Unit 4- lesson 4- I’m always sleeping.

This is the final lesson that talks about the present progressive. You will see that it has many exercises to help you improve your skills. Along with the practice of present progressive, we will work with frequency adverbs. We use them to describe the moment when something happens.

Here is a brief explanation about them. Pay attention so you can understand the class a little better.

The adverbs and the adjectives in English

Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs (here: drive), adjectives or other adverbs.

Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns (here: girl) or pronouns (here: she).

Mandy is a careful driver. This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective.

Mandy drives carefully. This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb.

Adverbs of frequency

Always, usually, regularly, normally, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, seldom, never
are adverbs of frequency.

The position of these adverbs is:  before the main verb

After a form of to be am, are, is (was, were)

The adverbs often, usually, sometimes andoccasionally can go at the beginning of a sentence.
Sometimes I go swimming.
Often we surf the internet.

Sometimes these adverbs are put at the end of the sentence.
For example: We read books occasionally.

During the lesson you will see these and other adverbs of frequency. These adverbs are used a lot in spoken and written English, so it’s important that you understand how to use them. If you have questions you can go to the frequent questions section at the end of the lesson or you can also watch the lesson as many times as you like.

Taken and modified from: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/adverbien1.htm