1. Grammar Reference Preparatore linguistico:Dott.ssa Barbara Meloni
Adverbs of frequency
Grammar Reference
Preparatore linguistico:Dott.ssa Barbara Meloni

2. Adverbs of frequency
We use adverbs of frequency to answer the question: How often?
Always Usually Often Sometimes
Hardly ever Never

3. Adverbs of frequency These adverbs usually come BEFORE the main verb.
She never eats meat.
I sometimes play tennis on Saturdays.
I don’t often go swimming.
I always have coffee for breakfast.
I usually go to bed at about
He hardly ever watches TV.

4. Adverbs of frequency
Sometimes and usually can also come at the beginning or the end of a sentence:
Sometimes we play cards.
We play cards sometimes.
Usually I walk to school.
I walk to school usually.

5. Adverbs of frequency
Never and always CAN’T come at the beginning or the end of a sentence:
NOT: Never I go to the cinema.
Always I have coffee in the morning.
BUT: I never go to the cinema
I always have coffee in the morning.

6. Adverbs of frequency REMEMBER:
a. Adverbs of frequency go before all verbs
EXCEPT be.
Do you usually go to work by bus?
BUT: They’re sometimes late.
b. We use a positive verb with never and hardly ever.
He never smokes and NOT He doesn’t never smoke.