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Adverbs of frequency can be placed before the main verb and before the main VERB. There are several different ways to write the date in English. The following table shows some typical formats.
Adverbs of frequency can be placed before the main verb and before the main VERB. There are several different ways to write the date in English. The following table shows some typical formats.
Adverbs of frequency can be placed before the main verb and before the main VERB. There are several different ways to write the date in English. The following table shows some typical formats.
80% - We ..go to the bathroom. .Exercises: write an adverb related with the percentage. How often? ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY Tell us how often something happens. Answer the question "How often?. Examples: How often does she go shopping? She sometimes goes shopping.
How often do you go to the disco? We often go to the disco.
Position of Adverbs in Sentences Adverbs of frequency can be placed before the main verbs and
BEFORE THE MAIN VERB Subject Adv. of Frequency Main Verb Predicate Tom usually goes to work by car. I sometimes have a shower with hot water. They always stay up late.
AFTER OF TO BE
AFTER OF TO BE Subject BE Adv. of Frequency Predicate The bus is usually on time. Some people are never satisfied. Order the words to make sentences. Order the sentences:
a) Mary / punctual / always / is / to school. b) often / I / revise / don't / my homework. c) We / visit / hardly ever / at weekends / museums. d) My parents / never / travel / in summer / abroad. e) celebrate / my birthday / I / usually / with my friends. f) grandmother / our / at home / always / is / in the evenings. g) Mike / never / is / at home / at weekends. Writing the Date There are several different ways to write the date in English. They vary from formal to informal, and there are differences between British and American English. The following table shows some typical formats. British: Day-Month-Year American: Month-Day-Year the Fourteenth of March, 2011 March the Fourteenth, 2011 14th March 2011 March 14th, 2011 14 March 2011 March 14, 2011 14/3/2011 3/14/2011 14/3/11 3/14/11 14/03/11 03/14/11 Days of the Month 1st first 2nd second 3rd third 4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth 7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth 10th tenth 11th eleventh 12th twelfth 13th thirteenth 14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth Days of the Month 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth 21st twenty-first 22nd twenty-second 23rd twenty-third 24th twenty-fourth 25th twenty-fifth 26th twenty-sixth 27th twenty-seventh 28th twenty-eighth 29th twenty-ninth 30th thirtieth 31st thirty-first For single days and dates we use on. For example:
I was born on the 7th of the month.
For months we use in. For example:
I was born in September.
! My birthday is on September the 7th. EXERCISES:
Write the dates in letters (American English).
1. 9/3/1832 ..
2. 3/12/1515.
3. 6/20/1952.
4. 10/6/1745
5. 1/2/2008 Dates March the columns with the number. 1. 2/23/2005 December second, nineteen fourteen 2. 6/8/1066 January fifth, nineteen sixty-eight 3. 8/22/1940 June eighth, ten sixty-six 4. 12/2/1914 July third, eighteen seventeeen 5. 3/21/2000 October twelfth, eighteen seventy 6. 4/30/1990 April thirtieth, nineteen ninety 7. 1/5/1968 .. July fourth, nineteen forty-five 8. 7/4/1945 .. March twenty-first, two thousand 9.10/12/1870 February twenty-third, two thousand and five 10. 7/3/1817 August twenty-second, nineteen forty
Prepositions of time
Examples: I work on sundays. He listens to music at night. We play football in the morning. They travel to London in may My birthday is on january 13th. Its very hot in the summer. Exercises.- Complete with a preposition The beach party is .. 4 th August. 2. First snowdrops appear April. 3. The train leaves.. 5:35. 4. We are usually tired the evening. 5. We started this project September. 6. The date when we must hand in the report is. 1 st of October. 7. They will go abroad.. February. 8. I read this book 1999. 9. I am usually sleepy Monday morning. 10. We always have a cake.. proclamation day.
Exercise complete with AT, IN or ON 1. George visits us every Christmas. 2. They had a nice party. June the 12 th.
3. We met only .. last year. 4. I do not have Music .. Wednesday. 5. He arrived .December 12 th.
6. Lilac blossoms May. 7. This palace was built 17 th century. 8. I will go away . 25 th of July. 9. He bought this car .. March. 10. They do not work Friday. 11. Some people rest the afternoon. 12. They saw a crime . noon. 13. We celebrate different fests October. 14. I always get flowers .my birthday. 15. This program is on only Saturday. 16. Children must rest well. weekend. 17. There were many wars ..Middle Iron Age. 8. We decorate a fir tree .. Christmas. 9. This school was built.. 2002. 20. The weather is usually cold winter.