3. ALWAYS
FREQUENCY ADVERBS
100 %
90 %
70 %
50 %
10 %
0 %
ALWAYS
USUALLY
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
HARDLY
EVER
NEVER
Siempre
USUALLY
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
HARDLY EVER
NEVER
Usualmente
A menudo
Algunas veces
Casi nunca
Nunca
4. EXAMPLE
USUALLY
ALWAYS
I always wake up at six
o'clock.
OFTEN
HARDLY EVER
SOMETIMES
NEVER
I usually walk to work.
I often read in the
afternoon.
I sometimes sing in the
shower.
I hardly ever get
ungry.
I never listen to rock
music.
5. STRUCTURE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
AFFIRMATIVE SUBJECT + FREQUENCY ADVERB + VERB
SUBJECT + DON'T/DOESN'T + FREQUENCY ADVERB + VERB
DO/DOES + SUBJECT + FREQUENCY ADVERB + VERB DO YOU ALWAYS GO TO SCHOOL BY BUS?
I DON'T OFTEN WATCH TV.
WE SOMETIMES GO TO THE THEATRE.
6. 1
2
In affirmative sentences, the frequency adverb is placed
after the verb to be.
FREQUENCY ADVERBS
Sally is always serious.
Carl and Peter are usually angry.
When we want to use a
frequency adverb with the verb
to be, the sentence has a
different structure from the one
we have detailed above.
VERB TO BE
with the
Subject verb to be frequency
adverb
EXAMPLES:
Sally siempre es seria.
Carl y Peter suelen estar enojados..
7. NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
You aren't often at home.
Danny isn't usually nice.
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT
When the sentence is negative, we simply add the frequency adverb after
the verb to be in the negative form ('m not, isn't and aren't).
VERB TO BE NOT FREQUENCY
ADVERB
EXAMPLES:
No estás a menudo en casa.
Danny no suele ser agradable.
