Adverbs of Frequency

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100 % Always
20% Hardly ever/
rarely

80% Usually
0% Never

60% Often

40% Sometimes
Use

Use adverbs of
frequency to answer
the question
How often…?
Position
Adverbs of frequency go BEFORE all
verbs (except be)

SUBJECT + ADV. OF FREQUENCY + VERB

EXAMPLES:
She always plays tennis in the morning.
They usually have lunch at work.
 She doesn't usually wait for an answer.

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I always get up early
i don’t usually eat fish
i never run
she doesn´t usually go to class
How often do you go to the disco?

I always go to the disco

I usually eat on mondays/ tree
times in a week / once per month
Use a positive (+) verb
with “hardly ever” and
“never”

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I always go out with my girlfriend

i always sleep at night

i always go to the bathroom

she always goes to the disco on

saturdays
Position
Adverbs of frequency go AFTER the verb
to be (is – are – am)

SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + ADVERB OF FREQUENCY

EXAMPLES:
She is always late for work.
They are often hungry.

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 Carolina is always angry
 Alexandra is always in the bathroom
 Cristina is always in the disco
 Pablo is always angry
 She doesn't usually wait for an
answer.
He doesn’t often play basketball
does he always dance in the same
disco?

I am not usually sick

How often do you go to the disco?

How often do you cook?

How often does she have english

clases?
lunes
Monday

martes
Tuesday ---tiusdey

miércoles
Wednesday ---wensdey

jueves on
Thursday ---- torsdey

viernes
Friday -- fraidey

sábado
Saturday-----

domingo
Sunday
I always go on mondays to the
university
Once. I study once a week in Cali
twice: dos veces
three times
four times
once upon time a girl that learned
english and …..
Months and weeks, years
per /month
the benefits per month are 1 million
dollars
• I never eat ollucos because i don´t
like and my sister doesnt like too.

I never kill a person.

I never throw from a parachute