How to Use Adverbs of Frequency often sometimes rarely... Basic English Phrases
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name is Alisha and this week we are
going to talk about adverbs of frequency
in English adverbs of frequency in
English are words like always sometimes
never and so on so today I’m going to
talk about these words and where in
sentences we use these words and I’m
going to introduce a couple phrases that
are maybe good for intermediate learners
as well so we’ll wait a couple of
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and then I am going to start the lesson
I’m going to begin this lesson by
explaining what an adverb of frequency
is so I think it’s important to begin
there let’s start with this part it’s a
little hard to see this marker sorry so
I’m going to read it an adverb of
frequency this says an adverb of
frequency answers the question how often
how often so when you make a sentence
like how often do you do this live
stream an adverb of frequency helps you
answer that question for example we do
this live stream we
weekly is the adverb of frequency or how
often do you eat steak for dinner I eat
steak for dinner sometimes
so sometimes is the adverb of frequency
so an adverb of frequency gives us the
answer or gives us an answer to a
question that’s about how often we do
something so how often adverb of
frequency is the answer so I want to
talk next about this point right here
placement placement so placement means
the position of the word in a sentence
so depending on the word depending on
the expression there are some different
placements we can use for these adverbs
but an important point to note is right
here and we might have to move the
camera a little bit for the example
sentences in just a second yeah that’d
be cool so first point is about these
two items right here the first point is
if you’re using the verb be put your
adverb of frequency after B so for
example these two sentences these two
sentences use the to be firm like is or
M or R here
the adverb of frequency is always I’m
going to talk about these more later and
the verb be he is is right here so we
place the adverb of frequency after the
to be verb for example he is always
excited he is always excited so
frequency adverb is after is in this
example she’s this she is is the reduced
form or rather she’s is the reduced form
of she is she is often sleepy so often
in red is my adverb of frequency it
comes after this is so here I’ve made
she is she
she’s often sleepy so again if you’re
using the verb be in one of its forms
place your adverb of frequency after
beep if however you are using any other
verb so eat teach talk whatever place
your adverb of frequency before the verb
before the verb for example I sometimes
eat salad for lunch I sometimes oh my
adverb of frequency is sometimes my verb
here is eat I place the adverb of
frequency before this verb so please
keep this in mind there are a couple of
different patterns to consider and I
hope in this lesson you send lots of
examples in the chat - that will help us
and I will try to check your examples in
real time I can’t catch everything ok so
let’s take a look at the main part of
today’s lesson the main part of today’s
lesson uses this scale this scale right
here it starts at zero and goes to 100
and I added adverbs of frequency along
this scale so the first part of today’s
lesson let’s focus on this part right
here just this part this bottom part
let’s look at never to begin so we use
never the adverb never to talk about
something we do not do we absolutely do
not do so as I’m explaining try to type
a few things in the chat what is
something
you something something something do so
this pattern is the one we’re going to
use throughout today’s lesson
so in this blank use one of these
adverbs of frequency so for example
what’s something you never do so for
example I never eat steak for breakfast
so try to make an answer for this
question with one of these adverbs of
frequency this is just a today’s
challenge today’s challenge in the chat
so we use never to explain things we do
not do we do not do something you never
do like I never forget to brush my teeth
I never forget to brush my teeth so
that’s it my example I never forget to
brush my teeth so in other words zero
percent of the time I forget that’s a
good thing then above never are these
three F position these three adverbs or
rather this phrase - in about the same
position so these are maybe around the
ten to fifteen or so mark on the scale
these words are seldom seldom rarely
rarely and hardly ever hardly ever so
these have about the same feeling about
them I seldom do something I rarely do
something I hardly ever do something so
it’s neater zero near zero but not quite
so maybe ten or fifteen on our scale so
again we can use these in a sentence
like this what’s something you seldom do
what’s something you rarely do what’s
something you hardly ever do and please
remember this hardly ever hardly ever
not hardly never hardly never is
incorrect
hardly ever hardly ever so what’s
something you hardly ever do and also
what’s the difference between all of
these
the difference here seldom seldom is
seldom used a little meta joke no no
control desk is not into that so seldom
is seldom used we don’t use seldom very
much seldom sounds a bit old-fashioned
old-fashioned so seldom sounds kind of
old-fashioned a little bit like polite
perhaps it’s not used very much today
rarely rarely is more common we use this
more in everyday speech
so I rarely speak Spanish that’s true I
rarely do something that’s probably the
word that we use more often than seldom
hardly ever is also more common in
everyday speech so if you want to choose
one that sounds natural for speech use
rarely or hardly ever and if you want to
make sure to be polite
choose rarely Timmy rarely sounds a
little more polite and hardly ever okay
there are some great examples coming in
I can’t catch them all someone says I
hardly ever do laundry really how do you
wash your clothes okay
I rarely smoke cigarettes good okay I
hardly I don’t forget ever ever
I hardly ever I hardly ever that makes
it an adverbial phrase I hardly ever eat
after 8:00 in the evening good and also
make sure when you use an adverb of
frequency you’re talking about a regular
situation in your life so we don’t use
past tense with this we are using
present tense verbs here so like I never
wear makeup correct I never did makeup
maybe not quite what we want to stay
here okay I rarely do homework so
someone really
I rarely study French okay good on
Facebook some examples I rarely go to
bed before 8 p.m.
nice one
tsylia okay I hardly ever eat breakfast
says kah nice one okay
Zakaria says I rarely sleep early great
brandy says I rarely read novels great
nice ones very nice ones okay let’s move
on to the next phrase in this case on
the scale this one this is one you may
not know this is an intermediate phrase
I think the phrase I’ve marked with O
I’ve marked with a star here is every
once in a while every once in a while so
this is marked with a star as is this
one every so often the reason I’ve
marked these these are a little bit
special these are phrases we use at
either the beginning or the end of a
sentence so we don’t use these phrases
like right before the verb these come so
this one every once in a while and every
so often are at the beginning or end of
a sentence so for example every once in
a while I eat salad for lunch or I eat
salad for lunch every once in a while so
every once in a while is right about
here on the scale maybe 30 or 40 on our
scale every once in a while every once
in a while is the expression and this
part around these sometimes mark is this
expression every cell often every so
often so these expressions are around
the 40 to 50 points on the scale they
have that feeling of sometimes sometimes
and we can position these words in these
phrases with the star mark at the
beginning or the end of a sentence these
phrases sometimes of course sometimes we
can use directly before the verb as I
talked about earlier so there are many
different positions we can use with
sometimes so as I said sometimes I eat
salad for lunch I sometimes eat salad
for lunch
and I eat salad for lunch sometimes you
might hear all of those sentences with
sometimes so these two are maybe new
ones every once in a while and every so
often okay good so that’s the first half
of the scale for today let’s take a
quick break and then we’ll come back to
the other half of the scale and some
other points for today’s lesson so
today’s lesson is about adverbs of
frequency which means you need to use
the adverb with a verb you need to talk
about an action of some kind so if you
know you have a gap in your learning
somewhere pick up or consider picking up
one of these are I think I’ll show you a
couple over here yeah so these are as I
always show these are the free PDFs you
can get from below the video if you’re
watching on YouTube or above the video
on Facebook if you’re watching on
check it out Square but I always show
these a few of these I select a few will
see over here yeah so there are many
different topics for these this one
shopping I showed last week or the
school one so the front page here is
vocabulary yes but on the back pages of
these this is a good example maybe there
are some phrases that you can use that
are kind of themed around the topic of
the sheet but if you know that there’s a
topic that’s not a good example if you
know that there’s a topic that’s gonna
be useful for you in your everyday life
grab this download this and check out
the list of vocabulary words where you
can find some verbs to use these adverbs
of frequency with so for example this is
the singing it says singing but it’s
about music so you can check this out
there are some verbs on this list that
you can use with these adverbs of
frequency points like I sing weekly Oh
back over here like I sing weekly for
example or I
go to singing class every monthly
something like that so whatever your
hobby or your interest is or your
vocabulary gap is try checking out some
of the vocabulary words on these and
practice these adverbs of frequency
along with those words so just to kind
of refresh you and to help you practice
these points a bit more oh righty so
please check that out below the video on
youtube is the link or above the video
on Facebook okay so with that let’s
continue on to the second part we’re
gonna look at the second half of this
scale in today’s lesson if you’re just
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okay so let’s move on to this part of
this scale so I finished at about 50 on
our scale from 0 to 100 so from here
let’s move on to the next point I talked
about sometimes and every so often which
are kind of around here the next adverb
of frequency is occasionally
occasionally so I also marked
occasionally with a star again this
means we can move it to different
positions in the sentence like I talked
about here at the beginning of the
sentence the end of the sentence so
again occasionally I eat salad for lunch
or I occasionally eat salad for lunch or
I eat salad for lunch occasionally they
are all correct you can choose whichever
you prefer occasionally to me
occasionally sounds a little bit formal
I don’t personally use occasionally that
often in everyday speech but if I want
to sound a little more polite I might
choose to use this here next on the
scale may be around 70 or so is often
often please notice there is no star
mark on this so we use often directly
before the verb I often do something
I often eat salad I often teach English
so I often something you do fairly often
something that you do regularly so often
is around this point on this scale and
again please feel free to send your
example sentences in the chat I will try
to check good some people are sending on
Facebook I eat salad for lunch
occasionally nice someone said I often
drink coffee at night really I can’t
sleep if I drink coffee at night I have
to stop someone says I occasionally go
out for lunch very nice
ok occasionally I occasionally yes eat
salad for lunch many of you have the
same example good ok further on the
scale here I have two items on the scale
around 80 or 90 or so they are usually
usually and frequently usually and
frequently they have the same like maybe
what should I say
like level of frequency for me about 80
or 90 frequently sounds more polite than
usually frequently sounds more polite
than usually also you’ll notice I’ve
marked usually with the star so again we
can use it at the beginning at the end
or directly before a verb in the
sentence so I usually wake up at 8
o’clock or usually I wake up at 8
o’clock or I wake up at 8 o’clock
usually so that last example sounds
extremely casual extremely casual we’re
just adding extra information at the end
of the sentence so usually so this is a
really good one to practice actually
usually so let’s try to practice though
let’s use this one usually to practice
this point I talked about this B point
at the beginning of the lesson yeah if
you’re using the verb be you need to
place your adverb of frequency after
so for this question try in the chat
let’s use usually to answer this
question huh what what is your friend
usually like what is your friend
usually like please be careful this is
not a question about your friends
hobbies not a question about hobbies so
not my friend usually likes photos know
your friends personality what is your
friend’s personality usually like what
is your friend
usually like so for example he is always
excited as I talked about before or she
is usually energetic so try to use this
B form to describe your friend or to
describe your family member what is your
friend usually like what is your friend
usually like so try to send that along
I’ll check it in a moment so frequently
as I said sounds a little bit more
formal than usually I tend to use
usually I usually use usually in
everyday conversation okay the final one
here is always so always is at the top
of the scale the 100-point something you
do without fail like I always brush my
teeth in the morning I always take a
shower I always eat breakfast I always
drink coffee and so on good so something
you always do 100% of the time good some
examples are coming in some not very
nice examples are coming in actually my
friend is usually nice good okay my
friend is usually nice my friend is oh
so again we’re trying to use this V form
this beaver he is or she is usually
something okay he is usually friendly
with other people nice fun on how good
my friend is usually helpful
said Hamza on Facebook very nice mmm
otherwise I don’t see other ones about
friends or family he’s usually tired
says alpha nice one good good good good
and some nice examples using always I
always wake up at noon I always sleep
early and wake up late I always drink
Turkish tea good other ones I always
drink coffee Wow lots of always I I
always watch your live videos thank you
great great I always go to work by bus
fantastic very nice okay oh ouch ouch
comment in the YouTube in the YouTube
chat right now my friend is usually
pretty ouch ouch that hurts that hurts
like that’s too bad like let’s support
our friends regardless of what they look
like okay I always play piano great
great okay let’s continue then or rather
let’s take one more short break at the
end of the scale and then we’ll finish
today’s lesson with some time period
based points okay so as I said earlier
today’s lesson is very important to to
use with verbs or rather today’s the
topic of today’s lesson is very
important to use with verbs you must use
with verbs really so I showed you a few
examples of some of these PDFs earlier
I’ll choose a few more oh here’s a
perfect one this one is for like it’s
for pets yeah but on the back of this
sheet this is kind of funny on the back
of this sheet there’s a list of commands
actually a list of commands people would
use for dogs but this is just verbs so
if you have a pet and you’re training
your pet there are some verbs you can
use here so with if you want to talk
about your pets you can use this verb
list with today’s topic like my dog
always jumps when I ask
to jump or my dog usually sits when I
asked him what’s it and so on
so this is one more PDF you can take a
look at this is the pence one day that’s
one okay and then another one I was just
looking up this one it says romance and
love and stuff but on the back is
something that’s just about like making
plans making conversations it’s hard to
see on this camera I know but this is
another example of some verbs or these
are more examples of verbs you can use
with today’s point so please check these
out from the link below the video on
youtube or above the video on this book
okay
let’s continue to the last point for
today’s lesson the last point for
today’s lesson is time period based
adverbs of frequency excuse me
so in this scale I covered all of these
words yes but there’s this other type
this other category of adverbs and they
are used to talk about like specific
times specific times so for example
these are words like hourly hourly means
every hour at 1 o’clock at 2 o’clock at
3 o’clock that’s hourly the next one
here is daily so that means every day
every day Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday daily I shower daily I
brush my teeth daily weekly weekly every
week monthly means every month
and the last two yearly and annually
mean every year every year yearly is
used in everyday conversation annually
is used more formally or in business
situations yearly and
annually so a key point about these time
period based adverts we place these at
the end of a sentence so in this part of
the lesson I explained we can move these
adverbs a little bit sometimes these
adverbs we should use at the end of a
sentence
so someone Bruno I don’t know why that
message got held but you wrote I check
my Instagram hourly perfect I check my
Instagram hourly nice one so we use
these to talk about time periods for
frequency so frequency plus time period
okay Oh
Zakaria has a great question about
making questions with adverbs of
frequency the placement of adverbs of
frequency in a question I made a pattern
over here at the beginning of the lesson
you can review it was what is something
you usually do or like how often do you
usually verb so that will come before
your verb so how often do you usually
something how often do you believe all
the so using your adverb of frequency
before the verb so in how often
questions or if you’re asking an
information question like what do you
adverb a frequency verb so what do you
usually eat for lunch
or like what do you sometimes do on the
weekend
so if it depends a little bit on the
type of question that you’re asking
sorry that’s a really quick answer I
know but to get back to this point about
time period based words please make sure
that these are at the end of your
sentence so for example I check my phone
hourly I check my phone
hourly that means every hour I check my
phone or I check my budget weekly I
check my budget weekly so that means I
check my budget every week
please keep in mind though that yes
although these time period ones we use
at the end of a sentence these others
that I talked about most of these we use
directly before the verb except for
these that I’ve marked with a star so if
it’s marked with the star you can move
it in the sentence fine if it’s not
marked with the star like this or this
one place it before the verb place it
before the verb so I rarely check my
Instagram sounds good someone I saw that
in the chat just now I drink water
hourly exactly good I visit my
grandfather monthly very nice very nice
okay I upload photos daily good
I do homework daily very nice I go to
work daily good I checked my mail hourly
I play soccer weekly oh no I have to
finish okay I check my phone oh good
point David says I checked my phone
secondly well secondly is not we cannot
use it here hourly we use if you want to
use something smaller than our you can
use every minute or every second every
second that’s pretty impressive that’s a
little bit that’s a little bit much if
you want to use something smaller than
an hour
we don’t use like an adverb of frequency
for that because that would be a lot of
like checking or whatever so you can say
like I check it every minute or every
second but that’s quite a lot so I don’t
know
anyway I have to finish up laughs it is
time for me to go so we’ll finish there
if you have any questions or comments
whatever please send them in the chat
I will check them after the lesson and I
will try to answer somehow someway we’ll
see but what was I gonna say next week’s
lesson next week we’ll be back next week
we move away back as always next week’s
lesson is about using the verb have I
asked you on Instagram a couple weeks
ago about topics and a few of you
suggested have and has and had and how
to use those so no text oh we had a
technical issue so next week’s lesson
will be next week oh that’s hard to see
next week’s lesson next week what’s the
date for next week next week will be to
to do next week May 22nd at 10:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time New York City time
topic will be topic will be using have
had and has had has a lot to talk about
in next week’s lesson I really hope I
can cover everything this will be our
topic oh now it’s there
what’s there magical okay so please join
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lot to talk about please make sure to
use lots and lots of different adverbs
of frequency in your speaking and in
your writing enjoy using them in many
different positions and we’ll see you
next week oh yeah and don’t forget to
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