Grammar Point

Grammar Point
Adverbs of Frequency and Time
Adverbes de fréquence et de
temps
Frequency
Adverb
Always
Frequently
never
often
rarely
sometimes
usually
French
toujours
fréquemment
jamais
souvent
Peu souvent / rarement
parfois, / quelquefois
D’habitude
Word Order
Adverbs of frequency go before the principal verb, or after the
first auxiliary in a compound tense.
Ils se placent devant le verbe principal, ou après le premier
auxiliaire aux temps composé.
My wife always gets up before me.
We have often watched that program on TV.
I would never have come if you hadn’t bought my ticket.
Or, after the verb to be in simple tenses:
She is rarely late.
Time
Adverb of time
afterwards
eventually
now
once
today
tomorrow
tonight
French
après
finalement
maintenant
Une fois
Aujourd’hui
demain
Ce soir
Word Order
Adverbs of time generally go at the start or end of a phrase
Ils se placent généralement en début ou en fin de phrase.
Today I’ll work until 7pm.
We allowed her to have a pet eventually .
---However, these rules are often strict and there are exceptions:
Toutefois, ces règles ne sont pas très strictes et il y a souvent
des exceptions….
She was very noisy, and we soon got bored of her.
Complete these sentences with the
adverb in brackets
It doesn’t rain in the Sahara. (often)
I only eat dessert. (sometimes)
I have been to Iraq. (never)
She went to the cinema with her
boyfriend. (today)
5. They are going out to a club. (tonight)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Complete these sentences by
putting the words in order.
Eg: Smoke + I + never + cigarettes
I never smoke cigarettes.
1. Gives + medicine + the + doctor + usually
+ my + me
2. London + have + I + been + often
3. Aferwards + told + she + him + lived +
she + loved + him.