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Adverbs of frequency. Grammar Reference Preparatore linguistico: Dott.ssa Barbara Meloni. Adverbs of frequency. We use adverbs of frequency to answer the question: How often? Always Usually Often Sometimes Hardly ever Never. Adverbs of frequency.
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Adverbs of frequency Grammar Reference Preparatore linguistico:Dott.ssa Barbara Meloni
Adverbs of frequency We use adverbs of frequency to answer the question: How often? Always Usually Often Sometimes Hardly ever Never
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 11.00. He hardly ever watches TV.
Adverbs of frequency Sometimes and usuallycan 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.
Adverbs of frequency Never and alwaysCAN’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.
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.