2. These adverbs indicates the frequency
with which an action is performed. To
find out, ask:
"How Often?"
3. Frecuency Adverbs
100% Always
90% Usually
80% Normally / Generally
70% Often* / Frecuently
50% Sometimes
30% Occasionally
10% Seldom
5% Hardly ever / Rarely
0% Never
4. Where the frequency adverb is placed?
Example:
o He never buys expensive clothes.
o She’s always late.
o They usually spend the summer in the mountains.
o We frequently water our garden when it's hot.
o You often dine at Peter's, don't you?
Frequency adverbs in English are always placed after
the subject and before the main verb EXCEPT with
the verb to be and modal verbs, in which the
frequency adverb is placed after these.
5. ALSO, some of them as usually, sometimes
and occasionally can go to the beginning of a
sentence.
Example:
o Sometimes I wake up at 3 pm.
o Usually I listen to the news on the radio
o Occasionally visits me
6. Examples:
o Suzanne doesn't usually get involved in
politics.
o It doesn't often snow here at Christmas.
o I don't ever download music from the Internet.
Negative Sentences
7. Practice with questions
• 1-how often you go to the movies?
R: I will sometimes
• 3-how often do you see the tv?
R: I rarely see the tv
• 2-how often speak English?
R: I usually speak English
8. • 4-how often you go to the academy?
R: I will often
• 6-how often you go to the park?
R: I usually go to the park
• 5-how often you travel?
R: I travel sometimes
9. Students:
Gerardo Enrique Vallejo Escobedo
Ana Elizabeth García Gallegos
Iván Israel Gómez Hernández
Francisco Rafael Martínez Torres
Kelly Johana Pérez Bocanegra
