1. Prepared By: Ahmet Erdost Yastıbaş Level A Grammar Teacher
Frequency Adverbs
Prepared By:
Ahmet Erdost Yastıbaş
Level A Grammar Teacher

2. Frequency Adverbs Always & 100 Usually % 90 - % 99 Often % 75 - % 90
Sometimes
% 25 - % 75
Seldom
% 5 - % 10
Rarely
% 1 - % 10
Never
& 0

3. SUBJECT + FREQUENCY ADVERB + VERB
We use them to talk about the frequency of the things we do.
I always cook meal.
She usually helps me.
Melih often visits his uncle.
Melissa and Melis sometimes play chess.
We seldom cook meal.
They rarely eat chocolate.
SUBJECT + FREQUENCY ADVERB + VERB

4. Never is different from other frequency adverbs.
We use it in positive sentence, but its meaning is negative, so the sentence is negative.
I never eat chocolate.
I do not eat chocolate.
She never rides a horse.
She does not ride a horse.

5. SUBJECT + TO BE + FREQUENCY ADVERB
She is usually with us.
He is never late for work.
We are seldom at home at 17:00.
You are always careful about your duty.
SUBJECT + TO BE + FREQUENCY ADVERB

6. Other Frequency Expressions
We use some other frequency adverbs.
I visit Malatya once/twice/thrice a week.
She reads a book three/four/five times a month.
They help me to clean every weekend.
He writes articles for the New York Times every day.
We go to school every week.

7. ACTIVITIES

8. A)Rewrite the sentences below put the adverbs in brackets in the right place.
Mary does her homework (always)
_______________________________________________________.
Mark watches TV (seldom)
She cooks dinner. (never)
We go to school at 8 o o´clock.(often)
We stay up until 10 p.m. (sometimes)

9. B) Build sentences with the words given
B) Build sentences with the words given. Don´t forget to put the verb in the present Simple.
Visit / sometimes / she / her grandparents
_______________________________________________________.
busy / teacher/ be / always
do / Mark / homework / seldom
 sometimes / play / Colin / at school / never

10. How often do you …?