7.4 Adverbs of frequency7.4C Adverbs of frequency at the beginning of a sentence [> LEG 7.40.4]
Study: For special emphasis, we can begin a sentence with frequently, generally, normally,
(very) often, sometimes and usually.
We can say: We normally don't worry if the children are late home from school.
Or: Normally, we don't worry if the children are late home from school.Write: Answer each question in full putting the adverb a) in the middle and b) at the beginning.1 Do you ever bring work home from the office? (often)2 Does John leave home before his wife does? (normally)3 Have you ever forgotten to lock the back door? (frequently)4 Do you know when to wake up? (usually)5 Are you the one who pays the bills? (generally)6 Is the traffic heavy in the mornings? (often)7 Do you ever have power cuts? (sometimes)
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8 Are there complaints about the service? (often)7.4D Context
Write: Show where the adverbs in brackets can go in the sentences that follow them.WHERE DID I PUT MY TEETH?
С ever) Have you forgotten something on a train or bus? forqcrttoi
(^2 never) Don't say you have!
(^3 always) ("occasionally) We can't be careful with our things and most of
us must have left something behind when getting off a bus or train.
(^5 never) There can't be anyone who forgets anything.
(^6 regularly) Over 150,000 items a year are dealt with by London
Transport's Lost Property Office.
С normally) People don't carry stuffed gorillas, but someone recently left
one on a train.
(emost often) The things people lose are umbrellas and keys.
(^9 sometimes) But there are items that are not very common.
(wever) Can you imagine losing a bed and not claiming it?
often) Prams and pushchairs are lost.
(^12 frequently) But it is unbelievable that people forget false teeth and
even glass eyes when they get off a train!
(^13 often) Yet they do!People don't carry stuffed gorillas!