frequency

present continuous (range of adverbs)

ADVERBS, B2, C2, continuous, frequency, indefinite, PRESENT, range / , ,

Point 37 in the category of PRESENT continuous (C2) is defined as: a wide range of adverbs of indefinite frequency, often to talk about surprising or undesirable situations or events. There are only two examples given in the EGP: ‘persistently’ and ‘permanently’.  Both of those do not exist in the top 1000 clusters. Point 32 …

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usually | often | never | weekly + (present simple)

A1, A2, ADVERBS, frequency, indefinite, modify, PRESENT, range, simple / ,

There are many points at A2 that are related to adverbs and overlap.  Sadly there is some clash of information between the levels of A1 and A2 though. Point 7 in the category of PRESENT is defined as: present simple WITH ADVERBS OF INDEFINITE FREQUENCY In the example sentences, we find ‘usually’ and ‘always’ used. …

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