Adverbs of Frequency (Bijwoorden van Frequentie)

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Adverbs of Frequency

Bijwoorden van Frequentie

How often do you...

... look at your phone during the day? 

.... smile during the week? 

... drink water? 

Adverbs of Frequency =

 Bijwoorden van frequentie = hoe vaak gebeurt iets? 

Sleep de adverbs of frequency naar de juiste plek

 (zie volgende slide)

0%

10%

50%

70%

90%

100%

never

always

usually

often

sometimes

seldom

Uitleg (1)

Adverbs of Frequency geven aan hoe vaak iets wel of niet gebeurt.

Always = altijd

Usually = meestal

normally = normaal gesproken

Often = vaak

Sometimes = soms

occasionally = zo nu en dan

seldom = zelden

Hardly ever = bijna nooit

never = nooit

Bekijk de onderstaande zinnen. Waar staan de adverbs of frequency? 

School always starts at 8.30pm.           I never sing in public.

The dog sometimes barks at birds.    I rarely watch Netflix.

I am usually at school.                  There is always something to do. 

That is never okay.                          His jokes are sometimes boring.

Welke regel kunnen jullie ontdekken? 

Adverbs of frequency vóór het hoofdwerkwoord of achter een vorm van to be. 

Uitleg (2)

Adverbs of Frequency kunnen op 2 plaatsen komen te staan in de zin:

1. Vóór het hoofdwerkwoord (I always go to school)

2. Achter een vorm van to be  (I am never late)

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

• Vóór het hoofdwerkwoord:
  

School always starts at 8.30pm.

I never sing in public.

• na een vorm van to be: am, are, is, was, were:
  

There is always something to see.

His jokes are sometimes boring.

Uitleg (3)

Wat moet je nu precies kennen en kunnen?

1. Je moet weten wat de adverbs of frequency zijn (dus kunnen vertalen en correct kunnen gebruiken)

2. Je moet weten op welke plek deze woorden in de zin komen te staan

1. He _________ listens __________ to the radio.

2. They ___________ read ___________ a book.

3. Tom _________ is _________ very friendly. 

4. Pete _________ gets _________ angry. 

5. We _________ are _________ on time. 

Sleep het bijwoord op de juiste plek

often

sometimes

usually

never

always

Exercise 2

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence

Zet de woorden in de juiste volgorde om een zin te maken

10 Questions

The most common types of adverb and their position in clause:

Adverb of frequency – Middle position

Adverb of time – End position, following adverbs of manner and location

Adverb of manner – End position, preceding other adverbs

Conjunctive adverb – Beginning position

Adverb of Degree – Before the words they describe or emphasize

1. he / visits / often / you

go swimming / sometimes / on Sundays / I

2. angry / we / sometimes / are

3. in our house / cold / it / often / is

4. usually / is / hungry / Sam / after school

5. goes / never / my cousin / cycling

6. Mark and Ted / books / hardly ever / read

7. I / my homework / in my room / do / always

8. snows / in this area / rarely / it

9. rarely / am / for / late / school / morning / the / in / I

10. Sam / goes / occasionally / with / out / his / friends

Exercise 3

Write correct answers to these questions using the adverb of frequenty in brackets (haakjes)

v.b.:

How often do you go out with friends? (rarely)              

I rarely go out with friends.

How often do you surf the net? (frequently)

How often do you play boardgames? (never)

How often does your mum do the shopping? (she - always)

How often does your best friend call you? (he - often)

How often does your English teacher speak Chinese? (she - rarely)

Extra Practice?

Finish the following exercise. 

take / photos / they / every Monday

goes / every day / she / to school

football / Eric / after school / plays

is making / he / at the moment / breakfast

to the club / the girls / go / on Saturdays

o'clock / school / at / 8 / starts

Tuesday / the boys / their bikes / ride / every

lunch / did / we / not / yesterday / have / at school

Amsterdam Centraal / leaves / the bus / at 7:30.

Maria / my name / is

his / the / mother / boy / is helping

have / I / got / a dog

Plaats en tijd bepaling

Plaats en tijd komen in de zin allebei achteraan.

My mom works in Utrecht.

My mom works every day.

Plaats en een tijd? Plaats staat VOOR tijd.

My mom works in Utrecht every day.