ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY.

 ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Los adverbios de frecuencia en inglés indican con qué tanta frecuencia se realiza una acción. Los principales son: "always", "usually", "often", "sometimes", "rarely", y "never". Estos pueden ser usados para responder a la pregunta "¿How often?". 

Aquí hay una lista más completa:

• Always: Siempre (100%).
• Usually: Usualmente, normalmente (80-90%).
• Often/Frequently: A menudo, frecuentemente (50-70%).
• Sometimes: Algunas veces, a veces (20-50%).
Occasionally: Ocasionalmente, de vez en cuando (10-30%).
Rarely/Seldom: Raramente, pocas veces (5-10%).
Hardly ever: Casi nunca (5-10%).

🔹 1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS + ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

📌 Estructura general:

• ✅ Afirmativa: [Sujeto + am/is/are + adverbio + verbo-ing]

• ❌ Negativa: [Sujeto + am/is/are + not + adverbio + verbo-ing]

• ❓ Interrogativa: [Am/Is/Are + sujeto + adverbio + verbo-ing?]

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✔️ Ejemplo: always / talk

• Afirmativa: She is always talking during class.

• Negativa: She is not always talking during class.

• Interrogativa: Is she always talking during class?

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✔️ Ejemplo: often / study

• Afirmativa: We are often studying in the library.

• Negativa: We are not often studying in the library.

• Interrogativa: Are we often studying in the library?

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🔹 2. PAST CONTINUOUS + ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

📌 Estructura general:

• ✅ Afirmativa: [Sujeto + was/were + adverbio + verbo-ing]

• ❌ Negativa: [Sujeto + was/were + not + adverbio + verbo-ing]

• ❓ Interrogativa: [Was/Were + sujeto + adverbio + verbo-ing?]

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✔️ Ejemplo: sometimes / watch TV

• Afirmativa: They were sometimes watching TV at night.

• Negativa: They were not sometimes watching TV at night.

• Interrogativa: Were they sometimes watching TV at night?

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🔹 3. NOTAS IMPORTANTES

✅ Los adverbios de frecuencia van después del verbo "to be" en tiempos continuos.
❌ Nunca pongas el adverbio entre "to be" y el verbo-ing (Incorrecto: ❌ She is talking always).

Posición de los adverbios de frecuencia en la oración:

En el Present Simple, los adverbios de frecuencia generalmente se colocan antes del verbo principal (pero después del verbo to be).