Adverb of Frequency

Adverb of Frequency

Present Simple

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​Positive	​I/You/We/ They play volleyball. He/She/It goes running.
​Negative	​I/You/We/They don't play hockey. He/She/It doesn't go cycling.
​Questions	​Do I/you/ we/ they play rugby? Does he/she/it go sailing?
​Short Answers	​Yes, I/you/we/ they do. No, I/you/we/ they don't. Yes, he/she/it does. No, he/she/it doesn't.

I play football after school every day.

He doesn't go skating in the winter.

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We use the present simple to talk about things we do often or every day.

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​I always play tennis in the summer.

I usually go running with my dad.

I often play football with my friends.

I'm sometimes late for school.

I'm never unhappy.

How often do you go snowboarding?

We sometimes go snowboarding in the winter.

​​We use the present simple with adverbs of frequency to say how often we do things.

​Are you sometimes tired after school?

Yes, I'm often tired. / No, I'm not often tired.

With the verb be, we put the adverb after the verb and before the adjective.

​Do you often play hockey at school?

Yes, I often play hockey. / No, I don't often play hockey.

​With other verbs in the present simple, we put the adverb before the main verb.

​I never go snowboarding. (not "i don't never go...")

​​Remember that with never, we don't use the verb in the negative.