Adverbs of frequency are used to describe how often something occurs. They can be placed in different positions in a sentence depending on sentence structure. Position A places the adverb between the subject and verb. Position B places it after the verb "be". Position C places it after the first part of a multi-part verb. Exceptions apply for questions, negatives, and emphasis. Common adverbs of frequency include: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
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Adverbs of Frequency: Tom Usually Goes To Work by Car
Adverbs of frequency are used to describe how often something occurs. They can be placed in different positions in a sentence depending on sentence structure. Position A places the adverb between the subject and verb. Position B places it after the verb "be". Position C places it after the first part of a multi-part verb. Exceptions apply for questions, negatives, and emphasis. Common adverbs of frequency include: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
Adverbs of frequency are used to describe how often something occurs. They can be placed in different positions in a sentence depending on sentence structure. Position A places the adverb between the subject and verb. Position B places it after the verb "be". Position C places it after the first part of a multi-part verb. Exceptions apply for questions, negatives, and emphasis. Common adverbs of frequency include: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
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Adverbs of Frequency: Tom Usually Goes To Work by Car
Adverbs of frequency are used to describe how often something occurs. They can be placed in different positions in a sentence depending on sentence structure. Position A places the adverb between the subject and verb. Position B places it after the verb "be". Position C places it after the first part of a multi-part verb. Exceptions apply for questions, negatives, and emphasis. Common adverbs of frequency include: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
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Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens/is the case, happened/was the case, will happen/will be the case, etc. There are lots of them. Here are some examples: constantly habitually chiefly always predominantly typically continuously usually normally often mostly generally frequently commonly repeatedly largely regularly
sometimes occasionally rarely sporadically infrequently never intermittently seldom spasmodically
Where do they come in the sentence? 1. If the sentence has one verb in it (e.g. no auxiliary verb) e usually !ut the adverb in the middle of the sentence" i.e. after the sub#ect and before the verb$ %osition A
subject Tom
adverb usually
verb goes
predicate to work by car.
&. 'he adverb usually comes after the verb (be($ %osition )
subject Tom Anne
verb is isn't
adverb often usually
predicate late. late.
This is not the case if we put the adverb at the beginning or end of the sentence for emphasis. This rule also does not apply to short answers:
Speaker A: Is she usually on time? Speaker A: Yes, she usually is.
Speaker A: Tell her not to be late. Speaker B: She never is.
The rule is bro en in other cases too, e.g.
Speaker A: What are you oing here? Shoul n't you be at school?
Speaker B
normally
am
at school at this time,
but my teacher is ill.
Speaker A: You're late again! Speaker B: I usually am late on "on ays because the traffic is so ba .
S#eaker A$ Tom is late again! S#eaker %$ I Tom usually was is late!
never
any goo at maths.
3. If the sentence has more than one verb in it (e.g. auxiliary verb) we usually put the adverb after the first part of the verb: Position C sub&ect I Anne The chil ren xception: In sentences with "have to" the adverb is in position A: sub&ect We a verb often verb ' have to verb ( wait #re icate for the bus. verb ' can oesn't have a verb never usually often verb ( remember smoke. com#laine #re icate his name. about the state of the school toilets.
!. "or emphasis we can put the adverb at the beginning or end of the sentence. At the end is unusual - we usually only put it there when we have forgotten to put it in earlier. Position # a verb Sometimes Position sub&ect verb ' #re icate a verb sub&ect we verb ' go #re icate to school by bus.
We xceptions:
go
to school by bus
) sometimes.
"Always" can t go at the beginning or end of the sentence. "!ever"" "seldo#"" "rarely" can t go at the end of a sentence. $hey only go at the beginning of a sentence in "pole#ic state#ents". $hen they have to be followed by the word order for %uestions: *ever +arely has o there we been have a better time to overcome our ifferences! an o##ortunity like this to, given a worse #erformance.
Sel om ha
the orchestra
$. %hen using adverbs of fre&uency in the &uestion form' put the adverb before the main verb. Position " Au-iliary verb .o xceptions: "!ever"" "seldo#"" "rarely" and other adverbs of fre%uency with a negative sense are not usually used in the %uestion for#. (. %hen using adverbs of fre&uency in the negative form' put the adverb before the main verb. Position ) sub&ect They xceptions: "!ever"" "seldo#"" "rarely" and other adverbs of fre%uency with a negative sense are not usually used in the negative for#. Au-iliary verb on't A verb often verb ' go #re icate to the cinema. sub&ect you A verb often verb ' go #re icate to the cinema?
