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ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
Subject + to be + adverb
They are never pleased to see me.
She isn't usually bad tempered.
When we use an auxiliary verb (have, will, must, might, could, would, can, etc.), the
adverb is placed between the auxiliary and the main verb. This is also true for to be.
We use hardly ever and never with positive, not negative verbs:
We can also use the following expressions when we want to be more specific about
the frequency:
- every day - once a month - twice a year - four times a day - every other week.
EXERCISES
PRESENT SIMPLE
The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular,
true or normal.
For facts.
For habits.
EXERCISES
2. Put the following verbs into the correct box in the 3rd person singular.
4. A: Stelton takes (take) the ball from Berns and shoots (shoot).
B: But, once again, he doesn’t score (not/score). What is wrong with him
today?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
The present continuous tense is formed from the present tense of the verb be and
the present participle (-ing form) of a verb:
Use
EXERCISES
1. Add –ing to the following verbs and put them into the correct box.
3. Look at the pictures and find the differences. Use the present continuous
and the ideas given.
Sit by the pool Swim in the Feed the cat. Water flowers
pool
Play in the Run after the Stand by the Read a book
pool dog pool
Play with her Feed the Sleep Plant flowers
doll dog
4. Ben and Bob in picture A, Ben and Bob are watering flowers. In picture
B, they aren’t watering flowers, they are planting flowers.
5. Sky in picture A, Sky is playing with her doll. In picture B, she isn’t
playing with her doll, she is running after de dog.
EXERCISES
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous.
9. A: Tara is tasting (taste) the beef stew to see if she needs (need) to
add any more spices.
B: I think it tastes (taste) delicious just as it is.
10. A: Ted fits the old blinds from our bedroom in the study.
B: Really? Do they fit (they/fit) the windows?
2. Use the verbs to complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present
continuous.