Frequency Adverb Chart
Usage of Frequency Adverbs:
| Subject | Auxiliary Verb (if need) | Frequency Adverb | Main Verb | Continue the Sentence |
| I | - | always | walk | to work. |
| We | - | often | eat | meat on Saturday night. |
| My cats | - | sometimes | sleep | in their beds. |
| She | has | never | been | to China. |
| He | has | always | wanted | live in Paris. |
| They | will | never | use | the old computers in the basement. |
1. Adverbs of frequency are used in positive sentences. The frequency adverb is placed after the main verb (if the main verb is not the verb "to be).
Examples:
- I always walk to school.
- My cats sometimes like to play.
- Our teacher almost never gives us a lot of homework.
2. Adverbs of frequency are used in positive sentences. The frequency adverb is placed before the main verb if the main verb is the Verb "to be"
Positive and Negative Sentences without the verb "to be"
1. Frequency adverbs are used in positive sentences and negative sentences. The frequency adverb is placed after the main verb (if the main verb is not the verb "to be).
Examples:
- I always walk to school
- My cats sometimes like to play
- Our teacher almost never gives us a lot of homework.
- The teacher doesn't always come on time.
- My cats don't always like to play with my socks.
- I don't often walk to school.
Positive and Negative Sentence with the verb "to be"
2. Frequency Adverbs are used in positive sentences and negative sentences. The frequency adverb is placed before the main verb if the main verb is the Verb "to be".
- The teacher is always on time.
- My sister is never lazy.
- Our house is sometimes a mess.
- My brother's house is never a mess.
- The sofa is always comfoftable to sit on.
Questions without the verb "to be" as the main verb
3. In question when the main verb is not "to be". the frequency adverb is placed before the main verb.
- Does she always walk to work?
- Why does the oven always stop working after 10 minutes?
- Do you always clean the sofa every day?
4. In questions when the verb "to be" as the main verb. In question when the main verb is the verb "to be" the frequency adverb is placed after the subject?
- Is the food always so bad?
- Are your children ever late for school?
- Are the clocks always broken?
