Adverbs of frequency

Which sentence is correct?

• Our teacher is often late.
  

• Our teacher often is late.

• Is often our teacher late?

• Often our teacher is late.

Answer explanation

➪ Adverbs of frequency go before the verb, but after the verb be.

Which sentence is correct?

• Never we eat fast food.

• We eat never fast food.

• We eat fast food never.

• We never eat fast food.

Answer explanation

Adverbs of frequency go before the verb.

Which sentence is correct?

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

• My father watches hardly ever football on TV.

• My father watches football on TV hardly ever.

• My father hardly ever watches football on TV.

Answer explanation

➪ Adverbs of frequency go before the verb.
➪ The adverbs never and hardly ever (=almost never) have a negative meaning, but they are used with a positive verb.

Which sentence is correct?

• Do often you go to the cinema?

• Do you often go to the cinema?

• Do you go often to the cinema?

• Do you go to the cinema often?

Answer explanation

In questions, adverbs of frequency go after the subject.

Which sentence is correct?

• He usually doesn't go to bed late.

• He doesn't go to bed late usually.

• He doesn't usually go to bed late.

• Does he go usually late to bed?

Answer explanation

➪ In negative sentences the adverb of frequency goes after don’t/doesn’t.

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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.

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• sometimes

• every Monday

• often

• always

Nancy is bored. (never) →

goes fishing / My brother / twice a week. →