一、频度副词的定义:在英文中用来表示动作频率的词被称为"频度副词",例如:usually/sometimes/always/等,这些词在程度上有区别。
常见频度副词按频率大小排列如下:always“总是”>usually“通常”>often“经常”>sometimes“有时”>seldom、rarely“很少”>hardly> never“从不”。
二、频度副词的用法:频度副词在句中习惯上位于系动词、助动词、情态动词之后,行为动词之前。
1.在系动词之后。例如:She is sometimes very busy. 她有时很忙。
2.在第一个助动词或情态动词之后。
例如:I will never forget this lesson. 我将永远忘不了这一课。
3.在实义动词之前。
例如:We often go there. 我们常去那儿。
注意:sometimes也可放在句首、句中或句末,often也可放在句末(一般不放在句首)。
例如:Sometimes she writes to me. =She writes to me sometimes. 她有时候给我写信。
如果有两个助动词,频度副词通常放在第一个助动词后面。
例如:①We have never been invited to one of their parties. 他们聚会,一次也没邀请过我们。
②She must sometimes have wanted to run away. 她有时候一定想到过要逃走。
频度副词 知识点题库
The girl used to be shy, but is ____ getting active in group work and is more willing to express herself.
A . gradually B . usually C . previously D . merely
Most of them are out attending an important meeting, so there are not ________ enough people here to do the job.
A . almostB . nearlyC . hardlyD . seldom
What a helpful girl she is! ___________. Which sentence can Not be best used to praise the girl highly?
A . She always helps others.B . She is continually helping others.C . She is constantly helping others.D . She is always helping others.
Henry was away from home for quite a bit and _______ saw his family.
A . frequentlyB . seldomC . alwaysD . usually
He _____ mentions her daughter to us as if she loves her daughter very much.
A . completelyB . fortunatelyC . fluentlyD . frequently
The girl used to be shy, but is ______ getting active in group work and is more willing to express herself.
A . graduallyB . usuallyC . previouslyD . merely
I often take exercise, so I am fit and (rare) catch a cold.
Tom's teacher likes him because he is _________ late for class.
A . neverB . sometimesC . oftenD . always
My parents ___________ go to their hometown. They go there once ten years.
A . usuallyB . seldomC . neverD . hardly
—Lily, does your family often make lanterns for Spring Festival?
—No,________. We really don't know how to make them.