Adverbs of frequency: How to use them and where they go in a sentence - English In A Minute
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Welcome to BBC Learning English.
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I'm Sam and today we're going to look at
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adverbs of frequency.
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You know these!
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Always, sometimes, never.
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But where do they go in a sentence?
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Look at 'always' in this sentence.
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Does it come before or after the verb?
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Helen always starts work at seven.
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The verb is 'starts' and 'always' comes before
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– rule number one.
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Next sentence:
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Helen isn't always happy about this.
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The verb is 'is' and 'always' was after
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– rule number two
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Last sentence:
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Helen has always hated early starts.
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Trick question!
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There was an auxiliary verb 'has' and a main verb 'hated'
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and 'always' went after the auxiliary verb
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– rule number three
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