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Frequency
Adverbs
By. Mrs Breaux
MEANING
Use the frequency adverbs (FA)
to talk about how often someone
does something.
Frequency adverbs (FA) can be
a word that expresses frequency
or an adverbial phrase.
LOCATION OF FREQUENCY
ADVERBS
Place FA before the verb

+ Verb + complement
Place FA after the verb
 + Verb +
+complement
Placed either at the beginning or
at the end of the sentence
FREQUENCY ADVERBS BEFORE
VERBS
+ Verb + Complement
Place FA before the verb

+ Verb + complement
 Always
 Rara vez  rarely
 Nunca  Never
 Siempre
Example
 Yo
siempre hablo español
FREQUENCY ADVERBS AFTER THE
VERB  + Verb +
+ Complement
Place FA after the verb
 + Verb +
+complement
 a lot
 Poco  little
 Mucho
Example
 Yo
hablo mucho español
FREQUENCY ADVERBS
Either before or after the sentence
FA:
Todos los días*Every day*
A veces sometimes
De vez en cuando often
*You also can change this for: los meses, los
años, los veranos, etc.
FREQUENCY ADVERBS
Either before or after the sentence
Form:

(+Verb+Complement)
 (+Verb+Complement)
Examples
A
veces, yo hablo español.
 Yo hablo español, a veces.