B.1 Notice the position of words like always and compare the meaning.
| | SINGLE-WORD ADVERB OF FREQUENCY | MAIN VERB | |
| John | Always | studies | At night |
| Mary | Usually | Studies | At night |
| Bob | Often | Studies | At night |
| Bill | Sometimes | Studies | At night |
| Alice | Seldom | Studies | At night |
| tom | never | studies | At night |
| | Always | 100% | All of the time |
| | Usually | | Most of the time |
| | Often | 50% | Much of the time |
| | Sometimes | | Some of the time |
| | Seldom | | Almost never |
| | never | 0% | Not at any time |
COMMENTS
Adverbs like always (SINGLE-WORD ADVERB OF FREQUENCY) come before the main verb of a sentence. (See section B.2 for sentences with be)
Note: Some of these adverbs are also used in other positions, as in the sentence Sometimes I study at night.
Exercise 9. Substitute a word like always for the multi-word adverbials of frequency.
Mary drinks milk all of the time MARY ALWAYS DRINKS MILK
John drinks milk most of the time JOHN USUALLY DRIKNS MILK
1. John drinks coffee some of the time
2. He almost never drink tea
3. Mr. Allen drinks coffee much of the time
4. Mrs. Allen almost never drinks coffee
5. She drinks tea most of the time
6. Mr. Miller has coffee at 10 A.M all of the time
7. Mrs. Allen has coffee at 10 A.M some of the time
8. Mrs. Miller almost never drinks milk in the morning
9. She has coffee in the morning most of the time
10. Mr. and Mrs. Miller eat in restaurant some of the time
11. John eats in restaurants all of the time
12. Mary almost never eats in a restaurant
13. She eats at home most of the time
14. Mr. and Mrs. Miller eat in a restaurant much of the time
Taken from: English sentence structure by Robert Krohn
