UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA DE MACHALA

FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA CIVIL

Name: Kevin Tanner Cobos Granda
Date: July 08, 2014
Professor: Lic. Anne Valdiviezo
Classroom: Primero D
English Adverbs
Frequency Adverb of Frequency Example Sentence
100% always I always go to bed before 11pm.
90% usually I usually have cereal for breakfast.
80% normally / generally I normally go to the gym.
70% often* / frequently I often surf the internet.
50% sometimes I sometimes forget my wife's birthday.
30% occasionally I occasionally eat junk food.
10% seldom I seldom read the newspaper.
5% hardly ever / rarely I hardly ever drink alcohol.
0% never I never swim in the sea.

Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something is done.
Adverbs of frequency include; always, constantly, continually, frequently, infrequently,
intermittently, normally, occasionally, often, periodically, rarely, regularly, seldom, sometimes
etc.
For example:
I always do my homework on time. - In this sentence always shows us the frequency
(how often) I do my homework on time.
She goes out occasionally. - In this sentence occasionally shows us the frequency (how often)
she goes out.
Adverbs of frequency appear between the subject and the verb in a sentence
For example:
I always update the calendar at the beginning of the month.
Poetria often takes notes during the Skype sessions.


Adverbs of frequency appear after a form of the to be - am, are, is (was, were) in a sentence
For example:
I am never late.
IVisit was occasionally frustrating.
They were always noisy.
Adverbs of frequency go between an auxiliary verb and the main verb
For example:
Anne doesn't usually smoke.
If there are two auxiliary verbs, the adverb of frequency goes between them
For example:
I have never been to Asia.
The adverbs of frequency often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can go at the beginning
of a sentence
For example:
Usually I don't give personal advice. = I don't usually give personal advice.
Occasionally we go for a drive on a Sunday. = We occasionally go for a drive on a
Sunday.
Adverbs of frequency go before the verbs used to or have to
For example:
I always used to celebrate bonfire night.
I usually have to get up early to walk Laika.
When something happens regularly at a fixed time we can use the following as adverbs:
Every day = Daily
Every week = Weekly
Ever fortnight (two weeks) = Fortnightly
Every month = Monthly
Every year = Yearly/Annually
For example:
I get a newspaper every day. = I get the newspaper daily.
Adverbs of definite frequency
Examples:
hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, every second, once a minute, twice a year, once, twice,
once or twice, three times
Adverbs of definite frequency, like all adverbs of definite time, typically go in END position.
Look at these examples:
Most companies pay taxes yearly.
The manager checks the toilets every hour.
The directors meet weekly to review progress.
Sometimes, usually for reasons of emphasis or style, some adverbs of definite frequency
may go at the FRONT, for example:
Every day, more than five thousand people die on our roads.
Adverbs of indefinite frequency
Examples:
never, seldom, sometimes, often, always
Adverbs of indefinite frequency mainly go in MID position in the sentence.
They go before the main verb (except the main verb "to be"):
We usually go shopping on Saturday.
I have often done that.
She is always late.
Occasionally, sometimes, often, frequentlyand usually can also go at the beginning or end of a
sentence:
Sometimes they come and stay with us.
I play tennis occasionally.
Rarely and seldom can also go at the end of a sentence (often with "very"):
We see them rarely.
John eats meat very seldom