Lesson 2 (part B2)

B.2 Compare the position of always

Previous pattern:
		MAIN VERB
John	Always	studies	At night
New pattern:
	Be
Mary	is	always	Busy

COMMENT

Adverbs like always (single-word adverbs of frequency) come after forms of be (am, are, is)

Exercise 10. Substitute a word like always for the multi-word adverbials of frequency

John is busy all of the time                       JOHN IS ALWAYS BUSY

Mr. Allen is busy most of the time        MR. ALLEN IS USUALLY BUSY

1.       Mrs. Allen is busy much of the time

2.       She is tired most of the time

3.       Mr. Miller is almost never tired

4.       Mr. miller is thirsty most of the time

5.       He is hungry some of the time

6.       John is hungry much of the time

7.       He is thirsty most of the time

8.       He is almost never in the room

9.       He is at home most of the time

10.   Mr. Allen is at home some of the time

Exercise 11. Summary exercise.

John drinks milk much of the time                            HE OFTEN DRINKS MILK

He is thirsty much of the time                                    HE IS OFTEN THIRSTY

1.       He has cornflakes for breakfast all of the time

2.       He is sleepy at breakfast all of the time

3.       He is late to class some of the time

4.       He studies at night all of the time

5.       Mrs. Miller almost never drinks coffee

6.       She drinks tea most of the time

7.       She is at home much of the time

8.       She eats at home most of the time

9.       She is busy most of the time

10.   She sings at home some of the time

Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn