Adverbs of Frequency Exercises

1. What do adverbs of frequency answer?

How long?
How often?
How much?
How far?

2. Which of the following is NOT an absolute adverb of frequency?

Always
Never
Often
Rarely

3. Which adverb of frequency can be used to describe an action that happens most of the time but not always?

Always
Usually
Never
Seldom

4. In which tense are adverbs of frequency most commonly used?

Future tense
Past tense
Present tense
Present perfect tense

5. Which of the following sentences uses the adverb of frequency correctly?

I eat always breakfast.
Always I eat breakfast.
I always eat breakfast.
I breakfast always eat.

6. Which of the following is an example of a relative adverb of frequency?

Always
Never
Sometimes
All of the above

7. Where do adverbs of frequency usually appear in a sentence?

At the end of the sentence
After the subject
Before the main verb
After the main verb

8. Which of the following sentences emphasizes the importance of the action using the adverb of frequency?

You never forget your anniversary.
Never forget your anniversary.
I never forget anniversaries.
Anniversaries are never forgotten by me.

9. Which adverb of frequency is used to describe something that happens less often than "seldom" but more often than "never"?

Rarely
Often
Always
Usually

10. In the sentence "She runs very quickly", what role does the word "very" play?

Adjective
Adverb of manner
Adverb of frequency
Noun