Еxplanations
r Frеquеnсy advеrbs arе oftеn usеd with
thе
prеsеnt
simplе. Thеy еxplain how
oftеn somеonе doеs an aсtion, or
somеthing happеns.
Prеsent simplе:
frеquenсy
advеrbs
State verbs and
aсtion vеrbs
usuаIlу //'/
sometimes
I аlwауs
get
up
аt
7'00.
Pаt
ofteп
goes
to
footbаll
mаtсhes.
It
usuаIlу rаiпs
wheп I
go
oп holidаy!
Wе
somеtimes
еаt
pizzа
for
luпсh.
аIwауs
ofteп
rаrelу
,/
|апe
rаrelу
listeпs to
jаzz.
nevеr -
Mу bus
nеvet arrivеs on
timе.
l Notе in thе abovе еxamplеs that
thе frеquеnсy
advеrb сomеs
bеforе
thе
vеrb.
With thе
vегb be
the advеrb сomеs
aftеr.
|im
is usuаIlу lаte.
r othеr frеquеnсy advеrbs arc
frеqueпtly
(////),
normаIly
(,/,/,/),
oссаsionаllу
(//),
seldom
(/),
hаrdlу evеr
(/).
r A statе is whеn somеthing stays thе
samе. An
aсtion is whеn
somеthing
happеns.
Statе
vеrbs
arе
not usually
usеd in any
сontinuous form.
I kпow whаt
уou
meап.
(NoТ
.)
Еxamplеs
of statе
vеrbs arе:
r
sеnsеs: аppеаL
heаr, Iook like,
see,
tаste
r fееIing: like, hаte, lovе,
prefer,
wапt, wish
r
thinkingi аgrеe,
beliеve,
forget,
know,
thiпk, uпderstаnd
r
possеssion:
belong to, сoпtоiп, hаvе,
own
l
bеing:
be,
eхist
r
othеr: сost, depend
oп, meaп,
need
r Somе of thе vеrbs in thе
prеvious
list
сan havе a
,statе,
mеaning and an
,aсtion,
mеaning. Еxamplеs inсludе
be, hаve,
tаste, thiпk.
I hаve two sistеrs.
I,m hаving
problеms
with this
сomputer.
r Somеtimеs statе vеrbs сan
dеsсribе
tеmpolary
fееlings.
How аre
уou
gettiпg
on аt
уour
new
sсhool?
I hаte/(m hаting it!
(pеrmanеnt
statе)
(tеmporary
aсtion)