The document discusses adverbs of frequency in English, providing a table that categorizes them by percentage (100% to 0%) along with examples of their placement in sentences. It emphasizes the structure of sentences with adverbs, explaining their appropriate positions at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. Additionally, it covers rules for using adverbs with auxiliary verbs and the verb 'be'.

1. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
TABLE
INGLÊS 5 – 2019/1
Prof. Fátima Santos

2. 100% 70% 50% 30% 0%
Always often sometimes not often never
All the time normally occasionally hardly ever
regularly From time to
time
now and
then
usually once a week don’t often
twice a day rarely

3. ORDER IN THE SENTENCE
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCES
• USUALLY
• NORMALLY
• SOMETIMES
• OCCASIONALY
• Ex.: USUALLY, I call her five times
a day.
• NORMALLY, they cost $ 25.
AT THE END OF THE SENTENCES
• Adverbs phrases:
• All the time
• Now and then
• Once a week
• From time to time
• Ex.: He calls me ALL THE TIME.
• I see them NOW AND THEN.
• I go to the gym ONCE A WEEK.

4. SOMETIMES
• At the beginning of the sentence:
• Sometimes we go swimming.
• In the middle:
• We sometimes go swimming.
• At the end:
• We go swimming sometimes.

5. ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY – AUXILIARY
• Directly before the main verb.
• If 'be' is the main verb and there is no auxiliary verb: behind 'be'.
• If there is an auxiliary verb: before 'be'.
subject auxiliary/be adverb main verb
object, place or
time
I often go swimming in the evenings.
He doesn't always play tennis.
We are usually here in summer.
I have never been abroad.