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Showing posts with label frequency adverbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frequency adverbs. Show all posts
An adverb is a word that changes
or qualifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause,sentence or
any other word or phrase, except that it does not include the adjectives and
determiners that directly modify nouns. Adverbs are traditionally regarded as
one of the parts of speech, although the wide variety of the functions
performed by words classed as adverbs means that it is hard to treat them as a
single uniform category.
Adverbs typically answer
questions such as how?, in what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?. This
function is called the adverbial function, and is realized not just by single
words (i.e., adverbs) but by adverbial phrases and adverbial clauses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb
We
usually put these adverbs in the middle of the sentence, between the subject
and the verb:
We
often go to the cinema.
He
sometimes visits me at home.
I
usually drink coffee.
We
can also put them at the very beginning or end of the sentence. This makes them
stronger:
Often
I go to the cinema.
He
goes to the cinema often.
But
never: I go often to the cinema.
Here
are some other expressions we can use to say 'how often'. All of these longer
phrases go at the beginning or the end of the sentence but not in the middle.
once
in a while: I go to the cinema once in a while.
every
now and again: Susan drinks wine every now and again.
from
time to time: From time to time I visit my mother.
To
say how often something happens, you can use a number or 'several' or 'many',
followed by 'times'.( If the number is one, use 'once' instead of 'one time'.
If the number is two use 'twice,' instead of 'two times') Then add 'a' and a
period of time:
We
go to the cinema twice a week.
She
takes these tablets three times a day.
He
changes the sheets once a fortnight (fortnight = two weeks).
We
meet him several times a year.
She
visits my parents once a month.
He
can also use 'every' + period of time:
every
morning
every
day
every
Tuesday
every
week
every
month
A
day of the week with 's' at the end (for example 'on Tuesday s ') means the
same as 'every Tuesday':
