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Unit 1.2 · B1 Grammar

Present simple and adverbs of frequency

Place frequency adverbs before ordinary verbs but after be; Place the frequency adverb after the subject in questions; Use a positive verb with never; Put longer frequency expressions at the beginning or end; Use once, twice and number + times for specific frequency.

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  1. 1. Which sentence has the frequency adverb in the correct position?

    Multiple Choice20s
    AMarta usually walks to work.✓
    BMarta walks usually to work.
    CUsually Marta walks to work usually.
    DMarta does usually walks to work.

    💡 In a positive sentence, a frequency adverb normally comes before an ordinary main verb.

  2. 2. In a positive sentence, a frequency adverb normally comes before an ordinary main verb.

    True / False20s
    True ✓
    False

    💡 The word-order rule is subject + frequency adverb + ordinary main verb.

  3. 3. Our teacher is _____ late; she has arrived on time every day.

    Fill the Gap20s
    Accepted
    never

    💡 Never expresses zero frequency and follows the verb be.

  4. 4. Which expression means two times each week?

    Multiple Choice20s
    Atwice a week✓
    Btwo time a week
    Ctwice in week
    Devery twice week

    💡 Specific frequency uses twice + a + period of time.

  5. 5. Match each adverb or expression to its frequency meaning.

    Matching30s
    always→on every occasion
    usually→on most occasions
    occasionally→from time to time
    never→on no occasion

    💡 Frequency words range from always at the high end to never at the low end.

  6. 6. I go to the cinema _____ a month - one visit every four weeks.

    Fill the Gap20s
    Accepted
    once

    💡 One time in a period is expressed with once + a + time period.

  7. 7. Put the chunks in order to make a sentence with a low-frequency adverb.

    Put in Order30s
    1. 1.My brother
    2. 2.hardly ever
    3. 3.plays
    4. 4.video games
    5. 5.on weekdays.

    💡 Hardly ever comes before the ordinary main verb plays.

  8. 8. Which question has the adverb in the correct place?

    Multiple Choice20s
    ADo you often cook at home?✓
    BDoes you often cook at home?
    CDo often you cook at home?
    DDo you often cooks at home?

    💡 In a question, the frequency adverb follows the subject.

  9. 9. Sometimes can never appear before don't or doesn't in a negative sentence.

    True / False20s
    True
    False ✓

    💡 The negative-sentence placement rule makes sometimes an exception to the usual position after the auxiliary.

  10. 10. Complete with the two-word frequency expression: Sara _____ checks her work email at the weekend - almost never, perhaps two or three times a year.

    Fill the Gap20s
    Accepted
    hardly ever

    💡 Hardly ever is the two-word expression for very low frequency and comes before checks.

  11. 11. Which sentence correctly places nearly always with be?

    Multiple Choice20s
    AThey are nearly always friendly.✓
    BThey nearly are always friendly.
    CThey are friendly nearly always are.
    DThey do nearly always friendly.

    💡 With be, the frequency adverb normally comes after the verb.

  12. 12. Match each specific frequency expression to its exact meaning.

    Matching30s
    once a day→one time every day
    twice a month→two times every month
    three times a week→three occasions each week
    most days→on the majority of days

    💡 Specific expressions state a number of occasions within a time period.

  13. 13. Every _____ and then, we eat at a cafe near the river.

    Fill the Gap20s
    Accepted
    now

    💡 Every now and then is a fixed expression meaning occasionally.

  14. 14. Expressions such as most days and every now and then can go at the beginning or end of a sentence.

    True / False20s
    True ✓
    False

    💡 The placement rule for longer frequency expressions allows sentence-initial or sentence-final position.

  15. 15. Which negative sentence follows the normal frequency-adverb pattern?

    Multiple Choice20s
    AI don't always work on Fridays.✓
    BI doesn't always work on Fridays.
    CI don't always works on Fridays.
    DI not always work on Fridays.

    💡 In a negative with do, a frequency adverb normally follows the auxiliary.

  16. 16. Put the chunks in order to make a natural specific-frequency sentence.

    Put in Order30s
    1. 1.We
    2. 2.go swimming
    3. 3.once or twice
    4. 4.a week
    5. 5.in summer.

    💡 A longer specific-frequency expression can follow the activity near the end of the sentence.

  17. 17. How often _____ Ben go running before work these days?

    Fill the Gap20s
    Accepted
    does

    💡 A present simple frequency question with Ben needs does + base verb go.

  18. 18. Which expression means almost never, but not zero times?

    Multiple Choice20s
    Ahardly ever✓
    Balways
    Cmost days
    Dnearly always

    💡 Hardly ever is near the low-frequency end but is different from never.

  19. 19. We normally put every now and then between the subject and the main verb.

    True / False20s
    True
    False ✓

    💡 Longer frequency expressions have different placement from one-word frequency adverbs.

  20. 20. Are you _____ tired after your night shift, without exception?

    Fill the Gap20s
    Accepted
    always

    💡 Always expresses every occasion and follows the subject in a question with be.