Adverbs of frequency in negative sentences. Place of an adverb in a sentence in English: before or after the verb? At the beginning or end of a sentence

The place of adverbs in an English sentence depends, first of all, on the type of adverbs. The types of adverbs in English are very similar to the types of adverbs in Russian.

Types of adverbs in English.

Place of an adverb in an English sentence.

Adverbs of place usually come at the end of a sentence:

Greg couldn't find Molly anywhere.

She didn't see him there.

Adverbs of time can occupy different positions in a sentence. The adverbs just, already, ever, stand between the auxiliary and the semantic verb.

Have you ever been to Kongo?

They have already handed their tests.

They have just come.

The adverb yet is usually placed at the end of the sentence, although it can also be placed between the auxiliary and the semantic verb.

I haven't checked my dictation yet.

I haven't yet checked my diction.

The remaining adverbs of time occupy a position at the beginning or end of the sentence.

Tomorrow I"ll visit him. I"ll visit him tomorrow.

Yesterday I saw her. I saw her yesterday.

Adverbs of frequency are usually used before a semantic verb or a nominal part of a compound nominal predicate:

She is always ready to answer.

It often rained last autumn.

I will never see her again.

Adverbs of manner are usually used after the verb:

Don't ran very fast.

You did the test well.

Why are you walking so slowly?

Intensifying adverbs so, such, very, too and others are used before the qualifying adjective, noun or adverb, and the adverb enough is used after adjectives, adverbs or verbs, but before nouns:

Molly is very tired.

He's so busy today.

Molly is such a clever girl.

The child is bright enough.

Mike hasn't put enough sugar into the pie.

As can be seen from the examples, the adverb so refers to an adjective, and such to a noun:

The day is so beautiful.

It is such a beautiful day.

If an adverb refers to the entire sentence as a whole, then it is placed at the beginning (or less often at the end) of the sentence.

Unfortunately, we failed to solve the problem.

In accordance with its meaning, the adverb performs the syntactic function of an adverb in a sentence, i.e. circumstances of place, time, frequency, mode of action, etc.

Place of adverbs in a sentence. Exercises.

1. I didn’t know my dad was busy (so).
2. I haven’t met my school friends I left school (since).
3. Molly shows good manners (always).
4. Is Megan tired after classes? (usually)
5. Sarah copies her homework from other students (never).
6. Greg left school (two years ago).
7. My parents have lived all their lives (happily).
8. It’s pleasant to walk on a good day (so).
9. Why do you speak coldly to other people? (so)
10. The new boss shows off in front of other people (never).
11. Have you decided what course to take? (yet)
12. Where do you buy clothes? (usually).
13. It rained hard the whole day (yesterday).
14. He has broken my favorite glass vase (just).
15. When they arrived, we had had dinner (already).
16. The horror film was frightening (so).
17. She’s been put in a difficult situation (never, such).
18. The coffee is not strong (enough).
19. You are wearing beautiful shoes (such).
20. Paula is late for classes (sometimes).

1. The ambulance arrived immediately
2. My friends usually go jogging after work.
3. My mom always eats at the canteen.
4. My parents forgot my birthday almost.
5. Yesterday my dad was late for work.
6. We are going to be unfortunately late.
7. Molly likes very much the theater.
8. The children rarely go to bed before 11.30.
9. My sister was extremely tired last night.
10. They easily won the match because they had played brilliantly.
11. We luckily took an umbrella.

Place of adverbs in a sentence. Answers to the exercises.

Exercise 1. Determine the appropriate place in the sentence for the adverb.

1. I didn't know my dad was so
2. I haven't met my school friends since I left school.
3. Molly always shows good manners.
4. Is Megan usually tired after classes?
5. Sarah never copies her homework from other students.
6. Greg left school two years ago.
7. My parents have happily lived all their lives.
8. It's so pleasant to walk on a good day.
9. Why do you speak so coldly to other people?
10. The new boss never shows off in front of other people.
11. Have you decided what course to take yet?
12. Where do you usually buy clothes?
13. (Yesterday) It rained hard the whole day yesterday.
14. He has just broken my favorite glass vase.
15. When they arrived, we had already had dinner.
16. The horror film was so
17. She's never been put in such a difficult situation.
18. The coffee is not strong enough.
19. You are wearing such beautiful shoes.
20. Paula is sometimes late for classes.

Exercise 2. Find adverbs and correct mistakes, if any. (on the topic PLACE OF ADVERBS IN A SENTENCE)

1. Correct
2. My friends usually go jogging after work.
3. My parents almost forgot my birthday.
4. Correct
5. Unfortunately, we are going to be late.
6. Molly likes the theater very much.
7. The children rarely go to bed before 11.30.
8. My sister was extremely tired last night.
9. Correct
10. Luckily, we took an umbrella.

Adverbs of frequency - Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency in English: always, often, frequently, usually, normally, generally, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, not often, hardly ever, never. Adverbs are arranged in order of decreasing frequency of the actions they express.
Respectively:
always[???lwe?z] always, constantly, forever, generally
often[??f(?)n] often, many times, often
frequently[?fri?kw?ntli] often, often
usually[?ju????li] usually, usually
normally[?n??(r)m(?)li] normal
generally[?d?en(?)r?li] usually, as a rule, in most cases
sometimes[?s?mta?mz] sometimes, at times
occasionally[??ke??(?)n?li] occasionally, sometimes, sometimes, from time to time, irregularly
rarely[?re?(r)li] rarely, infrequently, occasionally
not often infrequently
hardly ever[?h??(r)dli ?ev?(r)] hardly ever, very rarely, almost never,
never[?nev?(r)] never, never, forever

The most typical positions of adverbs of frequency in a sentence:

1. Before the semantic verb
I sometimes have time for a nap. Sometimes I have time to sleep/nap.
I rarely read the paper. I rarely/occasionally read newspapers.
2. After the linking verb to be
He's always late. He is always/constantly/eternally late.
She"s hardly ever in when I call. She is almost never (at the place/at home) when I call.
3. After the first auxiliary verb
I have never seen that film. I've never seen this movie.
4. The most used positions of frequency adverbs in English are the positions at the beginning and at the end of a sentence:
I have an English lesson twice a week. I go to English lessons twice a week.
Once a week I go dancing with my friends. Once a week I dance with my friends.

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Are you already familiar with grammatical tenses such as Present Simple? Still confusing him with others? To prevent this from happening, you should always rely on keywords. In this case, adverbs of frequency in English will help you. And in this article I will tell you all about them.

From this article you will learn:

Let's learn to recognize them

What is it? Adverbs of frequency are words that indicate how often a particular action occurs, or perhaps even infrequently. In English they are called adverbs of frequency. For example, I always wake up at 8 a.m. (I always wake up at 8 o'clock). Always is an example of the words we are learning. Review the main parts of a sentence in English.

And, as I mentioned above, most often you can find them in the Present Simple tense, because they describe repeated actions. Do you know how to persist in a conversation?

There are quite a lot of them, let's get acquainted with the most basic ones in the table “Adverbs of frequency in English”:

Adverb	Translation	Example
always	Always	Paul always goes to the gym in the mornings(Paul always goes to the gym in the morning).
usually	usually	I usually go to Thai restaurant for lunch(I usually go to a Thai restaurant for lunch).
regularly	Regularly	Sara regularly goes to the swimming pool(Sarah goes to the pool regularly).
normally	Usually	Ken normally does his homework in the evenings(Ken usually does his homework in the evenings).
often	Often	Sam often listens to his favorite radio in the car(Sam usually listens to his favorite radio in the car.)
sometimes	Sometimes	Suzie sometimes goes shopping at the weekends(Susie sometimes goes shopping on the weekends).
occasionally	Occasionally	He reads books occasionally (He reads books from time to time).
rarely	Rarely	I rarely eat fish(I rarely eat fish).
Seldom	Rarely	Karararely drinkscoffee(Kaar rarely drinks coffee).
never	never	Shenever callshersister(She never calls her sister).

Table with examples

As we know, in English the word order is not as fixed as in Russian, so you should remember the place of adverbs of frequency in an English sentence. Remember about?

As a rule, they stand in the middle of a sentence: between the subject and the predicate (that is, before the action being described). For example, He often goes to the cinema at the weekends (He often goes to the cinema on weekends). Here often comes before the defined action – goes.

What to do when the offer is negative? We focus on the verb, put it in front of it, and don’t let you be confused by don’t or doesn’t: She doesn’t always wake up early (She doesn’t always get up early).

Similarly with the questions: Do you usually read books? (Do you usually read books?).

Some of them, such as often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can appear either at the very beginning or at the very end of the sentence. This way you put more emphasis on them.

I surf the internet usually (I usually surf the Internet).

Steve sees his friends occasionally (Steve sees his friends from time to time).

Sometimes Emily watches TV (Sometimes Emily watches TV).

At the beginning or end of a sentence

If the verb to be is used in the phrase, then we put it after it: She is never late for her class (She is never late for her lesson).

There are other ways to talk about how an action happens regularly. They are not adverbs of frequency, but have the same function.

Among them are expressions such as once in a while (rarely), every now and again (from time to time), from time to time (from time to time). For example, We go camping every now and again (We relax in tents from time to time).

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Or designs like three/ four times a week/month/year.
For example, I go on holidays three times a year (I go on vacation three times a year).

“every” + time period is also used.
For example, She goes skating every Monday (She roller skates every Monday).

He sees his grandmother every weekend (He visits his grandmother every weekend).
Fred plays computer games every evening (Fred plays computer games every evening).

Also, the days of the week in the plural indicate how often the action occurs.
Ann goes to art school on Tuesdays (Ann goes to art school on Tuesdays).

Consolidating what we have learned

And now, in order for everything to be completely fixed in memory, I propose to do exercises on adverbs of frequency in English.
In the sentences below, put the words in brackets in the correct place.

1. Penny takes sugar in her coffee (never).
   For example, Penny never takes sugar in her coffee.
2. Adam goes to bed late (seldom).
3. Do you go to the gym? (often).
4. Dan doesn’t miss his English lessons (usually).
5. Carol gets angry (rarely).
6. Henry doesn't drink tea (normally).
7. Does she go on holidays? (sometimes)
8. Stewart goes sailing (on Sundays).
9. Sabrina goes dancing (in the evenings).
10. Caroline listens to music in her car (never).

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Adverbs of frequency are adverbs that answer the question “ How often? ("how often"). I immediately remember such well-known adverbs as: “ always" (Always), " often" (often), " rarely" (rarely), " never" (never). However, there are many more adverbs of frequency (also called “adverbs of frequency” in Russian). Here are some more of them: " again and again" (again and again), " usually" (usually), " rarely" (rarely), " occasionally"(from time to time, sometimes), " sometimes" (Sometimes), " normally" (usually), " constantly" (constantly), " regularly"(regularly), etc.

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the table, which shows in percentage terms what frequency this or that adverb has:

All adverbs of frequency can be divided into two large groups:

1. adverbs of definite frequency;
2. adverbs of indefinite frequency.

The table above presents adverbs of indefinite frequency, because they do not give an exact answer to the question “How often”. Agree that “often” or “rarely” purely individual concepts.

For example, for an ordinary person going to the pool twice a week is often, but for a professional swimmer, this is very rare.

Adverbs of indefinite frequency can be strengthened with words such as: " very" (Very), " quite" (enough), " fairly" (enough).

But adverbs of definite frequency give a specific answer to the question “how often?” These include: every morning/week/day/year... (every morning/every week/every day/every year...), twice a week (twice a week), five times (five times), daily (daily), etc. .P.

NB! In English there is a rule of one negative ! This means that if a sentence contains an adverb with a negative meaning, i.e. never (never), almost never (almost never), then there is no need to use the particle “not”.

For example, in Russian we can say: I have never smoked.

But in English it will sound like: I have never smoked.

Place of adverbs of frequency in an English sentence.

Where the adverb appears in a sentence depends on several factors: the type of sentence (interrogative, negative, affirmative), the verb and the type of adverb.

Let's try to look at all the cases:

If the only verb in the sentence is the verb "to be".	The adverb comes after the verb am/is/are + adverb.	We are rarely late for work - We are rarely late for work.
If the sentence contains a modal verb (can, may, must, have to, etc.) or an auxiliary verb: will, have/has, to be.	An adverb usually comes after the auxiliary verb/modal verb and before the semantic verb.	You must never lie - You must never lie. He will always love you - He will always love you.
If the predicate consists of one semantic verb.	An adverb comes before a semantic verb.	I very rarely go the cinema - I very rarely go to the cinema.
In interrogative sentences.	As a rule, before the semantic verb.	Do you usually have porridge for breakfast? – Do you usually eat porridge for breakfast?
In negative sentences.	The adverb stands: Not + adverb + semantic verb.	I’m not always happy – I’m not always happy.
Negative sentences with adverbs: sometimes (sometimes) and frequently (often)	Adverb + not + semantic verb.	I am sometimes not hungry in the mornings - I sometimes don’t want to eat in the morning.
Always, usually, often	They can come at the very end of a sentence.	I don’t call my parents often = I don’t often call my parents - I don’t often call my parents.
Very/only rarely, very/only rarely	At the end of a sentence.	He smokes very rarely - He smokes very rarely.
Frequently (often), normally (usually), generally (mostly), occasionally (from time to time), sometimes (sometimes), usually (usually)	They can be at the very beginning of a sentence if we want to create a contrast effect or focus attention on something.	Occasionally I want to cry - From time to time I want to cry.
	They usually appear at the very beginning of an imperative sentence.	Always be honest – Always be honest.
In short answers	Before an auxiliary verb	She looks unhappy. Yes, she always is – she looks unhappy. Yes, she's always like that.
Adverbs of frequency	They usually appear at the very end of a sentence.	I go to the Library twice a week – I go to the library twice a week.

We hope that now you have become more clear about the adverbs of frequency. We also recommend that you read an interesting article that tells how to speak, to talk, to say, to tell.

There are quite a few adverbs in the English language: adverbs of place, time, measure and degree, manner of action. There are adverbs that give words additional meaning. And there are those that characterize the entire proposal as a whole. Let's not forget about adverbs that serve as question words. Let's not ignore adverbs that connect sentences. The classification is large. Think about the content of each group. It contains not one adverb, but several.

You can remember many adverbs, you just have to use them correctly. The question is: how to correctly place them within a sentence? Should we place it at the end of the sentence or at the very beginning? Or maybe its place is after the verb? Which verb: main or auxiliary? In these subtleties of definition adverb places in an English sentence we will sort it out.

Place of an adverb in an English sentence: what and where do we put it?

Usually located after verbs, but before, other adverbs or. For example:

I slept well this night. – I slept well at night.

The Spanish speak very fast. – Spaniards speak very quickly.

This task was incredibly difficult. – This task was incredibly difficult.

This equipment is widely used. – This equipment is used everywhere.

The place of adverbs in depends on the words that surround this adverb, and directly on its classification:

1. Adverbs of manner ( adverbs of manner) are located before the main verb, after the auxiliary verb or at the end of the sentence.
   

   He opened the door quietly/He quietly opened the door. – He quietly opened the door.

   She is greatly respected by other colleagues. “She is very respected by her colleagues.”

2. Adverbs of degree ( adverbs of degree) will appear before an adjective, adverb or main verb, but after an auxiliary verb. Such adverbs include the words - absolutely, completely, totally, very, quite, rather, etc.)
   

   She is e xtremely beautiful. - She is incredibly beautiful.

   He came back rather late. - He returned quite late.

   We almost finished this project. – We are almost finished with this project.

   We didn't quite understand the way you behaved. “We didn’t quite understand how you behaved.”

3. Adverbs of frequency ( adverbs of frequency) is usually placed before the main verb, but after auxiliary verbs, including to be. These are adverbs like always, often, usually, rarely, rarely.
   

   I am always pleased to see you. - I'm always glad to see you.

   Megan often asks questions. – Megan often asks questions.

   He has always been cruel to her. “He was always cruel to her.”

4. If we are talking about adverbs of place and time ( adverbs of place and time), we note that their usual location is at the end or beginning of a sentence. If a sentence contains both adverbs of place and time, the adverb of place comes first. Some monosyllabic words ( soon, now, then) we place before the main verb or after auxiliary verbs (including to be).
   

   I will call you tomorrow. - I'll call you tomorrow.

   Yesterday she saw her children. – She saw the children yesterday.

   There is a supermarket nearby.- There is a supermarket nearby.

   I will soon let you know whether I want to move or not. “I’ll let you know soon whether I want to move or not.”

5. An adverb that defines the entire sentence is usually placed at the beginning or end of the sentence.
   

   Unfortunately I failed to cope with this work. “Unfortunately, I couldn’t cope with this job.”

   I will be at work at 8 am, probably. - I'll probably be at work by eight in the morning.

6. If we strive to emphasize the meaning of an adverb (to make it emphatic, i.e. having an intensifying meaning), we place it at the beginning of the sentence.
   

   Tomorrow, I will be sixteen. – Tomorrow I will turn sixteen.

   Slowly, she began lowering my self-esteem. “Slowly she began to lower my self-esteem.

7. Let's say there are two or more adverbs in a sentence. What do we do in this case? We arrange them according to the following scheme: adverb of manner – adverb of place – adverb of time.
   

   She read carefully in her bed all day long. “She lay in bed all day and read carefully.

   And if the sentence contains one of the verbs of motion ( go, come, leave, etc.)? In this case, we will arrange the adverbs as follows: adverb of place – adverb of manner – adverb of time.

   I was going there quickly yesterday. – I walked quickly there yesterday.

As we can see, the positions of adverbs in English can be very different. At first it may seem that all these rules are insanely complex, which is why it is difficult to remember them. But in practice, it turns out that by actively using the language, a person subsequently determines the place of an adverb in an English sentence automatically.

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