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第04练 频度副词
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always,usually,often,sometimes,hardly ever,never都是频率副词,句中只有一个行为动词时,应位于动词之前;当有助动词、系动词、情态动词时,位于其后;谓语动词为多个时,放在第一个助动词或情态动词之后(有not时,放not之后)。
always
(100%)
(1)always表示动作重复,状态连续,中间从来没有间断,表示频率最大,意思是"总是,一直,永远"。其反义词为never。
(2)always与进行时态连用,并不强调动作正在进行,而是表示说话人的"赞叹、不满、厌烦"等情绪,带有强烈的感情色彩,结构:be always doing sth。
☞ She is always asking for leave. 她老是请假。(表示不满)
(3)always与not连用,表示部分否定,意思是"不总是"。
☞ The rich are not always happy. 有钱人未必总幸福。
☞ I do not always believe what he says. 我并没始终相信他所说的话。
usually
(80%左右)
usually的频率仅次于always,意为"通常",表示通常如此,很少例外。其反义词为unusually。usually一般情况下位于句中。
☞ He usually goes to bed at ten o’clock. 他通常在10点睡觉。
☞ What do you usually do on Sundays? 你通常星期天干什么?
often
(50%左右)
often"经常,常常",强调经常性,表示动作重复,中间有间断,它比always,usually语气弱,其反义词为seldom。
☞ They often go for a walk after supper. 晚饭后,他们常常去散步。
☞ She is often late for work. 她上班常迟到。
sometimes
(30%左右)
(1)sometimes表示"有时,不时,间或",同义词组为at times,表示动作偶尔发生,中间间隔较大,频率比often小。
(2)sometimes有时为了对比或强调,也可位于句首或句末,但不引起倒装。
☞ Sometimes he slept at home, sometimes he slept in the office. 他有时在家睡觉,有时在办公室睡觉。
hardly ever
(1%-10%左右)
(1)hardly ever"几乎从不,很少",所表示的频率已经很少了,相当于seldom。
☞ He hardly ever goes to bed before midnight. 他很少在半夜前就寝。
(2)hardly ever是具有否定意义的副词,不与not连用。
never(0%)
(1)never表示"从来不,未曾,永不",频率为零,表示动作或状态从没发生。
(2)通常情况下,句子中用了never,就不再用含有否定意义的not,no,nothing等词。
(3)never位于句首时要用倒装语序。
☞ Never have I met such a strange person. 我从来没有碰见过这么怪的人。
小提示
(1)表示频率的答语有every day,once a week,three times a day等。
(2)对表示频率的副词和短语提问用how often。
频度副词用法
行前系后情助后,句首句末表强调。
(行—行为动词;系—系动词be;情—情态动词;助—助动词)
一、单项选择
1.—Mrs Lin is popular among the students.
—Yes. Her classes are ________ lively and interesting.
A.seldom B.always C.hardly D.never
2.We should forget those heroes who fought and gave their lives for our country.
A.sometimes B.seldom C.always D.never
3.—Why does Tony ________ eat ice-cream at night?
—Because he knows it’s bad for his teeth.
A.always B.never C.usually D.sometimes
4.Jenny always goes to school early every morning.