequency adverbs BEFORE the main verb

    (in Present Simple).

    I always walk to work.


    He doesn’t usually wear jeans.
    Do you often write letters?
     BUT, we put them AFTER the verb TO BE.

    He is never late.
    The children aren’t usually tired after school.
    Are you often sad?
    How often…? To ask about the frequency of an action.
    We place it at the beginning of the question.

    I
    you
    do
    How often he / she / it verb ?
    doe
    s we
    they

    How often do you go to the


    cinema?
    How often does Sophia cook? Use once / twice

    NOT one time

    day two times


    once
    twice A week
    three times
    month
    four times…
    year

    We go to the theatre once a week.


    Peter plays football five times a
    month.
    evening / morning / night…
    every day / weekend…
    Saturday / Monday…
    week / year…

    Ana cooks every day.


    I play tennis every Sunday.

    The rest of the frequency expressions


    are placed at the end of the sentence
    A. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences, as in the example.

    play /often / on / Sundays / they /


    football They often play football on
    Sundays.

    1. late / is / she / sometimes

    2. early / up / sister / never / Sundays / on / gets / my

    3. usually / he / goes / to / on / Fridays / the / cinema

    4. go / you / restaurant / often / a / do / how / to / ?

    5. she / the / beach / to / always / goes / in / the / summer

    6. sometimes / her / does / she / Fridays / on / shopping

    7. go / we / twice / month / the / theatre / to / a

    8. never / in / is / the / at / mornings / Peter / home

    9. he / work / rides / bike / to / his / often

    10. home / they / get / six o’clock / usually / at

    11. every / homework / students / their / good / do / day

    12. you / out / how / in / do / evenings / often / go / the / ?


    B. Put the frequency adverbs and expressions in the right place.

    1. Susan is late for school. (never)

    2. My brother doesn’t write letters to his friends. (usually)

    3. We go on holidays. (twice a year)

    4. Peter wears a tie. (sometimes)

    5. I eat fish. (once a week)

    6. Do the children watch TV? (often)

    7. My father is very busy. (always)

    8. Peter tidies his room. (never)

    9. My brother and I go fishing. (every week)

    10. My mother goes shopping on Saturdays. (always)

    11. Do you get up late at the weekend? (usually)

    12. I drink tea. (every morning)

    13. Mary rides her motorbike to work. (sometimes)


    14. I exercise in the afternoons. (often)

    15. Does Jane have lunch at home? (usually)

    C. Use the prompts and the frequency adverbs to write sentences about yourself.

    always usually often sometimes never

    1. get up at seven o’clock


    I never get up at seven o’clock

    2. have a shower in the morning

    3. have lunch at school

    4. do homework in the afternoon

    5. play computer games in the evenings

    6. cook dinner

    7. watch TV before I go to bed

    8. go to bed early
    D. Answer the following questions using frequency expressions.

    1. How often do you eat pasta?


    I eat pasta twice a week.
    2. How often do you meet your friends?

    3. How often do you brush your teeth?

    4. How often do you do exercise?

    5. How often do you use the computer?

    6. How often do you go away?

    E. Choose the correct sentence.

    1. a) Jim never is at work.


    b) Jim is at work never.
    c) Never is Jim at work.
    d) Jim is never at work.

    2. a) We have usually lunch at 12 o’clock.


    b) We usually have lunch at 12 o’clock.
    c) We have lunch at usually 12 o’clock.
    d) We have lunch at 12 usually o’clock.

    3. a) She travels always by train.


    b) Always she travels by train.
    c) She always travels by train.
    d) She travels by always train.

    4. a) They go out sometimes in the evening.


    b) They sometimes go out in the evening.
    c) They go out in sometimes the evening.
    d) They go sometimes out in the evening.

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