Always, generally, often, frequently, usually, normally, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, seldom, hardly ever, never, ever
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 712.
Adverbs of frequency
Word order: adverbs of manner, place and time
| Subject + Verb | Manner | Place | Time |
| I work The children do | hard well | at the office at school | everyday. this year. |
| Subject + Verb+ Object | Manner | Place | Time |
| We sell our products She finishes work | successfully late | in the homemarket | all through the year. on Friday. |
Exercise 18. Rewrite these sentences in the correct order.
1. The children play / after lunch / quietly / in the garden.
2. We work / on Sunday/ in the studio / hard.
3. He drinks / in the morning/ his coffee / quickly.
4.1 do / very carefully / in the evening / my homework.
5. It snows / in the north of Scotland / heavily / in winter.
6. Our friends go dancing / at weekends / to a disco club.
These adverbs normally go before a full verb, but after be or an auxiliary verb. They usually watch TV.
She never eats sweets.
I always go to work by bus.
BUT: They are usually in bed by 11.30.
Sometimes, usually, normally, frequently, often and generally can also come after the subject in negative sentences.
We normally don't worry if the teacher is late.
These adverbs can also go at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
Sometimes I read books on historical topics.
Do you see your parents often?
All the time, every (other) day, several times a week, once a week, once in a while, not even once, etc. normally go at the end (or at the beginning) of a sentence
They watch news programmes every evening.
I do aerobics twice a week.
Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly normally go at the end of a sentence.
I receive mail daily.
Exercise 19. Put the adverbs in the correct place in the sentences. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
Example: She always tries to visit her parents at the weekends. (always).
1. They listen to the radio. (every morning).
2. I'm at home before 8 o'clock. (seldom).
3. I brush my teeth. (always/three times a day).
4. My parents don't come to see me. (often).
5. They don't get up late from Monday to Friday. (usually).
6. He is late for work. (almost never).
7. I play the piano. (rarely).
8. The boss is out. (frequently).
9. My father smokes more than ten cigarettes a day. (hardly ever).
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