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Frequency adverbs
THEY INDICATE HOW OFTEN WE DO SOME ACTIVITIES
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THESE ARE THE MOST COMMON
………
• ALWAYS
• ALMOST ALWAYS
• USUALLY
• SOMETIMES
• OFTEN
• RARELY
• ALMOST NEVER
• NEVER
THE FREQUENCY ADVERBS ARE USED
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BEFORE THE MAIN VERB

SUBJECT + ADVERB + VERB + COMPLEMENT

• EXAMPLES:
• They never come to Chile.
• She always visits her grandparents.
• I almost always watch tv. At night.
• We sometimes prepare the exams in the afternoon.
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The frequency adverbs are used after the verb to be

EXAMPLES :
SUBJECT + VERB TO BE + FREQUENCY ADVERB+ COMPLEMENT
I am always late for clases
They are never at home on sundays
She is often sick for holidays.
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Put the words in order to write sentences

correctly.
• 1.- never- people- eat – vegetables
………………………............................................
2.- Sally – swimming- goes- often - in the river.
…………………………………………………………………………………......
3.-He plays - sometimes – in the gym – basketball.
……………………………………………………………
4.-Am – always- I – happy
……………………………………………………………………
5.- rarely – busy at night- they- are
……………………………………………………………………
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Los adverbios : sometimes and usually can also

go at the end or at the beginning of a sentence.
• examples:
• Sometimes I am late for clases
• Usually I go to the cinema.
• I go to clases on foot, sometimes.
El adverbio “ ever”, es usado solo en 7

preguntas
• Do you ever go to the stadium ?
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• Yes, I ever go to the stadium. ( X)
• Lo correcto es responder : Yes, I always go
to the stadium.
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How often …….? Se usa para preguntar
cuán a menudo uno realiza una acción…
• Examples:
• How often do you go jogging?
•I never go jogging
•How often does he play soccer?
• He sometimes plays soccer.