Recursos lingüísticos

4) Para expresar la frecuencia de una acción, se utilizan los adverbios. A continuación algunos ejemplos.

siempre		nunca

	usually	often	rarely
always	generally	frequently	occasionally	never
	regularly	sometimes	seldom

a. Presten atención: ¿en qué parte de la oración van los adverbios?

Si la oración tiene un solo verbo, sin auxiliar, el adverbio se ubica delante del verbo:

Position A:
SUBJECT	ADVERB	VERB
Tom	usually	goes	to work by car.

Si la oración es negativa, con auxiliar, también va adelante del verbo principal:

Position A: Negative
SUBJECT	AUXILIARY	ADVERB	VERB
Tom	doesn’t	usually	go	to work by car.

Si la oración tiene el verbo «to be», ya sea positiva o negativa, el adverbio va detrás del verbo:

Position B: «to be»
SUBJECT	VERB	ADVERB
Tom	is	often	late.
Anne	isn't	usually	late.

Y si el verbo «to be» es un auxiliar, como en Present Continuous, la posición se mantiene delante del verbo:

Position B: «to be» (auxiliar)
SUBJECT	AUXILIARY VERB	ADVERB	MAIN VERB
Tom	is	always	losing	his keys.
Anne	isn't	usually	eating	with us.

b. Vuelvan al texto sobre la vida de Jeff. Copien el texto en un procesador de textos y resalten los adverbios de frecuencia.

c. Ahora, van a comparar las rutinas de él con las suyas, usando adverbios de frecuencia, como en el ejemplo.

        * Jeff gets up early, at seven o'clock.
        * I never get up early, I get up at ten.

1. Jeff gets up early, at seven o'clock. ...............................................................................................................................

2. Jeff bikes to school and studies until 1 PM. .....................................................................................................................

3. After school, he goes home on his bike, too. ..................................................................................................................

4. He usually hangs out with his friends in the park. ........................................................................................................

5. Jeff often plays guitar. .................................................................................................................................................

6. Jeff always eats lunch at school. .................................................................................................................................

7. Some other days in the afternoon, he stays at home and watches TV or checks e-mails and chats on the computer.

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8. Jeff never gets home after 7 PM. ...................................................................................................................................

9. Occasionally, Jeff cooks for his family. …............................................................................................................................