Frequency Adverbs

ADVBERS OF FREQUENCY

Simple Present Tense

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

When to use it?

Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens, and they can be either definite or indefinite. Because we are talking about repeated or habitual activities, adverbs of frequency are usually only used with the Present Simple tense. Some examples of definite adverbs of frequency: - Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. - Every minute, once an hour, quarterly. - Once, twice, three times, a million times.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Definite adverbs of frequency usually go at the end of the sentence, like most definite time expressions. - Most businesses submit their taxes quarterly. - He checks his watch every minute. - The bell rings every hour. We can also put the adverb at the beginning of the sentence for strong emphasis: Every night, we stay up late to study. Twice a year, she goes to Chile. Every year, thousands of people are misdiagnosed.

Time Period

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Definite Adverbs

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Some examples of indefinite adverbs of frequency, and a general idea of how often the action takes place.

ADVBERS OF FREQUENCY

Word order

Positive

Subject + Frequency Adverb + verb + complement

Subject + verb to be + Frequency Adverb + complement

NEGATIVE

Subject + Auxiliar + Positive frequency Adverb + verb + complement

QUESTION

Auxiliary + Subject + Frequency adverb + C

Use NEVER and HARDLY EVER with positive verbs.

Only negative adverbs don't need the auxiliar

TELLING THE TIMe

Time

THE

HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE

Normally, we pronounce the with a short sound (like "thuh"). But when the comes before a vowel sound, we pronounce it as a long "thee". It is important to understand that it is what we say that matters, not what we write. It is the sound that matters, not the letter used in writing a word. So we use a long "thee" before a vowel sound, not necessarily before a vowel.

Info

POSSESIVE 'S

Possessive 's and s'

We use possessive 's to say that something or someone belongs to a person, is connected to a place, or to show the relationship between people. The possessive 's always comes after a noun. - Sam's bicycle - The shop's customers - New York's museums - Emma's brother

Possesive 's

When something belongs to more than one person and we give a list of names, we put 's on the last name. - Sam and Emma's house. - Sam's and Emma's house. With regular plural nouns we use ' not 's. - They're my parents' friends. - They're my parent's friends. With irregular plural nouns we use 's. - They're my children's bicycles. - They're my childrens' bicycles. Possessive 's has no long form.