Adverbs of Frequency

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Adverbs of Frequency

• Jinny Kim Han

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What are these?

• Choose one!
• verbs
• adverbs
• adjectives

• almost never

never
sometimes
regularly
rarely
frequently
infrequently
almost always
often
seldom
occasionally
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Try again!

• Sorry, those are not verbs.
• A verb is a word such as run, feel, or swim
  that is used with a subject to say what someone
  or something does or what happens to them, or to
  give information about them

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Youre right!

• Those are the adverbs of frequency.
• Adverbs are words that modify
• a verb (She drove fast.- How did she drive?)
• an adjective (She drove a very fast car. How
  fast was her car?)
• another adverb (She drove quite slowly. How
  slowly did she drive?)

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I am sorry!

• An adjective is a word such as small, beautiful,
  or heavy that describes a person or thing, or
  gives extra information about them.
• Adjectives usually come before nouns or after
  link verbs.

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What are frequency adverbs?

• Frequency adverbs are adverbs that state
• how often something happens or someone
• does something.
• For example,
• Eric often rides a bicycle.
• Andy goes to school by himself everyday.

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Do you have any idea how often?

• Next slide is a chart of frequency adverbs, the
  numbers after the adverbs will give you an idea
  of the how often an event would take place.

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Table of Frequency Adverbs
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Examples of Frequency Adverbs

• I always brush my teeth in the morning. (100)
• She usually arrives to work on time. (90-99)
• I visit my grandparents frequently. (75-90)
• My dog often sleeps on my bed with me. (75-90)
• Sometimes he eats eggs for breakfast. (25-50)
• I go for a walk in the park occasionally.
  (25-50)
• We seldom eat out. (10-25)
• My family rarely goes on vacation. (1-10)
• He never helps me clean the house. (0)
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Test your knowledge on frequency adverbs.

• Andy is an excellent student. He _____ goes to
  class.
• always
• usually
• sometimes
• seldom

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Good job!

• Common adverbs of frequency are never, almost
  never, hardly ever, rarely, seldom, sometimes,
  often, usually, almost always, and always. As you
  remember correctly, these adverbs are ordered
  from 0 occurrence to 100 occurrence.

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Sorry!

• There is a better answer.
• If you want to look at the table of frequency
  adverbs again, click the help button

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Table of Frequency Adverbs
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Try this!

• Eric goes to the gym only two or three times a
  year. He ____ goes to the gym.
• always
• never
• usually
• seldom

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Good Job!

• You are right!
• As you understand well, we use frequency
  adverbs to describe how often we do something. We
  usually place the frequency adverb between the
  subject and the simple present verb in the
  sentence. Sometimes they are placed at the
  beginning or end of a sentence. Frequency adverbs
  come after the verb "be".

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Oops, try again!

• Adverbs of Frequency answer
• The question "How often?" or
• "How frequently?" They tell
• us how often somebody does
• something. Look at the graph
• on the right
• Can you get it now?
• Go back to the test.

• 100 always
• usually
• frequently
• often
• 50 sometimes
• occasionally
• rarely
• seldom
• hardly ever
• 0 never

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Test your knowledge again.

• Mike goes to the beach whenever he can. He _____
  misses a chance to go to the ocean.
• never
• always
• usually

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Think again!

• Read below sentences to understand how each
  frequency
• adverb is used in a sentence
• I always brush my teeth in the morning.(100)
• People usually smile when they are happy
  .(90-99)
• We often visit our friends home. (75-90)
• Sometimes Andy makes coffee for his
  mother.(25-75)
• They seldom go to the theater.(10-25)
• Eric rarely drinks tea.(1-10)
• Brian never runs.(0)

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Youve got it!

• Want more challenges? If you do, you will get
  extra credit to complete the quiz below
• http//www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs-frequen
  cy_quiz.htm
• If a printer is ready, print out the question
  sheet with your answers.
• However, if there is no printer, write down the
  questions and answers
• on paper and submit it and get extra credit.

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Positions of frequency adverbs

• Frequency adverbs are placed before the main verb
  except if the main verb is the verb "to be" the
  adverbs comes after the adverb.

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Positions of Frequency Adverbs 1

• If the sentence has only one verb in it, we
• usually put the adverb in the middle of the
• sentence, i.e. after the subject and before
• the verb

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Positions of Frequency Adverbs 2

• The adverb usually comes after the verb "be"

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Positions of Frequency Adverbs 3

• If a sentence has more than one verb in it, the
  adverb is usually placed after the first part of
  the verb

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Remember!

• With have and used to, the frequency adverb is
  usually placed in front.
• For example,
• We always used to look forward to eating at
  the restaurant.
• I never has any trouble with my old computer.

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Positions of Frequency Adverbs 4

• Frequency adverbs can be placed either at the
  beginning or end of the sentence.

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Exceptions

• Always cannot be placed at the beginning or end
  of the sentence.
• Never, rarely, and seldom cannot go at the end of
  a sentence. They only can be put at the beginning
  of a sentence and have to be followed by the
  special word order. For example,
• Rarely had the orchestra given a worse
  performance.
• Seldom has there been a better time to
  discuss our
• differences.

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Positions of Frequency Adverbs 6

• When using adverbs of frequency in the negative
  form, put the adverb before the main verb.
• (cf. Never, rarely, seldom and other
  negative sense of frequency verbs are not used in
  the negative form.)

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Review your knowledge.

• Visit the below link to check your understanding
  about the
• position of frequency adverbs
• An interactive quiz on the position of frequency
  adverb (10 questions)
• http//www.miguelmllop.com/practice/beginners/gram
  mar/frequencyadverbs1.htm
• Grammar exercise on the position of frequency
  adverbs (10 questions)
• http//www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit23_gr
  ammar_exs.htm
• If a printer is ready, print out the question
  sheet with your answers.
• However, if there is no printer, write down the
  questions and answers
• on paper and submit it and get extra credit.

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Lets take a quick quiz.

• Read each sentence below, then decide if the
• Frequency Adverb goes before or after the
• verb.
• never BEFORE AFTER
• I eat green onions.
• always BEFORE AFTER
• Eric is happy when he plays with his best
  friend.

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Oops!

• Try to remember
• Frequency adverbs come before other verbs
  (play, sing, learn, work, etc.) 
• I always help my brother. Jake usually comes
  early to school. Andy and Eric often swim
  together.

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Try once more!

• Remember this
• Frequency adverbs come after a BE verb (am, is,
  are, was, were, etc.). 
• Andy is always a good student. Eric is
  usually happy when he plays with his friends.
  Brian and Eric are often in the library after
  class.

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Right on target!

• You demonstrated your knowledge on the positions
  of
• adverbs of frequency and seem to correctly
  understand the
• rule below
• Adverbs of frequency can occupy different
  positions in the
• sentence. With most verbs, the normal position is
  between the
• subject and the verb. With the verb ,to be, the
  adverb
• normally comes after the verb.
• Go back to the second
  question, then.

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Great Job! Try some more.

• Click the link below to take a quiz
• A test with 10 questions
• http//www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adverbs
  _of_frequency.htm
• A quiz with 5 questions
• http//www.miguelmllop.com/practice/beginners/gram
  mar/frequencyadverbs2.htm
• If a printer is ready, print out the question
  sheet with your
• answers. However, if there is no printer, write
  down the
• questions and answers on paper and submit it and
  get extra
• credit.

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Congratulations!

• Now youve become the EXPERT on Frequency
  Adverbs!
• So far, you have learned
• What the adverbs of frequency are
• What frequency adverbs do
• Where each of frequency adverb is placed in a
  sentence
• Dont forget to keep practicing what youve
  learned today!

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