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Habits and Activities — Çalışma Sayfası

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Explains how adverbs of frequency are used to show how often an action happens.
Places adverbs of frequency correctly before the main verb and after the verb be.
Forms questions with How often and answers them with frequency adverbs or time expressions.
Distinguishes the present simple from the present continuous in daily routine sentences.
Uses the third person -s and -es endings correctly in statements about habits.
Describes a person's daily habits and weekly activities in a short organised paragraph.

In English the adverb of frequency comes before the main verb but after the verb be.
Always, usually, often and sometimes describe regular actions; rarely and never show low frequency.
How often is the standard question for asking about frequency, and it takes a short answer.
The present simple is used for habits, while the present continuous shows a change or what is happening now.
In questions and negatives with does, the main verb loses its -s ending.
Frequency adverbs are not normally used in the present continuous; if both are needed, the adverb follows the auxiliary.
Twice a week, once a month and every day are time expressions that answer How often questions.
Never and rarely already have a negative meaning, so they are not used together with another negative word in the same clause.

Subject + adverb of frequency + main verb: She often visits her grandmother.
Subject + be (am/is/are) + adverb of frequency: He is always late for school.
How often + do/does + subject + base verb...? — How often do you exercise? — Twice a week.
Frequency scale from the most frequent to the least frequent: always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never.
Present simple for routines and general truths: I get up at half past six every morning.
Present continuous for now and for temporary changes: I am getting up at six this week.
Present simple question: Do you...? / Does he...? — Yes, I do. / No, he doesn't.
Negative: do not / does not + adverb + base verb: She doesn't usually eat breakfast.

Putting the adverb after the main verb: the pattern drinks always tea is wrong; the frequency adverb stands before the main verb, so the sentence must read She always drinks tea.
Forgetting the third person -s ending: after a frequency adverb the verb still needs its ending, so He often play football must become He often plays football.
Leaving the -s on the verb after does: the pattern Does he watches is incorrect because does already carries the third person ending, so the question must be Does he watch TV?
Confusing usually with always: always means every single time, while usually means very often but not every time, so the adverb must match what the text really says.
Using rarely with an extra negative word: rarely and never are negative in meaning on their own, so a second negative helper in the same clause is not used in English.
Choosing the continuous form for a repeated action: a sentence with every day or usually describes a habit, so the present simple is required even when a place is mentioned as well.

Underline the frequency adverb first; it tells you which tense the sentence needs.
Check the position rule: after be (He is never late) but before the main verb (She never eats chocolate).
If you see does in a question, choose the option with the verb in its base form.
In a comparison, remember that the shorter adjective comes first and the comparative ending follows it.
When two habits are contrasted, use usually with the normal action and now with the exception.
Read the whole text before answering; time words such as every day and at the moment decide the tense.