Los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés

Los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés

Los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés son éstos:

Bien, vamos a agrupar los diferentes adverbios en dos grupos, según la posición que ocupan en la oración, ya que hay distintas posiciones.

GRUPO 1:

Los adverbios de este primer grupo se colocan entre el sujeto y el verbo, siempre y cuando el verbo no sea to be. Si es to be, irá detrás del verbo. Ante una oración negativa, ponemos el adverbio entre la negativa y el verbo, es decir, delante del verbo principal.

Ejemplos:

I always go to school by bus.

I usually get up at 7.

I often  watch TV in the evening.

I sometimes have lunch in a restaurant.

I never arrive late.

My grandmother doesn’t go out. She’s always at home = el adverbio de frecuencia va detrás del verbo porque se trata del verbo to be.

• often, usually y sometimes también se pueden escribir al principio de oración: Sometimes I have lunch in a restaurant. 

GRUPO 2:

Estos adverbios pueden ir tanto al principio de oración como al final.

Ejemplos:

Every day I have homework.

Every Monday I have my English class.

On Mondays I go to my English class.

Once a month I have a test.

Twice a month I have a test.

I work every day.

I have my English classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I play tennis once a week.

I go to the gym twice a week.

Normalmente se pregunta «How often» y se contesta con uno de estos adverbios, por ejemplo: how often do you have Italian classes? = I have every Tuesday.

ACLARACIONES:

1) Para decir en inglés «todos los días» utilizamos every + day, por ejemplo: I go to the gym every day, y si quiero decir «todos los martes» por ejemplo, diré: I go to the gym every Tuesday.

Cabe destacar que la palabra every es singular en inglés, por tanto, tanto «day» como cualquiera de los días que pongamos, deben ir en singular. Es incorrecto decir: every days o every Tuesdays.

2. Los días de la semana se pueden utilizar tanto en singular como en plural, es decir, si yo digo: I have my English classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays puedo poner los días en plural, ya que es todos los martes y todos los jueves, no sólo uno.

3. Hardly ever es otro adverbio de frecuencia que se pone entre el sujeto y el verbo y signifca apenas, casi nunca: I hardly ever go to the cinema = casi nunca voy al cine.

Vamos ahora a practicar con estos dos ejercicios:

1) Rewrite these sentences in the correct order. 

Example: to the mountains / never / we go: we never go to the mountains

1. Often / she / write to me/ doesn’t

2. Play football on Saturday afternoons / the boys / always

3. usually/ arrives late / the bus

4. go to bed before 11 / often / I

5. never / drinks coffee in the evening / she

6. it / rain in the summer / often / doesn’t

7. read books slowly / I / always

8.  usually / my father / goes to work by bus

2. Rewrite the sentences in the correct order: 

1. dictionary / often / use / The / the / students
2. me / Paul / helps / sometimes / my / with / homework
3. visits / Jonathan / usually / dentist / the
4. I / fish / often / hours / for / catching / anything / without
5. try / police / keep / The / order / always / to
6. see / usually / Jennifer / out / goes / a / to / concert
7. often / money / Sally / her / borrows / friends / from
8. my / My / spoils / neighbour / holidays / always
9. angry / Our / teacher / English / usually / is
10. car / I / drink / never / if / drive / I / alcohol / a
11. T.V. / ever / hardly / I / in / watch / evenings / the

KEYS:

1) Rewrite these sentences in the correct order. 

Example: to the mountains / never / we go: we never go to the mountains

1. Often / she / write to me/ doesn’t: she doesn’t often write to me

2. Play football on Saturday afternoons / the boys / always: the boys always play football on Saturday afternoons

3. usually/ arrives late / the bus: the bus usually arrives late

4. go to bed before 11 / often / I: I often go to bed before 11

5. never / drinks coffee in the evening / she: she never drinks coffee in the evening

6. it / rain in the summer / often / doesn’t: it doesn’t often rain in the summer

7. read books slowly / I / always: I always read books slowly

8.  usually / my father / goes to work by bus: my father usually goes to work by bus

2. Rewrite the sentences in the correct order: 

1. dictionary / often / use / The / the / students: the students often use the dictionary
2. me / Paul / helps / sometimes / my / with / homework: Paul sometimes helps me with my homework o sometimes Paul helps me with my homework
3. visits / Jonathan / usually / dentist / the: Jonathan usually visits the dentist
4. I / fish / often / hours / for / catching / anything / without: I often fish for hours without catching anything
5. try / police / keep / The / order / always / to / the: The police always try to keep the order
6. see / usually / Jennifer / out / goes / a / to / concert: Jennifer usually goes out to see a concert
7. often / money / Sally / her / borrows / friends / from: Sally often borrows money from her friends
8. my / My / spoils / neighbour / holidays / always: My neighbour always spoils my holidays
9. angry / Our / teacher / English / usually / is: Our English teacher is usually angry
10. car / I / drink / never / if / drive / I / alcohol / a: I never drink alcohol if I drive a car
11. TV / ever / hardly / I / in / watch / evenings / the: I hardly ever watch TV in the evenings

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