Adverbs of frequency with present simple

Adverbs of frequency with present simple

Exercise 1

Order the following sentences, which contain adverbs of frequency.

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1 Which sentence is correct?

A.Our teacher is often late.

B.Our teacher often is late.

C.Is often our teacher late?

D.Often our teacher is late.

2 Which sentence is correct?

A.Never we eat fast food.

B.We eat never fast food.

C.We eat fast food never.

D.We never eat fast food.

3 Which sentence is correct?

A.My father doesn't hardly ever watch football on TV.

B.My father watches hardly ever football on TV.

C.My father watches football on TV hardly ever.

D.My father hardly ever watches football on TV.

4 Which sentence is correct?

A.Do often you go to the cinema?

B.Do you often go to the cinema?

C.Do you go often to the cinema?

D.Do you go to the cinema often?

5 Which sentence is correct?

A.He usually doesn't go to bed late.

B.He doesn't go to bed late usually.

C.He doesn't usually go to bed late.

D.Does he go usually late to bed?

6 Which sentence is correct?

A.I every week have piano lessons.

B.I have every week piano lessons.

C.I have piano lessons every week.

D.I every week have piano lessons.

7 Which sentence is correct?

A.They always are very tired after the match.

B.They are always very tired after the match.

C.They are very tired after the match always.

D.Always they are very tired after the match.

8 Which sentence is correct?

A.We always have breakfast at home.

B.Always we have breakfast at home.

C.We have always breakfast at home.

D.We have breakfast at home always.

9 Which sentence is correct?

A.She doesn't wear jeans often.

B.She often doesn't wear jeans.

C.Often she doesn't wear jeans.

D.She doesn't often wear jeans.

10 Which sentence is correct?

A.Are you sometimes tired at the end of the class?

B.Are sometimes you tired at the end of the class?

C.Are you tired sometimes at the end of the class?

D.You are sometimes tired at the end of the class?

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Adverbs of frequency

We use adverbs of frequency with the present simple to talk about how often something happens.

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Position

The position of adverbs of frequency is before the verb but after the verb be.

In negative sentences, the adverb of frequency goes after don’t/doesn’t:

• We don’t often go to bed late.
• He doesn’t always agree with me.  

In questions, adverbs of frequency go after the subject.

• Is he always late?
• Do they often go to the library?

Never/hardly ever

The adverbs never and hardly ever (=almost never) have a negative meaning, but they are used with a positive verb:

• He is never late.
• He isn’t never late.
• They hardly ever go to the library. 
• They don’t hardly ever go to the library. 

For more examples of never and double negatives, see our dictionary entry on never.

Expressions of frequency

There are other expressions that we use to talk about frequency: once a day, twice a week, three times a month, every day, etc. These expressions are longer (2 words or more), and they go at the end of the sentence.

• I brush my teeth three times a day. 
• I see her every day.