Frequency Adverbs come BEFORE other verbs.
Always I usually arrive at school before my classmates.
Frequency Adverbs come AFTER a BE verb.
Usually I am occasionally late for English classes.
‘Sometimes’ has four different positions.
I get good grades in English, sometimes.
Often Sometimes I study for hours.
English is sometimes difficult to understand.
I sometimes practice my speaking skills.
Sometime
Occasionally Never Rewrite the following
sentences using
Seldom adverbs of
frequency.
Rarely Example: I eat dinner at
Mom’s.
Frequently I rarely eat dinner at
Mom’s house.
Regularly 1. Paul usually watches horror
movies.
2. Paula and Paulo always walk
to school.
Almost 3. I sometimes make
homemade spaghetti for my
Always kids.
4. We are regularey
volunteer at the
Almost hospital on weekends.
5. I rarely drive to the local
Never supermarket.
6. Mr. Browns never sends his
wife flowers.
7. Our almost always
parents travel to Orlando
by plane.
8. Mike almost never is sick
with a toothache. Use frequency adverbs to answer these
9. This seldom questions:
driver fills
up his gas 1. How often does your baby sit?
with He seldom sits
unleaded 2. How often do you play the piano?
I usually play the piano
fuel.
3. How often do you go to the movies?
10. Sara often
I often go to the movies
reads romance
4. How often do you eat fast food?
novels. he sometimes eats fast food
11. Dad 5. How often do you go to the beach?
occasionally is I go to the beach occasionally
late for work. 6. How often do you break the speed limit?
12. Their he never breaks the speed limit
frecuentey car 7. How often are you sleepy at work?
needs he rarely sleepy at work
servicing. 8. How often are you early for church?
she always comes to church early
13. Our usually
internet
9. How often do you call in sick?
he never call in sick
service is off.
10. How often do you listen to hip hop
14. Boys are
music?
sometimes
smarter than I almost always listen to hip hop music
girls.
Complete the sentences below. Use the chart to decide which frequency adverb to
use.
1. Mother always bakes cookies for the elderly. (100%)
2. She put chocolate chips in them sometimes . (50%)
3. I have to regulary buy flour from the supermarket. (70%)
4. She rarely forgets to add sugar to her mixture. (20%)
5. Dad occasionally delivers the cookies if mom is busy. (40%)
6. I seldom eat any of the cookies because I am on a diet. (30%)
7. Tom and Mike usually take a few cookies to the office. (80%)
8. Mother never minds that! (0%)
9. Mom’s cookies are almost always perfect! (90%)
Look at the pictures and write sentences that use frequency
adverbs.
1. tomy sometimes drinks milk
2. Ryan almost always goes to bed at 10:00 PM.
3. Camilo regularly goes swimming in the pool
4. I often eat popcorn
5 Maria usually takes the school bus