sábado, 15 de mayo de 2010

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY


We use the adverbs of frequency to express an habitual action or a fact in general. We put it between the pronoun and the main verb.

I hardly ever go to the beach

The most used adverbs of frequency are:

Always

Usually

Often

Sometimes

Hardly ever

Never

The adverbs of frequency comes after the verb to be

She is always happy

If the sentences is negative, the adverbs of frenquency comes after the auxiliary

I don´t usually drink beer

In sentences interrogatives:

Auxiliary+pronoun+adverb+verb+complement

Does he often practice baseball?

Do you always sit in the same place?

Is Luisa never going to stop talking?

Do you ever go hiking?

  • Use hardly ever and never only in affirmative sentence
Example: She hardly ever work on sunday

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