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How to say it?

Language Focus: Adverbs of Frequency

Since hobbies are usually done repeatedly over a period of time, when talking about them, we can add the
detail on how often we do them by using indefinite and definite frequency.

These are the examples used in the video:
✓ “Sometimes I enjoy going jogging.”
✓ “I play football every Tuesday evening.”

The words to express indefinite frequency are below.

Frequency Percentage

1. Always 100 %
2. Usually 90 %
3. Normally/Generally 80 %
4. Often/Frequently 70 %
5. Sometimes 50 %
6. Occasionally 30
7. Seldom 10 %
8. Rarely/Hardly/Ever 5 %
9. Never 0 %

Here are the words to express indefinite frequency.
✓ Every day/week/month/evening ✓ Twice a day/week/month/year
✓ Every evening ✓ Three times, for times, etc. a
day/week/month/year
✓ Every Saturday/Monday, etc. ✓ Once in a decade
✓ Every other day ✓ Once in a while
✓ Daily, weekly, monthly, annually ✓ Once in a blue moon (almost never)
✓ Once a day/week/month/year

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