一、usually, sometimes, always, often等词在英文中被称为“频度副词”,是用来表示动作频率的,但程度上有别。一般说来可按频率大小排列: always>usually>often>sometimes>seldom(很少)>never(决不) 二、频度副词的位置 1. 在be动词之后。如: She is sometimes very busy. 她有时很忙。 2. 在第一个动词或情态动词之后。如: I will never forget the first time I met you. 我将永远忘不了和你的第一次见面。 3. 在实义动词之前。如: We often go there. 我们常去那儿。 4. sometimes也可放在句首、句中或句末,often也可放在句末。如: Sometimes she writes to me. 她有时候给我写信。 She writes to me often. 她经常给我写信。 三、用法 1. often, always, usually等通常和一般现在时连用,表示现在经常或反复发生的动作。如: It often rains here in April. 这儿四月份常下雨。 2. always与进行时连用时,并不强调动作正在进行,而是表示赞叹、厌烦等情绪。如: He is always thinking of others. 他总是想着别人。(赞叹) She is always asking silly questions. 她老是问些愚蠢的问题。(厌烦) 3. 对这些频度副词提问时,用how often。如: I write to my brother sometimes. How often do you write to your brother?
英语中always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never等,叫做频度副词。这类词用来表示某一动作发生的频率,或某一状态出现的频率,即在一定的时间内动作重复发生或状态重复出现的次数。如: I always work hard at English. I usually go to school at seven. Do your friends often write to you? Sometimes they play football on Friday. He is seldom ill. He never tells a lie. 上述副词表示的频度,虽然在意义上所差别,但它们在句中的位置却基本相同。 现将它们在句中的位置归纳如下: 一、如果是to be句型,频度副词要放在to be的后面。例如:He is often late for work. 二、如果谓语动词是实义动词,那么频度副词常常放在它的前面。例如: I usually watch TV at seven in the evening. 三、如果句中含有情态动词或助动词,频度副词要放在它们的后面。例如: He can often help you. His father doesn't always watch TV in the evening. 四、sometimes还可放在句首或句尾。例如: Sometimes we read English under the tree. We go to work in a factory sometimes.
always(100%) usually(80%) often (30-50%)
sometimes(20%) hardly ever(5%) never(0%)
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