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Adverbs of frequency
Note the word order for adverbs of frequency
My sister has coffee every
always 100% morning.She always has in a sentence.
coffee in the morning. Sentences with most verbs
I have sandwiches for lunch 1 adverb 2 main verb
usually 90% six times a week. I usually
have sandwiches for lunch. always
usually my
Tom buys a chocolate bar I often do homework on
four or five times a week. sometimes Saturdays.
often 70%
He often buys a chocolate never
bar.
We have chips one or Sentences with be
sometimes 30% maybe two days a week. 1 be 2 adverb
We sometimes have chips.
always
> Sam doesn't like tomatoes.
never 0% usually
He never eats them.
You are often hungry.
sometimes
Adverbs of frequency describe how frequently
something happens. never
We often use them with the present simple.
We also use a lot as an adverb. A lot goes at the end of the sentence.
Carloften wearsjeans. Carl wearsjeans a lot.
You're often latefor school. You're latefor schoola lot.
O 7 Complete the sentences with an appropriate
* *
6 Put the words in order to make sentences.
ÿ always / gets up /Tim / at / o'clock. / eight adverb.
Tim a\ways gets up at eight o'clock. ÿ John plays football six times a week.
He usuaWy plays football.
1 happy./Lucy /is /always
1 Kate goes swimming four or five times a week.
She -
goes swimming.
2 are /on /Saturday /We /never /at/
2 Ben runs in the morning seven days a week.
mornings./ home _
He runs in the morning.
3 My dad doesn't play sport.
3 usually / to / bus./ school / by / Jackie / goes
He _ plays sport.
4 I play badminton one or two days every
4 grandparents. / sometimes III my / visit
month.
play badminton.
I -
5 shopping / go / mum.Ill often / with / my
* 8 Write adverbs to make true sentences.
6 school. / usually / tired /They / are / after 1 I -
play tennis.
2 I _ swim in the sea.
_
3 I ride a horse.
ride a bicycle.
4 I -
_
5 I play football.
6 I _ run in the park.
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