✌️ English adverbs of frequency, do you know them?
‼️ But more importantly, can you use them in a sentence?
Let's find out!✌️
Adverbs of frequency -> how often something happens
100% of the time = ALWAYS
90% USUALLY
80% GENERALLY
70% OFTEN
50% SOMETIMES
30% OCCASIONALLY
15% SELDOM
10% HARDLY EVER
5% RARELY
0% NEVER
😍Usage:
✌️Example -> I visit my grandparents on the weekend.
-> I ALWAYS visit my grandparents on the weekend.
Adverbs of frequency stand between the SUBJECT (I) and the VERB (visit)
‼️‼️‼️VERB TO BE‼️‼️‼️
Example -> The store is open at 9 pm, I bet they have many customers!
-> The store is ALWAYS open at 9 pm, I bet they have many customers!
‼️When we use adverbs of frequency with the verb to be, we gotta be careful!
✌️Adverbs then stand between the VERB TO BE (is) and the VERB (open)
👇More examples👇
My sister hardly ever calls me during the week as she usually works long shifts from Monday to Friday.
The store always opens at 7 am; unfortunately, when I went there yesterday, it was closed for reconstruction.
I rarely speak French these days, unless I travel to Paris.
This place is never busy; it seems like it's not as popular as the one across the street.
😍Now! Use some of them in sentences and comment below! 👇