Unit 4: The daily grind
Adverbs of frequency
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- 1 Nice to meet you!
- 2 What to wear
- 3 Like this, like that
- 4 The daily grind
- 5 Christmas every day
- 6 Great achievers
- 7 The Titanic
- 8 Travel
- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 2
Adverbs of frequency are words like always, never and sometimes.
People use them to talk about how frequently things happen.
In this session, we’ll find out what they mean and you'll learn some simple rules to help you use them properly.
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Activity 2
Adverbs of frequency: Grammar rules
Now that we've looked at the meaning of some adverbs of frequency, let's find out how you use them in a sentence.
Have a look at these sentences and pay special attention to the context - that means the words that come before and after each adverb of frequency.
- I always use my Oyster card.
- It usually takes 40 minutes.
- You should always eat breakfast.
- That doesn't often happen.
- I'm always on my bike.
- They aren't usually late for work.
Here usually has the same meaning as normally. These adverbs could be used when we want to say something happens about 60 to 80% of the time.
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Look at the adverbs of frequency and try to choose the correct grammar rules about where they appear in sentences.
Adverbs of frequency: Grammar rules
6 Questions
Look at the adverbs of frequency and choose the correct grammar rules.
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Look at the adverbs of frequency and choose the correct grammar rules.
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In a statement, the verb usually comes after the subject, but where is the verb in this sentence?Question 1 of 6
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Look at the adverbs of frequency and choose the correct grammar rules.
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In this statement 'usually' is an adverb.Question 2 of 6
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Look at the adverbs of frequency and choose the correct grammar rules.
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The auxiliary verb here is 'should'.Question 3 of 6
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Look at the adverbs of frequency and choose the correct grammar rules.
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This is a negative sentence so 'doesn't' is the auuxiliary.Question 4 of 6
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Look at the adverbs of frequency and choose the correct grammar rules.
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Where is the verb 'to be' in this sentence?Question 5 of 6
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Look at the adverbs of frequency and choose the correct grammar rules.
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Which word is the adverb in this sentence?Question 6 of 6
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Next
So, you've had a look at the meaning of some adverbs of frequency and the grammar rules about where they appear in sentences. Try the next activity where you're going to make some sentences yourself!