1. always

2. rarely

3. never

4. often

1.always

2. rarely

3. never

4.often

5.sometimes

1. My mother always shops at the supermarket. She never shops anywhere else.

(Mẹ mình luôn mua đồ ở siêu thị. Bà ấy không bao giờ mua đồ ở bất cứ đâu khác.)

2. I rarely buy things online, just once or twice a year. I prefer to shop at the shopping mall.

(Mình hiếm khi mua đồ trên mạng, chỉ một hai lần một năm. Mình thích đi mua sắm ở trung tâm thương mại hơn.)

3. You can never bargain at a supermarket because the prices are fixed.

(Bạn không bao giờ có thể mặc cả ở siêu thị vì giá ở đó đã cố định.)

4. How often do you return things you buy online?

(Bạn có thường hoàn trả những thứ bạn đã mua trên mạng không?)

5. I don't often buy things at the dollar store. My mother only takes me there sometimes.

(Mình không thường mua đồ ở những cửa hàng một đô. Lâu lâu mẹ mình mới đưa mình đến đó.)

      1. I sometime walk to school. (sometimes)

      2. Miss Lan always goes to work by bus. (always)

      3. The buses are usually very crowded. (usually)

      4. She often has to stand all the way. (often)

      5. She is never late for work. (never)

      6. She has been late three times this week. (three times)

      7. Tom seldom Studies at the library in the evening. (seldom)

      8. Ann is always on time for class. (always)

III. Put the following adverbs of frequency in the correct order from the most often to the least often (1-6):

.......3.. often

......2..... usually

....1...... always

.....6...... never

....5....... seldom/rarely

.....4...... sometimes

.......... often

........... usually

.....1..... always

......4..... never

......3..... seldom/rarely

......2..... sometimes

a.  Jim never plays tennis after school

b. Mary often meets her friends at a cafe

c. I'm never late for school

d. They sometimes make their beds in the morning

e. Carla rarely cooks dinner on Sundays

a) Jim never plays tennis after school

b) Mary often meets her friends at a cafe.

c) I am never late for school

d) They sometimes make their beds in the morning

e) Carla rarely cooks dinner on Sundays

Always -> often -> usually -> sometimes

ai choi blox fruits ko

sometimes<often<usually<always

1, Write sentences using the adverbs in brackets as in the example .

1 , Tony is never rude

2, The children sometimes play tennis

3, I do not often go to the beach

4 , We always eat breakfast before school

5, Aya often helps her mun

6, You always do your homework

7 The boys sometimes watch films

8, Josh and I always tidy our rooms

1 , Tony / be/ rude ( never)

.............Tony never be rude............................................

2, The children/ play / tennis ( sometimes)

..........................The children sometimes play tennis............................................

3, I / do / go to the beach ( often)

...................I often go to the beach.......................................................

4 , We / eat / breakfast / before school ( always)

..........................We always eat breakfast before school ..................................................

5, Aya / help / her mun ( often)

........................Aya often helps her mum.....................................................

6, You/do / your homework( always)

...........................You always does your homework.................................................

7 The boys / watch / films ( sometimes)

.......................................The boys sometimes watch films.......................................

8, Josh and I / tidy/our rooms(always)

.............................Josh and I always tidy our rooms................................................................

1, Write sentences using the adverbs in brackets as in the example .

1 , Tony / be/ rude ( never)

⇒ Tony is never rude .

2, The children/ play / tennis ( sometimes)

⇒ The children sometimes play tennis .

3, I / do / go to the beach ( often)

⇒ I often do going to the beach .

4 , We / eat / breakfast / before school ( always)

⇒ We always eat breakfast before school .

5, Aya / help / her mun ( often)

⇒ Aya often helps her mum .

6, You/do / your homework( always)

⇒ You always do your homework .

7 The boys / watch / films ( sometimes)

⇒ The boys sometimes watch films .

8, Josh and I / tidy/our rooms(always)

⇒ John and I always tidy our rooms .

My daughter, Riley, ……is never………. (never/be) late for lunch.
I …………often make…. (often/make) the bedroom at the weekend.
My brother ………hardly ever helps……. (hardly ever/help) me with my housework.
I ………am sometimes……. (sometimes/be) bored in the shopping mall.
We ……rarely watch………. (rarely/watch) football on TV.
You and Tony ………never play……. (never/play) computer games with me.
Lex …………usually goes…. (go/usually) camping on Sunday.
The school bus ………always arrives……. (always/arrive) at half past eight

1. They often go to the movies

2. She rarely listens to classical music

3. He sometimes reads the newspaper

4. Sara never smiles

5. She always complains about her husband

6. I sometimes drink coffee

7. Frank is often ill

8. He usually feels terrible

9. I always go jogging in the morning

10. She never helps her daughter with her homework

11. We always watch television in the evening

12. I never smoke

13. I seldom eat meat

14. I always eat vegetables and fruits

II. Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb of frequency in brackets in its correct position

1. They often go to the movies (often)

2. She rarely listens to classical music (rarely)

3. He sometimes reads the newspaper (sometimes)

4. Sara never smiles (never)

5. She always complains about her husband (always)

6. I sometimes drink coffee (sometimes)

7. Frank is often ill (often)

8. He usually feels terrible (usually)

9. I always go jogging in the morning (always)

10. She never helps her daughter with her homework (never)

11. We always watch television in the evening (always)

12. I never smoke (never)

13. I seldom eat meat (seldom)

14. I always eat vegetables and fruits (always)

Looking at the words in blue in the dialogues in exercise 2, I see that adverbs of frequency are positioned after the subject and before the main verb in a sentence.

(Nhìn vào các từ màu xanh lam trong các đoạn hội thoại ở bài tập 2 em thấy rằng các trạng từ chỉ tần suất thường đứng sau chủ ngữ và đứng trước động từ chính trong câu.)

More adverbs: always, normally, usually, often/frequently, sometimes, seldom/rarely, and never…

(Thêm một số trạng từ là: always (luôn luôn), normally (thông thường), usually (thường thường), often/frequently (thường xuyên), sometimes (thỉnh thoảng), seldom/rarely (hiếm khi), and never (không bao giờ)...)