Present Simple -- Frequency Adverbs v Adverbials
Quiz
Choose the correct answer.
What's the opposite of 'never'?
- always
- sometimes
- frequently
- usually
What's a synonym of 'hardly ever'?
- seldom
- sometimes
- never
- regularly
What's a synonym of 'hardly ever'?
- rarely
- sometimes
- always
- usually
What's the opposite of 'frequently'?
- rarely
- always
- sometimes
- never
What's the correct spelling of the word given?
- occasionally
- ocassionally
- ocasionally
- occasionaly
Which is not a frequency adverb?
- sometimes
- always
- usually
- every day
Which is not an adverbial?
- rarely
- every evening
- once a year
- every so often
Generally speaking, which words come at the end of a sentence?
- frequency adverbs
- adverbials
- both
- neither
Generally speaking, which words are placed before the main verbs (ie full verbs) in a sentence?
- frequency adverbs
- adverbials
- both
- neither
Which position do frequency adverbs take with the verb 'be'?
- position before 'be'
- position after 'be'
- position at the end of the sentence
- position at the start of the sentence
Which frequency adverbs are considered negative in meaning?
- seldom, never, rarely, hardly ever
- sometimes, never, rarely, occasionally
- usually, never, rarely, hardly ever
- seldom, never, often, hardly ever
Which position in a sentence may adverbials take?
- initial or final
- final or medial
- initial or medial
- final only
Which position is usually preferred with adverbials when we wish to emphasise the point in time?
- initial
- medial
- final
- none
Which frequency adverbs may be placed at the start of a sentence?
- often, usually, sometimes, occasionally
- never, sometimes, usually, rarely
- often, sometimes, hardly ever, never
- seldom, occasionally, sometimes, usually
Which adverbs of frequency may be placed at the end of a sentence, even though this is not very common?
- often, usually, sometimes, occasionally
- never, sometimes, usually, rarely
- often, sometimes, hardly ever, never
- seldom, occasionally, sometimes, usually